Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 104 91
Rank change year-on-year +75 -13 -46
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 149 38 260
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.70% 1.84% 4.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.22% 6.99% 9.49%
Number of salaries quoted 66 28 211
10th Percentile £24,625 £27,175 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,938 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £35,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £49,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,416 £57,500
UK median annual salary £39,152 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -2.12% +3.90% -8.88%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 818 544 2,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.79% 26.38% 42.58%
Number of salaries quoted 352 289 1,011
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,850 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,688 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,375 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,625 £76,840 £68,114
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +27 42 £50,000 +40.85% 10
Edinburgh +29 29 £35,000 -32.58% 4
West Dunbartonshire - 14 - - 1
North Lanarkshire +4 12 £30,000 +5.26% 1
South Lanarkshire - 9 £28,000 -
Perth and Kinross -6 7 £32,500 -1.52%
Aberdeen - 7 £36,500 - 2
Lanarkshire - 7 £32,500 - 4
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
West Lothian - 6 - -
Stirling - 2 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - - 1
Aberdeenshire +3 1 - - 2
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 -
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 36 (24.16%) SharePoint
2 21 (14.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.36%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (3.36%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (3.36%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 44 (29.53%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (10.07%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.67%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 65 (43.62%) Entra ID
2 64 (42.95%) Azure
3 23 (15.44%) Power Platform
4 19 (12.75%) OneDrive
5 13 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (8.72%) SaaS
6 5 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.68%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.01%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.34%) AWS
9 2 (1.34%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.34%) IaaS
9 2 (1.34%) PaaS
10 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.67%) GCP
10 1 (0.67%) Miro
10 1 (0.67%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (20.81%) DNS
2 24 (16.11%) DHCP
3 20 (13.42%) Firewall
4 12 (8.05%) VPN
5 11 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.36%) LAN
6 5 (3.36%) VoIP
6 5 (3.36%) WAN
7 4 (2.68%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (2.68%) VSAN
7 4 (2.68%) Wireless
8 3 (2.01%) Network Security
8 3 (2.01%) WLAN
9 2 (1.34%) Broadband
9 2 (1.34%) Mobile Broadband
9 2 (1.34%) Softphone
9 2 (1.34%) VLAN
10 1 (0.67%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 74 (49.66%) Social Skills
2 32 (21.48%) Back Office
3 12 (8.05%) Billing
4 8 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.03%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.03%) Retail
7 3 (2.01%) Finance
8 2 (1.34%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.67%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (34.23%) Support Engineer
2 42 (28.19%) Analyst
2 42 (28.19%) IT Support
3 32 (21.48%) Desktop Engineer
3 32 (21.48%) Desktop Support
3 32 (21.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 32 (21.48%) Site Engineer
4 30 (20.13%) Support Analyst
5 22 (14.77%) IT Engineer
6 20 (13.42%) IT Analyst
7 19 (12.75%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (10.07%) IT Support Analyst
9 14 (9.40%) Senior
10 12 (8.05%) Applications Support
10 12 (8.05%) Applications Support Analyst
11 8 (5.37%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.37%) Service Analyst
12 7 (4.70%) Service Desk Analyst
13 6 (4.03%) Junior
13 6 (4.03%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.34%) .NET
2 2 (1.34%) Web Services
3 1 (0.67%) CSS
3 1 (0.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.07%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.05%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.37%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.03%) FMCG
5 5 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.68%) Clustering
6 4 (2.68%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.34%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.34%) iPhone
9 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.67%) Robotics
9 1 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 92 (61.74%) Windows
2 47 (31.54%) Windows 10
3 19 (12.75%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.71%) Mac OS
5 7 (4.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (3.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (2.01%) Android
9 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.34%) Linux
10 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (40.94%) Customer Service
2 60 (40.27%) ITIL
3 45 (30.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (24.83%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (24.16%) Ticket Management
6 33 (22.15%) Customer Experience
6 33 (22.15%) Patch Management
7 32 (21.48%) Analytics
7 32 (21.48%) Customer Acquisition
7 32 (21.48%) Software Deployment
8 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (12.75%) Agile
10 17 (11.41%) DevOps
11 16 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (9.40%) Process Improvement
12 14 (9.40%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (8.72%) Roadmaps
14 12 (8.05%) Storyboarding
14 12 (8.05%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.42%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.67%) C#
2 1 (0.67%) Python
2 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (38.93%) Degree
2 33 (22.15%) SC Cleared
2 33 (22.15%) Security Cleared
3 32 (21.48%) CTC Cleared
4 12 (8.05%) HND
5 7 (4.70%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.03%) CCNA
7 5 (3.36%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.34%) CISM
8 2 (1.34%) CISSP
8 2 (1.34%) MCSE
8 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.34%) MOS
9 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.67%) CCIE
9 1 (0.67%) CCNP
9 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (34.90%) SLA
2 12 (8.05%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.03%) GDPR
4 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.01%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 48 (32.21%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.36%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.34%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.67%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (9.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.70%) SCCM
3 5 (3.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.34%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.67%) Ansible
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.67%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 126 (84.56%) Microsoft
2 45 (30.20%) Cisco
3 12 (8.05%) Adobe
3 12 (8.05%) Freshdesk
3 12 (8.05%) Nintex
4 10 (6.71%) VMware
5 9 (6.04%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.36%) Dell
6 5 (3.36%) HP
7 4 (2.68%) BeyondTrust
7 4 (2.68%) Citrix
7 4 (2.68%) EMC
7 4 (2.68%) Meraki
8 3 (2.01%) Apple
8 3 (2.01%) iManage
8 3 (2.01%) Sophos
9 2 (1.34%) Bomgar
9 2 (1.34%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.67%) Intapp
10 1 (0.67%) Palo Alto