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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 18 34
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 31 67 47
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.97% 10.28% 5.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.96% 71.28% 58.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 36 33
10th Percentile £161 £166 £150
25th Percentile £238 £190 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £245 £450
Median % change year-on-year +83.67% -45.56% +16.13%
75th Percentile £500 £527 £634
90th Percentile £615 £685 £770
Scotland median daily rate £425 £434 £475
% change year-on-year -2.02% -8.68% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 2
10th Percentile - £20.51 £13.09
25th Percentile - £21.00 £15.24
Median hourly rate - £22.94 £18.83
Median % change year-on-year - +21.85% +6.24%
75th Percentile - £24.02 £22.41
90th Percentile - £25.62 £24.57
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £49.25
% change year-on-year -26.14% -55.33% +177.93%

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 47 94 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.53% 14.42% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 51 52
10th Percentile £170 £175 £164
25th Percentile £278 £192 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -15.05% +8.42%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £625
90th Percentile £598 £685 £698
Scotland median daily rate £400 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 7
10th Percentile - £20.51 £20.26
25th Percentile - £21.00 £43.13
Median hourly rate - £22.94 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - -62.09% +200.85%
75th Percentile - £24.02 £60.75
90th Percentile - £25.62 £61.05
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year -26.14% -63.64% +168.89%

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 27 February 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
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 3 (9.68%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (41.94%) Azure
2 7 (22.58%) AWS
3 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (12.90%) GCP
5 3 (9.68%) GitHub
5 3 (9.68%) OCI
5 3 (9.68%) OneDrive
6 2 (6.45%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (6.45%) Amazon S3
6 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
6 2 (6.45%) Nutanix
7 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.23%) Google Workspace
7 1 (3.23%) SaaS
7 1 (3.23%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Firewall
2 5 (16.13%) DHCP
2 5 (16.13%) DNS
3 4 (12.90%) LAN
3 4 (12.90%) WAN
4 3 (9.68%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (9.68%) SAN
4 3 (9.68%) SD-WAN
4 3 (9.68%) VPN
4 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (3.23%) Intranet
6 1 (3.23%) IPsec
6 1 (3.23%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JIRA
2 2 (6.45%) ClearCase
3 1 (3.23%) Git
3 1 (3.23%) GitLab
3 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.23%) Postman
General
1 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Banking
3 4 (12.90%) Legal
3 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Retail
4 3 (9.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (12.90%) Windows Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Implementation Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Implementation Project Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Implementation Specialist
2 3 (9.68%) Network Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Project Implementation Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Deskside Support
3 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
3 2 (6.45%) Field Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) IT Support
3 2 (6.45%) Network Field Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Senior
3 2 (6.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) AWS CDK
1 1 (3.23%) Node.js
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (9.68%) NVMe
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.23%) Clustering
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Digital Signage
4 1 (3.23%) Graphic Design
4 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Linux
2 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.23%) Solaris
5 1 (3.23%) Unix
5 1 (3.23%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (29.03%) Migration
3 8 (25.81%) ITIL
4 6 (19.35%) Agile
4 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (19.35%) Platform Engineering
4 6 (19.35%) Roadmaps
5 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (16.13%) Incident Management
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.90%) DevOps
6 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
7 3 (9.68%) High Availability
7 3 (9.68%) Incident Response
7 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Runbook
7 3 (9.68%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Bash
2 3 (9.68%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) SQL
3 2 (6.45%) C
3 2 (6.45%) C++
3 2 (6.45%) Java
3 2 (6.45%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.23%) COBOL
4 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.23%) JCL
4 1 (3.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.23%) CCNA
3 1 (3.23%) CCNP
3 1 (3.23%) CEH
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.23%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.23%) MCSE
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.23%) NCDA
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) VCP6
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) COBIT
1 3 (9.68%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.68%) VMware NSX
4 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.23%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Ansible
1 5 (16.13%) SCCM
2 4 (12.90%) Terraform
3 3 (9.68%) Grafana
3 3 (9.68%) vMotion
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (6.45%) vRealize
5 1 (3.23%) Data Guard
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (3.23%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (3.23%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) Cisco
2 6 (19.35%) Oracle
3 5 (16.13%) F5
3 5 (16.13%) VMware
4 4 (12.90%) NetApp
5 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
5 3 (9.68%) Commvault
5 3 (9.68%) Dell
5 3 (9.68%) Dynatrace
5 3 (9.68%) HP
6 2 (6.45%) Apple
6 2 (6.45%) Brocade
6 2 (6.45%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.23%) Aruba
7 1 (3.23%) ForgeRock
7 1 (3.23%) Fujitsu
7 1 (3.23%) Google
7 1 (3.23%) ICL
7 1 (3.23%) Veeam