Windows Contracts in Aberdeen

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 11.11% 6.90% 12.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 28.57% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £175 - -
25th Percentile £179 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 - -
75th Percentile £194 - -
90th Percentile £198 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £377
% change year-on-year - +19.36% +14.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £20.79
% change year-on-year +20.42% -12.12% +3.95%

All Operating Systems
Aberdeen

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 11.11% 24.14% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £175 £578 -
25th Percentile £179 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% - -
75th Percentile £194 £638 -
90th Percentile £198 - -
Scotland median daily rate £465 £500 £479
% change year-on-year -7.10% +4.38% +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.26%
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -58.10% - +162.50%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Aberdeen

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Aberdeen

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Aberdeen

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Deployment Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft