Microsoft 365 Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 81 53
Rank change year-on-year -47 -28 +17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 42 265 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.30% 4.03% 5.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.30% 10.36% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 30 204 173
10th Percentile £28,825 £23,300 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,563 £26,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £35,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -4.67% +4.17%
75th Percentile £52,008 £48,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £71,532 £57,500 £55,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £38,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year +1.32% -8.43% -2.35%

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 575 2,557 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 17.86% 38.88% 35.17%
Number of salaries quoted 271 993 838
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,550 £30,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,084 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,114 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £82,514
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.73% +0.80%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 July 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 2 July 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
Glasgow +56 21 £35,000 -25.53% 64
Edinburgh -43 6 £51,914 +59.74% 64
Perth and Kinross +6 5 £33,000 -
Highlands - 4 £40,000 - 2
Dunbartonshire - 3 - -
Dundee +12 1 £69,248 +167.55% 7
Aberdeenshire +9 1 - - 4
North Lanarkshire -4 1 £28,500 -36.67% 3
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (40.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) JOnAS
3 2 (4.76%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.38%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (52.38%) Azure
2 7 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 6 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.76%) AWS
4 2 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
4 2 (4.76%) SaaS
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.38%) IaaS
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) DHCP
1 14 (33.33%) DNS
2 11 (26.19%) Firewall
3 10 (23.81%) VPN
4 8 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (16.67%) VLAN
6 6 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 5 (11.90%) DKIM
7 5 (11.90%) DMARC
7 5 (11.90%) Wireless
8 4 (9.52%) IPsec
8 4 (9.52%) SSL
9 3 (7.14%) Internet
9 3 (7.14%) NAS
10 2 (4.76%) WAN
11 1 (2.38%) BGP
11 1 (2.38%) EIGRP
11 1 (2.38%) FTP
11 1 (2.38%) MPLS
11 1 (2.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.76%) Power BI
2 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Law
4 4 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (9.52%) Marketing
5 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Back Office
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) IT Support
1 10 (23.81%) Support Engineer
2 7 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Desktop Support
4 5 (11.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Field Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Field Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Team Lead
4 5 (11.90%) Lead
4 5 (11.90%) Senior
4 5 (11.90%) Team Leader
5 4 (9.52%) IT Technician
5 4 (9.52%) Java Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (9.52%) Senior IT Technician
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Support Technician
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) React
1 4 (9.52%) Spring
2 2 (4.76%) ARM Templates
2 2 (4.76%) JSON
3 1 (2.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 7 (16.67%) Replication
2 5 (11.90%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (9.52%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 3 (7.14%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.38%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.38%) FMCG
6 1 (2.38%) Life Science
6 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (59.52%) Windows
2 10 (23.81%) Windows Server
3 9 (21.43%) VMS
3 9 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (11.90%) Unix
6 3 (7.14%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (26.19%) Customer Service
3 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (19.05%) Migration
5 7 (16.67%) DevOps
6 6 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (14.29%) IT Strategy
7 5 (11.90%) Agile
7 5 (11.90%) Incident Response
7 5 (11.90%) Operational Stability
7 5 (11.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
7 5 (11.90%) Virtual Environments
8 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (9.52%) Community of Practice
8 4 (9.52%) Customer Experience
8 4 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (9.52%) SDLC
8 4 (9.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 6 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 4 (9.52%) Java
4 3 (7.14%) SQL
5 2 (4.76%) C#
6 1 (2.38%) Bicep
6 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
2 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) ACCA
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.52%) PCI DSS
4 3 (7.14%) GRC
5 1 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 16 (38.10%) Active Directory
3 12 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.38%) Docker
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.52%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.38%) Proxmox
3 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (33.33%) VMware
3 5 (11.90%) Apple
4 3 (7.14%) arcserve
4 3 (7.14%) Nimsoft
4 3 (7.14%) Sage
4 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.76%) Cisco
6 1 (2.38%) Aruba
6 1 (2.38%) F5
6 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.38%) Riverbed
6 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.38%) SonicWALL