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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 54 47
Rank change year-on-year +29 -7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 191 115 156
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.57% 4.46% 4.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.77% 18.00% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 108 59 94
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,344 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £33,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year - -24.14% +12.99%
75th Percentile £44,063 £54,303 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,125 £70,250 £65,875
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -15.73% +5.95%

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 771 639 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.47% 24.76% 31.42%
Number of salaries quoted 459 221 542
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £81,125
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 3 October 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 3 October 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
Edinburgh +7 65 £33,000 - 40
Glasgow +33 48 £32,500 -10.34% 31
West Lothian - 19 £67,500 - 4
South Lanarkshire - 10 £28,000 - 3
Highlands +3 7 £51,500 -1.90% 5
Fife - 7 £33,500 - 5
Dunbartonshire -2 6 - - 4
Aberdeen - 6 £35,000 - 13
North Lanarkshire +6 4 - - 5
Aberdeenshire -5 4 - - 3
Stirling - 3 - - 8
North Ayrshire - 3 £36,500 - 1
Perth and Kinross -1 2 £26,500 -19.70% 2
Moray - 2 £31,500 - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £19,000 - 5
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 13
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 - 3
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 69 (36.13%) SharePoint
2 29 (15.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.57%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.60%) Entra ID
2 62 (32.46%) Azure
3 23 (12.04%) OneDrive
4 12 (6.28%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.76%) SaaS
6 10 (5.24%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.62%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.05%) IaaS
10 2 (1.05%) PaaS
10 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.52%) Azure AI
11 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.52%) Azure App Service
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.52%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.52%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 43 (22.51%) DNS
2 36 (18.85%) VPN
3 34 (17.80%) Firewall
3 34 (17.80%) VoIP
4 32 (16.75%) DHCP
5 17 (8.90%) LAN
5 17 (8.90%) WAN
6 13 (6.81%) MPLS
6 13 (6.81%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (6.28%) VLAN
8 10 (5.24%) Broadband
9 4 (2.09%) Internet
9 4 (2.09%) VSAN
10 3 (1.57%) PBX
10 3 (1.57%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.05%) Network Security
12 1 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 1 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (6.28%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 90 (47.12%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.42%) Manufacturing
3 16 (8.38%) Telecoms
4 13 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (4.71%) Finance
6 8 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.57%) Back Office
8 3 (1.57%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.05%) Billing
9 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Retail
10 1 (0.52%) Law
10 1 (0.52%) Local Government
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (37.70%) IT Support
2 56 (29.32%) Support Engineer
3 48 (25.13%) IT Engineer
4 41 (21.47%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (17.80%) Analyst
6 23 (12.04%) 2nd Line Support
6 23 (12.04%) Support Analyst
7 21 (10.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 21 (10.99%) Senior
8 20 (10.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 20 (10.47%) IT Analyst
9 17 (8.90%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (8.38%) Technical Support
11 14 (7.33%) Consultant
12 13 (6.81%) 1st Line Support
12 13 (6.81%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (6.28%) 2nd Line Technical Support
13 12 (6.28%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
13 12 (6.28%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 12 (6.28%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.57%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) LlamaIndex
3 1 (0.52%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 53 (27.75%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.81%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.71%) FMCG
4 6 (3.14%) Cyber Security Posture
4 6 (3.14%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.09%) Clustering
5 4 (2.09%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.57%) Life Science
6 3 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.57%) Replication
6 3 (1.57%) Shadow IT
7 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.52%) IoT
7 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.52%) Social Media
7 1 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 109 (57.07%) Windows
2 38 (19.90%) Mac OS
3 37 (19.37%) Windows 10
4 33 (17.28%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.66%) Linux
6 5 (2.62%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.09%) Debian
7 4 (2.09%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.05%) Android
9 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.32%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (21.47%) Customer Service
3 30 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (15.18%) Project Delivery
5 28 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (12.57%) ITIL
7 23 (12.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (9.95%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (8.90%) Line Management
10 17 (8.90%) Roadmaps
11 16 (8.38%) Mentoring
12 15 (7.85%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 14 (7.33%) Coaching
14 13 (6.81%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (6.28%) Technology Transformation
16 11 (5.76%) AI
16 11 (5.76%) ITSM
16 11 (5.76%) Service Delivery
17 10 (5.24%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.05%) Python
2 2 (1.05%) R
2 2 (1.05%) SQL
3 1 (0.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (7.33%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (6.81%) CCNA
3 10 (5.24%) Degree
3 10 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (5.24%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (4.19%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.09%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.57%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (1.57%) MCSA
6 3 (1.57%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.05%) CCNP
7 2 (1.05%) CISM
7 2 (1.05%) CISSP
7 2 (1.05%) HNC
8 1 (0.52%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CAPM
8 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.42%) SLA
2 11 (5.76%) GDPR
3 7 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.62%) NIST
6 4 (2.09%) QA
7 2 (1.05%) GRC
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 81 (42.41%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.38%) Hyper-V
3 15 (7.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (13.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.57%) Ansible
4 1 (0.52%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 171 (89.53%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.04%) Cisco
3 19 (9.95%) Meraki
4 18 (9.42%) VMware
5 13 (6.81%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.09%) EMC
7 3 (1.57%) Citrix
8 2 (1.05%) Apple
8 2 (1.05%) Google
8 2 (1.05%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.05%) Veeam
9 1 (0.52%) Aruba
9 1 (0.52%) F5
9 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.52%) Sage
9 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds