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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 81 64
Rank change year-on-year -60 -17 +71
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 15 72 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.57% 2.13% 4.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.71% 18.90% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 11 43 77
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% +2.22% +17.65%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile - £62,500 £78,525
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.27%

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 140 381 436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.34% 11.29% 17.43%
Number of salaries quoted 82 226 339
10th Percentile £26,525 £29,750 £27,323
25th Percentile £29,500 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £52,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -29.52% +5.02% -9.11%
75th Percentile £62,188 £63,438 £67,285
90th Percentile £66,125 £74,144 £80,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -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 October 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 October 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 -21 11 £37,500 -6.25% 7
Lanarkshire -15 1 - - 5
Renfrewshire - 1 £52,500 -
Banffshire - 1 - -
Dunbartonshire - 1 £52,500 -
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 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (13.33%) IIS
4 1 (6.67%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (13.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
2 7 (46.67%) DHCP
2 7 (46.67%) DNS
3 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (13.33%) Softphone
4 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (6.67%) IMAP
5 1 (6.67%) Modbus
5 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
5 1 (6.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Military
3 1 (6.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Solaris Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) AIX Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Unix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (13.33%) CCTV
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Linux
3 3 (20.00%) Unix
4 2 (13.33%) AIX
4 2 (13.33%) Solaris
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (33.33%) ITIL
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Server Management
5 2 (13.33%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (13.33%) Web Filtering
6 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) Presales
6 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) HND
3 2 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (13.33%) NIST
3 1 (6.67%) IEC 61131
3 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
3 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
1 7 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (13.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (13.33%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) VMware
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) Dell
4 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (13.33%) HP
4 2 (13.33%) Juniper
4 2 (13.33%) McAfee
4 2 (13.33%) NetApp
4 2 (13.33%) Splunk
5 1 (6.67%) IBM
5 1 (6.67%) Pegasus
5 1 (6.67%) Rockwell
5 1 (6.67%) Sage
5 1 (6.67%) Siemens
5 1 (6.67%) Xero