Windows Server Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Windows Server
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 134 98
Rank change year-on-year -20 -36 +45
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 17 144 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.52% 2.22% 3.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.99% 19.51% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 16 109 77
10th Percentile £35,625 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,500 £34,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £53,008 £52,500 £77,542
90th Percentile £59,375 £63,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%

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 189 738 720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.77% 11.36% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 132 417 416
10th Percentile £32,300 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £69,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,675 £76,000 £76,271
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,996 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.60% -12.39% -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Scotland

Windows Server
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in Scotland.

Salary trend for Windows Server in Scotland

Windows Server
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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 +84 8 £37,500 -21.05% 18
Highlands - 4 £40,000 - 2
Edinburgh -19 2 £51,914 +22.15% 7
Lanarkshire -8 1 - - 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £60,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 1 £52,500 -
Windows Server
UK

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (5.88%) IIS
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (23.53%) OneDrive
4 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) VPN
2 5 (29.41%) DHCP
2 5 (29.41%) DNS
3 4 (23.53%) Firewall
3 4 (23.53%) IPsec
3 4 (23.53%) SSL
3 4 (23.53%) VLAN
3 4 (23.53%) Wireless
4 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.88%) FTP
5 1 (5.88%) NAS
5 1 (5.88%) SAN
5 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (29.41%) IT Support
1 5 (29.41%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) IT Support Technician
2 4 (23.53%) IT Technician
2 4 (23.53%) Senior IT Support
2 4 (23.53%) Senior IT Technician
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Support Technician
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Technician
2 4 (23.53%) Support Technician
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Replication
2 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
3 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (5.88%) FMCG
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2019
3 5 (29.41%) Linux
4 3 (17.65%) Unix
5 2 (11.76%) AIX
5 2 (11.76%) Solaris
5 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (35.29%) Customer Service
2 6 (35.29%) Migration
3 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.76%) Line Management
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (5.88%) Open Source
6 1 (5.88%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (23.53%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Hyper-V
2 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
3 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (11.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (23.53%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (11.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (5.88%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
4 2 (11.76%) Juniper
4 2 (11.76%) McAfee
4 2 (11.76%) NetApp
4 2 (11.76%) Splunk