Microsoft Office Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Office
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 78 120
Rank change year-on-year +29 +42 -36
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 113 69 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.08% 2.69% 2.71%
As % of the Applications category 36.57% 38.55% 42.71%
Number of salaries quoted 17 35 68
10th Percentile £26,100 £31,250 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,250 £31,960 £28,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £51,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% +20.00% +17.29%
75th Percentile £35,000 £60,265 £58,125
90th Percentile £55,625 - £63,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +18.06% -10.00%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 309 179 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.15% 6.98% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 48 78 99
10th Percentile £26,425 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,938 £37,533 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +24.39% +3.96%
75th Percentile £46,563 £60,265 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,975 £66,258 £63,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £41,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +16.30% -10.09%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend in Scotland

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Office in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Office in Scotland

Microsoft Office
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 Office within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
North Lanarkshire - 21 £27,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 15 - - 2
Glasgow +10 12 £30,000 -11.11% 7
Edinburgh -13 11 £32,750 -3.68% 5
South Lanarkshire - 10 - -
Stirling -5 7 £26,000 -33.56% 2
Lanarkshire +8 5 - - 5
East Ayrshire 0 5 - -
North Ayrshire -3 5 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 5 - -
Ayrshire - 5 - - 1
Highlands - 4 - -
Aberdeen 0 3 £35,000 - 2
Clackmannanshire - 2 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £28,500 -
Midlothian - 1 - - 4
Banffshire - 1 - -
Microsoft Office
UK

Microsoft Office
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 68 (60.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 67 (59.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (57.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 33 (29.20%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (17.70%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.54%) OneDrive
4 3 (2.65%) Azure
5 2 (1.77%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.88%) SaaS
6 1 (0.88%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.42%) DHCP
1 5 (4.42%) DNS
2 2 (1.77%) Firewall
2 2 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.88%) IMAP
3 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.88%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.88%) VoIP
3 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.77%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
General
1 104 (92.04%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.70%) Back Office
3 11 (9.73%) Finance
4 6 (5.31%) Retail
5 5 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.88%) Advertising
9 1 (0.88%) Banking
9 1 (0.88%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.88%) Electronics
9 1 (0.88%) Law
9 1 (0.88%) Legal
9 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (58.41%) Senior
2 64 (56.64%) QA Manager
2 64 (56.64%) Quality Manager
2 64 (56.64%) Senior Manager
2 64 (56.64%) Senior QA Manager
2 64 (56.64%) Senior Quality Manager
3 24 (21.24%) Support Engineer
4 23 (20.35%) Desktop Engineer
4 23 (20.35%) Desktop Support
4 23 (20.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 16 (14.16%) Site Engineer
6 5 (4.42%) IT Support
6 5 (4.42%) Lead
7 4 (3.54%) Analyst
8 2 (1.77%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (1.77%) Business Analyst
8 2 (1.77%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (1.77%) Process Engineer
8 2 (1.77%) Project Engineer
8 2 (1.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.19%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.77%) Life Science
4 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.77%) Robotics
4 2 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (29.20%) Windows
2 23 (20.35%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.31%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.65%) Android
4 3 (2.65%) Linux
5 2 (1.77%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (76.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 85 (75.22%) Customer Experience
3 64 (56.64%) Coaching
3 64 (56.64%) Due Diligence
3 64 (56.64%) Lean Six Sigma
3 64 (56.64%) Performance Improvement
3 64 (56.64%) Project Management
3 64 (56.64%) Quality Management
3 64 (56.64%) Six Sigma
4 31 (27.43%) Customer Service
5 23 (20.35%) ITIL
6 22 (19.47%) Patch Management
7 21 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (17.70%) Analytics
8 20 (17.70%) Customer Acquisition
8 20 (17.70%) Software Deployment
8 20 (17.70%) Ticket Management
9 12 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (4.42%) Data Protection
10 5 (4.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 64 (56.64%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 28 (24.78%) Degree
3 22 (19.47%) SC Cleared
3 22 (19.47%) Security Cleared
4 20 (17.70%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.77%) CCNA
5 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.88%) ACCA
6 1 (0.88%) CIMA
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.88%) HNC
6 1 (0.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (56.64%) QA
2 23 (20.35%) SLA
3 7 (6.19%) GDPR
4 3 (2.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.65%) SCCM
3 2 (1.77%) Ansible
4 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.88%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 96 (84.96%) Microsoft
2 22 (19.47%) Cisco
3 3 (2.65%) Apple
4 2 (1.77%) Dell
4 2 (1.77%) Google
5 1 (0.88%) HP
5 1 (0.88%) iManage
5 1 (0.88%) Intel
5 1 (0.88%) Pegasus
5 1 (0.88%) Proofpoint
5 1 (0.88%) Sage
5 1 (0.88%) SAP
5 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.88%) Siemens
5 1 (0.88%) VMware
5 1 (0.88%) Xero