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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 24 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 +22
Contract jobs citing Windows 58 49 98
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 8.42% 7.83% 11.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.05% 60.49% 63.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 62
10th Percentile £141 £170 £138
25th Percentile £205 £363 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £500 £240
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +108.33% -39.24%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £475
90th Percentile £568 £655 £685
Scotland median daily rate £250 £450 £340
% change year-on-year -44.44% +32.35% -20.00%
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 84 81 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.19% 12.94% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 42 106
10th Percentile £148 £180 £164
25th Percentile £206 £403 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £340
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +39.71% -24.44%
75th Percentile £575 £534 £509
90th Percentile £600 £581 £685
Scotland median daily rate £375 £469 £395
% change year-on-year -19.96% +18.76% -16.95%
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 £20.29
% change year-on-year -37.14% +23.98% -39.37%

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 28 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 28 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 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.45%) Confluence
4 1 (1.72%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.72%) assyst
2 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.72%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (53.45%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (44.83%) Azure
3 9 (15.52%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.62%) AWS
5 4 (6.90%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.45%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.45%) AWS CodeBuild
7 2 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (3.45%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.45%) GitHub
7 2 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.72%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (29.31%) VPN
2 14 (24.14%) LAN
3 12 (20.69%) Firewall
4 11 (18.97%) WAN
5 8 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (12.07%) SD-WAN
6 7 (12.07%) TCP/IP
7 6 (10.34%) IPsec
7 6 (10.34%) Network Security
7 6 (10.34%) Unified Communications
8 5 (8.62%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (5.17%) Internet
10 2 (3.45%) DNS
10 2 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (3.45%) SSL
11 1 (1.72%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.72%) MS Access
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Banking
3 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) IT Support
2 12 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 10 (17.24%) IT Engineer
3 10 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Desktop Support
4 8 (13.79%) Network Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) IT Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Service Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Service Desk Support
7 5 (8.62%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Support Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.62%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Security Specialist
8 4 (6.90%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.34%) Terraform
2 2 (3.45%) .NET
2 2 (3.45%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.72%) HTML
3 1 (1.72%) JSON
3 1 (1.72%) LDAP
3 1 (1.72%) Middleware
3 1 (1.72%) MSMQ
3 1 (1.72%) REST
3 1 (1.72%) SOAP
3 1 (1.72%) WinForms
3 1 (1.72%) XML
3 1 (1.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.31%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.07%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.17%) PKI
4 2 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.72%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (1.72%) Clustering
5 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.72%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.41%) Linux
1 13 (22.41%) Windows Server
2 8 (13.79%) Windows 10
3 5 (8.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.45%) AIX
4 2 (3.45%) Solaris
4 2 (3.45%) Unix
5 1 (1.72%) Android
5 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) Customer Service
2 17 (29.31%) ITIL
3 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (24.14%) ITSM
5 10 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (15.52%) High Availability
6 9 (15.52%) Roadmaps
6 9 (15.52%) Service Delivery
7 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.79%) DevOps
7 8 (13.79%) Migration
8 7 (12.07%) CI/CD
8 7 (12.07%) Load Balancing
8 7 (12.07%) Network Management
9 6 (10.34%) Agile
9 6 (10.34%) Digital Innovation
9 6 (10.34%) Programme Delivery
10 5 (8.62%) Customer Experience
10 5 (8.62%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (6.90%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.90%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.45%) Bash
3 2 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) C#
4 1 (1.72%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.72%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.72%) VBA
4 1 (1.72%) XPath
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.07%) A+ Certification
3 7 (12.07%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (12.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (6.90%) CCNA
4 4 (6.90%) MCSE
4 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.17%) CCNP
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.72%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.72%) Degree
7 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.72%) RHCE
7 1 (1.72%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (10.34%) QA
3 5 (8.62%) SLA
4 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.07%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (6.90%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.17%) Docker
5 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.90%) SCCM
3 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.72%) Ansible
4 1 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.72%) yum
Vendors
1 38 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (25.86%) ServiceNow
3 11 (18.97%) Cisco
4 9 (15.52%) Citrix
5 8 (13.79%) F5
5 8 (13.79%) Palo Alto
6 5 (8.62%) VMware
7 3 (5.17%) Apple
7 3 (5.17%) Meraki
7 3 (5.17%) Red Hat
7 3 (5.17%) RedGate
7 3 (5.17%) SolarWinds
8 2 (3.45%) Oracle
8 2 (3.45%) Qualys
8 2 (3.45%) Rapid7
8 2 (3.45%) Tenable
9 1 (1.72%) Dell
9 1 (1.72%) Informatica
9 1 (1.72%) SAP
9 1 (1.72%) Siemens