Windows Server Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 80 74
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 50 45 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.05% 2.09% 3.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.75% 12.50% 18.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 33 48
10th Percentile £209 £247 £319
25th Percentile £415 £313 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £464
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.61% +9.06%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £541
90th Percentile - £665 £639
UK median daily rate £525 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +14.13% -8.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £16.29 - £24.77
25th Percentile £16.34 - £30.73
Median hourly rate £17.63 - £42.21
75th Percentile £18.84 - £52.15
90th Percentile £18.86 - £57.19
UK median hourly rate £17.75 £46.75 £32.00
% change year-on-year -62.03% +46.09% +36.17%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 339 360 498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.68% 16.74% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 244 351
10th Percentile £190 £178 £160
25th Percentile £400 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £479
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -11.27% +6.44%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £575 £700 £723
UK median daily rate £467 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -0.53% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 12
10th Percentile £16.29 £17.61 £14.82
25th Percentile £19.86 £18.17 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.00 £39.25 £50.12
Median % change year-on-year -43.95% -21.68% +165.72%
75th Percentile £23.51 £60.75 £59.41
90th Percentile £24.55 £62.50 £65.96
UK median hourly rate £22.53 £22.08 £39.05
% change year-on-year +2.06% -43.47% +69.78%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Scotland

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Scotland

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Scotland

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Scotland

Windows Server
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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 +1 26 £525 +31.25% 17
Edinburgh +6 13 £338 -4.93% 6
West Lothian +11 6 £188 - 2
Perth and Kinross - 1 - -
Dundee - 1 - - 1
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.00%) IIS
3 1 (2.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.00%) Azure
2 12 (24.00%) AWS
3 11 (22.00%) OpenShift
4 10 (20.00%) Amazon S3
4 10 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (18.00%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (12.00%) Cohesity
7 2 (4.00%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.00%) SAN
2 10 (20.00%) NAS
3 5 (10.00%) Firewall
4 4 (8.00%) Internet
5 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.00%) DHCP
6 2 (4.00%) DNS
6 2 (4.00%) LAN
6 2 (4.00%) WLAN
7 1 (2.00%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.00%) iSCSI
7 1 (2.00%) Network Security
7 1 (2.00%) SSL
7 1 (2.00%) VPN
7 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (20.00%) Git
1 10 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (66.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (26.00%) Public Sector
4 8 (16.00%) Finance
5 5 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (8.00%) Law
7 3 (6.00%) German Language
8 1 (2.00%) Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (16.00%) Python Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Server Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Service Analyst
5 4 (8.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Administrator
6 3 (6.00%) Designer
6 3 (6.00%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) NetBackup Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Security Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (4.00%) CyberArk Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) IT Technician
7 2 (4.00%) Linux Server Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Security Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) Service Desk Technician
7 2 (4.00%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) LDAP
1 3 (6.00%) X-Windows
2 2 (4.00%) .NET
3 1 (2.00%) Flash
3 1 (2.00%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.00%) PKI
4 2 (4.00%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.00%) CMDB
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.00%) EPoS
5 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.00%) NVMe
5 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (58.00%) Unix
3 24 (48.00%) Linux
4 7 (14.00%) Windows 10
5 5 (10.00%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (6.00%) Android
7 3 (6.00%) Mac OS
7 3 (6.00%) Solaris
8 1 (2.00%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) ITIL
1 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (26.00%) Data Protection
3 11 (22.00%) Decision-Making
4 10 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 10 (20.00%) Data Deduplication
4 10 (20.00%) Observability
5 9 (18.00%) Storage Management
5 9 (18.00%) Task Automation
6 8 (16.00%) Capacity Management
6 8 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (16.00%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (14.00%) Problem Management
7 7 (14.00%) Time Management
8 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
8 6 (12.00%) Security Hardening
8 6 (12.00%) Server Management
9 5 (10.00%) Service-Level Objective
9 5 (10.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) Python
2 7 (14.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (4.00%) C#
5 1 (2.00%) Bicep
5 1 (2.00%) Perl
5 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.00%) HNC
3 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (6.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (6.00%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.00%) Docker
3 4 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.00%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.00%) GPFS
6 1 (2.00%) NFS
6 1 (2.00%) Terminal Services
6 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) Kubernetes
2 10 (20.00%) NetBackup
2 10 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (8.00%) Ansible
4 3 (6.00%) SCCM
5 2 (4.00%) Progress Chef
5 2 (4.00%) Puppet
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.00%) Terraform
6 1 (2.00%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.00%) Veritas
3 9 (18.00%) VMware
4 8 (16.00%) Oracle
4 8 (16.00%) Red Hat
5 3 (6.00%) Apple
6 2 (4.00%) Avaya
6 2 (4.00%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (4.00%) CyberArk
6 2 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.00%) Bloomberg
7 1 (2.00%) Brocade
7 1 (2.00%) Cisco
7 1 (2.00%) Commvault
7 1 (2.00%) Google
7 1 (2.00%) NetApp
7 1 (2.00%) SonicWALL
7 1 (2.00%) Sybase
7 1 (2.00%) Tanium