Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Windows Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 63 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.14% 0.44% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £560 -
25th Percentile £575 £594 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £625 £744 -
90th Percentile - £770 -
Scotland median daily rate £153 £294 £424
% change year-on-year -47.91% -30.68% +8.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Glasgow with a recognized job title 683 641 781
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.99% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 453 525
10th Percentile £265 £226 £325
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £613 £671 £675
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 23
10th Percentile - £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.17 £13.71
Median hourly rate £21.86 £19.59 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.59% +11.94% -53.25%
75th Percentile £26.21 £36.50 £53.24
90th Percentile £57.50 £53.50 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.27 £17.72
% change year-on-year +9.47% +3.10% -5.87%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Windows Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in Glasgow

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Windows Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk