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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 93 97
Rank change year-on-year +32 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 16 13 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.81% 1.10% 1.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.70% 7.07% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 24
10th Percentile - £223 £161
25th Percentile - £263 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £469 £475 £488
90th Percentile £500 £488 £521
Scotland median daily rate £340 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -26.49% +8.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
Scotland median hourly rate - £42.21 £16.88
% change year-on-year - +150.10% -77.04%

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 126 184 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.29% 15.57% 12.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 139 153
10th Percentile £183 £160 £137
25th Percentile £240 £221 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -2.22% +9.76%
75th Percentile £500 £531 £540
90th Percentile £634 £615 £588
Scotland median daily rate £400 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -14.89% +4.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 8
10th Percentile £18.00 £17.70 £16.76
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.71 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.27 £17.72 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% -5.49% +7.14%
75th Percentile £59.13 £35.74 £44.14
90th Percentile £60.75 £46.54 £54.74
Scotland median hourly rate £26.00 £35.80 £18.86
% change year-on-year -27.36% +89.79% +7.77%

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 11 June 2024.

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:

Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall
2 3 (18.75%) SSL
3 1 (6.25%) DSL
3 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 6 (37.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 6 (37.50%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 6 (37.50%) Support Specialist
3 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 4 (25.00%) Security Specialist
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
6 1 (6.25%) Administrator
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Administrator
6 1 (6.25%) IT Systems Administrator
6 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) PKI
2 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (56.25%) ITIL
2 9 (56.25%) Network Management
3 7 (43.75%) Customer Service
4 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (31.25%) Email Filtering
4 5 (31.25%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (31.25%) Security Operations
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (25.00%) Security Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
7 1 (6.25%) Information Security
7 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) MCSE
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) MCP
3 4 (25.00%) Degree
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 15 (93.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (87.50%) SCCM
2 9 (56.25%) WSUS
3 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (6.25%) Kibana
3 1 (6.25%) logstash
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (6.25%) Puppet
3 1 (6.25%) SCOM
3 1 (6.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Meraki
3 1 (6.25%) VMware