Windows Server 2019 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Windows Server 2019
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Windows Server 2019 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 111 118
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +46
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2019 5 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.32% 0.42% 0.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.51% 1.89% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £244 £194 £335
25th Percentile £375 £230 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - +71.23%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £472
90th Percentile £585 - £511
UK median daily rate £494 £460 £525
% change year-on-year +7.34% -12.38% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £48.75 - £59.80
% change year-on-year - - +125.83%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

Windows Server 2019 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 199 370 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.60% 22.14% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 187 252
10th Percentile £176 £181 £188
25th Percentile £231 £348 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £537 £634
90th Percentile £650 £600 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% -9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 18
10th Percentile £16.12 £17.07 £16.35
25th Percentile £16.17 £20.94 £17.85
Median hourly rate £16.25 £22.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.14% -63.64% +168.89%
75th Percentile £16.33 £23.53 £70.69
90th Percentile £39.53 £24.56 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year -21.34% +15.17% -5.59%

Windows Server 2019
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2019 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Windows Server 2019 job vacancy trend in Scotland

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2019 in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2019 in Scotland

Windows Server 2019
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows Server 2019.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2019 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +13 4 £475 -24.00% 2
East Renfrewshire - 1 £163 -
Windows Server 2019
UK

Windows Server 2019
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DHCP
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Support
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Dell
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Equitrac
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) Zerto