MOS Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for MOS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing MOS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.036% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary - £30,924 £39,500
% change year-on-year - -21.71% -1.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

MOS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 564 693 633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.41% 27.04% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 227 242 376
10th Percentile £26,650 £31,525 £27,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,875 £67,500 £64,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,775 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

MOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MOS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

MOS job vacancy trend in Scotland

MOS
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MOS

MOS
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MOS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Glasgow - 1 - -
MOS
UK

MOS
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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow