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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 41 47
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 135 154 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 5.00% 4.59% 6.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.62% 14.72% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 71 90 127
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,475 £24,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £27,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £54,855 £54,500 £48,809
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,125 £68,500
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 688 1,046 842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.46% 31.16% 35.42%
Number of salaries quoted 264 517 698
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,814
25th Percentile £29,500 £37,500 £39,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -
75th Percentile £71,321 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
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 22 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 22 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 +18 95 £31,000 -41.51% 21
Glasgow -35 18 £46,250 +8.82% 12
Highlands -4 5 £52,500 +75.00%
Aberdeenshire - 5 £42,500 - 10
Aberdeen +9 2 £35,000 +17.65% 13
Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Dundee +1 1 £69,248 +151.81%
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 2
Banffshire - 1 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £28,500 -
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 37 (27.41%) SharePoint
2 27 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.48%) JOnAS
4 1 (0.74%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.74%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 86 (63.70%) Azure
2 59 (43.70%) Entra ID
3 16 (11.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 11 (8.15%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (8.15%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.93%) Mimecast
7 6 (4.44%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.44%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.70%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.96%) AWS
10 2 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.74%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.74%) IaaS
11 1 (0.74%) Serverless
11 1 (0.74%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.67%) DHCP
1 9 (6.67%) DNS
2 8 (5.93%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.19%) Firewall
4 6 (4.44%) Network Security
5 5 (3.70%) Broadband
6 4 (2.96%) VPN
6 4 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.22%) VLAN
8 2 (1.48%) Internet
8 2 (1.48%) NAS
8 2 (1.48%) Softphone
9 1 (0.74%) IMAP
9 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.74%) VoIP
9 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.74%) Power Query
2 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
General
1 47 (34.81%) Finance
2 36 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.41%) Law
4 6 (4.44%) Legal
4 6 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.96%) Back Office
6 4 (2.96%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.22%) Marketing
8 2 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Advertising
9 1 (0.74%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 30 (22.22%) IT Support
2 27 (20.00%) Analyst
3 25 (18.52%) Support Analyst
4 17 (12.59%) IT Analyst
5 16 (11.85%) IT Support Analyst
6 14 (10.37%) Support Engineer
7 12 (8.89%) Senior
8 11 (8.15%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (6.67%) Desktop Support
9 9 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 9 (6.67%) Support Specialist
10 8 (5.93%) IT Engineer
10 8 (5.93%) IT Technician
10 8 (5.93%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 7 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (4.44%) Consultant
12 6 (4.44%) Help Desk Technician
13 5 (3.70%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) React
1 3 (2.22%) Spring
2 1 (0.74%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 34 (25.19%) Product Ownership
2 17 (12.59%) Security Posture
3 11 (8.15%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.93%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.44%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.96%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.22%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.22%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.48%) CCTV
9 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.48%) Replication
10 1 (0.74%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.74%) IoT
10 1 (0.74%) Life Science
10 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (34.81%) Windows
2 11 (8.15%) Windows 10
3 8 (5.93%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.44%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.96%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.48%) VMS
6 2 (1.48%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.59%) ITIL
2 42 (31.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (28.15%) Asset Management
3 38 (28.15%) Coaching
4 37 (27.41%) Roadmaps
5 35 (25.93%) AI
6 34 (25.19%) Technology Roadmap
7 32 (23.70%) Agile
7 32 (23.70%) Analytics
8 27 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (19.26%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (19.26%) FinOps
9 26 (19.26%) Machine Learning
10 25 (18.52%) Customer Service
11 22 (16.30%) DevOps
12 20 (14.81%) Mentoring
13 18 (13.33%) Information Security
14 13 (9.63%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (8.89%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 33 (24.44%) PowerShell
2 20 (14.81%) Python
3 19 (14.07%) Bash
4 6 (4.44%) SQL
5 3 (2.22%) Java
5 3 (2.22%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.74%) Bicep
6 1 (0.74%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (11.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (8.89%) Degree
3 6 (4.44%) HND
4 5 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.96%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (2.96%) HNC
6 1 (0.74%) CCNA
6 1 (0.74%) CCNP
6 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.67%) NIST
2 5 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.70%) SLA
3 4 (2.96%) GDPR
3 4 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.22%) GRC
5 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 38 (28.15%) Active Directory
2 36 (26.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (8.89%) Hyper-V
4 11 (8.15%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (8.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.74%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (19.26%) Terraform
3 10 (7.41%) SCCM
4 1 (0.74%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 102 (75.56%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.63%) Cisco
3 11 (8.15%) VMware
4 6 (4.44%) Citrix
5 5 (3.70%) Apple
5 5 (3.70%) Freshdesk
5 5 (3.70%) Meraki
6 3 (2.22%) Dell
6 3 (2.22%) Sage
6 3 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.48%) arcserve
7 2 (1.48%) HP
7 2 (1.48%) Nimsoft
8 1 (0.74%) Databricks
8 1 (0.74%) Datto
8 1 (0.74%) iManage
8 1 (0.74%) Pegasus
8 1 (0.74%) Veeam
8 1 (0.74%) Xero