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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 +24
Contract jobs citing Windows 61 50 96
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 8.65% 7.86% 11.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.54% 60.24% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 23 60
10th Percentile £143 £170 £138
25th Percentile £205 £363 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £500 £240
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +108.33% -39.62%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £475
90th Percentile £560 £655 £685
Scotland median daily rate £250 £450 £331
% change year-on-year -44.44% +35.85% -22.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 10
10th Percentile - - £15.02
25th Percentile - - £18.03
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £19.21
75th Percentile £28.87 - £23.89
90th Percentile £60.65 - £24.18
Scotland median hourly rate £17.57 £25.15 £18.13
% change year-on-year -30.14% +38.72% -4.23%

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 89 83 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.62% 13.05% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 43 104
10th Percentile £148 £185 £163
25th Percentile £206 £406 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £340
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +39.71% -24.44%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £513
90th Percentile £600 £580 £685
Scotland median daily rate £375 £467 £400
% change year-on-year -19.70% +16.75% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 12
10th Percentile - - £15.50
25th Percentile - - £18.10
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £21.14
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.38%
75th Percentile £28.87 - £24.18
90th Percentile £60.65 - £54.17
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £25.15 £21.14
% change year-on-year -37.14% +18.95% -36.80%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 5 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.28%) Confluence
4 1 (1.64%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (8.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.64%) assyst
2 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (50.82%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (44.26%) Azure
3 9 (14.75%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.20%) AWS
5 4 (6.56%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (4.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.28%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.28%) AWS CodeBuild
7 2 (3.28%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (3.28%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.28%) GitHub
7 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.64%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.64%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 19 (31.15%) VPN
2 16 (26.23%) LAN
3 13 (21.31%) Firewall
4 12 (19.67%) WAN
5 10 (16.39%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (14.75%) SD-WAN
7 7 (11.48%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (11.48%) IPsec
7 7 (11.48%) Network Security
7 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
7 7 (11.48%) Unified Communications
8 4 (6.56%) Internet
9 2 (3.28%) DNS
9 2 (3.28%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (3.28%) SSL
10 1 (1.64%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.64%) MS Access
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Git
2 1 (1.64%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) Finance
3 7 (11.48%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 15 (24.59%) IT Support
2 12 (19.67%) Support Engineer
3 10 (16.39%) IT Engineer
3 10 (16.39%) IT Support Engineer
3 10 (16.39%) Network Engineer
4 9 (14.75%) Desktop Support
5 7 (11.48%) Analyst
6 6 (9.84%) IT Analyst
6 6 (9.84%) Service Analyst
6 6 (9.84%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (8.20%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) Service Desk Support
7 5 (8.20%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) Support Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) Support Technician
7 5 (8.20%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (8.20%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.20%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) Terraform
2 2 (3.28%) .NET
2 2 (3.28%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.64%) HTML
3 1 (1.64%) JSON
3 1 (1.64%) LDAP
3 1 (1.64%) Middleware
3 1 (1.64%) MSMQ
3 1 (1.64%) REST
3 1 (1.64%) SOAP
3 1 (1.64%) WinForms
3 1 (1.64%) XML
3 1 (1.64%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.51%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.48%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.92%) PKI
4 2 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.64%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (1.64%) Clustering
5 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Linux
2 13 (21.31%) Windows Server
3 8 (13.11%) Windows 10
4 5 (8.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.28%) AIX
5 2 (3.28%) Solaris
5 2 (3.28%) Unix
6 1 (1.64%) Android
6 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Customer Service
2 17 (27.87%) ITIL
3 15 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (22.95%) ITSM
5 11 (18.03%) High Availability
5 11 (18.03%) Roadmaps
6 10 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (16.39%) Migration
7 9 (14.75%) Load Balancing
7 9 (14.75%) Network Management
7 9 (14.75%) Service Delivery
8 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (13.11%) DevOps
9 7 (11.48%) CI/CD
9 7 (11.48%) Digital Innovation
9 7 (11.48%) Programme Delivery
10 6 (9.84%) Agile
11 5 (8.20%) Customer Experience
11 5 (8.20%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (8.20%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.56%) SQL
2 4 (6.56%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.28%) Bash
3 2 (3.28%) Python
4 1 (1.64%) C#
4 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.64%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.64%) VBA
4 1 (1.64%) XPath
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (11.48%) A+ Certification
4 7 (11.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (6.56%) CCNA
5 4 (6.56%) CCNP
5 4 (6.56%) MCSE
5 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.64%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.64%) Degree
7 1 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.64%) RHCE
7 1 (1.64%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (11.48%) QA
3 5 (8.20%) SLA
4 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (47.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (11.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (6.56%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.92%) Docker
5 2 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.56%) SCCM
3 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.64%) Ansible
4 1 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.64%) yum
Vendors
1 39 (63.93%) Microsoft
2 15 (24.59%) ServiceNow
3 13 (21.31%) Cisco
4 10 (16.39%) F5
4 10 (16.39%) Palo Alto
5 9 (14.75%) Citrix
6 5 (8.20%) VMware
7 3 (4.92%) Apple
7 3 (4.92%) Meraki
7 3 (4.92%) Red Hat
7 3 (4.92%) RedGate
7 3 (4.92%) SolarWinds
8 2 (3.28%) Oracle
8 2 (3.28%) Qualys
8 2 (3.28%) Rapid7
8 2 (3.28%) Tenable
9 1 (1.64%) Dell
9 1 (1.64%) Informatica
9 1 (1.64%) SAP
9 1 (1.64%) Siemens