Windows Server Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Windows Server
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 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 51 61 97
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 16 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.56% 1.35% 1.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.51% 12.79% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 8
10th Percentile £202 £358 £221
25th Percentile £250 £401 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% +25.93%
75th Percentile £444 £814 £476
90th Percentile £508 £830 £493
Scotland median daily rate £500 £525 £465
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.02% +9.29%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

Windows Server 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 82 86 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.12% 10.55% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 54 152
10th Percentile £170 £202 £160
25th Percentile £197 £340 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £454
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% +10.19% +4.61%
75th Percentile £557 £625 £538
90th Percentile £675 £731 £622
Scotland median daily rate £465 £500 £479
% change year-on-year -7.10% +4.38% +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 4
10th Percentile £20.02 £18.22 -
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.27 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.88 £26.00 £35.11
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% -25.95% +75.55%
75th Percentile £23.53 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £26.59 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -58.10% - +162.50%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Edinburgh

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Edinburgh

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Edinburgh

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Edinburgh

Windows Server
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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) IIS
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) AWS
2 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (6.25%) DHCP
3 1 (6.25%) DNS
3 1 (6.25%) Internet
3 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (6.25%) LAN
3 1 (6.25%) SSL
3 1 (6.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Security Specialist
1 4 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 3 (18.75%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Linux Server Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Build Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (6.25%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Technician
4 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Technician
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) PKI
2 5 (31.25%) Product Ownership
3 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
5 1 (6.25%) CMDB
5 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Linux
3 5 (31.25%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (18.75%) Unix
5 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
6 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (6.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) ITIL
2 6 (37.50%) Problem Management
3 5 (31.25%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (31.25%) Email Filtering
3 5 (31.25%) Kalman Filter
3 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
3 5 (31.25%) Service-Level Objective
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Debt
4 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (18.75%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
5 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Service Management
5 3 (18.75%) Static Application Security Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (12.50%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.25%) MCSE
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.25%) Terminal Services
4 1 (6.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) SCCM
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (12.50%) Ansible
4 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) VMware
2 5 (31.25%) Red Hat
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (6.25%) Aruba
5 1 (6.25%) Avaya
5 1 (6.25%) Commvault
5 1 (6.25%) Dell
5 1 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.25%) HP
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.25%) SonicWALL
5 1 (6.25%) Tanium