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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 52 73
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 -27
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 184 103 207
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 6.11% 4.30% 4.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.41% 12.36% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 86 55 170
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,550 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,875 £30,000 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £54,964 £49,767 £52,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £64,200
UK median annual salary £37,500 £44,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.73% +11.25% -3.68%

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 821 833 1,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.25% 34.78% 41.68%
Number of salaries quoted 293 412 878
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £56,971 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +3.58% -3.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.34% +12.61% -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 20 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 20 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 +22 89 £31,500 -21.25% 13
Glasgow -8 21 £56,250 +40.63% 23
West Dunbartonshire - 13 - -
North Lanarkshire - 9 £45,000 - 1
Aberdeen -1 8 £35,000 - 4
Perth and Kinross -4 6 £32,500 +4.84%
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Lanarkshire +9 5 - - 14
Aberdeenshire +4 5 £42,500 - 4
Highlands -6 5 £52,500 +75.00%
South Lanarkshire - 4 - -
Stirling -9 2 - - 1
Ayrshire - 2 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Perthshire - 1 £32,500 - 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 45 (24.46%) SharePoint
2 26 (14.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.72%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (2.72%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (2.72%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 54 (29.35%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (7.07%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.54%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 94 (51.09%) Azure
2 93 (50.54%) Entra ID
3 26 (14.13%) Power Platform
4 21 (11.41%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (8.70%) OneDrive
6 15 (8.15%) Microsoft Purview
7 10 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (4.89%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.26%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.72%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.72%) SaaS
11 4 (2.17%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.63%) AWS
13 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.54%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.54%) GCP
13 1 (0.54%) IaaS
13 1 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.78%) DNS
2 17 (9.24%) DHCP
3 13 (7.07%) Firewall
4 8 (4.35%) VPN
5 7 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.26%) Network Security
7 4 (2.17%) Softphone
7 4 (2.17%) WAN
8 3 (1.63%) Broadband
8 3 (1.63%) LAN
8 3 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (1.63%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.63%) VLAN
8 3 (1.63%) Wireless
8 3 (1.63%) WLAN
9 2 (1.09%) Mobile Broadband
10 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.54%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.87%) Power BI
2 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.54%) Power Query
2 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 72 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 38 (20.65%) Finance
3 36 (19.57%) Back Office
4 11 (5.98%) Billing
5 7 (3.80%) Law
6 6 (3.26%) Retail
7 5 (2.72%) Legal
7 5 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (28.80%) Support Engineer
2 43 (23.37%) Analyst
3 39 (21.20%) Desktop Engineer
3 39 (21.20%) Desktop Support
3 39 (21.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 39 (21.20%) IT Support
4 35 (19.02%) Support Analyst
5 32 (17.39%) Site Engineer
6 20 (10.87%) IT Analyst
7 17 (9.24%) IT Engineer
7 17 (9.24%) IT Support Analyst
8 14 (7.61%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (7.07%) Senior
10 11 (5.98%) Applications Support
10 11 (5.98%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
11 9 (4.89%) Support Specialist
12 7 (3.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 6 (3.26%) Consultant
13 6 (3.26%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.09%) Web Services
2 1 (0.54%) .NET
2 1 (0.54%) CSS
2 1 (0.54%) HTML
2 1 (0.54%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 41 (22.28%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.15%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.61%) Security Posture
4 10 (5.43%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.17%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.09%) CCTV
9 2 (1.09%) iPhone
9 2 (1.09%) Robotics
9 2 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.54%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) Life Science
10 1 (0.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 97 (52.72%) Windows
2 45 (24.46%) Windows 10
3 18 (9.78%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.80%) Mac OS
4 7 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.72%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (1.63%) Android
7 3 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.63%) Linux
8 2 (1.09%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (42.93%) ITIL
2 68 (36.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (35.33%) Customer Service
4 60 (32.61%) Analytics
5 53 (28.80%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (22.28%) Agile
7 40 (21.74%) Ticket Management
8 39 (21.20%) Customer Experience
8 39 (21.20%) Patch Management
9 36 (19.57%) Asset Management
9 36 (19.57%) Customer Acquisition
9 36 (19.57%) Roadmaps
9 36 (19.57%) Software Deployment
10 35 (19.02%) Coaching
11 31 (16.85%) AI
11 31 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (16.85%) Technology Roadmap
12 29 (15.76%) DevOps
13 24 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (13.04%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 37 (20.11%) PowerShell
2 19 (10.33%) Python
3 17 (9.24%) Bash
4 5 (2.72%) SQL
5 1 (0.54%) C#
5 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (30.98%) Degree
2 39 (21.20%) SC Cleared
2 39 (21.20%) Security Cleared
3 36 (19.57%) CTC Cleared
4 17 (9.24%) HND
5 11 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.17%) HNC
7 3 (1.63%) CCNA
7 3 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.09%) MCSE
8 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.09%) MOS
9 1 (0.54%) CCNP
9 1 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (27.17%) SLA
2 13 (7.07%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.35%) GDPR
4 7 (3.80%) NIST
5 5 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 43 (23.37%) Active Directory
2 26 (14.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (4.89%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.09%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (12.50%) Terraform
3 16 (8.70%) SCCM
4 2 (1.09%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.54%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 144 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 48 (26.09%) Cisco
3 11 (5.98%) Adobe
3 11 (5.98%) Freshdesk
3 11 (5.98%) Nintex
4 8 (4.35%) Dell
5 7 (3.80%) HP
6 6 (3.26%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.63%) Apple
7 3 (1.63%) BeyondTrust
7 3 (1.63%) iManage
8 2 (1.09%) Bomgar
8 2 (1.09%) Citrix
8 2 (1.09%) Meraki
9 1 (0.54%) Databricks
9 1 (0.54%) Datto
9 1 (0.54%) FIS
9 1 (0.54%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.54%) Veeam
9 1 (0.54%) VMware