Windows Server Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Microsoft Windows Server
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Windows Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 1 0 17
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 4.17% - 10.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.00% - 41.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £663
25th Percentile - - £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £506 £618
% change year-on-year -16.05% -18.02% +39.08%

All Operating Systems
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 2 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 41.67% 40.00% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 27
10th Percentile £402 - £370
25th Percentile - £355 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £360 £600
Median % change year-on-year +69.44% -40.00% +172.73%
75th Percentile £653 £365 £700
90th Percentile £756 - -
Scotland median daily rate £420 £450 £536
% change year-on-year -6.67% -16.04% +7.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £22.44 £60.50
% change year-on-year -27.58% -62.91% +241.42%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Windows Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Windows Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
East Kilbride - 1 - - 1
Windows Server
Scotland

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft