Windows Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Windows
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 21 36
Rank change year-on-year -43 +15 -19
Permanent jobs citing Windows 368 462 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.34% 10.72% 7.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.06% 63.29% 44.87%
Number of salaries quoted 276 267 297
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,000 £22,300
25th Percentile £26,700 £28,875 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,427 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,750 £44,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% -0.57% -2.22%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 782 730 985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.36% 16.95% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 423 408 551
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,125 £33,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,763 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Scotland.

Salary trend for Windows in Scotland

Windows
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Scotland

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 9 June 2024. 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 -102 134 £48,500 +5.15% 28
Edinburgh +21 130 £40,000 -15.79% 38
Aberdeen -19 23 £28,000 -34.12% 12
Argyll and Bute - 17 £27,400 -
Dundee -4 14 £49,990 +33.31% 2
Fife -6 12 £55,000 +5.77% 4
West Lothian -10 9 £28,500 -12.31%
North Lanarkshire -5 5 £30,750 +23.00% 1
East Ayrshire - 5 £24,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire +2 4 £28,500 -56.15% 5
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Lanarkshire -11 3 £50,000 +61.29% 14
Stirling -4 2 £34,750 +34.95% 2
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £17,000 -
South Ayrshire +1 1 - -
Perth and Kinross -5 1 - - 3
Dumfries and Galloway -7 1 £23,000 -21.37% 1
Windows
UK

Windows
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 29 (7.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.72%) Apache
4 4 (1.09%) IIS
4 4 (1.09%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) JOnAS
Applications
1 23 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (2.99%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.54%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 118 (32.07%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (28.53%) Azure
3 37 (10.05%) AWS
4 36 (9.78%) Entra ID
5 24 (6.52%) GCP
6 20 (5.43%) IaaS
6 20 (5.43%) SaaS
7 19 (5.16%) PaaS
8 11 (2.99%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.36%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.09%) Google Docs
13 3 (0.82%) Asana
13 3 (0.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.82%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.82%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.82%) Slack
13 3 (0.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.32%) Firewall
2 36 (9.78%) VPN
3 34 (9.24%) WAN
4 32 (8.70%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.89%) VoIP
6 17 (4.62%) SAN
7 15 (4.08%) Internet
7 15 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (3.80%) DNS
8 14 (3.80%) LAN
9 13 (3.53%) Modbus
9 13 (3.53%) SD-WAN
10 12 (3.26%) DHCP
10 12 (3.26%) Wireless
11 11 (2.99%) SNMP
12 10 (2.72%) IPsec
12 10 (2.72%) Network Security
12 10 (2.72%) VLAN
13 9 (2.45%) Cisco IOS
14 8 (2.17%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.42%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.99%) DB2
3 10 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (2.72%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (1.90%) Big Data
5 3 (0.82%) Ingres
6 2 (0.54%) DTS
6 2 (0.54%) MySQL
6 2 (0.54%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (4.35%) JIRA
2 15 (4.08%) GitLab
3 14 (3.80%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.82%) Git
6 1 (0.27%) GoCD
6 1 (0.27%) Gradle
6 1 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.27%) Maven
6 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 93 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.22%) Finance
3 26 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (4.89%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.80%) Law
7 14 (3.80%) Legal
8 13 (3.53%) Military
9 11 (2.99%) Retail
9 11 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.45%) Banking
11 5 (1.36%) Automotive
12 4 (1.09%) Billing
12 4 (1.09%) Electronics
13 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Marketing
14 2 (0.54%) Games
14 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 63 (17.12%) Senior
2 59 (16.03%) IT Support
3 51 (13.86%) Analyst
4 39 (10.60%) IT Engineer
4 39 (10.60%) Support Engineer
5 31 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (8.42%) Support Analyst
6 24 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support
6 24 (6.52%) IT Manager
6 24 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 23 (6.25%) IT Analyst
8 20 (5.43%) Software Engineer
9 19 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (4.89%) Support Technician
10 18 (4.89%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
12 15 (4.08%) Developer
12 15 (4.08%) IT Support Analyst
12 15 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
13 14 (3.80%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.52%) .NET
2 13 (3.53%) .NET Framework
2 13 (3.53%) CSS
2 13 (3.53%) HTML
2 13 (3.53%) WinForms
2 13 (3.53%) WPF
3 10 (2.72%) RabbitMQ
3 10 (2.72%) YAML
4 7 (1.90%) LDAP
5 5 (1.36%) OpenCV
5 5 (1.36%) OpenVINO
6 3 (0.82%) ONNX
7 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.54%) RESTful
7 2 (0.54%) SAML
8 1 (0.27%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.27%) Blazor
8 1 (0.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.42%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.98%) Driving Licence
2 22 (5.98%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.08%) Video\Live Streaming
4 14 (3.80%) Replication
5 10 (2.72%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.63%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.09%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.82%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.82%) Device Driver
10 3 (0.82%) iPhone
10 3 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.54%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.54%) EPoS
11 2 (0.54%) Life Science
11 2 (0.54%) PKI
11 2 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 149 (40.49%) Windows Server
2 129 (35.05%) Linux
3 46 (12.50%) Unix
4 39 (10.60%) Windows 10
5 18 (4.89%) Android
6 16 (4.35%) Mac OS X
7 15 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (3.26%) Mac OS
10 10 (2.72%) Data ONTAP
11 7 (1.90%) Apple iOS
11 7 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (1.63%) CentOS
12 6 (1.63%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.09%) Debian
13 4 (1.09%) Mesosphere
13 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.82%) VMS
14 3 (0.82%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (14.40%) Customer Service
3 47 (12.77%) ITIL
4 46 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 44 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (9.78%) DevOps
6 36 (9.78%) Service Delivery
7 33 (8.97%) Disaster Recovery
8 31 (8.42%) Agile
9 27 (7.34%) Actionable Insight
9 27 (7.34%) Mentoring
10 24 (6.52%) Project Management
11 22 (5.98%) Software Engineering
12 21 (5.71%) Infrastructure Management
13 20 (5.43%) Incident Response
13 20 (5.43%) Information Security
14 19 (5.16%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (4.89%) Coaching
15 18 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (4.62%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.41%) SQL
2 37 (10.05%) C++
3 30 (8.15%) C#
4 27 (7.34%) Python
5 21 (5.71%) PowerShell
6 18 (4.89%) Bash
7 15 (4.08%) Java
8 5 (1.36%) C
9 4 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.82%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.82%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.82%) Ruby
11 2 (0.54%) Groovy
11 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.54%) PHP
11 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.27%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.27%) Perl
12 1 (0.27%) Swift
12 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 61 (16.58%) Degree
2 32 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.89%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (3.80%) CCNA
4 14 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.53%) CISM
5 13 (3.53%) CISSP
5 13 (3.53%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.53%) GCIA
5 13 (3.53%) GCIH
5 13 (3.53%) GREM
5 13 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.99%) CISA
7 9 (2.45%) MCSE
8 8 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.63%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.36%) CCNP
10 5 (1.36%) MCSA
11 4 (1.09%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.26%) SLA
2 11 (2.99%) ITGC
2 11 (2.99%) PMO
2 11 (2.99%) QA
3 8 (2.17%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.63%) GDPR
5 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
7 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 115 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 76 (20.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (8.42%) Hyper-V
4 27 (7.34%) Docker
5 13 (3.53%) VMware NSX
6 12 (3.26%) KVM
7 10 (2.72%) vSphere
8 6 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.36%) Firmware
10 4 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.82%) pfSense
12 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.54%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (11.41%) Ansible
2 28 (7.61%) Kubernetes
3 25 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (6.79%) Terraform
4 15 (4.08%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.53%) FortiGate
5 13 (3.53%) SCCM
6 12 (3.26%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.72%) ZABBIX
8 8 (2.17%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.63%) Grafana
9 6 (1.63%) Puppet
10 5 (1.36%) McAfee ePO
11 4 (1.09%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.82%) WSUS
13 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 105 (28.53%) Microsoft
1 105 (28.53%) VMware
2 38 (10.33%) Cisco
3 33 (8.97%) Dell
4 25 (6.79%) NetApp
5 14 (3.80%) Apple
5 14 (3.80%) Red Hat
5 14 (3.80%) Sage
6 13 (3.53%) Oracle
7 12 (3.26%) Citrix
7 12 (3.26%) SAP
8 11 (2.99%) Google
8 11 (2.99%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.72%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.72%) SolidFire
10 8 (2.17%) Mitel
11 7 (1.90%) EMC
11 7 (1.90%) iManage
12 6 (1.63%) Sophos
13 5 (1.36%) McAfee