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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 24 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows 41 50 46
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.79% 8.21% 5.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.08% 62.50% 59.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 31
10th Percentile £238 £155 £143
25th Percentile £413 £192 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £250 £400
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -37.50% -5.33%
75th Percentile £538 £508 £544
90th Percentile £575 £685 £775
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +31.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 1
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £11.65
Median % change year-on-year - +97.42% -34.26%
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £22.44 £65.77
% change year-on-year +12.09% -65.88% +285.94%

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 80 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.76% 13.14% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 42 49
10th Percentile £188 £182 £152
25th Percentile £400 £229 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £456 £480
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% -4.95% +1.05%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £588
90th Percentile £575 £685 £690
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £540
% change year-on-year -5.56% -16.67% +8.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £20.51 £31.09
25th Percentile - £21.31 £60.25
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - -61.98% +241.42%
75th Percentile - £24.54 £60.75
90th Percentile - £38.36 £61.20
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £22.88 £60.50
% change year-on-year +9.95% -62.19% +241.42%

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 23 January 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 5 (12.20%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
2 10 (24.39%) GitHub
3 6 (14.63%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (9.76%) GCP
5 4 (9.76%) OCI
6 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.88%) Nutanix
6 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.44%) SaaS
7 1 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.83%) Firewall
2 4 (9.76%) DHCP
2 4 (9.76%) DNS
2 4 (9.76%) LAN
2 4 (9.76%) WAN
3 3 (7.32%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (7.32%) Network Security
3 3 (7.32%) SAN
3 3 (7.32%) SD-WAN
3 3 (7.32%) Unified Communications
3 3 (7.32%) VoIP
3 3 (7.32%) VPN
3 3 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (2.44%) Intranet
5 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.44%) IPsec
5 1 (2.44%) SSL
5 1 (2.44%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) ClearCase
2 6 (14.63%) JIRA
3 2 (4.88%) Subversion
3 2 (4.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Banking
4 5 (12.20%) Legal
5 4 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Retail
6 3 (7.32%) Retail Banking
7 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Security Engineer
1 7 (17.07%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (9.76%) Implementation Specialist
2 4 (9.76%) Network Engineer
2 4 (9.76%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (7.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (7.32%) Implementation Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Implementation Project Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Lead
3 3 (7.32%) Project Implementation Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Developer
4 2 (4.88%) Field Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Network Specialist
4 2 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Technical Leader
4 2 (4.88%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.20%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (7.32%) NVMe
4 2 (4.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (4.88%) PKI
4 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.44%) Clustering
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.44%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.44%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.44%) Tandem
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) Linux
2 6 (14.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (9.76%) Unix
4 2 (4.88%) VME
4 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Migration
2 10 (24.39%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.95%) Agile
3 9 (21.95%) ITIL
4 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (17.07%) Platform Engineering
5 6 (14.63%) Incident Management
5 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
5 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.76%) Change Management
7 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
7 4 (9.76%) Incident Response
7 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (9.76%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (9.76%) Runbook
7 4 (9.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) Java
2 9 (21.95%) SQL
3 8 (19.51%) C
4 7 (17.07%) Shell Script
5 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
6 4 (9.76%) C++
7 2 (4.88%) Bash
7 2 (4.88%) COBOL
7 2 (4.88%) Python
8 1 (2.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (12.20%) CCNP
3 4 (9.76%) CCNA
3 4 (9.76%) Degree
4 3 (7.32%) CCIE
4 3 (7.32%) CCIE Collaboration
5 2 (4.88%) CISSP
5 2 (4.88%) MCSE
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) CEH
6 1 (2.44%) CISM
6 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.44%) NCDA
6 1 (2.44%) RHCE
6 1 (2.44%) VCP6
6 1 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) COBIT
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (4.88%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.32%) VMware NSX
4 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Ansible
2 4 (9.76%) SCCM
2 4 (9.76%) Terraform
3 3 (7.32%) Grafana
3 3 (7.32%) vMotion
4 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.88%) vRealize
5 1 (2.44%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.44%) Nagios
5 1 (2.44%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Oracle
2 10 (24.39%) NetApp
3 9 (21.95%) Cisco
3 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
4 6 (14.63%) F5
5 5 (12.20%) VMware
6 4 (9.76%) CheckPoint
6 4 (9.76%) Dell
6 4 (9.76%) Dynatrace
6 4 (9.76%) HP
7 2 (4.88%) Atlassian
7 2 (4.88%) Brocade
7 2 (4.88%) Commvault
7 2 (4.88%) Fujitsu
7 2 (4.88%) ICL
7 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.88%) Veeam
8 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.44%) Google
8 1 (2.44%) McAfee