Windows Server Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Windows Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 78 68
Rank change year-on-year -55 -10 +73
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 17 80 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.61% 2.42% 4.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.97% 21.56% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11 52 78
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £25,200
25th Percentile £36,000 £31,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,250 £47,103
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -12.43% +10.83%
75th Percentile £46,375 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £62,000 £74,703
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +0.56%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 142 371 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.11% 11.23% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 77 220 320
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.48% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,400 £74,144 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Windows Server job vacancy trend in Scotland

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows Server

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in Scotland

Windows Server
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -31 10 £37,500 +7.14% 7
Edinburgh +1 4 £38,000 +1.33% 10
Lanarkshire -4 1 - - 3
Renfrewshire -9 1 £52,500 -
Banffshire - 1 - -
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) IIS
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.88%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) Azure
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) DHCP
1 7 (41.18%) DNS
1 7 (41.18%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
2 5 (29.41%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) Softphone
3 2 (11.76%) Telnet
3 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.88%) IMAP
4 1 (5.88%) Modbus
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security
4 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
4 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.88%) VLAN
4 1 (5.88%) VoIP
4 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Front Office
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Platform Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Solaris Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) AIX Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.88%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) CCTV
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (11.76%) Equities
2 2 (11.76%) Fixed Income
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
2 2 (11.76%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) AIX
3 2 (11.76%) Solaris
3 2 (11.76%) Unix
3 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) ITIL
2 6 (35.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Order Management
5 2 (11.76%) Server Management
5 2 (11.76%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (11.76%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) PowerShell
2 5 (29.41%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) Bash
4 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) HND
2 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CCNA
3 1 (5.88%) CCNP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (11.76%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) IEC 61131
3 1 (5.88%) IEC 61508
3 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
1 6 (35.29%) Hyper-V
1 6 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.76%) Proxmox
3 1 (5.88%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) Charles River
4 2 (11.76%) Dell
4 2 (11.76%) HP
5 1 (5.88%) Datto
5 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.88%) IBM
5 1 (5.88%) Pegasus
5 1 (5.88%) Rockwell
5 1 (5.88%) Sage
5 1 (5.88%) Siemens
5 1 (5.88%) Veeam
5 1 (5.88%) Xero