Windows Server Contracts in Glasgow

Microsoft Windows Server
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 56 37
Rank change year-on-year +3 -19 +21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 26 26 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.26% 2.96% 5.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.26% 13.76% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 24
10th Percentile £424 - £406
25th Percentile £464 £313 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £464
Median % change year-on-year - +13.27% +3.00%
75th Percentile £550 £626 £566
90th Percentile £555 £698 £632
Scotland median daily rate £500 £525 £465
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.02% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.55
Scotland median hourly rate £17.63 - £42.21
% change year-on-year - - +141.17%

All Operating Systems
Glasgow

Windows Server 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 231 189 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 28.95% 21.55% 25.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 121 162
10th Percentile £393 £200 £250
25th Percentile £413 £325 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £550 £629 £676
90th Percentile £576 £750 £750
Scotland median daily rate £465 £500 £479
% change year-on-year -7.10% +4.38% +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - £30.10 £51.14
25th Percentile - £51.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year - -0.91% +142.20%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £66.56
90th Percentile - - £67.88
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -58.10% - +162.50%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Glasgow

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Glasgow

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Glasgow

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Glasgow

Windows Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) IIS
2 1 (3.85%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 15 (57.69%) Azure
2 12 (46.15%) OpenShift
3 11 (42.31%) Amazon S3
3 11 (42.31%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (26.92%) AWS
5 6 (23.08%) Cohesity
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) SAN
2 11 (42.31%) NAS
3 2 (7.69%) DHCP
3 2 (7.69%) DNS
3 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.85%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (3.85%) HTTP
4 1 (3.85%) HTTPS
4 1 (3.85%) iSCSI
4 1 (3.85%) SSL
4 1 (3.85%) VPN
4 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.85%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Git
1 11 (42.31%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (73.08%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 8 (30.77%) Python Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Administrator
2 3 (11.54%) NetBackup Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (7.69%) Backup Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Designer
3 2 (7.69%) Developer
3 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Data Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Designer
4 1 (3.85%) Python Developer
4 1 (3.85%) SCCM Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Software Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) LDAP
1 3 (11.54%) X-Windows
2 2 (7.69%) .NET
3 1 (3.85%) Flash
3 1 (3.85%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Insider Threat
2 1 (3.85%) NVMe
2 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (84.62%) Unix
3 13 (50.00%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Mac OS
4 3 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.85%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) CI/CD
1 11 (42.31%) Data Deduplication
1 11 (42.31%) Data Protection
1 11 (42.31%) Decision-Making
1 11 (42.31%) Observability
2 9 (34.62%) Storage Management
2 9 (34.62%) Task Automation
3 8 (30.77%) Capacity Management
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (26.92%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (26.92%) Security Hardening
5 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (19.23%) Software Engineering
5 5 (19.23%) Technical Analysis
6 4 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
7 3 (11.54%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (11.54%) Line Management
7 3 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) Python
2 6 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 3 (11.54%) Shell Script
4 2 (7.69%) C#
4 2 (7.69%) SQL
5 1 (3.85%) Bicep
5 1 (3.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
1 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (34.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (15.38%) Docker
3 3 (11.54%) Hyper-V
3 3 (11.54%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.85%) GPFS
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (3.85%) NFS
5 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (46.15%) Kubernetes
2 11 (42.31%) NetBackup
2 11 (42.31%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (7.69%) Ansible
3 2 (7.69%) Progress Chef
3 2 (7.69%) Puppet
4 1 (3.85%) SCCM
4 1 (3.85%) Veritas Storage Foundation
4 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Veritas
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (7.69%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 2 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (3.85%) Brocade
4 1 (3.85%) EMC
4 1 (3.85%) Google
4 1 (3.85%) IBM
4 1 (3.85%) NetApp
4 1 (3.85%) Sybase