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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 125 139
Rank change year-on-year +25 +14 -67
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 35 19 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.03% 0.76% 2.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.01% 11.59% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 21 17 81
10th Percentile £26,500 - £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £37,250 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,250 £58,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -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 159 164 593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.68% 6.57% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 117 118 351
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,875 £42,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% +5.02%
75th Percentile £66,036 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -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 31 July 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 31 July 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
Glasgow +20 15 £29,000 -22.67% 5
Edinburgh +12 8 £32,500 -37.40% 2
Highlands -7 3 £51,500 +28.75%
North Ayrshire - 3 £36,500 - 1
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Aberdeenshire - 2 - - 1
Moray - 1 £31,500 - 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 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (22.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.57%) IIS
4 2 (5.71%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (5.71%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (5.71%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 29 (82.86%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (62.86%) Azure
3 15 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 6 (17.14%) SaaS
5 3 (8.57%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (37.14%) DNS
2 10 (28.57%) DHCP
2 10 (28.57%) VPN
3 7 (20.00%) Broadband
3 7 (20.00%) Firewall
4 6 (17.14%) VLAN
5 4 (11.43%) VSAN
6 3 (8.57%) Internet
6 3 (8.57%) PBX
6 3 (8.57%) VoIP
7 2 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.86%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (2.86%) VXLAN
8 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Git
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Analyst
2 10 (28.57%) IT Support
2 10 (28.57%) Support Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Senior
4 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) IT Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (11.43%) Network Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Support Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Technical Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Technical Support
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Server Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Technical Support
5 4 (11.43%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Service Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Driving Licence
2 4 (11.43%) Clustering
2 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (8.57%) Life Science
3 3 (8.57%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.71%) Replication
5 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (8.57%) Mac OS
3 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.71%) Linux
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.00%) Coaching
2 7 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (20.00%) High Availability
2 7 (20.00%) ITIL
2 7 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
3 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
4 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.43%) IT Strategy
5 4 (11.43%) ITSM
5 4 (11.43%) Service Management
5 4 (11.43%) Technology Strategy
6 3 (8.57%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (8.57%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (8.57%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (8.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) C#
3 1 (2.86%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
2 3 (8.57%) CCNA
2 3 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.57%) MCSA
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 20 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 12 (34.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (11.43%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (82.86%) Microsoft
2 17 (48.57%) VMware
3 6 (17.14%) Cisco
4 4 (11.43%) EMC
5 2 (5.71%) Citrix
5 2 (5.71%) Dell
5 2 (5.71%) HP
5 2 (5.71%) Veeam
6 1 (2.86%) Arista
6 1 (2.86%) Juniper
6 1 (2.86%) Meraki
6 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow