Windows Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Windows
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 24 28
Rank change year-on-year -41 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 387 468 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.75% 9.89% 8.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.78% 61.50% 48.92%
Number of salaries quoted 283 274 332
10th Percentile £24,250 £26,250 £22,050
25th Percentile £26,700 £30,079 £26,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,812 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £64,900
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

Windows is in the Operating Systems 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 operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 810 761 971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.03% 16.08% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 424 433 566
10th Percentile £25,440 £28,025 £24,625
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,798 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,995 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.01% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,375 £77,715 £71,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Scotland.

Salary trend for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Edinburgh +23 151 £40,000 -15.79% 50
Glasgow -96 140 £48,500 -3.00% 18
Aberdeen -19 23 £28,000 -34.12% 6
Argyll and Bute - 17 £27,400 - 1
Dundee -4 14 £49,990 +33.31%
Fife -3 9 £55,000 -22.81% 5
West Lothian -12 7 £28,500 -12.31% 2
East Ayrshire - 5 £24,500 -
North Lanarkshire -6 4 £30,750 +23.00% 2
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Aberdeenshire +4 3 £28,500 -56.15% 4
Stirling - 2 £34,750 - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £17,000 -
South Ayrshire +1 1 - -
Renfrewshire -4 1 - -
Highlands -7 1 - - 1
Dumfries and Galloway -10 1 £23,000 -21.37% 1
Lanarkshire -11 1 £27,500 -11.29% 6
Windows
UK

Windows
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 28 (7.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.58%) Apache
4 4 (1.03%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.78%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) JOnAS
Applications
1 24 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.52%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.26%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 126 (32.56%) Microsoft 365
2 121 (31.27%) Azure
3 43 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 38 (9.82%) AWS
5 33 (8.53%) SaaS
6 26 (6.72%) GCP
7 24 (6.20%) IaaS
8 23 (5.94%) PaaS
9 11 (2.84%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.29%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.29%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.29%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.03%) Google Docs
13 4 (1.03%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.03%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.03%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 49 (12.66%) Firewall
2 36 (9.30%) VPN
3 34 (8.79%) TCP/IP
3 34 (8.79%) WAN
4 18 (4.65%) VoIP
5 17 (4.39%) Internet
6 15 (3.88%) SAN
6 15 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (3.88%) Wireless
7 14 (3.62%) LAN
7 14 (3.62%) Modbus
7 14 (3.62%) SD-WAN
8 13 (3.36%) DNS
9 12 (3.10%) DHCP
10 11 (2.84%) SNMP
11 10 (2.58%) IPsec
11 10 (2.58%) VLAN
12 9 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (2.07%) NAS
13 8 (2.07%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.10%) DB2
3 10 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (2.58%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (1.81%) Big Data
5 3 (0.78%) Ingres
6 2 (0.52%) DTS
6 2 (0.52%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.52%) MySQL
6 2 (0.52%) Power BI
6 2 (0.52%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.26%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (4.91%) GitLab
2 18 (4.65%) JIRA
3 15 (3.88%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.03%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (0.78%) Git
7 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.26%) GoCD
8 1 (0.26%) Gradle
8 1 (0.26%) Maven
8 1 (0.26%) MSI
8 1 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 100 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.73%) Finance
3 22 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (4.91%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (4.13%) Law
7 15 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.88%) Legal
8 14 (3.62%) Military
9 12 (3.10%) Banking
10 11 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.07%) Retail
12 4 (1.03%) Billing
13 3 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Marketing
13 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Games
14 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.52%) Police
15 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (18.09%) Senior
2 58 (14.99%) IT Support
3 52 (13.44%) Analyst
4 42 (10.85%) Support Engineer
5 40 (10.34%) IT Engineer
6 31 (8.01%) Support Analyst
7 30 (7.75%) 2nd Line Support
7 30 (7.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (6.98%) IT Manager
9 24 (6.20%) Cloud Engineer
9 24 (6.20%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (5.94%) IT Analyst
10 23 (5.94%) Software Engineer
11 22 (5.68%) Senior Software Engineer
12 18 (4.65%) Support Technician
13 17 (4.39%) 1st Line Support
13 17 (4.39%) Infrastructure Support
13 17 (4.39%) Systems Engineer
14 14 (3.62%) Consultant
14 14 (3.62%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.94%) .NET
2 15 (3.88%) WPF
3 14 (3.62%) .NET Framework
3 14 (3.62%) CSS
3 14 (3.62%) HTML
3 14 (3.62%) WinForms
4 10 (2.58%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (2.58%) YAML
5 7 (1.81%) LDAP
6 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.52%) OpenCV
6 2 (0.52%) OpenVINO
6 2 (0.52%) RESTful
6 2 (0.52%) SAML
7 1 (0.26%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.26%) Blazor
7 1 (0.26%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.26%) REST
7 1 (0.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.49%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.46%) Public Cloud
3 23 (5.94%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.65%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.88%) Replication
6 11 (2.84%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
7 10 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.55%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.55%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.03%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.78%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.78%) Device Driver
10 3 (0.78%) iPhone
10 3 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.52%) EPoS
11 2 (0.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 151 (39.02%) Windows Server
2 137 (35.40%) Linux
3 50 (12.92%) Unix
4 44 (11.37%) Windows 10
5 23 (5.94%) Mac OS
6 20 (5.17%) Android
7 17 (4.39%) Mac OS X
8 13 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (2.58%) Data ONTAP
9 10 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.33%) Apple iOS
11 7 (1.81%) CentOS
11 7 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (1.55%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.03%) Mesosphere
13 4 (1.03%) Windows 8
13 4 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.78%) Debian
14 3 (0.78%) VMS
15 1 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (15.76%) Customer Service
3 60 (15.50%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (13.18%) ITIL
5 49 (12.66%) Agile
5 49 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 44 (11.37%) DevOps
7 37 (9.56%) Mentoring
7 37 (9.56%) Service Delivery
8 33 (8.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (7.75%) Actionable Insight
10 27 (6.98%) Software Engineering
11 26 (6.72%) Information Security
12 25 (6.46%) Project Management
13 24 (6.20%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 24 (6.20%) Threat Intelligence
14 23 (5.94%) Analytics
15 22 (5.68%) Incident Response
15 22 (5.68%) Multithreading
16 21 (5.43%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (12.92%) SQL
2 27 (6.98%) C#
2 27 (6.98%) PowerShell
3 25 (6.46%) C++
4 24 (6.20%) Python
5 19 (4.91%) Bash
6 16 (4.13%) Java
7 4 (1.03%) Groovy
7 4 (1.03%) Ruby
7 4 (1.03%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.52%) C
8 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.52%) Perl
8 2 (0.52%) PHP
8 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.26%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.26%) Swift
9 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (16.80%) Degree
2 36 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (4.65%) CISM
3 18 (4.65%) CISSP
3 18 (4.65%) DV Cleared
4 14 (3.62%) CCNA
4 14 (3.62%) GCIA
4 14 (3.62%) GCIH
4 14 (3.62%) GREM
5 12 (3.10%) CISA
5 12 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.07%) MCSE
8 6 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.55%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.55%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.29%) CCNP
10 4 (1.03%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.36%) SLA
2 12 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.10%) ITGC
2 12 (3.10%) PMO
3 11 (2.84%) QA
4 10 (2.58%) GDPR
5 8 (2.07%) NIST
5 8 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 3
System Software
1 129 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 72 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (7.75%) Hyper-V
4 26 (6.72%) Docker
5 13 (3.36%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.84%) KVM
7 9 (2.33%) vSphere
8 8 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.78%) pfSense
10 3 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.52%) Firmware
11 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 46 (11.89%) Ansible
2 30 (7.75%) Kubernetes
3 29 (7.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (7.49%) Terraform
4 20 (5.17%) SCCM
5 17 (4.39%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.36%) FortiGate
7 12 (3.10%) vCenter Server
8 10 (2.58%) ZABBIX
9 9 (2.33%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.07%) Grafana
11 6 (1.55%) Puppet
12 5 (1.29%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (1.03%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.78%) WSUS
15 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
16 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
16 1 (0.26%) CASB
16 1 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
16 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 120 (31.01%) Microsoft
2 101 (26.10%) VMware
3 43 (11.11%) Dell
4 36 (9.30%) Cisco
5 25 (6.46%) NetApp
6 17 (4.39%) Google
7 15 (3.88%) Apple
7 15 (3.88%) Oracle
7 15 (3.88%) Sage
8 13 (3.36%) Red Hat
8 13 (3.36%) SAP
9 12 (3.10%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.84%) Citrix
11 10 (2.58%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.58%) SolidFire
12 8 (2.07%) iManage
13 7 (1.81%) EMC
13 7 (1.81%) Mitel
14 6 (1.55%) Sophos
15 5 (1.29%) ConnectWise