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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 48 77
Rank change year-on-year +22 +29 -33
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 193 112 201
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 6.53% 4.69% 4.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.51% 13.10% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 89 59 168
10th Percentile £24,900 £26,850 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,000 £40,072
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -7.67% +2.75%
75th Percentile £54,855 £49,767 £52,313
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £64,600
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -4.19%

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 821 855 1,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.77% 35.83% 40.52%
Number of salaries quoted 285 426 867
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,144 £70,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +20 99 £31,500 -16.00% 8
Glasgow -9 21 £56,250 +40.63% 14
West Dunbartonshire - 13 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 9 £45,000 -
Aberdeen +1 7 £35,000 - 4
Perth and Kinross -5 6 £32,500 +4.84%
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Lanarkshire +9 5 - - 9
Highlands -7 5 £52,500 +75.00%
Aberdeenshire - 5 £42,500 - 4
South Lanarkshire - 4 - -
Stirling -11 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £28,500 -
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 47 (24.35%) SharePoint
2 27 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.59%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (2.59%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (2.59%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 54 (27.98%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.74%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.52%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 102 (52.85%) Azure
2 99 (51.30%) Entra ID
3 27 (13.99%) Power Platform
4 22 (11.40%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (8.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (7.25%) OneDrive
7 11 (5.70%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (5.18%) Mimecast
9 7 (3.63%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.11%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.59%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.59%) SaaS
12 4 (2.07%) AWS
12 4 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.52%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.52%) GCP
13 1 (0.52%) IaaS
13 1 (0.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.81%) DNS
2 16 (8.29%) DHCP
3 12 (6.22%) Firewall
4 7 (3.63%) VPN
4 7 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (3.11%) Network Security
6 4 (2.07%) Broadband
6 4 (2.07%) Softphone
6 4 (2.07%) WAN
7 3 (1.55%) LAN
7 3 (1.55%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.55%) VLAN
7 3 (1.55%) Wireless
7 3 (1.55%) WLAN
8 2 (1.04%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.36%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.52%) Power Query
2 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 75 (38.86%) Social Skills
2 44 (22.80%) Finance
3 36 (18.65%) Back Office
4 11 (5.70%) Billing
5 7 (3.63%) Law
6 6 (3.11%) Retail
7 5 (2.59%) Legal
7 5 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.04%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (27.46%) Support Engineer
2 44 (22.80%) Analyst
3 40 (20.73%) IT Support
4 39 (20.21%) Desktop Engineer
4 39 (20.21%) Desktop Support
4 39 (20.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 37 (19.17%) Support Analyst
6 32 (16.58%) Site Engineer
7 21 (10.88%) IT Analyst
8 18 (9.33%) IT Support Analyst
9 17 (8.81%) IT Engineer
10 15 (7.77%) Senior
11 14 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (5.70%) Applications Support
12 11 (5.70%) Applications Support Analyst
13 10 (5.18%) 3rd Line Support
14 9 (4.66%) Support Specialist
15 8 (4.15%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 7 (3.63%) Consultant
17 6 (3.11%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.04%) Web Services
2 1 (0.52%) .NET
2 1 (0.52%) CSS
2 1 (0.52%) HTML
2 1 (0.52%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 45 (23.32%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.29%) Security Posture
3 15 (7.77%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.70%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.07%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.04%) CCTV
9 2 (1.04%) iPhone
9 2 (1.04%) Robotics
9 2 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 98 (50.78%) Windows
2 45 (23.32%) Windows 10
3 18 (9.33%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (3.11%) Mac OS
5 6 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.59%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (2.07%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.55%) Android
8 3 (1.55%) Linux
9 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (42.49%) ITIL
2 72 (37.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 66 (34.20%) Customer Service
4 63 (32.64%) Analytics
5 55 (28.50%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (23.32%) Agile
7 41 (21.24%) Asset Management
7 41 (21.24%) Roadmaps
8 40 (20.73%) Coaching
8 40 (20.73%) Ticket Management
9 39 (20.21%) Customer Experience
9 39 (20.21%) Patch Management
10 36 (18.65%) Customer Acquisition
10 36 (18.65%) Software Deployment
11 35 (18.13%) Technology Roadmap
12 34 (17.62%) AI
13 33 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (16.06%) DevOps
15 27 (13.99%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (13.99%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 40 (20.73%) PowerShell
2 21 (10.88%) Python
3 19 (9.84%) Bash
4 5 (2.59%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) C#
5 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (29.53%) Degree
2 39 (20.21%) SC Cleared
2 39 (20.21%) Security Cleared
3 36 (18.65%) CTC Cleared
4 17 (8.81%) HND
5 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.07%) HNC
7 3 (1.55%) CCNA
7 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.04%) MCSE
8 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.04%) MOS
9 1 (0.52%) CCNP
9 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (25.91%) SLA
2 14 (7.25%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.66%) GDPR
4 8 (4.15%) NIST
5 5 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.55%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (22.80%) Active Directory
2 31 (16.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (5.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.04%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (26.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (13.47%) Terraform
3 16 (8.29%) SCCM
4 2 (1.04%) Ansible
5 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.52%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 151 (78.24%) Microsoft
2 49 (25.39%) Cisco
3 12 (6.22%) Freshdesk
4 11 (5.70%) Adobe
4 11 (5.70%) Nintex
5 8 (4.15%) Dell
6 7 (3.63%) HP
7 5 (2.59%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.07%) Apple
9 3 (1.55%) Citrix
9 3 (1.55%) iManage
9 3 (1.55%) Meraki
10 2 (1.04%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.04%) Bomgar
11 1 (0.52%) Databricks
11 1 (0.52%) Datto
11 1 (0.52%) FIS
11 1 (0.52%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.52%) Veeam
11 1 (0.52%) VMware