Microsoft 365 Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 93 56
Rank change year-on-year -31 -37 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 38 273 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.27% 4.01% 5.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.95% 9.42% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 28 211 170
10th Percentile £27,175 £23,000 £24,225
25th Percentile £30,938 £26,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £36,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% -2.67% +11.94%
75th Percentile £49,750 £48,750 £47,438
90th Percentile £62,416 £57,500 £55,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year +3.90% -8.88% -0.59%

All Cloud 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 547 2,899 1,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.22% 42.54% 36.07%
Number of salaries quoted 291 1,011 871
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,114 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in Scotland

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 May 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 30 May 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
Glasgow +72 17 £35,500 -24.47% 55
Edinburgh -47 8 £51,914 +79.01% 49
Perth and Kinross +4 5 £33,000 -
Highlands - 4 £40,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Aberdeenshire +5 1 - - 9
North Lanarkshire -3 1 £28,500 -36.67% 1
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (42.11%) SharePoint
2 13 (34.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.26%) JOnAS
3 2 (5.26%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.63%) Confluence
4 1 (2.63%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (52.63%) Azure
2 7 (18.42%) Entra ID
2 7 (18.42%) OneDrive
3 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.89%) Power Automate
4 3 (7.89%) PowerApps
4 3 (7.89%) SaaS
5 2 (5.26%) AWS
5 2 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.63%) IaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.95%) DHCP
1 11 (28.95%) DNS
2 10 (26.32%) Firewall
2 10 (26.32%) VPN
3 7 (18.42%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (15.79%) VLAN
5 5 (13.16%) DKIM
5 5 (13.16%) DMARC
5 5 (13.16%) Wireless
6 4 (10.53%) IPsec
6 4 (10.53%) SSL
7 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.26%) Internet
8 2 (5.26%) NAS
8 2 (5.26%) WAN
9 1 (2.63%) BGP
9 1 (2.63%) FTP
9 1 (2.63%) HTTP
9 1 (2.63%) MPLS
9 1 (2.63%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
1 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Finance
3 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Law
4 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.26%) Marketing
4 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Back Office
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Retail
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) IT Support
2 6 (15.79%) IT Engineer
2 6 (15.79%) Senior
2 6 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 5 (13.16%) Lead
3 5 (13.16%) Team Leader
4 4 (10.53%) Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Field Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (10.53%) IT Technician
4 4 (10.53%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (10.53%) Senior IT Technician
4 4 (10.53%) Senior Support Technician
4 4 (10.53%) Senior Technician
4 4 (10.53%) Support Technician
5 3 (7.89%) Developer
5 3 (7.89%) IT Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Service Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) ARM Templates
1 2 (5.26%) JSON
1 2 (5.26%) React
1 2 (5.26%) Spring
2 1 (2.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Replication
2 5 (13.16%) Driving Licence
2 5 (13.16%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (5.26%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) FMCG
4 1 (2.63%) Life Science
4 1 (2.63%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (55.26%) Windows
2 10 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 8 (21.05%) VMS
4 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (13.16%) Unix
5 5 (13.16%) Windows 10
6 2 (5.26%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Customer Service
1 10 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.68%) Migration
3 7 (18.42%) DevOps
4 6 (15.79%) IT Strategy
5 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
5 5 (13.16%) Incident Response
5 5 (13.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 4 (10.53%) Agile
6 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.89%) Computer Science
7 3 (7.89%) CRM
7 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
7 3 (7.89%) ITIL
7 3 (7.89%) Operational Stability
7 3 (7.89%) Software Engineering
8 2 (5.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (39.47%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.89%) SQL
4 2 (5.26%) C#
4 2 (5.26%) Java
5 1 (2.63%) Bicep
5 1 (2.63%) Go
5 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) Degree
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.26%) ACCA
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (10.53%) PCI DSS
3 3 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.63%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (44.74%) Hyper-V
2 12 (31.58%) Active Directory
3 9 (23.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.26%) Docker
5 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.53%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (5.26%) Terraform
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.63%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 30 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (28.95%) VMware
3 5 (13.16%) Apple
4 2 (5.26%) arcserve
4 2 (5.26%) Cisco
4 2 (5.26%) Draytek
4 2 (5.26%) NETGEAR
4 2 (5.26%) Nimsoft
4 2 (5.26%) Sage
4 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.26%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (2.63%) Aruba
5 1 (2.63%) F5
5 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.63%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.63%) SonicWALL