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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 40 48
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 137 146 147
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 5.03% 4.42% 6.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.57% 14.38% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 72 82 126
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £27,125 £29,750 £27,268
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £54,855 £53,000 £48,809
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -

All Cloud 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 700 1,015 842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.70% 30.75% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 266 485 700
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,833
25th Percentile £29,500 £37,500 £39,283
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,242
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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
Edinburgh +22 95 £31,000 -40.38% 19
Glasgow -39 20 £37,500 -13.79% 13
Highlands -5 5 £52,500 +75.00%
Aberdeenshire - 5 £42,500 - 8
Aberdeen +11 2 £35,000 +17.65% 12
Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Dundee 0 1 £69,248 +151.81%
Banffshire - 1 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £28,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 4
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 38 (27.74%) SharePoint
2 28 (20.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.46%) IIS
3 2 (1.46%) JOnAS
Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.73%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 87 (63.50%) Azure
2 60 (43.80%) Entra ID
3 16 (11.68%) Microsoft Purview
4 11 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (8.03%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (7.30%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.84%) Mimecast
7 6 (4.38%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.38%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.65%) AWS
8 5 (3.65%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.65%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.73%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.73%) IaaS
10 1 (0.73%) Serverless
10 1 (0.73%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.30%) DHCP
1 10 (7.30%) DNS
2 8 (5.84%) Firewall
2 8 (5.84%) TCP/IP
3 6 (4.38%) Network Security
4 5 (3.65%) Broadband
5 4 (2.92%) VPN
5 4 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (2.19%) VLAN
7 2 (1.46%) Internet
7 2 (1.46%) NAS
7 2 (1.46%) Softphone
8 1 (0.73%) IMAP
8 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.73%) VoIP
8 1 (0.73%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.65%) Power BI
2 1 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.73%) Power Query
2 1 (0.73%) SQL Server
General
1 48 (35.04%) Finance
2 38 (27.74%) Social Skills
3 11 (8.03%) Law
4 6 (4.38%) Legal
4 6 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.65%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.92%) Back Office
6 4 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.92%) Marketing
6 4 (2.92%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Advertising
8 1 (0.73%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 30 (21.90%) IT Support
2 27 (19.71%) Analyst
3 25 (18.25%) Support Analyst
4 17 (12.41%) IT Analyst
5 16 (11.68%) IT Support Analyst
6 14 (10.22%) Support Engineer
7 12 (8.76%) Senior
8 11 (8.03%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (6.57%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Desktop Support
9 9 (6.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Support Specialist
10 8 (5.84%) IT Engineer
10 8 (5.84%) IT Technician
10 8 (5.84%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 7 (5.11%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 7 (5.11%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (4.38%) Consultant
12 6 (4.38%) Help Desk Technician
13 5 (3.65%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.92%) React
1 4 (2.92%) Spring
2 1 (0.73%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.82%) Product Ownership
2 18 (13.14%) Security Posture
3 12 (8.76%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.84%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.38%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.92%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.92%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.46%) CCTV
9 2 (1.46%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.46%) Replication
10 1 (0.73%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.73%) IoT
10 1 (0.73%) Life Science
10 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (35.04%) Windows
2 11 (8.03%) Windows 10
3 9 (6.57%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.38%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.92%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.46%) VMS
6 2 (1.46%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.85%) ITIL
2 43 (31.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (27.74%) Asset Management
3 38 (27.74%) Coaching
4 37 (27.01%) Roadmaps
5 35 (25.55%) AI
6 34 (24.82%) Technology Roadmap
7 33 (24.09%) Agile
8 32 (23.36%) Analytics
9 28 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (19.71%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (19.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (18.98%) FinOps
11 26 (18.98%) Machine Learning
12 25 (18.25%) Customer Service
13 23 (16.79%) DevOps
14 20 (14.60%) Mentoring
15 18 (13.14%) Information Security
16 13 (9.49%) Collaborative Working
17 12 (8.76%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.82%) PowerShell
2 20 (14.60%) Python
3 19 (13.87%) Bash
4 7 (5.11%) SQL
5 4 (2.92%) Java
5 4 (2.92%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.73%) Bicep
6 1 (0.73%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (11.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (8.76%) Degree
3 6 (4.38%) HND
4 5 (3.65%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.65%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) HNC
6 1 (0.73%) CCNA
6 1 (0.73%) CCNP
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.30%) NIST
2 6 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.65%) SLA
4 4 (2.92%) GDPR
5 3 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.19%) GRC
6 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 39 (28.47%) Active Directory
2 36 (26.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (9.49%) Hyper-V
4 12 (8.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (8.03%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.73%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (40.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (18.98%) Terraform
3 10 (7.30%) SCCM
4 2 (1.46%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 104 (75.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.49%) Cisco
3 12 (8.76%) VMware
4 6 (4.38%) Citrix
5 5 (3.65%) Apple
5 5 (3.65%) Freshdesk
5 5 (3.65%) Meraki
6 3 (2.19%) Dell
6 3 (2.19%) Sage
6 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.46%) arcserve
7 2 (1.46%) HP
7 2 (1.46%) Nimsoft
8 1 (0.73%) Databricks
8 1 (0.73%) Datto
8 1 (0.73%) iManage
8 1 (0.73%) Pegasus
8 1 (0.73%) Veeam
8 1 (0.73%) Xero