Windows Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 2.63% - 19.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £397
25th Percentile - - £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £506
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.78%
75th Percentile - - £580
90th Percentile - - £611
Scotland median daily rate £450 £340 £400
% change year-on-year +32.35% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.62
25th Percentile - - £16.81
Median hourly rate - - £17.36
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.70
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £18.13 £18.33
% change year-on-year +38.72% -1.06% +12.01%

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 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 2.63% - 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £397
25th Percentile - - £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £506
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.78%
75th Percentile - - £580
90th Percentile - - £611
Scotland median daily rate £465 £385 £455
% change year-on-year +20.78% -15.38% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.62
25th Percentile - - £16.81
Median hourly rate - - £17.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.03%
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.70
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £20.29 £19.06
% change year-on-year +23.98% +6.45% +19.32%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Windows job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft