Windows Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Lanarkshire 31.03% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
75th Percentile £28,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -35.00% +25.00% -11.11%

All Operating Systems
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 31.03% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
75th Percentile £28,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £49,995
% change year-on-year -30.43% +15.01% -0.01%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Windows job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Windows
Salary Trend in South Lanarkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Windows

Windows
Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
East Kilbride - 5 £28,000 - 1
Carluke - 2 - -
Larkhall - 2 - -
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) DHCP
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) VoIP
1 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 4 (44.44%) Back Office
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) IT Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) IT Support
2 5 (55.56%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (44.44%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (44.44%) Desktop Support
3 4 (44.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (44.44%) Site Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Supply Chain Management
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Acquisition
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Experience
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Patch Management
2 4 (44.44%) Software Deployment
2 4 (44.44%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CCNA
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (55.56%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CTC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft