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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 58 34
Rank change year-on-year 0 -24 +28
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 25 20 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.25% 2.39% 6.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.96% 11.24% 23.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 25
10th Percentile £438 £258 £420
25th Percentile £466 £313 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -13.51% +2.78%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £550
90th Percentile £570 £701 £631
Scotland median daily rate £475 £438 £464
% change year-on-year +8.57% -5.61% +9.06%
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 228 178 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 29.61% 21.27% 25.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 113 153
10th Percentile £354 £200 £250
25th Percentile £411 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £410 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.35% -25.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £676
90th Percentile £575 £735 £750
Scotland median daily rate £464 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +9.06% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - £30.10 £13.96
25th Percentile - £51.25 £31.12
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +181.45%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £63.56
90th Percentile - - £67.44
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £39.25 £47.73
% change year-on-year -43.95% -17.77% +169.36%

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 21 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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 13 (52.00%) Azure
2 10 (40.00%) OpenShift
3 9 (36.00%) Amazon S3
3 9 (36.00%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (28.00%) AWS
5 6 (24.00%) Cohesity
6 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
7 1 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (40.00%) SAN
2 9 (36.00%) NAS
3 2 (8.00%) DHCP
3 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.00%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (4.00%) iSCSI
4 1 (4.00%) VPN
4 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 9 (36.00%) Git
1 9 (36.00%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Python Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Administrator
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) NetBackup Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (8.00%) Backup Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) CyberArk Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Service Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) LDAP
1 3 (12.00%) X-Windows
2 2 (8.00%) .NET
3 1 (4.00%) Flash
3 1 (4.00%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Insider Threat
2 1 (4.00%) NVMe
2 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (80.00%) Unix
3 13 (52.00%) Linux
4 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
4 3 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.00%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (36.00%) Data Deduplication
1 9 (36.00%) Data Protection
1 9 (36.00%) Decision-Making
1 9 (36.00%) Observability
1 9 (36.00%) Storage Management
1 9 (36.00%) Task Automation
2 8 (32.00%) Capacity Management
2 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (20.00%) Security Hardening
3 5 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (12.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (12.00%) Line Management
5 3 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) Python
2 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (12.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (8.00%) C#
5 1 (4.00%) Bicep
5 1 (4.00%) Perl
5 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) Docker
3 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (12.00%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (8.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (4.00%) GPFS
5 1 (4.00%) NFS
5 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 9 (36.00%) NetBackup
2 9 (36.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (8.00%) Ansible
3 2 (8.00%) Progress Chef
3 2 (8.00%) Puppet
4 1 (4.00%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (40.00%) Veritas
2 2 (8.00%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (8.00%) CyberArk
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (8.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Brocade
3 1 (4.00%) EMC
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) IBM
3 1 (4.00%) NetApp
3 1 (4.00%) Sybase