Microsoft Windows
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 67 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | -45 | +10 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows | 95 | 369 | 469 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 3.18% | 5.50% | 10.28% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 48.72% | 46.89% | 61.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 68 | 275 | 270 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,000 | £24,250 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £26,700 | £30,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -5.56% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,964 |
| 90th Percentile | £61,250 | £65,750 | £71,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £40,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -11.11% | +2.27% |
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Windows 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 | 195 | 787 | 757 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 6.53% | 11.74% | 16.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 148 | 412 | 418 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,175 | £26,025 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,985 | £30,000 | £33,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,750 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.50% | - | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £69,000 | £61,250 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,751 | £77,500 | £74,300 |
| UK median annual salary | £45,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | - |
Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Windows
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Scotland.
Windows
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.
Windows
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 May 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 |
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| Edinburgh | -35 | 28 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 76 |
| Glasgow | +80 | 18 | £37,500 | -22.68% | 87 |
| Aberdeen | +16 | 8 | £50,000 | +78.57% | 41 |
| Renfrewshire | - | 5 | £45,000 | - | 28 |
| Perth and Kinross | - | 5 | £33,000 | - | |
| West Lothian | +3 | 4 | - | - | 13 |
| Highlands | - | 4 | £40,000 | - | 2 |
| Lanarkshire | -4 | 3 | £56,500 | +105.45% | 11 |
| Fife | -16 | 3 | £42,550 | -22.64% | 16 |
| Dundee | +1 | 2 | £50,890 | +1.80% | 15 |
| Midlothian | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Dunbartonshire | - | 2 | £52,500 | - | 5 |
| Moray | - | 2 | £40,101 | - | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | +9 | 1 | £31,000 | +34.78% | 3 |
| Aberdeenshire | +5 | 1 | £50,000 | +75.44% | |
| Argyll and Bute | -1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| North Lanarkshire | -5 | 1 | £28,500 | -7.32% | |
| East Ayrshire | -29 | 1 | £40,101 | +63.68% | |
| South Ayrshire | -31 | 1 | £40,101 | - | |
| East Lothian | - | 1 | - | - | |
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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:
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