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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 24 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 47 52 55
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.48% 8.36% 6.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.38% 65.82% 57.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 36
10th Percentile £157 £161 £196
25th Percentile £206 £189 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £250 £355
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -29.58% +26.79%
75th Percentile £478 £579 £634
90th Percentile £575 £675 £769
Scotland median daily rate £425 £432 £420
% change year-on-year -1.62% +2.86% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 7
10th Percentile - £20.02 £18.08
25th Percentile - £21.00 £18.13
Median hourly rate - £22.88 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - +25.21% +3.10%
75th Percentile - £23.53 -
90th Percentile - £26.59 £21.36
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £18.27
% change year-on-year -26.14% +20.42% -12.12%

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 73 79 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.07% 12.70% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 61
10th Percentile £170 £169 £200
25th Percentile £206 £196 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £490 £480
Median % change year-on-year -10.62% +1.98% +6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £606
90th Percentile - £678 £688
Scotland median daily rate £425 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -8.50% -2.21% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 11
10th Percentile - £20.02 £18.13
25th Percentile - £21.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate - £22.88 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - +25.21% -47.96%
75th Percentile - £23.53 £60.75
90th Percentile - £26.59 -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -26.14% -15.38% -50.48%

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 8 May 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 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) Azure
2 9 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (12.77%) AWS
4 4 (8.51%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (8.51%) Amazon S3
4 4 (8.51%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.51%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.38%) Nutanix
6 2 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.13%) GCP
7 1 (2.13%) GitHub
7 1 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.13%) SaaS
7 1 (2.13%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.91%) VPN
2 13 (27.66%) LAN
2 13 (27.66%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (23.40%) SD-WAN
4 10 (21.28%) Cisco Nexus
4 10 (21.28%) DNS
4 10 (21.28%) WAN
5 9 (19.15%) Firewall
6 7 (14.89%) DHCP
7 6 (12.77%) IPsec
7 6 (12.77%) Network Security
7 6 (12.77%) Unified Communications
8 4 (8.51%) SAN
9 3 (6.38%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (6.38%) Internet
10 1 (2.13%) Intranet
10 1 (2.13%) VXLAN
10 1 (2.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
1 1 (2.13%) GitLab
1 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.13%) Postman
General
1 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
5 2 (4.26%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Network Engineer
2 6 (12.77%) Desktop Support
2 6 (12.77%) Support Technician
3 4 (8.51%) Analyst
3 4 (8.51%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Desktop Support Technician
3 4 (8.51%) Desktop Technician
3 4 (8.51%) Field Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Network Field Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) DBA
4 3 (6.38%) IT Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) Senior
4 3 (6.38%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Deskside Support
5 2 (4.26%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (4.26%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) .NET
1 1 (2.13%) AWS CDK
1 1 (2.13%) Node.js
1 1 (2.13%) REST
1 1 (2.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.40%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.38%) NVMe
3 3 (6.38%) Smartphone
4 2 (4.26%) Clustering
4 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (36.17%) Linux
2 12 (25.53%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (6.38%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.26%) Android
5 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.26%) Solaris
5 2 (4.26%) Unix
6 1 (2.13%) VME
6 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Roadmaps
2 12 (25.53%) High Availability
2 12 (25.53%) Load Balancing
3 11 (23.40%) Network Management
4 10 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (19.15%) Migration
6 8 (17.02%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (12.77%) DevOps
7 6 (12.77%) Digital Innovation
7 6 (12.77%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (12.77%) Programme Delivery
8 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (10.64%) ITIL
9 4 (8.51%) Customer Service
9 4 (8.51%) Incident Management
9 4 (8.51%) ITSM
9 4 (8.51%) Mentoring
10 3 (6.38%) CI/CD
10 3 (6.38%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.38%) Bash
2 3 (6.38%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) SQL
3 2 (4.26%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.13%) COBOL
4 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.13%) JCL
4 1 (2.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.77%) CCNA
3 4 (8.51%) CCNP
4 2 (4.26%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) CEH
5 1 (2.13%) CISSP
5 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.13%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.13%) MCSE
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.13%) NCDA
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.13%) VCP6
5 1 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.28%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (12.77%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.13%) NCSC
3 1 (2.13%) NIST
3 1 (2.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (25.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (6.38%) VMware NSX
4 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) Grafana
1 3 (6.38%) Terraform
1 3 (6.38%) vMotion
2 2 (4.26%) Ansible
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.26%) SCCM
2 2 (4.26%) vRealize
3 1 (2.13%) Data Guard
3 1 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (2.13%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 17 (36.17%) Microsoft
2 16 (34.04%) Cisco
3 12 (25.53%) F5
3 12 (25.53%) Palo Alto
4 5 (10.64%) VMware
5 3 (6.38%) Commvault
6 2 (4.26%) Apple
6 2 (4.26%) Brocade
6 2 (4.26%) Citrix
6 2 (4.26%) NetApp
6 2 (4.26%) Oracle
6 2 (4.26%) RedGate
6 2 (4.26%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.13%) Aruba
7 1 (2.13%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (2.13%) ForgeRock
7 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.13%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.13%) Google
7 1 (2.13%) Veeam