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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 21 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +17
Contract jobs citing Windows 39 52 56
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.70% 8.43% 6.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.94% 59.09% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 26 35
10th Percentile £258 £157 £146
25th Percentile £413 £184 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £344 £400
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -14.06% -3.32%
75th Percentile £538 £514 £529
90th Percentile £675 £685 £745
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
10th Percentile - £20.59 £11.80
25th Percentile - £21.92 £12.03
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £12.41
Median % change year-on-year - +85.41% -29.99%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £12.78
90th Percentile - - £13.01
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £22.88 £39.27
% change year-on-year +9.95% -41.74% +140.01%

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 64 88 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.00% 14.26% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 49 60
10th Percentile £228 £173 £155
25th Percentile £400 £225 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -3.06% +7.05%
75th Percentile £538 £533 £571
90th Percentile £595 £689 £631
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £538
% change year-on-year -5.56% -16.36% +16.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 3
10th Percentile - £20.73 £11.95
25th Percentile - £22.22 £12.41
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - +74.77% -25.73%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £37.33
90th Percentile - £34.34 £51.83
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £22.94 £34.75
% change year-on-year +9.65% -33.99% +96.11%

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 30 December 2025.

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
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 5 (12.82%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (12.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Azure
2 10 (25.64%) GitHub
3 8 (20.51%) AWS
4 7 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.26%) GCP
5 4 (10.26%) OCI
6 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.13%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.56%) SaaS
7 1 (2.56%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (33.33%) Firewall
2 6 (15.38%) Network Security
3 5 (12.82%) VPN
4 4 (10.26%) DHCP
4 4 (10.26%) DNS
5 3 (7.69%) LAN
5 3 (7.69%) Unified Communications
5 3 (7.69%) VoIP
5 3 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
6 2 (5.13%) WAN
7 1 (2.56%) Intranet
7 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.56%) IPsec
7 1 (2.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) ClearCase
2 6 (15.38%) JIRA
3 2 (5.13%) Subversion
3 2 (5.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Banking
2 6 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.82%) Finance
4 4 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Legal
4 4 (10.26%) Retail
5 3 (7.69%) Retail Banking
6 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) Security Engineer
1 7 (17.95%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (10.26%) Implementation Specialist
2 4 (10.26%) Lead
2 4 (10.26%) Network Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Architect
3 3 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Implementation Project Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Project Implementation Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Field Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (5.13%) PKI
3 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.56%) Clustering
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.56%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.56%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Tandem
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (51.28%) Linux
2 8 (20.51%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.38%) Unix
4 1 (2.56%) Android
4 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.56%) VME
4 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.21%) Migration
3 10 (25.64%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (23.08%) ITIL
5 7 (17.95%) Agile
5 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (15.38%) Incident Management
6 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (12.82%) Change Management
7 5 (12.82%) Decision-Making
7 5 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
7 5 (12.82%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (10.26%) Dependency Management
8 4 (10.26%) High Availability
8 4 (10.26%) Incident Response
8 4 (10.26%) Platform Engineering
8 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.26%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) Java
2 9 (23.08%) SQL
3 8 (20.51%) C
4 7 (17.95%) Shell Script
5 4 (10.26%) C++
6 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.56%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.82%) CCNP
3 5 (12.82%) CISSP
4 4 (10.26%) CCNA
4 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (7.69%) AWS Certification
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 3 (7.69%) CCIE
5 3 (7.69%) CCIE Collaboration
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.13%) MCSE
6 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) CEH
7 1 (2.56%) CISM
7 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.56%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) COBIT
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.13%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Ansible
1 4 (10.26%) Terraform
2 3 (7.69%) SCCM
3 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 12 (30.77%) Oracle
2 8 (20.51%) NetApp
3 6 (15.38%) F5
4 5 (12.82%) Cisco
5 4 (10.26%) CheckPoint
5 4 (10.26%) Dell
5 4 (10.26%) Dynatrace
5 4 (10.26%) HP
6 2 (5.13%) Atlassian
6 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
6 2 (5.13%) VMware
7 1 (2.56%) Citrix
7 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.56%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.56%) Google
7 1 (2.56%) ICL
7 1 (2.56%) McAfee
7 1 (2.56%) SAP
7 1 (2.56%) Veeam