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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 127 59
Rank change year-on-year -5 -68 +76
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 15 77 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.60% 1.75% 4.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.34% 15.98% 24.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11 54 80
10th Percentile - £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £32,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,914 £47,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.46% +11.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile - £61,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £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 145 482 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.78% 10.93% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 95 270 359
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £38,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £77,715
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -

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

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +51 9 £37,500 -21.05% 7
Edinburgh 0 2 £51,914 +11.64% 3
Lanarkshire -11 1 - - 4
Renfrewshire - 1 £52,500 -
Banffshire - 1 - -
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 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (13.33%) IIS
3 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (6.67%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (13.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) DHCP
1 8 (53.33%) DNS
2 7 (46.67%) Firewall
3 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (26.67%) VPN
4 1 (6.67%) IMAP
4 1 (6.67%) Modbus
4 1 (6.67%) Softphone
4 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
4 1 (6.67%) VoIP
4 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Military
3 1 (6.67%) Advertising
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Solaris Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) AIX Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Unix Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Unix Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) CCTV
4 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Linux
3 3 (20.00%) Unix
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (13.33%) AIX
4 2 (13.33%) Solaris
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (13.33%) Line Management
5 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Server Management
5 2 (13.33%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (13.33%) Web Filtering
6 1 (6.67%) Network Design
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (6.67%) HND
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (13.33%) NIST
3 1 (6.67%) IEC 61131
3 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
3 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
1 7 (46.67%) Hyper-V
1 7 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (13.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (13.33%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) VMware
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (13.33%) Juniper
4 2 (13.33%) McAfee
4 2 (13.33%) NetApp
4 2 (13.33%) Splunk
5 1 (6.67%) Dell
5 1 (6.67%) HP
5 1 (6.67%) IBM
5 1 (6.67%) Pegasus
5 1 (6.67%) Rockwell
5 1 (6.67%) Sage
5 1 (6.67%) Siemens
5 1 (6.67%) Xero