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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 55 93
Rank change year-on-year +5 +38 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 18 20 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.80% 2.31% 1.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.45% 13.70% 9.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 11
10th Percentile £226 - £213
25th Percentile £293 £340 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £370 £350
Median % change year-on-year +31.76% +5.71% -13.31%
75th Percentile £581 £488 £463
90th Percentile £686 £550 £479
Scotland median daily rate £475 £370 £463
% change year-on-year +28.38% -20.00% +8.82%

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 88 146 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.69% 16.88% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 98 128
10th Percentile £169 £174 £160
25th Percentile £243 £240 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £380 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.71% -10.59% -12.60%
75th Percentile £550 £536 £505
90th Percentile £675 £646 £565
Scotland median daily rate £465 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +16.13% -11.11% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 15 5
10th Percentile - £16.33 £14.98
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.07 £17.70
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% +3.10% -5.49%
75th Percentile £23.00 £41.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £60.75 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £19.18
% change year-on-year +4.01% +26.07% +8.24%

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 18 July 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 1 (5.56%) IIS
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (44.44%) AWS
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) Internet
3 1 (5.56%) LAN
3 1 (5.56%) SSL
3 1 (5.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (22.22%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Server Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Linux Server Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) IT Architect
4 1 (5.56%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) SCCM Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (22.22%) PKI
1 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) CMDB
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Linux
3 5 (27.78%) Amazon Linux
3 5 (27.78%) Unix
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.56%) Solaris
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 6 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 5 (27.78%) Service-Level Objective
3 5 (27.78%) Technical Debt
4 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Email Filtering
4 4 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (22.22%) Security Operations
4 4 (22.22%) Security Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (16.67%) Identity Management
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (16.67%) AWS Certification
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 3 (16.67%) CISSP
4 2 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) Terminal Services
3 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) SCCM
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) VMware
3 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.56%) Avaya
5 1 (5.56%) Bloomberg
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (5.56%) Commvault
5 1 (5.56%) Dell
5 1 (5.56%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle
5 1 (5.56%) Qualys
5 1 (5.56%) SonicWALL
5 1 (5.56%) Tanium