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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 29
Rank change year-on-year -15 +15 +16
Contract jobs citing Windows 38 66 63
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.23% 9.57% 6.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.46% 61.11% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 40
10th Percentile £148 £149 £149
25th Percentile £388 £170 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £250 £398
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -37.11% -5.36%
75th Percentile £538 £499 £496
90th Percentile £585 £685 £706
Scotland median daily rate £431 £425 £480
% change year-on-year +1.47% -11.46% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - £17.71 £11.95
25th Percentile - £20.66 £12.41
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - +74.77% -25.73%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £15.44
90th Percentile - - £16.81
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £19.18
% change year-on-year +11.78% +17.31% +18.65%

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 65 108 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.66% 15.65% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 61 67
10th Percentile £175 £165 £160
25th Percentile £344 £225 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £533 £541
90th Percentile £571 £685 £605
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £18.36 £12.25
25th Percentile - £21.00 £13.16
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +29.80% -11.88%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £61.50
90th Percentile - £34.34 £62.10
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £19.34
% change year-on-year +9.35% +18.92% +13.50%

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 29 November 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 (13.16%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.95%) Azure
1 11 (28.95%) GitHub
2 8 (21.05%) AWS
3 6 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.53%) GCP
4 4 (10.53%) OCI
5 2 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.26%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.63%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.63%) SaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) Firewall
2 6 (15.79%) Network Security
3 4 (10.53%) VPN
4 3 (7.89%) Unified Communications
4 3 (7.89%) VoIP
5 2 (5.26%) LAN
5 2 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.63%) IPsec
6 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.63%) SSL
6 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (21.05%) ClearCase
2 7 (18.42%) JIRA
3 2 (5.26%) Subversion
3 2 (5.26%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.63%) Snyk
General
1 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.16%) Banking
4 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 4 (10.53%) Legal
4 4 (10.53%) Retail
5 3 (7.89%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Systems Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) Security Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Lead
4 4 (10.53%) Implementation Specialist
5 3 (7.89%) Architect
5 3 (7.89%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (7.89%) Implementation Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Implementation Project Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Network Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Project Implementation Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Administrator
6 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.26%) IT Administrator
6 2 (5.26%) Network Specialist
6 2 (5.26%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Technical Leader
6 2 (5.26%) Technical Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Administrator
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (10.53%) PKI
3 2 (5.26%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.63%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.63%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) Tandem
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (55.26%) Linux
2 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.79%) Unix
4 2 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.63%) Android
5 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.63%) VME
5 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.95%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (21.05%) Agile
3 8 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (21.05%) Migration
4 6 (15.79%) Incident Response
4 6 (15.79%) ITIL
4 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
5 5 (13.16%) Incident Management
5 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (13.16%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
6 4 (10.53%) Change Management
6 4 (10.53%) Dependency Management
6 4 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (10.53%) Platform Engineering
6 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (10.53%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) Java
2 8 (21.05%) C
2 8 (21.05%) SQL
3 7 (18.42%) Shell Script
4 4 (10.53%) C++
5 1 (2.63%) Bash
5 1 (2.63%) COBOL
5 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (10.53%) CCNA
3 4 (10.53%) CCNP
3 4 (10.53%) CISSP
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.89%) AWS Certification
4 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
4 3 (7.89%) CCIE
4 3 (7.89%) CCIE Collaboration
5 2 (5.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.26%) MCSE
5 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) CISM
6 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.63%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) COBIT
2 3 (7.89%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Ansible
1 5 (13.16%) SCCM
1 5 (13.16%) Terraform
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.63%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.63%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Oracle
2 9 (23.68%) Microsoft
3 8 (21.05%) NetApp
4 5 (13.16%) F5
5 4 (10.53%) CheckPoint
5 4 (10.53%) Cisco
5 4 (10.53%) Dell
5 4 (10.53%) Dynatrace
5 4 (10.53%) HP
6 2 (5.26%) Atlassian
6 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.26%) VMware
7 1 (2.63%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.63%) Google
7 1 (2.63%) ICL
7 1 (2.63%) McAfee
7 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.63%) Qualys
7 1 (2.63%) Veeam