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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 71 83
Rank change year-on-year +37 +12 -30
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 148 55 266
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.67% 2.85% 4.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.87% 9.80% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 78 45 214
10th Percentile £24,850 £26,550 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -7.69% +5.41%
75th Percentile £51,563 £49,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,875 £67,400 £57,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £39,870
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.60% -5.07%

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 828 561 2,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.14% 29.08% 44.33%
Number of salaries quoted 321 383 989
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,790 £77,000 £68,114
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +22 41 £30,750 -36.61% 13
Glasgow -4 28 £55,000 +69.23% 18
West Dunbartonshire - 14 - -
North Lanarkshire -2 11 £30,000 +5.26% 1
Aberdeen -10 9 £35,000 -
Perth and Kinross -5 7 £32,500 +4.84%
South Lanarkshire - 6 £28,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Lanarkshire - 6 £32,500 - 18
Aberdeenshire +4 5 £42,500 - 1
Highlands -5 4 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - - 1
Stirling - 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 26 (17.57%) SharePoint
2 12 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.38%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (3.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (3.38%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 53 (35.81%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (9.46%) MS Visio
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.68%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 57 (38.51%) Azure
1 57 (38.51%) Entra ID
2 22 (14.86%) Power Platform
3 16 (10.81%) OneDrive
4 15 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.38%) SaaS
6 4 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.03%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.68%) AWS
9 1 (0.68%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.68%) GCP
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.68%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.51%) DNS
2 19 (12.84%) DHCP
3 15 (10.14%) Firewall
4 8 (5.41%) VPN
4 8 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.05%) Network Security
6 4 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (2.70%) WAN
7 3 (2.03%) LAN
7 3 (2.03%) Softphone
7 3 (2.03%) VLAN
7 3 (2.03%) Wireless
7 3 (2.03%) WLAN
8 2 (1.35%) Broadband
8 2 (1.35%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (1.35%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.35%) VoIP
9 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.16%) Power BI
2 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (52.70%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.32%) Back Office
3 12 (8.11%) Billing
4 8 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.73%) Finance
5 7 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.05%) Retail
7 5 (3.38%) Legal
8 4 (2.70%) Law
9 3 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.35%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.68%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (37.84%) Support Engineer
2 42 (28.38%) IT Support
3 39 (26.35%) Desktop Engineer
3 39 (26.35%) Desktop Support
3 39 (26.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 37 (25.00%) Analyst
5 32 (21.62%) Site Engineer
6 27 (18.24%) Support Analyst
7 20 (13.51%) IT Engineer
8 17 (11.49%) IT Analyst
8 17 (11.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (8.78%) IT Support Analyst
10 12 (8.11%) Applications Support
10 12 (8.11%) Applications Support Analyst
11 8 (5.41%) Service Analyst
11 8 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
12 7 (4.73%) Support Specialist
13 6 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
13 6 (4.05%) IT Manager
13 6 (4.05%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.35%) .NET
1 2 (1.35%) Web Services
2 1 (0.68%) CSS
2 1 (0.68%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.46%) Product Ownership
3 12 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.03%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.03%) FMCG
6 2 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.35%) iPhone
6 2 (1.35%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.35%) Robotics
6 2 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.68%) CCTV
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 95 (64.19%) Windows
2 49 (33.11%) Windows 10
3 18 (12.16%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.73%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.38%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.03%) Android
7 3 (2.03%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.03%) Linux
8 2 (1.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (43.92%) Customer Service
2 64 (43.24%) ITIL
3 50 (33.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (29.73%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (27.03%) Ticket Management
6 39 (26.35%) Customer Experience
6 39 (26.35%) Patch Management
7 38 (25.68%) Analytics
8 36 (24.32%) Customer Acquisition
8 36 (24.32%) Software Deployment
9 31 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (13.51%) Agile
11 18 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (12.16%) DevOps
12 16 (10.81%) Change Management
13 14 (9.46%) Service Delivery
14 13 (8.78%) Mentoring
14 13 (8.78%) Process Improvement
14 13 (8.78%) Requirements Gathering
14 13 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.38%) Python
3 4 (2.70%) SQL
4 3 (2.03%) Bash
5 1 (0.68%) C#
Qualifications
1 61 (41.22%) Degree
2 38 (25.68%) SC Cleared
2 38 (25.68%) Security Cleared
3 36 (24.32%) CTC Cleared
4 17 (11.49%) HND
5 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.38%) CCNA
6 5 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.70%) HNC
7 4 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.35%) MCSE
9 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.35%) MOS
10 1 (0.68%) CCNP
10 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (35.81%) SLA
2 12 (8.11%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.38%) GDPR
4 3 (2.03%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 37 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.03%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.35%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.68%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 20 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.43%) SCCM
3 2 (1.35%) Ansible
3 2 (1.35%) Terraform
4 1 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.68%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 119 (80.41%) Microsoft
2 49 (33.11%) Cisco
3 12 (8.11%) Adobe
3 12 (8.11%) Freshdesk
3 12 (8.11%) Nintex
4 9 (6.08%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.73%) Dell
6 6 (4.05%) HP
7 4 (2.70%) BeyondTrust
7 4 (2.70%) iManage
8 3 (2.03%) Apple
8 3 (2.03%) Citrix
8 3 (2.03%) Sophos
8 3 (2.03%) VMware
9 2 (1.35%) Bomgar
9 2 (1.35%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.68%) Datto
10 1 (0.68%) Intapp
10 1 (0.68%) Meraki
10 1 (0.68%) Veeam