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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 78 91
Rank change year-on-year +47 +13 -41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 151 48 271
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.52% 2.54% 4.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.89% 8.86% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 75 39 220
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,050 £23,988
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £51,272 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,250 £71,977 £57,500
UK median annual salary £38,500 £41,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -7.23% +6.41% -4.88%

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 894 542 2,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.78% 28.66% 43.93%
Number of salaries quoted 347 353 1,024
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,569 £68,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +27 36 £37,250 -25.81% 4
Glasgow +2 34 £50,000 +42.86% 12
West Dunbartonshire - 14 - -
North Lanarkshire +1 11 £30,000 +5.26% 1
Aberdeen -12 9 £35,000 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 9 £28,000 - 1
Perth and Kinross -6 7 £32,500 -1.52%
Lanarkshire - 6 £32,500 - 6
Renfrewshire - 6 - - 2
West Lothian - 6 - -
Highlands -7 4 - -
Stirling - 2 - - 1
Ayrshire - 2 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 -
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 33 (21.85%) SharePoint
2 18 (11.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.31%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (3.31%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (3.31%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 52 (34.44%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (9.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.66%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 60 (39.74%) Azure
2 59 (39.07%) Entra ID
3 23 (15.23%) Power Platform
4 20 (13.25%) OneDrive
5 13 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (7.28%) SaaS
7 5 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.65%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.99%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.32%) AWS
10 2 (1.32%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.66%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.66%) GCP
11 1 (0.66%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.54%) DNS
2 24 (15.89%) DHCP
3 20 (13.25%) Firewall
4 11 (7.28%) VPN
5 10 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.31%) LAN
6 5 (3.31%) VoIP
6 5 (3.31%) WAN
7 4 (2.65%) Network Security
7 4 (2.65%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (2.65%) Wireless
8 3 (1.99%) WLAN
9 2 (1.32%) Broadband
9 2 (1.32%) Mobile Broadband
9 2 (1.32%) Softphone
9 2 (1.32%) VLAN
10 1 (0.66%) BGP
10 1 (0.66%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.66%) MPLS
10 1 (0.66%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.60%) Power BI
2 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 79 (52.32%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.84%) Back Office
3 12 (7.95%) Billing
4 8 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.97%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.97%) Retail
7 5 (3.31%) Finance
8 2 (1.32%) Legal
8 2 (1.32%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.66%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 57 (37.75%) Support Engineer
2 42 (27.81%) IT Support
3 40 (26.49%) Analyst
4 38 (25.17%) Desktop Engineer
4 38 (25.17%) Desktop Support
4 38 (25.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 32 (21.19%) Site Engineer
6 30 (19.87%) Support Analyst
7 22 (14.57%) IT Engineer
8 19 (12.58%) IT Analyst
8 19 (12.58%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (9.93%) IT Support Analyst
10 12 (7.95%) Applications Support
10 12 (7.95%) Applications Support Analyst
11 8 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.30%) Service Analyst
11 8 (5.30%) Service Desk Analyst
12 7 (4.64%) Senior
13 6 (3.97%) 3rd Line Support
13 6 (3.97%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.32%) .NET
2 2 (1.32%) Web Services
3 1 (0.66%) CSS
3 1 (0.66%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.60%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.95%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.96%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.97%) FMCG
5 5 (3.31%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.32%) iPhone
7 2 (1.32%) Robotics
7 2 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.66%) Clustering
8 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.66%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 99 (65.56%) Windows
2 51 (33.77%) Windows 10
3 20 (13.25%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.62%) Mac OS
5 7 (4.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (3.31%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (1.99%) Android
8 3 (1.99%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.99%) Linux
9 2 (1.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (44.37%) Customer Service
2 66 (43.71%) ITIL
3 49 (32.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (27.81%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (26.49%) Ticket Management
6 39 (25.83%) Patch Management
7 38 (25.17%) Customer Experience
8 36 (23.84%) Analytics
8 36 (23.84%) Customer Acquisition
8 36 (23.84%) Software Deployment
9 33 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (11.92%) Agile
11 17 (11.26%) DevOps
12 16 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (10.60%) Change Management
12 16 (10.60%) Mentoring
13 14 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (8.61%) Process Improvement
14 13 (8.61%) Requirements Gathering
14 13 (8.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.66%) C#
2 1 (0.66%) Python
2 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (40.40%) Degree
2 38 (25.17%) SC Cleared
2 38 (25.17%) Security Cleared
3 36 (23.84%) CTC Cleared
4 13 (8.61%) HND
5 8 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.64%) CCNA
7 5 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (3.31%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.32%) MCSE
9 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.32%) MOS
10 1 (0.66%) CCIE
10 1 (0.66%) CCNP
10 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.66%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (37.09%) SLA
2 12 (7.95%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.31%) GDPR
4 3 (1.99%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 40 (26.49%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.32%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.66%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (9.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.62%) SCCM
3 2 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.32%) Ansible
3 2 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.66%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (80.79%) Microsoft
2 54 (35.76%) Cisco
3 12 (7.95%) Adobe
3 12 (7.95%) Freshdesk
3 12 (7.95%) Nintex
4 9 (5.96%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.64%) VMware
6 6 (3.97%) Dell
7 5 (3.31%) HP
8 4 (2.65%) BeyondTrust
8 4 (2.65%) iManage
9 3 (1.99%) Apple
9 3 (1.99%) Citrix
9 3 (1.99%) Meraki
9 3 (1.99%) Sophos
10 2 (1.32%) Bomgar
10 2 (1.32%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.66%) FIS
11 1 (0.66%) Intapp
11 1 (0.66%) Palo Alto