Windows Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Windows
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 170 271 275
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 8.00% 9.99% 8.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 48.02% 53.77% 57.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 183 185
10th Percentile £144 £158 £136
25th Percentile £198 £200 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +7.14% -11.39%
75th Percentile £544 £528 £475
90th Percentile £634 £610 £578
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 21
10th Percentile £18.08 £15.88 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.71 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.27 £17.72 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% -11.40% +47.98%
75th Percentile - £42.98 £50.77
90th Percentile £21.36 £59.64 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% +23.23%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 354 504 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 16.66% 18.58% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 353 320
10th Percentile £178 £160 £150
25th Percentile £313 £260 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £550
90th Percentile £700 £720 £600
UK median daily rate £466 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -7.33% +0.57% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 25
10th Percentile £17.61 £15.14 £12.15
25th Percentile £18.17 £17.72 £15.50
Median hourly rate £39.25 £47.73 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -17.77% +169.36% +1.26%
75th Percentile £60.75 £59.03 £47.25
90th Percentile £62.50 £65.36 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £39.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year -43.28% +73.56% +28.57%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Scotland

Windows
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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 -8 63 £483 +9.78% 26
Edinburgh +4 62 £280 +1.82% 39
South Lanarkshire +9 9 £460 +55.83%
South Ayrshire 0 7 £144 +5.79%
Perthshire +7 5 £475 -16.67% 1
Renfrewshire 0 5 £550 +4.27% 1
Stirling +2 4 £420 +110.00% 1
West Lothian +2 2 £188 -54.55% 2
Dundee +2 2 £166 -51.18% 1
Fife 0 2 £365 +128.13% 4
Lanarkshire -4 1 £185 +12.12% 12
Windows
UK

Windows
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 19 (11.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.53%) IIS
4 4 (2.35%) Confluence
4 4 (2.35%) SAS
5 3 (1.76%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.59%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 31 (18.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.35%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.59%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (21.18%) Azure
3 18 (10.59%) AWS
4 14 (8.24%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.24%) OpenShift
5 9 (5.29%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
6 7 (4.12%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.35%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.76%) OCI
8 3 (1.76%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (16.47%) Firewall
2 22 (12.94%) DNS
3 19 (11.18%) VPN
4 18 (10.59%) DHCP
5 11 (6.47%) SAN
6 10 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (4.12%) NAS
8 6 (3.53%) Internet
8 6 (3.53%) LAN
9 4 (2.35%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (2.35%) iSCSI
9 4 (2.35%) SMTP
9 4 (2.35%) SSL
9 4 (2.35%) TCP/IP
9 4 (2.35%) WAN
10 3 (1.76%) Skype
10 3 (1.76%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (1.18%) VLAN
11 2 (1.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.12%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.35%) DB2
3 4 (2.35%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.76%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.76%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.18%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (9.41%) Git
2 12 (7.06%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.53%) Gradle
3 6 (3.53%) JIRA
3 6 (3.53%) Maven
4 5 (2.94%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.59%) Appium
5 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.59%) Selenium
General
1 63 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.18%) Public Sector
3 27 (15.88%) Finance
4 17 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.71%) Banking
5 8 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.94%) Investment Banking
6 5 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.35%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Automotive
9 1 (0.59%) Electronics
9 1 (0.59%) Marketing
9 1 (0.59%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (11.18%) IT Support
2 19 (11.18%) Support Engineer
3 18 (10.59%) Desktop Engineer
4 17 (10.00%) Analyst
4 17 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 17 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
5 15 (8.82%) Support Analyst
6 9 (5.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 9 (5.29%) Security Engineer
6 9 (5.29%) Senior
6 9 (5.29%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (4.71%) Infrastructure Support
7 8 (4.71%) IT Analyst
7 8 (4.71%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (4.71%) Support Officer
8 7 (4.12%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (4.12%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (4.12%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.71%) REST
2 6 (3.53%) .NET
3 4 (2.35%) Flash
3 4 (2.35%) LDAP
3 4 (2.35%) Playwright
3 4 (2.35%) POSIX
3 4 (2.35%) SOAP
3 4 (2.35%) WinForms
3 4 (2.35%) WPF
4 2 (1.18%) Middleware
5 1 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.59%) Kafka
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.59%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.24%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.88%) iPhone
2 10 (5.88%) PKI
3 7 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.53%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.53%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.94%) Clustering
5 5 (2.94%) Tandem
5 5 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.35%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.35%) NVMe
6 4 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.35%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.76%) CMDB
7 3 (1.76%) iPad
7 3 (1.76%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (26.47%) Windows Server
2 44 (25.88%) Windows 10
3 34 (20.00%) Linux
4 23 (13.53%) Unix
5 14 (8.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (7.06%) Windows 7
7 9 (5.29%) Apple iOS
8 8 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (4.12%) Mac OS
10 6 (3.53%) CentOS
10 6 (3.53%) Debian
10 6 (3.53%) Mac OS X
10 6 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (2.35%) Data ONTAP
11 4 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.18%) Android
12 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.59%) Solaris
13 1 (0.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (21.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (21.18%) ITIL
3 29 (17.06%) Customer Service
4 28 (16.47%) Agile
5 18 (10.59%) DevOps
6 17 (10.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 16 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (9.41%) High Availability
8 15 (8.82%) Service Delivery
9 13 (7.65%) Problem Management
10 12 (7.06%) Break/Fix
11 11 (6.47%) Capacity Management
11 11 (6.47%) Continuous Integration
11 11 (6.47%) Customer Requirements
12 10 (5.88%) Decision-Making
12 10 (5.88%) SDLC
12 10 (5.88%) Test Automation
13 9 (5.29%) CI/CD
14 8 (4.71%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.47%) PowerShell
2 27 (15.88%) Python
3 14 (8.24%) SQL
4 10 (5.88%) Perl
5 6 (3.53%) Bash
5 6 (3.53%) Groovy
5 6 (3.53%) Ruby
5 6 (3.53%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.94%) C#
7 4 (2.35%) Java
7 4 (2.35%) VB
7 4 (2.35%) VB6
8 1 (0.59%) C
8 1 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (26.47%) Security Cleared
2 39 (22.94%) SC Cleared
3 20 (11.76%) Degree
4 15 (8.82%) MCSE
4 15 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.47%) A+ Certification
6 9 (5.29%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.53%) MCSA
7 6 (3.53%) RHCT
8 4 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.35%) MCP
9 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.59%) CCNA
9 1 (0.59%) CCNP
9 1 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
2 8 (4.71%) SLA
3 6 (3.53%) QA
4 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.59%) NIST
System Software
1 73 (42.94%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.59%) Hyper-V
3 11 (6.47%) BitLocker
4 9 (5.29%) Docker
4 9 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (3.53%) KVM
5 6 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.35%) GPFS
6 4 (2.35%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (2.35%) NFS
6 4 (2.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (25.29%) SCCM
2 15 (8.82%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (5.29%) Ansible
5 8 (4.71%) Terraform
6 7 (4.12%) WSUS
7 6 (3.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.35%) NetBackup
8 4 (2.35%) vCenter Server
8 4 (2.35%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 4 (2.35%) vMotion
9 3 (1.76%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.18%) Grafana
10 2 (1.18%) Nagios
10 2 (1.18%) OpenView
10 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.59%) vRealize
Vendors
1 70 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.94%) Cisco
3 21 (12.35%) Citrix
4 16 (9.41%) Apple
5 15 (8.82%) VMware
6 11 (6.47%) Oracle
7 10 (5.88%) HP
8 8 (4.71%) Splunk
8 8 (4.71%) Veritas
9 7 (4.12%) ServiceNow
10 6 (3.53%) McAfee
10 6 (3.53%) Red Hat
10 6 (3.53%) Samsung
11 4 (2.35%) Brocade
11 4 (2.35%) EMC
11 4 (2.35%) Google
11 4 (2.35%) IBM
11 4 (2.35%) Infragistics
11 4 (2.35%) NetApp
11 4 (2.35%) Sybase