Windows Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 63 107 79
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 9.04% 12.91% 8.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 57.80% 43.85% 37.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 54 60
10th Percentile £201 £190 £303
25th Percentile £388 £358 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £453 £563
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% -19.56% +40.63%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £646
90th Percentile £671 £573 £700
Scotland median daily rate £425 £440 £500
% change year-on-year -3.35% -12.05% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £16.14 - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - -
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile £31.80 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.44 £18.27
% change year-on-year -27.58% +22.81% +3.10%

All Operating Systems
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 109 244 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 15.64% 29.43% 22.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 115 130
10th Percentile £235 £348 £246
25th Percentile £358 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -15.91% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £650
90th Percentile £651 £575 £739
Scotland median daily rate £402 £450 £538
% change year-on-year -10.67% -16.36% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £16.14 - £26.58
25th Percentile £16.17 - £42.44
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £56.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.70%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £62.50
90th Percentile £31.80 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.44 £39.25
% change year-on-year -27.58% -42.83% +2.80%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Windows job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Glasgow over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Glasgow

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Glasgow over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Glasgow

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (39.68%) Azure
2 8 (12.70%) AWS
3 7 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (11.11%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.59%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.22%) WAN
2 12 (19.05%) DNS
3 8 (12.70%) SD-WAN
4 7 (11.11%) SAN
5 6 (9.52%) DHCP
5 6 (9.52%) LAN
5 6 (9.52%) NAS
5 6 (9.52%) TCP/IP
6 5 (7.94%) Firewall
7 1 (1.59%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.59%) Network Security
7 1 (1.59%) VoIP
7 1 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
1 1 (1.59%) Power Query
1 1 (1.59%) QlikView
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Git
1 7 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 5 (7.94%) JIRA
3 1 (1.59%) Hudson
General
1 27 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 21 (33.33%) Legal
3 17 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (20.63%) Finance
5 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (20.63%) Automation Engineer
3 11 (17.46%) Windows Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Field Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Security Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Analyst
5 7 (11.11%) Architect
5 7 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Lead
6 6 (9.52%) Computer Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Field Hardware Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Printer Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) SOC Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) PowerShell Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Site Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) REST
2 6 (9.52%) Loki
3 1 (1.59%) Fluent Bit
3 1 (1.59%) Kafka
3 1 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 7 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (9.52%) Cyberattack
3 6 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (9.52%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.17%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.59%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.59%) CMDB
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.59%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.59%) NVMe
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (34.92%) Windows Server
2 9 (14.29%) Linux
2 9 (14.29%) Unix
3 6 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (7.94%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.76%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.59%) Android
6 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.81%) Agile
2 15 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (20.63%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 9 (14.29%) DevOps
4 9 (14.29%) Refactoring
5 8 (12.70%) CI/CD
5 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.70%) Observability
6 7 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 7 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 6 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (9.52%) Data Deduplication
7 6 (9.52%) Incident Response
7 6 (9.52%) Security Operations
7 6 (9.52%) Service Management
7 6 (9.52%) SIEM
8 5 (7.94%) Cyber Resilience
8 5 (7.94%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (41.27%) PowerShell
2 20 (31.75%) Python
3 8 (12.70%) Perl
4 2 (3.17%) SQL
5 1 (1.59%) Bash
5 1 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.59%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (11.11%) Degree
3 6 (9.52%) CompTIA CySA+
3 6 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (7.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.59%) CEH
5 1 (1.59%) CISM
5 1 (1.59%) CISSP
5 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.59%) MCSA
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.59%) NCDA
5 1 (1.59%) VCAP
5 1 (1.59%) VCP6
5 1 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.59%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.59%) NCSC
3 1 (1.59%) NIST
3 1 (1.59%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (11.11%) vSphere
4 1 (1.59%) Docker
4 1 (1.59%) etcd
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) SCCM
2 8 (12.70%) Ansible
2 8 (12.70%) Grafana
2 8 (12.70%) Kubernetes
2 8 (12.70%) Prometheus
3 7 (11.11%) NetBackup
4 4 (6.35%) FortiGate
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.59%) Fluentd
6 1 (1.59%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.59%) vMotion
6 1 (1.59%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.05%) Dell
3 10 (15.87%) Splunk
4 9 (14.29%) Cisco
5 8 (12.70%) VMware
6 7 (11.11%) Veritas
7 6 (9.52%) Canon
7 6 (9.52%) HP
7 6 (9.52%) ServiceNow
8 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
9 3 (4.76%) Citrix
10 2 (3.17%) Aruba
10 2 (3.17%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (1.59%) Brocade
11 1 (1.59%) Commvault
11 1 (1.59%) Equitrac
11 1 (1.59%) Google
11 1 (1.59%) NetApp
11 1 (1.59%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.59%) Zerto