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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 76 107
Rank change year-on-year -38 +31 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 32 61 142
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.07% 2.77% 3.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.41% 24.50% 22.26%
Number of salaries quoted 24 41 106
10th Percentile £21,250 £28,500 £25,200
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £39,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £43,375 £62,500 £69,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%

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 222 249 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.40% 11.30% 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 97 158 391
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £25,200
25th Percentile £30,250 £39,375 £28,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +13.40% -3.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 3 March 2026.

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 3 March 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
Edinburgh +7 23 £31,500 -3.08% 2
Glasgow -10 8 £37,500 +11.11% 8
Renfrewshire -8 1 £42,500 -19.05% 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 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (53.13%) Azure
3 8 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (15.63%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Stack
5 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.13%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) DHCP
1 12 (37.50%) DNS
2 10 (31.25%) Firewall
3 8 (25.00%) Telnet
4 7 (21.88%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (15.63%) VPN
6 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
6 3 (9.38%) VLAN
6 3 (9.38%) WAN
7 2 (6.25%) Softphone
7 2 (6.25%) Wireless
8 1 (3.13%) BGP
8 1 (3.13%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (3.13%) LAN
8 1 (3.13%) Network Security
8 1 (3.13%) NX-OS
8 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
8 1 (3.13%) Unified Communications
8 1 (3.13%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (31.25%) Finance
2 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Front Office
3 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (9.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) IT Support
2 8 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Platform Specialist
3 7 (21.88%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Support Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (15.63%) Junior
5 5 (15.63%) Junior IT Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Junior IT Support
5 5 (15.63%) Junior Support Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Remote Support Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Network Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Applications Support
8 1 (3.13%) Architect
8 1 (3.13%) NOC Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Project Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Support Team Leader
8 1 (3.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Equities
1 8 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 5 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.25%) CCTV
4 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 2 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2012
2 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (15.63%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (12.50%) Linux
5 3 (9.38%) Android
6 1 (3.13%) CentOS
6 1 (3.13%) Rocky
6 1 (3.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (53.13%) ITIL
3 8 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 8 (25.00%) Coaching
3 8 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 8 (25.00%) Order Management
4 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
5 6 (18.75%) Change Management
5 6 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (15.63%) Server Virtualisation
7 3 (9.38%) Data Protection
8 2 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.25%) Customer Experience
8 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (6.25%) Low Latency
8 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
8 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery
9 1 (3.13%) Operational Stability
9 1 (3.13%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 18 (56.25%) PowerShell
2 9 (28.13%) SQL
3 2 (6.25%) Bash
3 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) HND
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.13%) CCNA
3 1 (3.13%) CCNP
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.13%) JNCIP
3 1 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) GDPR
1 3 (9.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.13%) iptables
4 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.13%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (3.13%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 10 (31.25%) Cisco
3 8 (25.00%) Charles River
4 7 (21.88%) Dell
4 7 (21.88%) HP
5 4 (12.50%) VMware
6 3 (9.38%) Apple
7 2 (6.25%) Arista
7 2 (6.25%) Juniper
8 1 (3.13%) Datto
8 1 (3.13%) Proofpoint
8 1 (3.13%) Red Hat
8 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.13%) Veeam