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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 7 31
Rank change year-on-year -13 +24 +13
Contract jobs citing Windows 47 97 67
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.70% 12.26% 6.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.49% 65.99% 57.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 62 41
10th Percentile £184 £138 £154
25th Percentile £413 £191 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £240 £343
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -29.93% -19.41%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £450
90th Percentile £570 £685 £538
Scotland median daily rate £450 £340 £430
% change year-on-year +32.35% -20.93% +9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 4
10th Percentile - £15.02 £12.10
25th Percentile - £18.03 £12.78
Median hourly rate - £19.21 £15.43
Median % change year-on-year - +24.48% -10.55%
75th Percentile - £23.89 £17.71
90th Percentile - £24.18 £17.71
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £18.13 £18.93
% change year-on-year +38.72% -4.23% +15.71%

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 79 147 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.95% 18.58% 11.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 100 76
10th Percentile £180 £161 £163
25th Percentile £403 £227 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £340 £431
Median % change year-on-year +39.71% -21.16% -12.66%
75th Percentile £534 £498 £523
90th Percentile £574 £685 £572
Scotland median daily rate £454 £395 £475
% change year-on-year +15.08% -16.95% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 5
10th Percentile - £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile - £18.10 £13.16
Median hourly rate - £21.14 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year - +19.45% +2.61%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £17.72
90th Percentile - £54.17 £44.59
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £20.29 £19.06
% change year-on-year +23.98% +6.45% +19.32%

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 22 October 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 (10.64%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.79%) GitHub
2 11 (23.40%) AWS
2 11 (23.40%) Azure
3 6 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.51%) GCP
4 4 (8.51%) OCI
5 2 (4.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (4.26%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (4.26%) AWS CodeBuild
5 2 (4.26%) AWS CodeCommit
5 2 (4.26%) AWS CodePipeline
5 2 (4.26%) AWS KMS
5 2 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (4.26%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.91%) Firewall
2 7 (14.89%) Network Security
3 5 (10.64%) VPN
4 4 (8.51%) Unified Communications
5 3 (6.38%) VoIP
6 2 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (4.26%) IPsec
6 2 (4.26%) LAN
6 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
6 2 (4.26%) WAN
6 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) Oracle Database
2 2 (4.26%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.13%) GIS
3 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) ClearCase
2 7 (14.89%) JIRA
3 4 (8.51%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.26%) Snyk
4 2 (4.26%) Subversion
4 2 (4.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.77%) Finance
4 5 (10.64%) Banking
5 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Legal
5 4 (8.51%) Retail
6 3 (6.38%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (19.15%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Security Engineer
3 6 (12.77%) Lead
4 4 (8.51%) Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Implementation Specialist
4 4 (8.51%) Network Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Implementation Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Implementation Project Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Project Implementation Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Administrator
6 2 (4.26%) Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.26%) IT Administrator
6 2 (4.26%) Network Specialist
6 2 (4.26%) Technical Leader
6 2 (4.26%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Windows Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) SOAP
2 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.51%) PKI
3 2 (4.26%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.13%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.13%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.13%) Replication
4 1 (2.13%) SCADA
4 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.13%) Tandem
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (55.32%) Linux
2 11 (23.40%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.77%) Unix
4 5 (10.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.13%) Android
5 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.13%) VME
5 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (23.40%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (21.28%) Agile
4 9 (19.15%) Migration
5 8 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
7 6 (12.77%) Incident Response
7 6 (12.77%) ITIL
7 6 (12.77%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (12.77%) SIEM
7 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (10.64%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.64%) Incident Management
8 5 (10.64%) Risk Assessment
8 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery
9 4 (8.51%) High Availability
9 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (8.51%) Runbook
9 4 (8.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) Java
2 9 (19.15%) SQL
3 8 (17.02%) C
4 7 (14.89%) Shell Script
5 4 (8.51%) C++
6 2 (4.26%) Bash
6 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.13%) COBOL
7 1 (2.13%) Perl
7 1 (2.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (10.64%) CCNA
4 4 (8.51%) AWS Certification
4 4 (8.51%) CCNP
4 4 (8.51%) CISSP
5 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.38%) CCIE
5 3 (6.38%) CCIE Collaboration
5 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.26%) MCSE
7 1 (2.13%) CISM
7 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.13%) RHCE
7 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) COBIT
1 4 (8.51%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (6.38%) QA
3 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (23.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.13%) ProxySG
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (17.02%) Terraform
2 7 (14.89%) SCCM
3 6 (12.77%) Ansible
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.13%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (2.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Oracle
2 13 (27.66%) Microsoft
3 8 (17.02%) NetApp
4 6 (12.77%) F5
5 5 (10.64%) Cisco
6 4 (8.51%) CheckPoint
6 4 (8.51%) Dell
6 4 (8.51%) Dynatrace
6 4 (8.51%) HP
7 2 (4.26%) Atlassian
7 2 (4.26%) Fortinet
7 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.26%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.26%) VMware
8 1 (2.13%) Bloomberg
8 1 (2.13%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.13%) Fujitsu
8 1 (2.13%) ICL
8 1 (2.13%) Qualys
8 1 (2.13%) Symantec