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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 56 73
Rank change year-on-year +25 +17 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 155 75 238
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 5.11% 3.57% 4.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.50% 11.16% 11.38%
Number of salaries quoted 74 52 194
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,025 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% -6.88% +7.38%
75th Percentile £47,188 £49,758 £48,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,875 £57,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -3.61%

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 795 672 2,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.19% 32.02% 42.61%
Number of salaries quoted 301 408 930
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,725
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,144 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 +23 57 £29,250 -39.70% 8
Glasgow -9 23 £55,000 +50.68% 18
West Dunbartonshire - 14 - -
North Lanarkshire -4 10 £30,000 +5.26% 2
Aberdeen -7 8 £35,000 - 1
Lanarkshire +8 6 £32,500 - 15
Perth and Kinross -5 6 £32,500 +4.84%
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Aberdeenshire +6 5 £42,500 - 1
Highlands -6 4 - -
South Lanarkshire - 4 - - 1
Stirling -9 2 - - 1
Ayrshire - 2 - - 1
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
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 34 (21.94%) SharePoint
2 17 (10.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 53 (34.19%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (9.03%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.65%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 71 (45.81%) Entra ID
2 69 (44.52%) Azure
3 23 (14.84%) Power Platform
4 18 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (10.97%) OneDrive
6 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (3.87%) Mimecast
8 5 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.23%) SaaS
9 4 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.65%) AWS
11 1 (0.65%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.65%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.65%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.97%) DNS
2 16 (10.32%) DHCP
3 12 (7.74%) Firewall
4 7 (4.52%) VPN
5 6 (3.87%) Network Security
5 6 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.58%) WAN
7 3 (1.94%) LAN
7 3 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (1.94%) Softphone
7 3 (1.94%) VLAN
7 3 (1.94%) Wireless
7 3 (1.94%) WLAN
8 2 (1.29%) Broadband
8 2 (1.29%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (1.29%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.65%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.26%) Power BI
2 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (47.10%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.23%) Back Office
3 19 (12.26%) Finance
4 12 (7.74%) Billing
5 7 (4.52%) Law
5 7 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.87%) Legal
6 6 (3.87%) Retail
7 4 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.29%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (34.84%) Support Engineer
2 39 (25.16%) Desktop Engineer
2 39 (25.16%) Desktop Support
2 39 (25.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 39 (25.16%) IT Support
3 37 (23.87%) Analyst
4 32 (20.65%) Site Engineer
5 28 (18.06%) Support Analyst
6 18 (11.61%) IT Engineer
7 17 (10.97%) IT Analyst
8 15 (9.68%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (8.39%) IT Support Analyst
10 12 (7.74%) Applications Support
10 12 (7.74%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (5.81%) Support Specialist
12 7 (4.52%) Service Analyst
12 7 (4.52%) Service Desk Analyst
13 6 (3.87%) 3rd Line Support
13 6 (3.87%) Junior
13 6 (3.87%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.29%) .NET
1 2 (1.29%) Web Services
2 1 (0.65%) CSS
2 1 (0.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.77%) Product Ownership
2 16 (10.32%) Management Information System
3 12 (7.74%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.87%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.94%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.29%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.29%) iPhone
8 2 (1.29%) Robotics
8 2 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.65%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.65%) CCTV
9 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.65%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 98 (63.23%) Windows
2 46 (29.68%) Windows 10
3 18 (11.61%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.52%) Mac OS
4 7 (4.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (3.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (1.94%) Android
7 3 (1.94%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.94%) Linux
8 2 (1.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (43.23%) ITIL
2 63 (40.65%) Customer Service
3 55 (35.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (30.32%) Analytics
4 47 (30.32%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (25.81%) Ticket Management
6 39 (25.16%) Customer Experience
6 39 (25.16%) Patch Management
7 36 (23.23%) Customer Acquisition
7 36 (23.23%) Software Deployment
8 33 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (18.71%) Agile
10 22 (14.19%) DevOps
11 19 (12.26%) AI
11 19 (12.26%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (11.61%) Roadmaps
13 17 (10.97%) Asset Management
13 17 (10.97%) Coaching
14 16 (10.32%) Mentoring
15 15 (9.68%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.10%) Python
3 9 (5.81%) Bash
4 5 (3.23%) SQL
5 1 (0.65%) C#
Qualifications
1 57 (36.77%) Degree
2 38 (24.52%) SC Cleared
2 38 (24.52%) Security Cleared
3 36 (23.23%) CTC Cleared
4 17 (10.97%) HND
5 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.58%) HNC
7 3 (1.94%) CCNA
7 3 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.29%) MCSE
8 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.29%) MOS
9 1 (0.65%) CCNP
9 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (32.90%) SLA
2 12 (7.74%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.23%) GDPR
4 3 (1.94%) NIST
4 3 (1.94%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 37 (23.87%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.29%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.29%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (18.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.39%) SCCM
3 11 (7.10%) Terraform
4 2 (1.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.65%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 123 (79.35%) Microsoft
2 47 (30.32%) Cisco
3 12 (7.74%) Adobe
3 12 (7.74%) Freshdesk
3 12 (7.74%) Nintex
4 7 (4.52%) Dell
4 7 (4.52%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.87%) HP
6 4 (2.58%) iManage
7 3 (1.94%) Apple
7 3 (1.94%) BeyondTrust
7 3 (1.94%) Citrix
7 3 (1.94%) Sophos
8 2 (1.29%) Bomgar
8 2 (1.29%) VMware
8 2 (1.29%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.65%) Datto
9 1 (0.65%) Intapp
9 1 (0.65%) Meraki
9 1 (0.65%) Veeam