Windows Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 8 32
Rank change year-on-year -14 +24 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 55 93 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.41% 11.34% 7.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.78% 63.70% 56.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 58 53
10th Percentile £165 £138 £173
25th Percentile £388 £181 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £240 £305
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -21.31% +6.09%
75th Percentile £601 £469 £479
90th Percentile £675 £634 £545
Scotland median daily rate £458 £340 £400
% change year-on-year +34.56% -15.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 3
10th Percentile - £16.05 £14.07
25th Percentile - £18.03 £15.43
Median hourly rate - £18.27 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year - +3.22% +1.14%
75th Percentile - £22.48 £17.71
90th Percentile - £24.18 £17.72
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £18.27 £18.33
% change year-on-year +37.66% -0.30% +4.06%

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 92 146 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.07% 17.80% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 100 93
10th Percentile £180 £161 £160
25th Percentile £409 £229 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £340 £400
Median % change year-on-year +40.29% -15.00% -17.95%
75th Percentile £550 £503 £503
90th Percentile £638 £638 £555
Scotland median daily rate £475 £403 £463
% change year-on-year +18.01% -12.97% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 5
10th Percentile - £16.33 £14.98
25th Percentile - £18.07 £17.70
Median hourly rate - £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +3.10% +1.26%
75th Percentile - £23.59 £53.75
90th Percentile - £24.18 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £19.28 £33.46
% change year-on-year +30.46% -42.38% +91.17%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) AWS
2 12 (21.82%) GitHub
3 10 (18.18%) Azure
4 7 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (3.64%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (3.64%) Amazon S3
5 2 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.64%) AWS CodeBuild
5 2 (3.64%) AWS CodeCommit
5 2 (3.64%) AWS CodePipeline
5 2 (3.64%) AWS KMS
5 2 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.64%) OCI
5 2 (3.64%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.82%) GCP
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.00%) Firewall
2 7 (12.73%) Network Security
3 5 (9.09%) VPN
4 4 (7.27%) Unified Communications
5 3 (5.45%) VoIP
6 2 (3.64%) LAN
7 1 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.82%) DHCP
7 1 (1.82%) DNS
7 1 (1.82%) Internet
7 1 (1.82%) IPsec
7 1 (1.82%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.82%) WAN
7 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) Oracle Database
2 5 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.82%) GIS
4 1 (1.82%) InfluxDB
4 1 (1.82%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) ClearCase
2 5 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 4 (7.27%) JIRA
4 2 (3.64%) Snyk
4 2 (3.64%) Subversion
4 2 (3.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Finance
3 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.73%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.09%) Banking
6 4 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.27%) Law
7 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Back Office
8 1 (1.82%) Legal
8 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (18.18%) Architect
2 8 (14.55%) Security Engineer
3 7 (12.73%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (9.09%) Lead
6 4 (7.27%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Server Engineer
6 4 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.27%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Technical Manager
7 3 (5.45%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.45%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Network Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Windows Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) Administrator
8 2 (3.64%) IT Administrator
8 2 (3.64%) Network Specialist
8 2 (3.64%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.64%) Windows Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) REST
1 2 (3.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.91%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.91%) Replication
3 4 (7.27%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.64%) PKI
5 1 (1.82%) Clustering
5 1 (1.82%) CMDB
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) SCADA
5 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Tandem
5 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (63.64%) Linux
2 16 (29.09%) Windows Server
3 11 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (20.00%) Unix
4 6 (10.91%) Solaris
5 5 (9.09%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (7.27%) HPUX
6 4 (7.27%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.82%) AIX
7 1 (1.82%) Android
7 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.82%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (1.82%) VME
7 1 (1.82%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (20.00%) Agile
3 10 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (18.18%) ITIL
3 10 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 8 (14.55%) DevOps
4 8 (14.55%) High Availability
4 8 (14.55%) Problem Management
5 7 (12.73%) Service Delivery
5 7 (12.73%) Service Management
6 6 (10.91%) CI/CD
6 6 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (10.91%) ITSM
6 6 (10.91%) Mentoring
6 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.09%) Service-Level Objective
7 5 (9.09%) SIEM
7 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (9.09%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.55%) Java
1 8 (14.55%) SQL
2 6 (10.91%) C
2 6 (10.91%) Shell Script
3 3 (5.45%) Bash
4 2 (3.64%) C++
4 2 (3.64%) Perl
5 1 (1.82%) COBOL
5 1 (1.82%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (14.55%) Degree
2 4 (7.27%) AWS Certification
2 4 (7.27%) CCNA
2 4 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.45%) CCIE
3 3 (5.45%) CCIE Collaboration
3 3 (5.45%) CCNP
3 3 (5.45%) CISSP
4 2 (3.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (5.45%) QA
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.82%) COBIT
4 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.82%) KVM
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.82%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) Ansible
1 5 (9.09%) SCCM
1 5 (9.09%) Terraform
2 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.82%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.82%) Grafana
3 1 (1.82%) HAProxy
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (1.82%) Nagios
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle Flashback
3 1 (1.82%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 16 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.82%) Oracle
3 7 (12.73%) Cisco
3 7 (12.73%) NetApp
3 7 (12.73%) Red Hat
4 6 (10.91%) VMware
5 4 (7.27%) IBM
5 4 (7.27%) Sun
5 4 (7.27%) Unisys
6 3 (5.45%) HP
7 2 (3.64%) Atlassian
7 2 (3.64%) Dell
7 2 (3.64%) Dynatrace
7 2 (3.64%) F5
7 2 (3.64%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.64%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.82%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.82%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.82%) Qualys