Microsoft 365 Jobs in Scotland

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 54 52
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 284 225 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.22% 4.78% 5.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.66% 13.52% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 220 167 218
10th Percentile £23,988 £25,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £25,578
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £32,988
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +13.68% +2.29%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% -2.94% -

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,940 1,664 2,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 43.65% 35.36% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 940 1,302
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,550 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,563 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 -68 116 £47,000 +4.44% 30
Edinburgh +34 104 £32,250 +0.78% 38
Aberdeen -2 15 £35,000 -2.78% 2
West Lothian - 9 £28,500 - 2
Dundee -12 6 £25,882 -30.98% 1
Fife -11 5 £33,000 +10.00%
Aberdeenshire +11 4 £28,500 +11.76% 1
North Lanarkshire -4 4 £45,000 -
East Ayrshire -4 3 £29,500 - 1
Lanarkshire - 3 £45,000 - 8
Scottish Borders +7 2 £23,000 -39.87%
Midlothian -1 2 - - 11
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 -
Renfrewshire -3 1 - -
South Lanarkshire -5 1 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Stirling -6 1 £23,500 -38.65%
Dumfries and Galloway -10 1 £23,000 -21.37% 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £33,000 -
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 53 (18.66%) SharePoint
2 44 (15.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.76%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) JOnAS
Applications
1 27 (9.51%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 159 (55.99%) Azure
2 60 (21.13%) Entra ID
3 34 (11.97%) AWS
4 32 (11.27%) Power Platform
5 22 (7.75%) SaaS
6 15 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (5.28%) GCP
6 15 (5.28%) PowerApps
7 11 (3.87%) IaaS
8 10 (3.52%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (3.52%) PaaS
9 9 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (2.46%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (2.11%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.76%) Yammer
13 4 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.80%) Firewall
2 24 (8.45%) DNS
3 16 (5.63%) Internet
3 16 (5.63%) VoIP
4 15 (5.28%) WAN
5 14 (4.93%) SAN
6 12 (4.23%) Wireless
7 11 (3.87%) DKIM
7 11 (3.87%) DMARC
8 9 (3.17%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.82%) LAN
9 8 (2.82%) NAS
9 8 (2.82%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (2.82%) VLAN
9 8 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.76%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.41%) VPN
12 3 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (1.06%) DHCP
12 3 (1.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.75%) Power BI
2 8 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.41%) Big Data
4 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.70%) DTS
6 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (1.76%) JIRA
General
1 71 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.01%) Finance
3 33 (11.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (9.15%) Law
4 26 (9.15%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.69%) Legal
7 10 (3.52%) Marketing
7 10 (3.52%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.82%) Banking
8 8 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.82%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.46%) Retail
10 6 (2.11%) Games
11 4 (1.41%) Billing
12 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Local Government
12 2 (0.70%) Police
13 1 (0.35%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 64 (22.54%) Analyst
2 46 (16.20%) IT Support
3 29 (10.21%) Support Engineer
4 26 (9.15%) Architect
4 26 (9.15%) IT Manager
4 26 (9.15%) Support Analyst
5 24 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (7.75%) IT Analyst
7 20 (7.04%) Senior
8 19 (6.69%) IT Engineer
9 17 (5.99%) Service Analyst
10 16 (5.63%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (5.28%) Lead
12 13 (4.58%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (4.23%) IT Support Analyst
13 12 (4.23%) Security Analyst
14 11 (3.87%) 1st Line Support
14 11 (3.87%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.82%) SAML
2 6 (2.11%) OAuth
3 2 (0.70%) LDAP
4 1 (0.35%) CSS
4 1 (0.35%) HTML
4 1 (0.35%) SPFx
4 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.56%) Public Cloud
2 21 (7.39%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.93%) PKI
4 11 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.17%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.46%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.11%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.41%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.06%) iPhone
9 3 (1.06%) Life Science
9 3 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.70%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.70%) Device Driver
10 2 (0.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 126 (44.37%) Windows
2 60 (21.13%) Windows Server
3 29 (10.21%) Windows 10
4 19 (6.69%) Linux
5 10 (3.52%) Android
6 7 (2.46%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.46%) Unix
6 7 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (2.11%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.41%) CentOS
9 3 (1.06%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.35%) VMS
11 1 (0.35%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (16.90%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (14.44%) Customer Service
4 33 (11.62%) ITIL
5 31 (10.92%) Information Security
6 26 (9.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 25 (8.80%) Service Delivery
8 22 (7.75%) Migration
8 22 (7.75%) Project Management
9 21 (7.39%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (6.69%) Change Management
10 19 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (6.69%) Decision-Making
10 19 (6.69%) ITSM
11 18 (6.34%) Mobile Device Management
11 18 (6.34%) Service Management
12 17 (5.99%) Cloud Security
12 17 (5.99%) Presales
13 16 (5.63%) Actionable Insight
14 15 (5.28%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.10%) PowerShell
2 12 (4.23%) SQL
3 5 (1.76%) Bash
4 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (7.75%) Degree
2 15 (5.28%) CISSP
3 13 (4.58%) CISM
3 13 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.23%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (2.11%) MCSE
6 5 (1.76%) CCNA
6 5 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.41%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.41%) MCDST
8 3 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.06%) HND
8 3 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.70%) PMP
9 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.70%) SSCP
9 2 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.34%) NIST
3 11 (3.87%) GDPR
4 7 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.46%) SLA
5 5 (1.76%) QA
6 4 (1.41%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.06%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.06%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.06%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 116 (40.85%) Active Directory
2 35 (12.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (6.34%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.41%) vSphere
7 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.70%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.35%) Docker
8 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 42 (14.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.52%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.17%) CASB
3 9 (3.17%) Terraform
4 7 (2.46%) ZABBIX
5 6 (2.11%) Ansible
5 6 (2.11%) SCCM
6 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.70%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 190 (66.90%) Microsoft
2 42 (14.79%) VMware
3 24 (8.45%) Cisco
4 16 (5.63%) Google
5 11 (3.87%) Apple
5 11 (3.87%) Sophos
6 10 (3.52%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.82%) Citrix
7 8 (2.82%) Meraki
7 8 (2.82%) Mitel
8 7 (2.46%) Dell
8 7 (2.46%) EMC
9 6 (2.11%) ConnectWise
9 6 (2.11%) iManage
10 5 (1.76%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.06%) Polycom
11 3 (1.06%) Veeam
11 3 (1.06%) Xero
12 2 (0.70%) Adobe
12 2 (0.70%) Nimble Storage