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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 81 80
Rank change year-on-year +55 -1 -47
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 166 74 189
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.61% 2.94% 3.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.22% 13.14% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 97 43 142
10th Percentile - £27,600 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +1.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £45,250 £50,250 £49,688
90th Percentile £59,250 £71,476 £63,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.71% -0.06%

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 821 563 1,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 22.81% 22.40% 36.66%
Number of salaries quoted 466 235 729
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.62%
75th Percentile £77,375 £80,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £81,400
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 August 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 22 August 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 +14 55 £31,250 -5.30% 11
Glasgow +37 50 £36,750 +1.38% 14
West Lothian - 15 £67,500 - 2
North Lanarkshire +4 7 £30,000 +5.26%
Highlands +1 6 £51,500 +28.75%
South Lanarkshire - 6 £28,000 - 1
Aberdeen - 5 £36,500 - 4
Dunbartonshire 0 4 - - 1
Fife - 4 £33,500 - 2
Aberdeenshire - 4 - - 3
North Ayrshire - 3 £36,500 -
Lanarkshire - 2 £32,500 - 10
Moray - 2 £31,500 -
Perth and Kinross -8 1 £23,500 -28.79% 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £19,000 -
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 62 (37.35%) SharePoint
2 27 (16.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.81%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (36.75%) Azure
2 60 (36.14%) Entra ID
3 24 (14.46%) OneDrive
4 11 (6.63%) SaaS
5 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Copilot
5 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (4.82%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.41%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.20%) IaaS
8 2 (1.20%) PaaS
9 1 (0.60%) AWS
9 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.60%) Canva
9 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.60%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.60%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.60%) Miro
9 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (21.69%) DNS
2 28 (16.87%) VPN
3 27 (16.27%) DHCP
4 26 (15.66%) VoIP
5 25 (15.06%) Firewall
6 13 (7.83%) LAN
6 13 (7.83%) WAN
7 10 (6.02%) Broadband
8 9 (5.42%) MPLS
8 9 (5.42%) VLAN
9 7 (4.22%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (2.41%) Internet
10 4 (2.41%) VSAN
11 3 (1.81%) PBX
12 2 (1.20%) Network Security
13 1 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
13 1 (0.60%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 1 (0.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 1 (0.60%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) JIRA
General
1 78 (46.99%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.63%) Telecoms
4 10 (6.02%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.42%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.01%) Finance
7 4 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.81%) Back Office
9 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.60%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Law
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
10 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (37.95%) IT Support
2 42 (25.30%) Support Engineer
3 37 (22.29%) IT Engineer
4 35 (21.08%) Analyst
5 31 (18.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 24 (14.46%) Support Analyst
7 20 (12.05%) IT Analyst
7 20 (12.05%) Senior
8 19 (11.45%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (10.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 17 (10.24%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (9.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (8.43%) 1st Line Support
12 12 (7.23%) Technical Support
13 11 (6.63%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 10 (6.02%) Consultant
15 9 (5.42%) 1st Line Engineer
15 9 (5.42%) 1st Line Support Engineer
15 9 (5.42%) Technical Engineer
16 8 (4.82%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (1.81%) Terraform
2 1 (0.60%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 42 (25.30%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.83%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.22%) FMCG
4 4 (2.41%) Clustering
4 4 (2.41%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.41%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.81%) Life Science
5 3 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.81%) Replication
5 3 (1.81%) Shadow IT
6 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.60%) IoT
6 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 95 (57.23%) Windows
2 34 (20.48%) Mac OS
3 33 (19.88%) Windows 10
3 33 (19.88%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.61%) Linux
5 3 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.81%) Debian
5 3 (1.81%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (20.48%) Customer Service
3 26 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (12.65%) ITIL
6 20 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 20 (12.05%) Project Delivery
7 15 (9.04%) Roadmaps
8 14 (8.43%) Collaborative Working
8 14 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (8.43%) Mentoring
8 14 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (7.23%) Line Management
10 11 (6.63%) Coaching
10 11 (6.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 11 (6.63%) Time Management
11 10 (6.02%) AI
11 10 (6.02%) Service Delivery
11 10 (6.02%) Task Automation
11 10 (6.02%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.66%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (7.83%) Degree
2 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.42%) CCNA
5 8 (4.82%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.61%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.81%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.81%) MCSA
7 3 (1.81%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.81%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.20%) CISM
8 2 (1.20%) CISSP
8 2 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.60%) CCIE
9 1 (0.60%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.63%) SLA
2 8 (4.82%) GDPR
3 7 (4.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.01%) NIST
5 5 (3.01%) QA
6 2 (1.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 75 (45.18%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.43%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.60%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.60%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (15.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.81%) Ansible
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 146 (87.95%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.45%) Cisco
3 18 (10.84%) VMware
4 15 (9.04%) Meraki
5 9 (5.42%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.41%) Citrix
6 4 (2.41%) EMC
7 2 (1.20%) Apple
7 2 (1.20%) Google
7 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.20%) Sophos
7 2 (1.20%) Veeam
7 2 (1.20%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.60%) Aruba
8 1 (0.60%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.60%) F5
8 1 (0.60%) iManage
8 1 (0.60%) Intapp
8 1 (0.60%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.60%) SolarWinds