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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 23 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +23
Contract jobs citing Windows 67 54 93
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 8.86% 8.44% 11.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.68% 59.34% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 27 58
10th Percentile £143 £205 £138
25th Percentile £205 £413 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £500 £240
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +108.33% -17.24%
75th Percentile £488 £613 £469
90th Percentile £575 £675 £634
Scotland median daily rate £375 £465 £345
% change year-on-year -19.35% +34.78% -13.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 14
10th Percentile - - £16.05
25th Percentile - - £18.03
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £18.27
75th Percentile £36.66 - £22.48
90th Percentile £61.70 - £24.18
Scotland median hourly rate £16.09 £25.15 £18.27
% change year-on-year -36.02% +37.66% -0.30%

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 99 91 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.10% 14.22% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 51 100
10th Percentile £148 £225 £161
25th Percentile £206 £413 £229
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £479 £340
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +40.88% -13.92%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £503
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
Scotland median daily rate £395 £475 £410
% change year-on-year -16.84% +15.85% -10.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 16
10th Percentile - - £16.61
25th Percentile - - £18.10
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.10%
75th Percentile £36.66 - £24.18
90th Percentile £61.70 - £40.84
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 19 August 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 19 August 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 6 (8.96%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.99%) Confluence
4 1 (1.49%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.49%) assyst
2 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (44.78%) Azure
1 30 (44.78%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (16.42%) Entra ID
3 8 (11.94%) AWS
4 6 (8.96%) OneDrive
5 5 (7.46%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.97%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (5.97%) Amazon S3
7 3 (4.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (4.48%) GitHub
7 3 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.99%) AWS CodeBuild
8 2 (2.99%) AWS CodePipeline
8 2 (2.99%) AWS KMS
8 2 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (1.49%) GCP
9 1 (1.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (34.33%) VPN
2 16 (23.88%) LAN
3 15 (22.39%) Firewall
4 13 (19.40%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (16.42%) SD-WAN
5 11 (16.42%) WAN
6 9 (13.43%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (11.94%) IPsec
7 8 (11.94%) Network Security
7 8 (11.94%) Unified Communications
8 6 (8.96%) DNS
9 5 (7.46%) Internet
10 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
11 3 (4.48%) DHCP
12 2 (2.99%) SSL
13 1 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (1.49%) SAN
13 1 (1.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.49%) MS Access
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.99%) Git
2 2 (2.99%) JIRA
3 1 (1.49%) GitLab
3 1 (1.49%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.49%) Postman
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Finance
2 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.46%) Banking
4 2 (2.99%) Italian Language
4 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Network Engineer
2 12 (17.91%) IT Support
3 11 (16.42%) Desktop Support
4 9 (13.43%) Support Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) IT Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) IT Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Service Analyst
7 6 (8.96%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Deskside Support
8 5 (7.46%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Service Desk Support
8 5 (7.46%) Service Desk Support Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Support Technician
9 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 4 (5.97%) Desktop Technician
9 4 (5.97%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) .NET
1 2 (2.99%) REST
1 2 (2.99%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.49%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.49%) HTML
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
2 1 (1.49%) LDAP
2 1 (1.49%) Middleware
2 1 (1.49%) MSMQ
2 1 (1.49%) Node.js
2 1 (1.49%) RESTful
2 1 (1.49%) SOAP
2 1 (1.49%) WinForms
2 1 (1.49%) XML
2 1 (1.49%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.45%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.97%) PKI
4 3 (4.48%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.99%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.49%) Clustering
6 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (28.36%) Linux
2 16 (23.88%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (7.46%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.99%) Android
4 2 (2.99%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.99%) Solaris
4 2 (2.99%) Unix
5 1 (1.49%) AIX
5 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) Customer Service
2 16 (23.88%) ITIL
3 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (19.40%) High Availability
4 13 (19.40%) ITSM
4 13 (19.40%) Roadmaps
5 12 (17.91%) Load Balancing
5 12 (17.91%) Network Management
6 11 (16.42%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (16.42%) Migration
7 10 (14.93%) Service Delivery
8 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (13.43%) DevOps
9 8 (11.94%) CI/CD
9 8 (11.94%) Digital Innovation
9 8 (11.94%) Programme Delivery
10 6 (8.96%) Agile
10 6 (8.96%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (7.46%) Security Operations
11 5 (7.46%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.97%) SQL
2 4 (5.97%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.99%) Bash
3 2 (2.99%) Python
4 1 (1.49%) C#
4 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.49%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.49%) VBA
4 1 (1.49%) XPath
Qualifications
1 11 (16.42%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.96%) CCNA
3 6 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) CCNP
4 5 (7.46%) MCSE
4 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.97%) A+ Certification
5 4 (5.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.99%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.99%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.99%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.49%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.49%) Degree
7 1 (1.49%) RHCE
7 1 (1.49%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.42%) Disclosure Scotland
2 8 (11.94%) QA
3 5 (7.46%) SLA
4 2 (2.99%) GDPR
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.49%) NCSC
5 1 (1.49%) NIST
5 1 (1.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (44.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (7.46%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.48%) Docker
4 3 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (10.45%) Terraform
2 4 (5.97%) SCCM
3 3 (4.48%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.49%) Ansible
4 1 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.49%) yum
Vendors
1 38 (56.72%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.88%) Cisco
3 13 (19.40%) F5
3 13 (19.40%) Palo Alto
4 11 (16.42%) ServiceNow
5 9 (13.43%) Citrix
6 6 (8.96%) VMware
7 5 (7.46%) Apple
8 3 (4.48%) Meraki
8 3 (4.48%) Oracle
8 3 (4.48%) RedGate
8 3 (4.48%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.99%) Qualys
9 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.49%) Atlassian
10 1 (1.49%) Avaya
10 1 (1.49%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.49%) Informatica
10 1 (1.49%) SAP
10 1 (1.49%) Siemens