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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 41 76
Rank change year-on-year +7 +35 -38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 150 134 145
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 5.48% 4.94% 4.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.25% 14.06% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 83 75 120
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £52,250 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -

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 706 953 1,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.80% 35.17% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 267 462 696
10th Percentile £26,400 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,750 £85,253 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.57% -7.31%

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 December 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 29 December 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
Edinburgh +23 103 £33,000 -30.53% 25
Glasgow -22 12 £56,250 +40.63% 23
Aberdeen +4 6 £35,000 - 20
Highlands -5 5 £52,500 +75.00%
Aberdeenshire - 5 £42,500 - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 4 - - 1
Lanarkshire +3 3 - - 5
Perth and Kinross -4 3 £32,500 +4.84% 1
Dundee -3 1 £69,248 +151.81%
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
Banffshire - 1 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £28,500 -
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 41 (27.33%) SharePoint
2 23 (15.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.67%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 96 (64.00%) Azure
2 66 (44.00%) Entra ID
3 16 (10.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 15 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 11 (7.33%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (6.00%) OneDrive
7 8 (5.33%) Mimecast
8 6 (4.00%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.00%) PowerApps
9 5 (3.33%) Copilot Studio
9 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.67%) AWS
11 2 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.67%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.67%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.67%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.67%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.67%) PaaS
12 1 (0.67%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.67%) DHCP
1 10 (6.67%) DNS
2 6 (4.00%) Firewall
2 6 (4.00%) Network Security
3 5 (3.33%) Broadband
3 5 (3.33%) VPN
4 4 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.67%) WAN
5 3 (2.00%) LAN
5 3 (2.00%) Wireless
5 3 (2.00%) WLAN
6 2 (1.33%) Softphone
6 2 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.67%) IMAP
7 1 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.67%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.67%) VLAN
7 1 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.67%) Power Query
2 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
General
1 45 (30.00%) Finance
2 44 (29.33%) Social Skills
3 7 (4.67%) Law
4 6 (4.00%) Legal
4 6 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.33%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.67%) Back Office
6 4 (2.67%) Billing
6 4 (2.67%) Retail
7 2 (1.33%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.67%) Advertising
8 1 (0.67%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (22.67%) IT Support
2 33 (22.00%) Analyst
3 30 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 17 (11.33%) IT Analyst
4 17 (11.33%) IT Support Analyst
5 14 (9.33%) 3rd Line Support
5 14 (9.33%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.00%) Senior
7 11 (7.33%) IT Engineer
8 9 (6.00%) Support Specialist
9 8 (5.33%) IT Technician
9 8 (5.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 7 (4.67%) Desktop Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) Desktop Support
10 7 (4.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.00%) Consultant
11 6 (4.00%) Help Desk Technician
12 5 (3.33%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) .NET
1 1 (0.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.33%) Product Ownership
2 17 (11.33%) Security Posture
3 14 (9.33%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.67%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.67%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.33%) CCTV
9 2 (1.33%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.33%) Life Science
9 2 (1.33%) Robotics
9 2 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.67%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.67%) IoT
10 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 60 (40.00%) Windows
2 15 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.33%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.67%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.00%) Android
7 2 (1.33%) Linux
7 2 (1.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (35.33%) ITIL
2 41 (27.33%) Asset Management
3 40 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 39 (26.00%) Roadmaps
5 38 (25.33%) Coaching
6 35 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (22.67%) Agile
7 34 (22.67%) Technology Roadmap
8 33 (22.00%) AI
9 32 (21.33%) Analytics
9 32 (21.33%) Customer Service
10 27 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (17.33%) FinOps
11 26 (17.33%) Machine Learning
12 25 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
13 24 (16.00%) Mentoring
14 23 (15.33%) DevOps
15 18 (12.00%) Information Security
16 13 (8.67%) Collaborative Working
16 13 (8.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 39 (26.00%) PowerShell
2 20 (13.33%) Python
3 19 (12.67%) Bash
4 6 (4.00%) SQL
5 1 (0.67%) Bicep
5 1 (0.67%) C#
5 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (10.00%) Degree
2 14 (9.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (6.67%) HND
4 7 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.67%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.67%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (2.67%) HNC
6 3 (2.00%) CCNA
6 3 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.67%) CCNP
8 1 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.67%) SLA
2 9 (6.00%) GDPR
2 9 (6.00%) NIST
3 7 (4.67%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.67%) GRC
System Software
1 38 (25.33%) Active Directory
2 36 (24.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (7.33%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (4.67%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (39.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (17.33%) Terraform
3 14 (9.33%) SCCM
4 2 (1.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.67%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.67%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 110 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.00%) Cisco
3 9 (6.00%) Freshdesk
4 8 (5.33%) Apple
5 7 (4.67%) VMware
6 6 (4.00%) Citrix
7 5 (3.33%) Meraki
8 4 (2.67%) Adobe
8 4 (2.67%) Nintex
9 3 (2.00%) Dell
9 3 (2.00%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.33%) HP
11 1 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.67%) Databricks
11 1 (0.67%) iManage
11 1 (0.67%) Pegasus
11 1 (0.67%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.67%) Sage
11 1 (0.67%) Veeam
11 1 (0.67%) Xero