Windows Server Job Trends in Glasgow

Microsoft Windows Server
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 40 101
Rank change year-on-year -8 +61 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 7 30 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.00% 4.44% 3.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.88% 42.86% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 44
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £25,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £35,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -19.08% -8.95%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £60,938
90th Percentile £50,000 £59,000 £63,750
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.33% -11.76% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
Glasgow

Windows Server falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 32 70 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.57% 10.36% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14 37 100
10th Percentile £29,300 £31,250 £25,200
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £64,375 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,875
Scotland median annual salary £33,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -38.89% +8.00% -4.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Glasgow over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Glasgow

Windows Server
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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) DHCP
1 4 (57.14%) DNS
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) Softphone
3 2 (28.57%) VLAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) Modbus
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Application Support Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) CCTV
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
1 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Presales
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
3 1 (14.29%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Bash
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) HND
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) IEC 61131
1 1 (14.29%) IEC 61508
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) Hyper-V
2 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Dell
3 2 (28.57%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) Datto
4 1 (14.29%) Rockwell
4 1 (14.29%) Siemens
4 1 (14.29%) Veeam