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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 48 83
Rank change year-on-year +23 +35 -42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 191 118 182
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 6.63% 4.73% 4.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.71% 13.38% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 88 62 153
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,150 £24,800
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,250 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% -14.54% +8.97%
75th Percentile £54,026 £49,946 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,875 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -4.76%

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 773 882 1,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.81% 35.35% 40.69%
Number of salaries quoted 278 418 831
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +22 102 £33,000 -22.35% 7
Glasgow -13 17 £57,500 +43.75% 14
West Dunbartonshire - 11 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 9 £45,000 -
Aberdeen +7 7 £35,000 - 3
Perth and Kinross -5 6 £32,500 +4.84% 2
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Lanarkshire +6 5 - - 12
Highlands -6 5 £52,500 +75.00%
Aberdeenshire - 5 £42,500 - 2
South Lanarkshire - 4 - - 1
Stirling -11 2 - - 1
Ayrshire - 2 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £28,500 -
Banffshire - 1 - -
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 - 2
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 44 (23.04%) SharePoint
2 26 (13.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 51 (26.70%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.24%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.52%) FIS Private Capital Suite
1 1 (0.52%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 99 (51.83%) Azure
2 98 (51.31%) Entra ID
3 22 (11.52%) Power Platform
4 19 (9.95%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (5.76%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (5.24%) Mimecast
7 10 (5.24%) OneDrive
8 6 (3.14%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.14%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.62%) Copilot Studio
9 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.09%) AWS
11 3 (1.57%) SaaS
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.52%) GCP
12 1 (0.52%) IaaS
12 1 (0.52%) PaaS
12 1 (0.52%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.81%) DHCP
1 13 (6.81%) DNS
2 8 (4.19%) Firewall
3 6 (3.14%) Network Security
3 6 (3.14%) VPN
4 5 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.09%) Broadband
5 4 (2.09%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.09%) WAN
6 3 (1.57%) LAN
6 3 (1.57%) Wireless
6 3 (1.57%) WLAN
7 2 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (1.05%) Softphone
8 1 (0.52%) IMAP
8 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.52%) VLAN
8 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.52%) Power Query
2 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (40.84%) Social Skills
2 44 (23.04%) Finance
3 36 (18.85%) Back Office
4 9 (4.71%) Billing
5 7 (3.66%) Law
6 6 (3.14%) Legal
6 6 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.62%) Retail
8 4 (2.09%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Advertising
10 1 (0.52%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 51 (26.70%) Support Engineer
2 41 (21.47%) Analyst
3 39 (20.42%) Desktop Engineer
3 39 (20.42%) Desktop Support
3 39 (20.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 36 (18.85%) IT Support
5 34 (17.80%) Support Analyst
6 32 (16.75%) Site Engineer
7 18 (9.42%) IT Analyst
8 16 (8.38%) IT Engineer
8 16 (8.38%) IT Support Analyst
9 14 (7.33%) Senior
10 12 (6.28%) 3rd Line Support
10 12 (6.28%) IT Support Engineer
11 9 (4.71%) Applications Support
11 9 (4.71%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (4.71%) Support Specialist
12 8 (4.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 6 (3.14%) Service Analyst
13 6 (3.14%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) .NET
1 1 (0.52%) CSS
1 1 (0.52%) HTML
1 1 (0.52%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.51%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.38%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.81%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.81%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.09%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.05%) CCTV
7 2 (1.05%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.05%) Life Science
7 2 (1.05%) Robotics
7 2 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 96 (50.26%) Windows
2 45 (23.56%) Windows 10
3 17 (8.90%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.09%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.09%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.57%) Android
5 3 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.05%) Linux
6 2 (1.05%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (43.98%) ITIL
2 73 (38.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 66 (34.55%) Customer Service
4 63 (32.98%) Analytics
5 55 (28.80%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (21.47%) Asset Management
7 40 (20.94%) Agile
7 40 (20.94%) Roadmaps
7 40 (20.94%) Ticket Management
8 39 (20.42%) Customer Experience
8 39 (20.42%) Patch Management
9 38 (19.90%) Coaching
10 36 (18.85%) Customer Acquisition
10 36 (18.85%) Software Deployment
11 35 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
11 35 (18.32%) Technology Roadmap
12 33 (17.28%) AI
13 27 (14.14%) DevOps
14 26 (13.61%) FinOps
14 26 (13.61%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.90%) PowerShell
2 21 (10.99%) Python
3 19 (9.95%) Bash
4 5 (2.62%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) C#
5 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (28.80%) Degree
2 39 (20.42%) SC Cleared
2 39 (20.42%) Security Cleared
3 36 (18.85%) CTC Cleared
4 15 (7.85%) HND
4 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.09%) HNC
6 3 (1.57%) CCNA
6 3 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.05%) MCP
7 2 (1.05%) MCSE
7 2 (1.05%) MOS
8 1 (0.52%) CCNP
8 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (25.13%) SLA
2 12 (6.28%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.71%) GDPR
4 8 (4.19%) NIST
5 5 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.57%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 41 (21.47%) Active Directory
2 33 (17.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (5.24%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.09%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (28.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (13.61%) Terraform
3 17 (8.90%) SCCM
4 2 (1.05%) Ansible
5 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.52%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 147 (76.96%) Microsoft
2 49 (25.65%) Cisco
3 12 (6.28%) Freshdesk
4 9 (4.71%) Adobe
4 9 (4.71%) Nintex
5 6 (3.14%) Apple
5 6 (3.14%) Citrix
5 6 (3.14%) Dell
5 6 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.62%) HP
7 4 (2.09%) Meraki
8 3 (1.57%) VMware
9 2 (1.05%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.52%) Databricks
10 1 (0.52%) Datto
10 1 (0.52%) FIS
10 1 (0.52%) Pegasus
10 1 (0.52%) Sage
10 1 (0.52%) Veeam
10 1 (0.52%) Xero