Windows Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 21 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +15
Contract jobs citing Windows 59 55 91
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.25% 8.62% 10.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 62.77% 62.50% 62.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 32 59
10th Percentile £161 £160 £138
25th Percentile £206 £190 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £275
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +54.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £488 £601 £491
90th Percentile £579 £675 £634
Scotland median daily rate £413 £444 £350
% change year-on-year -7.04% +26.79% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile - - £15.22
25th Percentile - £21.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £15.81 £22.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +21.35% +2.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £23.00 £18.27
90th Percentile £63.80 - £24.18
Scotland median hourly rate £16.17 £25.15 £18.13
% change year-on-year -35.71% +38.72% +2.31%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 94 88 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.55% 13.79% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 50 97
10th Percentile £202 £169 £173
25th Percentile £359 £243 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £380
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +21.71% -8.98%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £540
90th Percentile £600 £675 £650
Scotland median daily rate £425 £465 £400
% change year-on-year -8.50% +16.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 15
10th Percentile - - £16.33
25th Percentile - £21.00 £18.07
Median hourly rate £15.81 £22.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +20.42% +3.10%
75th Percentile £57.50 £23.00 £41.75
90th Percentile £63.80 - £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £25.15 £24.18
% change year-on-year -37.14% +4.01% +26.07%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) Confluence
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.69%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.69%) assyst
2 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (45.76%) Azure
2 20 (33.90%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (16.95%) AWS
4 9 (15.25%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.47%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (8.47%) Amazon S3
5 5 (8.47%) OneDrive
5 5 (8.47%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.08%) GitHub
6 3 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (5.08%) Nutanix
7 2 (3.39%) AWS CodeBuild
7 2 (3.39%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (3.39%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.69%) AWS CodeCommit
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.20%) VPN
2 15 (25.42%) Firewall
3 13 (22.03%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (20.34%) LAN
5 11 (18.64%) SD-WAN
6 9 (15.25%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (13.56%) IPsec
7 8 (13.56%) Network Security
7 8 (13.56%) Unified Communications
8 7 (11.86%) DNS
8 7 (11.86%) WAN
9 5 (8.47%) Internet
10 4 (6.78%) DHCP
11 3 (5.08%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (5.08%) SAN
12 2 (3.39%) SSL
13 1 (1.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.39%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.69%) MS Access
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.39%) Git
2 2 (3.39%) JIRA
3 1 (1.69%) GitLab
3 1 (1.69%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.69%) Postman
General
1 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Public Sector
3 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Finance
5 3 (5.08%) Banking
6 2 (3.39%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) Network Engineer
2 8 (13.56%) Desktop Support
3 6 (10.17%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Support Technician
4 5 (8.47%) Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) IT Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) IT Support
5 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 4 (6.78%) DBA
5 4 (6.78%) Desktop Support Technician
5 4 (6.78%) Desktop Technician
5 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Security Specialist
5 4 (6.78%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Network Field Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Service Desk Support
6 3 (5.08%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) .NET
1 2 (3.39%) REST
1 2 (3.39%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.69%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.69%) HTML
2 1 (1.69%) JSON
2 1 (1.69%) LDAP
2 1 (1.69%) Node.js
2 1 (1.69%) RESTful
2 1 (1.69%) SOAP
2 1 (1.69%) WinForms
2 1 (1.69%) XML
2 1 (1.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.03%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.78%) PKI
4 3 (5.08%) NVMe
4 3 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.08%) Smartphone
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.69%) Clustering
6 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (35.59%) Linux
2 15 (25.42%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.39%) Android
4 2 (3.39%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.39%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.39%) Solaris
5 1 (1.69%) Unix
5 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Roadmaps
2 14 (23.73%) High Availability
3 13 (22.03%) Load Balancing
4 12 (20.34%) Network Management
5 11 (18.64%) DevOps
6 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (15.25%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (15.25%) Migration
8 8 (13.56%) Agile
8 8 (13.56%) CI/CD
8 8 (13.56%) Digital Innovation
8 8 (13.56%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (13.56%) ITIL
8 8 (13.56%) Programme Delivery
8 8 (13.56%) Service Delivery
9 7 (11.86%) Customer Service
10 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (10.17%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (8.47%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.78%) SQL
2 4 (6.78%) T-SQL
3 3 (5.08%) Bash
3 3 (5.08%) Python
4 1 (1.69%) C#
4 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.69%) JCL
4 1 (1.69%) Perl
4 1 (1.69%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.69%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.69%) VBA
4 1 (1.69%) XPath
Qualifications
1 11 (18.64%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (10.17%) CCNA
3 5 (8.47%) CCNP
3 5 (8.47%) MCSE
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.47%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (3.39%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.39%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.69%) Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.69%) RHCE
5 1 (1.69%) RHCSA
5 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) VCP6
5 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.34%) Disclosure Scotland
2 8 (13.56%) QA
3 2 (3.39%) SLA
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) NCSC
4 1 (1.69%) NIST
4 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (35.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.47%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.08%) Docker
4 3 (5.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (5.08%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (11.86%) Terraform
2 5 (8.47%) SCCM
3 3 (5.08%) Ansible
3 3 (5.08%) Grafana
3 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.08%) vMotion
4 2 (3.39%) vRealize
5 1 (1.69%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.69%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.69%) yum
Vendors
1 26 (44.07%) Microsoft
2 18 (30.51%) Cisco
3 13 (22.03%) F5
3 13 (22.03%) Palo Alto
4 6 (10.17%) Citrix
4 6 (10.17%) VMware
5 4 (6.78%) Apple
5 4 (6.78%) Oracle
5 4 (6.78%) ServiceNow
6 3 (5.08%) Commvault
6 3 (5.08%) RedGate
6 3 (5.08%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.39%) Brocade
7 2 (3.39%) Meraki
7 2 (3.39%) NetApp
8 1 (1.69%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.69%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.69%) ForgeRock
8 1 (1.69%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.69%) Qualys