Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Highlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +1 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands | 5.26% | 13.64% | 4.55% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £30,000 | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £33,000 | £42,500 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.35% | +6.25% | -11.11% |
All Operating Systems
Highlands
Windows 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 the Highlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands | 5.26% | 13.64% | 4.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £30,000 | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £35,000 | £52,750 | £51,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.65% | +2.93% | -2.38% |
Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.
Windows
Salary Trend in the Highlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Windows.
Windows
Job Locations in the Highlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alness | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Windows Scotland |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:
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