Windows Job Trends in the Scottish Borders

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Scottish Borders

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Scottish Borders - - 20.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £34,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile - - £36,000
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £33,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -22.35% +6.25% -11.11%

All Operating Systems
Scottish Borders

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 the Scottish Borders.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders - - 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £34,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile - - £36,000
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.65% +5.50% -4.76%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Scottish Borders

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders.

Windows job vacancy trend in the Scottish Borders

Windows
Salary Trend in the Scottish Borders

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Scottish Borders citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Scottish Borders citing Windows