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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 57 57
Rank change year-on-year -36 0 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 274 224 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.10% 4.81% 4.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.36% 13.55% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 214 169 204
10th Percentile £23,913 £24,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £26,813 £28,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,750 £58,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -

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 2,927 1,653 2,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 43.78% 35.49% 34.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 921 1,295
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,442
25th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £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 £68,500 £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 13 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 13 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 -71 114 £47,000 +1.08% 24
Edinburgh +33 99 £30,000 -6.41% 31
Aberdeen -6 13 £35,000 -2.78% 3
West Lothian - 9 £28,500 - 2
Dundee -9 6 £25,882 -30.98%
Fife -10 5 £33,000 +10.00%
Aberdeenshire +12 4 £28,500 +11.76% 1
North Lanarkshire -4 4 £45,000 -
East Ayrshire -4 3 £29,500 - 1
Lanarkshire - 3 £45,000 - 5
Scottish Borders +7 2 £23,000 -39.87%
Midlothian -2 2 - - 9
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 -
Stirling -4 1 £23,500 -38.65%
South Lanarkshire -5 1 £35,000 -12.50%
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 49 (17.88%) SharePoint
2 41 (14.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.09%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) JOnAS
Applications
1 22 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 154 (56.20%) Azure
2 57 (20.80%) Entra ID
3 34 (12.41%) AWS
4 29 (10.58%) Power Platform
5 20 (7.30%) SaaS
6 15 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (5.47%) GCP
6 15 (5.47%) PowerApps
7 10 (3.65%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (3.65%) IaaS
8 9 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (3.28%) PaaS
9 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (2.55%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (2.19%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.46%) WhatsApp
14 3 (1.09%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.12%) Firewall
2 24 (8.76%) DNS
3 16 (5.84%) Internet
4 15 (5.47%) VoIP
4 15 (5.47%) WAN
5 14 (5.11%) SAN
6 12 (4.38%) Wireless
7 11 (4.01%) DKIM
7 11 (4.01%) DMARC
8 9 (3.28%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.92%) LAN
9 8 (2.92%) NAS
9 8 (2.92%) VLAN
9 8 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.55%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.82%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.46%) VPN
13 3 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
13 3 (1.09%) DHCP
13 3 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.93%) Power BI
2 8 (2.92%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.46%) Big Data
4 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.73%) DTS
6 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 66 (24.09%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.98%) Finance
3 33 (12.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (9.49%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (9.12%) Law
6 19 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (6.57%) Legal
8 10 (3.65%) Marketing
8 10 (3.65%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.92%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.55%) Retail
11 6 (2.19%) Banking
11 6 (2.19%) Games
12 4 (1.46%) Billing
13 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.73%) Local Government
13 2 (0.73%) Police
14 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 61 (22.26%) Analyst
2 43 (15.69%) IT Support
3 26 (9.49%) Architect
3 26 (9.49%) IT Manager
3 26 (9.49%) Support Engineer
4 24 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (8.76%) Support Analyst
5 21 (7.66%) Senior
6 20 (7.30%) IT Analyst
7 18 (6.57%) IT Engineer
8 16 (5.84%) Cloud Architect
9 15 (5.47%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (5.47%) Lead
9 15 (5.47%) Service Analyst
10 13 (4.74%) 3rd Line Support
10 13 (4.74%) Security Analyst
11 11 (4.01%) Service Desk Analyst
12 10 (3.65%) 1st Line Support
12 10 (3.65%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (3.65%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.92%) SAML
2 6 (2.19%) OAuth
3 2 (0.73%) LDAP
4 1 (0.36%) CSS
4 1 (0.36%) HTML
4 1 (0.36%) SPFx
4 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.95%) Public Cloud
2 20 (7.30%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.11%) PKI
4 11 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.28%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.19%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.46%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.09%) iPhone
9 3 (1.09%) Life Science
9 3 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.73%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.73%) Device Driver
10 2 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 120 (43.80%) Windows
2 57 (20.80%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.12%) Windows 10
4 19 (6.93%) Linux
5 10 (3.65%) Android
6 7 (2.55%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.55%) Unix
6 7 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.46%) CentOS
8 4 (1.46%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.09%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (17.15%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (13.87%) Customer Service
4 33 (12.04%) ITIL
5 28 (10.22%) Information Security
6 26 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (8.76%) Service Delivery
8 22 (8.03%) Migration
8 22 (8.03%) Project Management
9 18 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (6.20%) Mobile Device Management
10 17 (6.20%) Presales
11 16 (5.84%) Actionable Insight
11 16 (5.84%) Change Management
11 16 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (5.84%) Decision-Making
11 16 (5.84%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (5.84%) ITSM
11 16 (5.84%) Service Management
12 15 (5.47%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.03%) PowerShell
2 12 (4.38%) SQL
3 5 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 21 (7.66%) Degree
2 15 (5.47%) CISSP
3 13 (4.74%) CISM
4 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (3.65%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 6 (2.19%) MCSE
7 5 (1.82%) CCNA
7 5 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.09%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.09%) HND
9 3 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.09%) MCDST
9 3 (1.09%) SSCP
10 2 (0.73%) PMP
10 2 (0.73%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.73%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.20%) NIST
3 10 (3.65%) GDPR
4 7 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.55%) SLA
5 5 (1.82%) QA
6 4 (1.46%) ISO 22301
6 4 (1.46%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.09%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.73%) NCSC
System Software
1 110 (40.15%) Active Directory
2 35 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (6.57%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.46%) vSphere
6 2 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.73%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.36%) Docker
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 40 (14.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.28%) Terraform
4 8 (2.92%) CASB
5 7 (2.55%) ZABBIX
6 6 (2.19%) Ansible
6 6 (2.19%) SCCM
7 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.36%) Nessus
Vendors
1 184 (67.15%) Microsoft
2 42 (15.33%) VMware
3 24 (8.76%) Cisco
4 16 (5.84%) Google
5 11 (4.01%) Sophos
6 10 (3.65%) Apple
7 8 (2.92%) Citrix
7 8 (2.92%) Meraki
7 8 (2.92%) Mitel
8 7 (2.55%) Dell
8 7 (2.55%) EMC
8 7 (2.55%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.19%) ConnectWise
9 6 (2.19%) iManage
10 3 (1.09%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.09%) Polycom
10 3 (1.09%) Veeam
10 3 (1.09%) Xero
11 2 (0.73%) Nimble Storage
12 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto