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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	25	54	42
Rank change year-on-year	+29	-12	+2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365	199	123	143
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	4.65%	4.70%	4.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category	27.22%	18.78%	13.82%
Number of salaries quoted	114	64	82
10^th Percentile	£26,575	£25,000	£26,500
25^th Percentile	£27,031	£29,000	£30,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£33,500	£34,000	£44,500
Median % change year-on-year	-1.47%	-23.60%	+13.00%
75^th Percentile	£40,750	£54,855	£55,000
90^th Percentile	£54,332	£68,125	£65,000
UK median annual salary	£40,000	£36,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+9.59%	-18.89%	+7.14%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills	731	655	1,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	17.10%	25.05%	31.17%
Number of salaries quoted	451	233	485
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£32,000	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,845	£52,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+0.66%	-4.55%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£71,250	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£86,000	£80,750
UK median annual salary	£62,500	£57,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+8.70%	-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 Salary Trend in Scotland

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 17 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 17 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	+3	70	£33,500	+8.06%	23
Glasgow	+27	46	£32,500	-10.34%	32
West Lothian	-	16	£67,500	-	2
Dunbartonshire	-2	8	-	-
Fife	-	8	£33,500	-	4
Highlands	+4	7	£51,500	-1.90%	1
South Lanarkshire	-	7	£28,000	-
Aberdeen	-	6	£35,000	-	10
Perth and Kinross	+2	5	£26,500	-19.70%
Stirling	-	5	£33,000	-	2
North Lanarkshire	+5	4	-	-	2
Aberdeenshire	-7	4	-	-
Dundee	-4	3	£30,500	-55.96%	3
North Ayrshire	-	3	£36,500	-
Moray	-	2	£31,500	-
Perthshire	-	2	£33,750	-
South Ayrshire	-	1	£19,000	-
Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-	4
Microsoft 365 UK

Microsoft 365 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing Microsoft 365 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Microsoft 365.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	92.0%	183
2	Windows	57.3%	114
3	Active Directory	41.7%	83
4	SharePoint	36.2%	72
5	Entra ID	32.2%	64
6	Problem-Solving	31.7%	63
7	Azure	30.2%	60
8	Customer Service	25.6%	51
9	DNS	22.6%	45
10	VPN	19.1%	38
10	Windows 10	19.1%	38
12	Continuous Improvement	18.1%	36
13	DHCP	17.6%	35
13	macOS	17.6%	35
15	Cybersecurity	17.1%	34
16	VoIP	16.6%	33
16	Windows Server	16.6%	33
18	Firewall	16.1%	32
19	Project Delivery	15.1%	30
20	Microsoft Exchange	14.1%	28
21	PowerShell	13.6%	27
22	ITIL	13.1%	26
23	Microsoft Intune	12.6%	25
24	Disaster Recovery	11.1%	22
24	Infrastructure Engineering	11.1%	22
24	Line Management	11.1%	22
24	Stakeholder Management	11.1%	22
28	Cisco	10.6%	21
28	Microsoft Office	10.6%	21
28	OneDrive	10.6%	21

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Cloud Services

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Entra ID	32.2%	64
2	Azure	30.2%	60
3	OneDrive	10.6%	21
4	Power Platform	7.0%	14
5	SaaS	5.0%	10
6	Microsoft Purview	4.5%	9
7	Microsoft Copilot	4.0%	8
8	Power Automate	3.5%	7
9	Azure Sentinel	2.0%	4
10	Dynamics 365	1.0%	2
10	IaaS	1.0%	2
10	PaaS	1.0%	2
10	PowerApps	1.0%	2
14	Azure AI	0.5%	1
14	Azure App Service	0.5%	1
14	Azure Functions	0.5%	1
14	Azure Key Vault	0.5%	1
14	Azure Logic Apps	0.5%	1
14	Azure Storage	0.5%	1
14	Canva	0.5%	1