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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 104 78
Rank change year-on-year +79 -26 -34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 167 41 251
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 5.07% 1.80% 4.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.49% 7.26% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 75 29 204
10th Percentile £24,250 £28,650 £23,300
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -2.10% -4.67%
75th Percentile £51,250 £49,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £61,000 £71,532 £56,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +1.32% -7.60%

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 815 565 2,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.76% 24.77% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 386 263 993
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £46,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.20%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +42 49 £52,500 +50.00% 5
Edinburgh +42 41 £28,500 -45.10% 10
North Lanarkshire +7 14 £30,000 +5.26% 1
West Dunbartonshire - 10 - -
South Lanarkshire - 9 £28,000 - 1
West Lothian - 8 - - 2
Aberdeen - 7 £36,500 -
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Perth and Kinross -5 4 £32,500 -1.52%
Lanarkshire - 4 £32,500 - 7
Highlands -7 3 - - 1
North Ayrshire - 2 - - 1
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - - 1
Stirling - 2 - -
Aberdeenshire -2 1 - -
Dunbartonshire -2 1 - - 2
South Ayrshire - 1 £19,000 -
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 46 (27.54%) SharePoint
2 22 (13.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (2.99%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 45 (26.95%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.59%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.60%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 75 (44.91%) Entra ID
2 66 (39.52%) Azure
3 25 (14.97%) OneDrive
4 18 (10.78%) Power Platform
5 13 (7.78%) SaaS
6 9 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.40%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.80%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.20%) AWS
11 2 (1.20%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.20%) IaaS
11 2 (1.20%) PaaS
12 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.60%) Canva
12 1 (0.60%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.60%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 29 (17.37%) DNS
2 24 (14.37%) Firewall
3 22 (13.17%) DHCP
4 15 (8.98%) VoIP
4 15 (8.98%) VPN
5 11 (6.59%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.40%) Broadband
6 4 (2.40%) LAN
6 4 (2.40%) VLAN
6 4 (2.40%) VSAN
6 4 (2.40%) WAN
7 3 (1.80%) MPLS
7 3 (1.80%) Network Security
7 3 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.20%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (1.20%) PBX
8 2 (1.20%) Softphone
9 1 (0.60%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 86 (51.50%) Social Skills
2 35 (20.96%) Back Office
3 15 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (4.79%) Billing
6 6 (3.59%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.40%) Finance
7 4 (2.40%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.20%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
10 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (38.92%) Support Engineer
2 55 (32.93%) IT Support
3 45 (26.95%) Analyst
4 35 (20.96%) Desktop Engineer
4 35 (20.96%) Desktop Support
4 35 (20.96%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 33 (19.76%) Support Analyst
6 32 (19.16%) Site Engineer
7 28 (16.77%) IT Engineer
7 28 (16.77%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (14.97%) IT Analyst
9 20 (11.98%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (9.58%) Senior
11 13 (7.78%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (5.99%) 1st Line Support
12 10 (5.99%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 8 (4.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 8 (4.79%) Applications Support
14 8 (4.79%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.20%) Web Services
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) CSS
3 1 (0.60%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.57%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.99%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.99%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.79%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.59%) FMCG
5 5 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.40%) Clustering
6 4 (2.40%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.20%) iPhone
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.60%) IoT
9 1 (0.60%) Replication
9 1 (0.60%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 103 (61.68%) Windows
2 52 (31.14%) Windows 10
3 28 (16.77%) Mac OS
4 17 (10.18%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (3.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.99%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (41.32%) Customer Service
2 56 (33.53%) ITIL
3 51 (30.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (26.35%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (22.75%) Ticket Management
6 35 (20.96%) Analytics
6 35 (20.96%) Customer Acquisition
6 35 (20.96%) Customer Experience
6 35 (20.96%) Patch Management
6 35 (20.96%) Software Deployment
7 32 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (8.38%) Agile
9 13 (7.78%) DevOps
9 13 (7.78%) Roadmaps
9 13 (7.78%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (6.59%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (6.59%) Mentoring
10 11 (6.59%) Process Improvement
11 10 (5.99%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.78%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.60%) Python
2 1 (0.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (33.53%) Degree
2 35 (20.96%) CTC Cleared
2 35 (20.96%) SC Cleared
2 35 (20.96%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (4.79%) HND
3 8 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.19%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.19%) CCNA
5 5 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.20%) CISM
7 2 (1.20%) CISSP
7 2 (1.20%) MCSA
7 2 (1.20%) MCSE
7 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.20%) MOS
8 1 (0.60%) CCIE
8 1 (0.60%) CCNP
8 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (29.94%) SLA
2 8 (4.79%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.99%) GDPR
4 3 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.20%) NIST
5 2 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 60 (35.93%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.19%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.20%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.60%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.60%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (8.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.59%) SCCM
3 4 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 147 (88.02%) Microsoft
2 47 (28.14%) Cisco
3 12 (7.19%) VMware
4 8 (4.79%) Adobe
4 8 (4.79%) Freshdesk
4 8 (4.79%) Nintex
5 7 (4.19%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.59%) Meraki
7 5 (2.99%) Dell
7 5 (2.99%) HP
8 4 (2.40%) Citrix
8 4 (2.40%) EMC
9 3 (1.80%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.80%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.80%) iManage
9 3 (1.80%) Sophos
10 2 (1.20%) Bomgar
10 2 (1.20%) Google
10 2 (1.20%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.60%) F5