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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 15 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 66 105 79
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 9.36% 12.64% 8.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.46% 44.68% 37.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 53 60
10th Percentile £200 £190 £303
25th Percentile £366 £363 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -17.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £609 £550 £637
90th Percentile £664 £573 £700
Scotland median daily rate £425 £430 £500
% change year-on-year -1.16% -14.00% +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 £22.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -26.14% +12.82% +10.05%

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 111 235 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 15.74% 28.28% 23.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 111 133
10th Percentile £212 £348 £263
25th Percentile £358 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £455 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% -17.27% -
75th Percentile £570 £538 £650
90th Percentile £650 £575 £738
Scotland median daily rate £401 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -10.89% -14.29% +5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £16.14 - £23.05
25th Percentile £16.17 - £33.63
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.29%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £58.13
90th Percentile £31.80 - £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year -26.14% -60.89% +135.75%

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 17 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 17 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 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 26 (39.39%) Azure
2 9 (13.64%) AWS
3 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (10.61%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.52%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.52%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.21%) WAN
2 11 (16.67%) DNS
3 8 (12.12%) SD-WAN
4 7 (10.61%) SAN
5 6 (9.09%) NAS
5 6 (9.09%) TCP/IP
6 5 (7.58%) DHCP
6 5 (7.58%) Firewall
6 5 (7.58%) LAN
7 2 (3.03%) VPN
8 1 (1.52%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Power BI
1 1 (1.52%) Power Query
1 1 (1.52%) QlikView
1 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Git
1 7 (10.61%) Jenkins
2 5 (7.58%) JIRA
3 1 (1.52%) Hudson
General
1 30 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 22 (33.33%) Legal
3 19 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (19.70%) Finance
5 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (21.21%) Automation Engineer
1 14 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (19.70%) Windows Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Security Engineer
4 9 (13.64%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Field Engineer
6 7 (10.61%) Analyst
6 7 (10.61%) Architect
6 7 (10.61%) Hardware Engineer
6 7 (10.61%) Lead
7 6 (9.09%) Computer Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Field Hardware Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) Printer Engineer
7 6 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
7 6 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) PowerShell Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Site Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.61%) REST
2 6 (9.09%) Loki
3 1 (1.52%) Fluent Bit
3 1 (1.52%) Kafka
3 1 (1.52%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.61%) Driving Licence
2 7 (10.61%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (9.09%) Cyberattack
3 6 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (9.09%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.55%) CMDB
5 2 (3.03%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.52%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.52%) NVMe
6 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 10 (15.15%) Unix
3 9 (13.64%) Linux
4 5 (7.58%) Mac OS
4 5 (7.58%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (6.06%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (24.24%) Agile
3 14 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (15.15%) Data Protection
4 10 (15.15%) DevOps
5 9 (13.64%) Refactoring
6 8 (12.12%) CI/CD
6 8 (12.12%) Observability
7 7 (10.61%) Computer Science
7 7 (10.61%) Customer Service
7 7 (10.61%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 6 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
8 6 (9.09%) Data Deduplication
8 6 (9.09%) Incident Response
8 6 (9.09%) Security Operations
8 6 (9.09%) Service Management
8 6 (9.09%) SIEM
9 5 (7.58%) Cyber Resilience
9 5 (7.58%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (40.91%) PowerShell
2 22 (33.33%) Python
3 8 (12.12%) Perl
4 2 (3.03%) SQL
5 1 (1.52%) Bash
5 1 (1.52%) Bicep
5 1 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.52%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.12%) Degree
3 7 (10.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.52%) CEH
7 1 (1.52%) CISM
7 1 (1.52%) CISSP
7 1 (1.52%) MCSA
7 1 (1.52%) NCDA
7 1 (1.52%) VCAP
7 1 (1.52%) VCP6
7 1 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.52%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) NCSC
3 1 (1.52%) NIST
3 1 (1.52%) RMADS
System Software
1 16 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (9.09%) vSphere
4 1 (1.52%) Docker
4 1 (1.52%) etcd
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (18.18%) SCCM
2 8 (12.12%) Ansible
2 8 (12.12%) Grafana
2 8 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 8 (12.12%) Prometheus
3 7 (10.61%) NetBackup
4 4 (6.06%) FortiGate
4 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.52%) Fluentd
5 1 (1.52%) HP UCMDB
5 1 (1.52%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.52%) vMotion
5 1 (1.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 18 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.67%) Dell
2 11 (16.67%) Splunk
3 9 (13.64%) Cisco
4 8 (12.12%) HP
5 7 (10.61%) Veritas
5 7 (10.61%) VMware
6 6 (9.09%) Canon
6 6 (9.09%) ServiceNow
7 4 (6.06%) Palo Alto
8 3 (4.55%) Citrix
9 2 (3.03%) Aruba
9 2 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.52%) Apple
10 1 (1.52%) Brocade
10 1 (1.52%) Commvault
10 1 (1.52%) Equitrac
10 1 (1.52%) Progress
10 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.52%) Zerto