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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 80 93
Rank change year-on-year -34 +13 +42
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 25 77 102
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.92% 2.69% 3.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.24% 22.19% 23.89%
Number of salaries quoted 15 51 77
10th Percentile £29,300 £28,500 £25,200
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £47,103
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -15.08% +10.83%
75th Percentile £39,000 £52,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £47,850 £62,500 £71,723
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

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 145 347 427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.33% 12.13% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 76 205 300
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £37,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.74% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £55,156 £66,250 £67,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,487 £80,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -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 14 December 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 14 December 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
Edinburgh +7 16 £38,000 +8.57% 5
Glasgow -8 7 £36,500 -5.81% 7
Renfrewshire -11 1 £52,500 - 4
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 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.00%) IIS
3 1 (4.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (48.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) DHCP
1 8 (32.00%) DNS
2 7 (28.00%) Telnet
3 5 (20.00%) Firewall
4 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (16.00%) VPN
5 2 (8.00%) Softphone
5 2 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.00%) IMAP
6 1 (4.00%) Modbus
6 1 (4.00%) Network Security
6 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.00%) VLAN
6 1 (4.00%) VoIP
6 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (28.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Front Office
3 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Retail
5 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Platform Specialist
2 6 (24.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (20.00%) IT Support
4 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) IT Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (8.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Senior
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Application Support Team Leader
7 1 (4.00%) Applications Support
7 1 (4.00%) Lead
7 1 (4.00%) Solaris Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Support Team Leader
7 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Team Leader
7 1 (4.00%) Unix Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Unix Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Equities
1 7 (28.00%) Fixed Income
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) CCTV
3 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.00%) SCADA
4 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Android
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.00%) AIX
4 1 (4.00%) Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Solaris
4 1 (4.00%) Unix
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) ITIL
2 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (28.00%) Asset Management
3 7 (28.00%) Coaching
3 7 (28.00%) Investment Management
3 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (28.00%) Order Management
3 7 (28.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (24.00%) Change Management
5 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
8 1 (4.00%) Data Management
8 1 (4.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (4.00%) Migration
8 1 (4.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (36.00%) SQL
3 2 (8.00%) Bash
4 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) HND
3 1 (4.00%) CCNA
3 1 (4.00%) CCNP
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) GDPR
1 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.00%) IEC 61131
2 1 (4.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) Charles River
2 7 (28.00%) Cisco
3 5 (20.00%) VMware
4 3 (12.00%) Apple
5 2 (8.00%) Dell
5 2 (8.00%) HP
6 1 (4.00%) Datto
6 1 (4.00%) IBM
6 1 (4.00%) Pegasus
6 1 (4.00%) Rockwell
6 1 (4.00%) Sage
6 1 (4.00%) Siemens
6 1 (4.00%) Veeam
6 1 (4.00%) Xero