Windows Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 25 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 47 105 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.81% 8.14% 7.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 55.29% 50.24% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 73 93
10th Percentile £185 £160 £130
25th Percentile £230 £219 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £285 £275
Median % change year-on-year +53.51% +3.64% -22.63%
75th Percentile £634 £525 £475
90th Percentile £775 £645 £575
Scotland median daily rate £450 £375 £330
% change year-on-year +20.00% +13.64% -7.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 8
10th Percentile £18.11 - £16.76
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.27 £17.72 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% -5.49% +7.14%
75th Percentile - - £43.58
90th Percentile £22.91 - £54.74
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £20.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -12.12% +3.95% +63.27%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 85 209 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.51% 16.20% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 151 144
10th Percentile £202 £160 £137
25th Percentile £340 £225 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £434
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% +5.48% +2.06%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £541
90th Percentile £731 £623 £596
Scotland median daily rate £500 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +4.28% +6.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 9
10th Percentile £18.22 - £17.01
25th Percentile £18.27 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.11 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.95% +75.55% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £40.75
90th Percentile - - £54.60
Scotland median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +162.50% +33.33%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.51%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (14.89%) AWS
2 7 (14.89%) Azure
3 6 (12.77%) Amazon EKS
3 6 (12.77%) OpenShift
4 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.26%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) Firewall
2 7 (14.89%) LAN
2 7 (14.89%) WAN
3 4 (8.51%) DHCP
3 4 (8.51%) DNS
3 4 (8.51%) Internet
3 4 (8.51%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (8.51%) VPN
4 3 (6.38%) SAN
4 3 (6.38%) SSL
4 3 (6.38%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (2.13%) 2G
5 1 (2.13%) 5G
5 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Git
1 7 (14.89%) Jenkins
2 6 (12.77%) Gradle
2 6 (12.77%) Maven
3 1 (2.13%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.13%) JIRA
3 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (40.43%) Public Sector
2 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
4 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) Architect
2 6 (12.77%) Lead
3 5 (10.64%) Desktop Support
3 5 (10.64%) IT Support
3 5 (10.64%) Site Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Site Reliability Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Support Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Lead Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.38%) Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (6.38%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Support Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) Middleware
2 1 (2.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.51%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.51%) PKI
3 3 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.38%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.26%) Tandem
5 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.40%) Windows 10
1 11 (23.40%) Windows Server
2 10 (21.28%) Linux
3 7 (14.89%) Unix
4 4 (8.51%) Mac OS X
5 3 (6.38%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (23.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (19.15%) ITIL
4 6 (12.77%) Application Security
4 6 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (12.77%) Deployment Automation
4 6 (12.77%) OWASP
5 5 (10.64%) Agile
5 5 (10.64%) CI/CD
5 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (10.64%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (10.64%) Service-Level Objective
5 5 (10.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 4 (8.51%) Asset Management
6 4 (8.51%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (8.51%) Load Balancing
6 4 (8.51%) Mentoring
6 4 (8.51%) Migration
6 4 (8.51%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.15%) Bash
1 9 (19.15%) Python
2 6 (12.77%) Groovy
2 6 (12.77%) Ruby
2 6 (12.77%) Shell Script
3 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) Degree
3 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (8.51%) CCNA
4 4 (8.51%) CCNP
4 4 (8.51%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (8.51%) MCSE
5 3 (6.38%) A+ Certification
5 3 (6.38%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.13%) HNC
6 1 (2.13%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (8.51%) SLA
2 3 (6.38%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 20 (42.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) Docker
2 5 (10.64%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.51%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (42.55%) SCCM
2 6 (12.77%) Ansible
2 6 (12.77%) Kubernetes
2 6 (12.77%) Terraform
3 3 (6.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (42.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) VMware
3 4 (8.51%) Apple
3 4 (8.51%) Cisco
3 4 (8.51%) F5
4 2 (4.26%) Databricks
4 2 (4.26%) Oracle
4 2 (4.26%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.13%) Citrix
5 1 (2.13%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.13%) Tripwire