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 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 63 78 74
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 8.37% 11.05% 8.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.39% 48.75% 38.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 39 51
10th Percentile £181 £176 £133
25th Percentile £200 £195 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +40.45%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £626
90th Percentile £575 £608 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £344 £428
% change year-on-year +30.81% -19.53% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 5
10th Percentile - - £14.98
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £17.72
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £18.45
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £19.21 £18.93
% change year-on-year +30.94% +1.47% +15.71%

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 178 160 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.64% 22.66% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 87 112
10th Percentile £200 £190 £351
25th Percentile £363 £348 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £400 £513
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -21.95% +7.89%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £636
90th Percentile £576 £570 £700
Scotland median daily rate £452 £389 £475
% change year-on-year +16.20% -18.11% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile - - £15.44
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.65%
75th Percentile - - £18.63
90th Percentile - - £34.47
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £21.14 £19.18
% change year-on-year +18.95% +10.23% +20.10%

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 1 November 2025.

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
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 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.35%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Azure
2 18 (28.57%) AWS
3 14 (22.22%) GitHub
4 13 (20.63%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (11.11%) SaaS
8 3 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.59%) GCP
9 1 (1.59%) IaaS
9 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) VPN
2 1 (1.59%) DHCP
2 1 (1.59%) DNS
2 1 (1.59%) Network Security
2 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) MSDE
2 2 (3.17%) KDB
2 2 (3.17%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.59%) MySQL
3 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.59%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (22.22%) Bitbucket
1 14 (22.22%) IntelliJ
1 14 (22.22%) JIRA
1 14 (22.22%) Visual Studio Code
2 13 (20.63%) Jenkins
2 13 (20.63%) PyCharm
2 13 (20.63%) Visual Studio
3 8 (12.70%) Git
4 1 (1.59%) Hudson
4 1 (1.59%) JUnit
General
1 16 (25.40%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.22%) Finance
3 13 (20.63%) Public Sector
4 10 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Banking
5 5 (7.94%) Investment Banking
6 4 (6.35%) Legal
7 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (15.87%) Analyst
1 10 (15.87%) Deployment Engineer
1 10 (15.87%) Developer
1 10 (15.87%) Python Developer
2 7 (11.11%) Python Engineer
3 6 (9.52%) Service Analyst
3 6 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (7.94%) DevOps Engineer
4 5 (7.94%) Windows Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Senior
6 3 (4.76%) Java Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Senior Python Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) C++ Developer
7 2 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.59%) Hibernate
1 1 (1.59%) JPA
1 1 (1.59%) React
1 1 (1.59%) Spring
1 1 (1.59%) Spring Batch
1 1 (1.59%) Spring Boot
1 1 (1.59%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) Public Cloud
2 6 (9.52%) Device Driver
2 6 (9.52%) Virtual Team
3 4 (6.35%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.17%) CMDB
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.59%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.59%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (34.92%) Windows 10
2 21 (33.33%) Linux
3 7 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.35%) Mac OS
4 4 (6.35%) Unix
4 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Agile
1 17 (26.98%) DevOps
1 17 (26.98%) SDLC
2 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.46%) CI/CD
3 11 (17.46%) Deployment Automation
4 8 (12.70%) Build Automation
4 8 (12.70%) Test Automation
5 7 (11.11%) Issue Tracking
6 6 (9.52%) Application Packaging
6 6 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.94%) Code Quality
7 5 (7.94%) Containerisation
7 5 (7.94%) ITIL
8 4 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.76%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (4.76%) Investment Management
9 3 (4.76%) SIEM
9 3 (4.76%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.92%) Python
2 15 (23.81%) Java
3 14 (22.22%) C#
3 14 (22.22%) TypeScript
4 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.76%) SQL
6 2 (3.17%) C++
6 2 (3.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.59%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (7.94%) Degree
3 5 (7.94%) MCSA
4 3 (4.76%) CISSP
4 3 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
4 3 (4.76%) GCIA
4 3 (4.76%) GCIH
5 2 (3.17%) CASP
5 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 1 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.76%) Docker
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (26.98%) Kubernetes
2 15 (23.81%) SCCM
3 14 (22.22%) Ansible
3 14 (22.22%) Terraform
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.59%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 32 (50.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.76%) ArcSight
2 3 (4.76%) Splunk
3 2 (3.17%) Apple
3 2 (3.17%) HP
4 1 (1.59%) Citrix
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle
4 1 (1.59%) Progress
4 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 Windows jobs in Glasgow