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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 63 74
Rank change year-on-year +40 +11 -43
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 174 93 169
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.62% 3.72% 3.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.56% 15.87% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 100 52 117
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,425 £24,400
25th Percentile £26,844 £29,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -7.57%
75th Percentile £45,250 £53,008 £52,000
90th Percentile £60,250 £71,504 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +1.19%

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 807 586 1,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.42% 23.45% 34.93%
Number of salaries quoted 471 224 645
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £29,352
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,460 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,575 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -1.60%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +9 60 £32,500 -7.14% 14
Glasgow +28 49 £36,000 -4.00% 19
West Lothian - 17 £67,500 - 2
South Lanarkshire - 7 £28,000 - 2
Highlands +2 6 £51,500 +28.75% 1
Aberdeen - 6 £36,500 - 7
Fife - 6 £33,500 -
North Lanarkshire +1 5 £30,000 -33.33%
Dunbartonshire -1 4 - - 1
Aberdeenshire - 4 - - 2
North Ayrshire - 3 £36,500 -
Moray - 2 £31,500 -
Lanarkshire - 2 £32,500 - 11
Perth and Kinross -7 1 £23,500 -28.79%
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 64 (36.78%) SharePoint
2 28 (16.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.72%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (35.63%) Entra ID
2 59 (33.91%) Azure
3 24 (13.79%) OneDrive
4 11 (6.32%) SaaS
5 10 (5.75%) Power Platform
6 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.87%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.87%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.15%) IaaS
9 2 (1.15%) PaaS
9 2 (1.15%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.57%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.57%) Canva
10 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.57%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.57%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.57%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 38 (21.84%) DNS
2 31 (17.82%) VPN
3 30 (17.24%) VoIP
4 29 (16.67%) DHCP
4 29 (16.67%) Firewall
5 15 (8.62%) LAN
5 15 (8.62%) WAN
6 11 (6.32%) MPLS
7 10 (5.75%) Broadband
7 10 (5.75%) VLAN
8 9 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.30%) Internet
9 4 (2.30%) VSAN
10 3 (1.72%) PBX
11 2 (1.15%) Network Security
12 1 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 1 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.57%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.15%) Power BI
2 1 (0.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (5.17%) JIRA
General
1 85 (48.85%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.05%) Telecoms
4 13 (7.47%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.60%) Finance
5 8 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.72%) Back Office
8 2 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.15%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.57%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.57%) Law
9 1 (0.57%) Legal
9 1 (0.57%) Local Government
9 1 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 64 (36.78%) IT Support
2 46 (26.44%) Support Engineer
3 40 (22.99%) IT Engineer
4 34 (19.54%) Analyst
5 33 (18.97%) IT Support Engineer
6 23 (13.22%) Support Analyst
7 21 (12.07%) 2nd Line Support
7 21 (12.07%) Senior
8 19 (10.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 19 (10.92%) IT Analyst
9 18 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 16 (9.20%) IT Support Analyst
11 14 (8.05%) Technical Support
12 12 (6.90%) 1st Line Support
12 12 (6.90%) Consultant
13 11 (6.32%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 11 (6.32%) Technical Engineer
14 10 (5.75%) 2nd Line Technical Support
14 10 (5.75%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
14 10 (5.75%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (1.72%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 45 (25.86%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.47%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.60%) FMCG
4 4 (2.30%) Clustering
4 4 (2.30%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (2.30%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (2.30%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.72%) Life Science
5 3 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.72%) Replication
5 3 (1.72%) Shadow IT
6 1 (0.57%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.57%) IoT
6 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 95 (54.60%) Windows
2 35 (20.11%) Mac OS
3 34 (19.54%) Windows 10
4 33 (18.97%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.02%) Linux
6 4 (2.30%) Debian
6 4 (2.30%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.72%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.16%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (20.69%) Customer Service
3 29 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (13.22%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (12.64%) Project Delivery
6 21 (12.07%) ITIL
7 20 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (8.62%) Roadmaps
10 14 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (8.05%) Line Management
10 14 (8.05%) Mentoring
11 13 (7.47%) Coaching
11 13 (7.47%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (7.47%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 11 (6.32%) AI
13 10 (5.75%) Task Automation
13 10 (5.75%) Technology Transformation
13 10 (5.75%) Time Management
14 9 (5.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.57%) Python
2 1 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (7.47%) Degree
2 12 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (6.32%) CCNA
4 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.60%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.60%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.72%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (1.72%) MCSA
6 3 (1.72%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.72%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.15%) CCNP
7 2 (1.15%) CISM
7 2 (1.15%) CISSP
7 2 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CCIE
8 1 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.90%) SLA
2 9 (5.17%) GDPR
3 7 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.87%) NIST
5 5 (2.87%) QA
6 2 (1.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 76 (43.68%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.62%) Hyper-V
3 14 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.57%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (14.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.72%) Ansible
4 1 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 154 (88.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.07%) Cisco
3 17 (9.77%) Meraki
3 17 (9.77%) VMware
4 11 (6.32%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.30%) Citrix
5 4 (2.30%) EMC
6 2 (1.15%) Apple
6 2 (1.15%) Google
6 2 (1.15%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.15%) Veeam
7 1 (0.57%) Aruba
7 1 (0.57%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.57%) F5
7 1 (0.57%) iManage
7 1 (0.57%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.57%) Sage
7 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.57%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.57%) Sophos