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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 87 137
Rank change year-on-year -56 +50 -79
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 115 134 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.02% 3.53% 1.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.08% 19.56% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 85 76 84
10th Percentile £26,430 £28,500 £23,950
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £42,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,010 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,500 £80,000 £60,700
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +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 636 685 927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.16% 18.05% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 361 396 588
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,709
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,610 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.02% -9.32% +23.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,433 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -54 50 £47,500 +9.83% 11
Edinburgh +16 29 £45,000 -40.00% 2
Argyll and Bute - 9 £36,000 -
Aberdeen -26 8 £50,000 -23.08% 1
Dundee -5 4 £49,990 +53.82%
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
East Ayrshire - 3 £24,000 -
Aberdeenshire -5 2 £50,000 +96.08% 1
Lanarkshire -10 2 £50,000 +61.29% 3
North Lanarkshire - 2 £37,500 -
Scottish Borders +3 1 £25,000 -39.76%
Stirling - 1 £46,000 -
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 18 (15.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.61%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (7.83%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 47 (40.87%) Azure
2 44 (38.26%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (22.61%) Entra ID
4 15 (13.04%) AWS
5 13 (11.30%) IaaS
5 13 (11.30%) PaaS
6 12 (10.43%) GCP
7 4 (3.48%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.61%) WhatsApp
9 2 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.74%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.74%) SaaS
10 1 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.87%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.87%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (20.00%) Firewall
2 21 (18.26%) WAN
3 18 (15.65%) VPN
4 15 (13.04%) SAN
4 15 (13.04%) VoIP
5 12 (10.43%) SD-WAN
6 8 (6.96%) DNS
7 7 (6.09%) DHCP
7 7 (6.09%) NAS
7 7 (6.09%) TCP/IP
8 6 (5.22%) Network Security
9 5 (4.35%) LAN
10 4 (3.48%) IMAP
11 3 (2.61%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (2.61%) VLAN
12 2 (1.74%) NetScaler
12 2 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.74%) Wireless
13 1 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.87%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.26%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.83%) DB2
3 3 (2.61%) Big Data
4 1 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.87%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Git
1 1 (0.87%) GoCD
1 1 (0.87%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.22%) Finance
3 14 (12.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (10.43%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.83%) Legal
7 7 (6.09%) Automotive
8 5 (4.35%) Law
8 5 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.35%) Retail
8 5 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.48%) Billing
9 4 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.61%) Banking
11 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 20 (17.39%) IT Manager
2 18 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (14.78%) IT Support
4 14 (12.17%) Senior
5 12 (10.43%) Analyst
6 9 (7.83%) Support Analyst
6 9 (7.83%) Support Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Software Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Systems Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) Applications Support
8 7 (6.09%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) IT Analyst
8 7 (6.09%) IT Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) IT Support Analyst
8 7 (6.09%) Lead
9 6 (5.22%) Administrator
9 6 (5.22%) IT Administrator
9 6 (5.22%) IT Support Technician
9 6 (5.22%) IT Systems Administrator
9 6 (5.22%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.87%) .NET
1 1 (0.87%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.91%) Data Centre
2 14 (12.17%) Public Cloud
3 13 (11.30%) Replication
4 8 (6.96%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.48%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.87%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.87%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.87%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.87%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 115 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (33.04%) Linux
3 19 (16.52%) Windows 10
4 12 (10.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (7.83%) Unix
5 9 (7.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.48%) Windows 7
8 3 (2.61%) Android
8 3 (2.61%) CentOS
8 3 (2.61%) Debian
8 3 (2.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.87%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 20 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (13.91%) ITIL
3 16 (13.91%) Project Delivery
4 14 (12.17%) Agile
4 14 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (12.17%) Mentoring
5 13 (11.30%) IT Audit
6 12 (10.43%) DevOps
6 12 (10.43%) Network Virtualisation
7 10 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (8.70%) Project Management
8 9 (7.83%) Analytics
8 9 (7.83%) Data Analytics
8 9 (7.83%) Data Privacy
8 9 (7.83%) ERP
8 9 (7.83%) Infrastructure Management
8 9 (7.83%) Service Delivery
8 9 (7.83%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.78%) SQL
2 10 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.83%) Bash
4 8 (6.96%) C++
5 1 (0.87%) C#
5 1 (0.87%) Java
5 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.87%) Python
5 1 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (14.78%) Degree
2 14 (12.17%) CCNA
2 14 (12.17%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (7.83%) CISA
5 7 (6.09%) MCSE
6 4 (3.48%) MCSA
6 4 (3.48%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.61%) RHCT
7 3 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.74%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.74%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.87%) CCNP
9 1 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.83%) ITGC
1 9 (7.83%) PMO
2 4 (3.48%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (55.65%) Active Directory
2 39 (33.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (10.43%) Hyper-V
3 12 (10.43%) VMware NSX
4 4 (3.48%) vSphere
5 3 (2.61%) KVM
6 2 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.74%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.87%) Docker
7 1 (0.87%) pfSense
7 1 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (11.30%) Ansible
1 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (11.30%) Terraform
2 12 (10.43%) FortiGate
3 7 (6.09%) ZABBIX
4 2 (1.74%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.87%) Grafana
5 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (44.35%) VMware
2 42 (36.52%) Microsoft
3 25 (21.74%) Cisco
4 12 (10.43%) Citrix
4 12 (10.43%) NetApp
5 9 (7.83%) Mitel
5 9 (7.83%) Oracle
5 9 (7.83%) Sage
5 9 (7.83%) SAP
6 5 (4.35%) ConnectWise
7 3 (2.61%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.61%) Sophos
8 2 (1.74%) Dell
8 2 (1.74%) EMC
8 2 (1.74%) HP
8 2 (1.74%) Nimble Storage
8 2 (1.74%) Veeam
9 1 (0.87%) iManage
9 1 (0.87%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.87%) TP-LINK