Windows Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 25 33
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 62 103 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.58% 8.33% 6.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.19% 54.79% 60.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 71 83
10th Percentile £179 £160 £128
25th Percentile £200 £216 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £275 £250
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £494 £522 £475
90th Percentile £634 £623 £575
Scotland median daily rate £370 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -1.33% +7.14% -11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 8
10th Percentile £18.08 £17.70 £16.76
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.71 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.27 £17.71 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.55% +7.14%
75th Percentile - £17.72 £43.58
90th Percentile £21.36 £17.72 £54.74
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £17.72 £20.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% -11.40% +47.98%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 103 188 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.59% 15.20% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 140 140
10th Percentile £193 £160 £137
25th Percentile £240 £205 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £550
90th Percentile £634 £625 £588
Scotland median daily rate £425 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 9
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.70 £17.01
25th Percentile £18.24 £17.71 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £17.72 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.92% -11.40% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60.75 £35.74 £40.75
90th Percentile - £46.54 £54.60
Scotland median hourly rate £39.25 £47.73 £17.72
% change year-on-year -17.77% +169.36% +1.26%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Edinburgh

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (30.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (14.52%) Azure
3 8 (12.90%) AWS
4 7 (11.29%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (9.68%) OpenShift
6 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.23%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.58%) DHCP
1 14 (22.58%) DNS
1 14 (22.58%) VPN
2 12 (19.35%) Firewall
3 6 (9.68%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (6.45%) Internet
4 4 (6.45%) SSL
5 3 (4.84%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (3.23%) LAN
6 2 (3.23%) WAN
7 1 (1.61%) 2G
7 1 (1.61%) 5G
7 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Git
1 7 (11.29%) Jenkins
2 6 (9.68%) Gradle
2 6 (9.68%) Maven
3 1 (1.61%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.61%) JIRA
3 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (27.42%) Public Sector
1 17 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.13%) Finance
3 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Automotive
5 1 (1.61%) Banking
5 1 (1.61%) Electronics
5 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.61%) Marketing
5 1 (1.61%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (22.58%) Desktop Engineer
2 13 (20.97%) Desktop Support
3 10 (16.13%) Support Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Support
5 6 (9.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 5 (8.06%) Security Specialist
6 5 (8.06%) Site Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Site Reliability Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Support Specialist
7 4 (6.45%) Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) IT Support
7 4 (6.45%) Network Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Support Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Middleware
2 1 (1.61%) .NET
2 1 (1.61%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) iPhone
1 6 (9.68%) PKI
2 5 (8.06%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.06%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.45%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.23%) Tandem
6 1 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (38.71%) Windows 10
2 14 (22.58%) Windows Server
3 11 (17.74%) Windows 7
4 9 (14.52%) Linux
5 6 (9.68%) Unix
6 4 (6.45%) Mac OS X
7 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.61%) Android
8 1 (1.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.87%) ITIL
2 17 (27.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (20.97%) Customer Service
3 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (20.97%) Service Delivery
4 12 (19.35%) Break/Fix
5 7 (11.29%) Agile
5 7 (11.29%) Network Management
6 6 (9.68%) Application Security
6 6 (9.68%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.68%) Deployment Automation
6 6 (9.68%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 6 (9.68%) Email Filtering
6 6 (9.68%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (9.68%) OWASP
6 6 (9.68%) Security Operations
6 6 (9.68%) Static Application Security Testing
7 5 (8.06%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (8.06%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) Bash
1 6 (9.68%) Groovy
1 6 (9.68%) Python
1 6 (9.68%) Ruby
1 6 (9.68%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.61%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (43.55%) Security Cleared
2 25 (40.32%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.74%) A+ Certification
4 9 (14.52%) Degree
5 8 (12.90%) MCSE
5 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (6.45%) MCP
7 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (6.45%) SLA
3 2 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.61%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (46.77%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.90%) Hyper-V
3 5 (8.06%) Docker
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (46.77%) SCCM
2 7 (11.29%) Kubernetes
2 7 (11.29%) WSUS
3 6 (9.68%) Ansible
3 6 (9.68%) Terraform
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (43.55%) Microsoft
2 15 (24.19%) Cisco
3 6 (9.68%) HP
3 6 (9.68%) Samsung
4 5 (8.06%) Apple
5 4 (6.45%) Citrix
6 2 (3.23%) Databricks
6 2 (3.23%) Meraki
6 2 (3.23%) Oracle
7 1 (1.61%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.61%) F5
7 1 (1.61%) Qualys
7 1 (1.61%) SAP
7 1 (1.61%) Splunk
7 1 (1.61%) VMware