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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 22 30
Rank change year-on-year -43 +8 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 372 466 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.54% 10.08% 8.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.50% 62.13% 48.65%
Number of salaries quoted 274 274 322
10th Percentile £24,250 £26,250 £22,050
25th Percentile £26,700 £30,000 £26,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,202 £45,000 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% +19.21% -5.63%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,925 £71,250 £64,900
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

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 800 750 962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.92% 16.23% 16.62%
Number of salaries quoted 417 422 556
10th Percentile £26,150 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
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 10 May 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 10 May 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
Edinburgh +21 142 £40,000 -15.79% 43
Glasgow -103 135 £49,250 -1.50% 17
Aberdeen -20 22 £28,000 -34.12% 6
Argyll and Bute - 17 £27,400 -
Dundee -3 14 £49,990 +33.31%
Fife -3 9 £55,000 -8.33% 5
West Lothian -11 8 £28,500 -12.31% 2
East Ayrshire - 5 £24,500 -
North Lanarkshire -6 4 £30,750 +23.00% 2
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Aberdeenshire +4 3 £28,500 -56.15% 6
Stirling - 2 £34,750 - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £17,000 -
South Ayrshire +1 1 - -
Renfrewshire -4 1 - -
Lanarkshire -9 1 £27,500 -11.29% 7
Dumfries and Galloway -10 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 27 (7.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.69%) Apache
4 4 (1.08%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.81%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) JOnAS
Applications
1 23 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.96%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.54%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 122 (32.80%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (30.65%) Azure
3 40 (10.75%) Entra ID
4 37 (9.95%) AWS
5 32 (8.60%) SaaS
6 26 (6.99%) GCP
7 23 (6.18%) IaaS
8 22 (5.91%) PaaS
9 11 (2.96%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.34%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.34%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.08%) Google Docs
13 4 (1.08%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.81%) Asana
14 3 (0.81%) Slack
14 3 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (12.37%) Firewall
2 34 (9.14%) VPN
3 33 (8.87%) TCP/IP
4 32 (8.60%) WAN
5 18 (4.84%) VoIP
6 17 (4.57%) Internet
7 15 (4.03%) SAN
7 15 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (3.76%) Modbus
8 14 (3.76%) SD-WAN
9 13 (3.49%) DNS
10 12 (3.23%) LAN
11 11 (2.96%) DHCP
11 11 (2.96%) SNMP
11 11 (2.96%) Wireless
12 10 (2.69%) IPsec
12 10 (2.69%) VLAN
13 9 (2.42%) Cisco IOS
14 8 (2.15%) NAS
14 8 (2.15%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.14%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.96%) DB2
3 10 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (2.69%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (1.88%) Big Data
5 3 (0.81%) 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%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Power BI
7 1 (0.27%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (4.57%) JIRA
2 16 (4.30%) GitLab
3 15 (4.03%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.81%) Git
5 3 (0.81%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.27%) GoCD
6 1 (0.27%) Gradle
6 1 (0.27%) Maven
6 1 (0.27%) MSI
6 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 94 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 55 (14.78%) Finance
3 21 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.30%) Law
7 15 (4.03%) Legal
8 14 (3.76%) Military
9 13 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (2.96%) Banking
10 11 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.15%) Retail
12 4 (1.08%) Billing
13 3 (0.81%) Marketing
13 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Electronics
14 2 (0.54%) Games
14 2 (0.54%) Police
15 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 68 (18.28%) Senior
2 57 (15.32%) IT Support
3 51 (13.71%) Analyst
4 39 (10.48%) Support Engineer
5 38 (10.22%) IT Engineer
6 31 (8.33%) Support Analyst
7 30 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 28 (7.53%) 2nd Line Support
9 26 (6.99%) IT Manager
10 23 (6.18%) Cloud Engineer
10 23 (6.18%) IT Analyst
10 23 (6.18%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (6.18%) Software Engineer
11 22 (5.91%) Senior Software Engineer
12 18 (4.84%) Support Technician
13 17 (4.57%) 1st Line Support
13 17 (4.57%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (4.03%) Infrastructure Support
15 14 (3.76%) Consultant
15 14 (3.76%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.18%) .NET
2 15 (4.03%) WPF
3 14 (3.76%) .NET Framework
3 14 (3.76%) CSS
3 14 (3.76%) HTML
3 14 (3.76%) WinForms
4 10 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (2.69%) YAML
5 7 (1.88%) LDAP
6 4 (1.08%) OpenCV
6 4 (1.08%) OpenVINO
7 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.54%) ONNX
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%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.80%) Data Centre
2 23 (6.18%) Public Cloud
3 22 (5.91%) Driving Licence
4 17 (4.57%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.03%) Replication
6 12 (3.23%) Video\Live Streaming
7 9 (2.42%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.42%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.61%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.34%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.08%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.81%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.81%) Device Driver
11 3 (0.81%) iPhone
11 3 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.54%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.54%) EPoS
12 2 (0.54%) Life Science
12 2 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 145 (38.98%) Windows Server
2 130 (34.95%) Linux
3 48 (12.90%) Unix
4 41 (11.02%) Windows 10
5 18 (4.84%) Android
5 18 (4.84%) Mac OS
6 17 (4.57%) Mac OS X
7 13 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (2.69%) Data ONTAP
8 10 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.88%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.88%) CentOS
9 7 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.34%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.08%) Mesosphere
11 4 (1.08%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.81%) Debian
12 3 (0.81%) VMS
13 1 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (15.86%) Customer Service
3 54 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (13.71%) ITIL
5 47 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 44 (11.83%) Agile
7 41 (11.02%) DevOps
8 37 (9.95%) Service Delivery
9 34 (9.14%) Mentoring
10 31 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 28 (7.53%) Actionable Insight
12 25 (6.72%) Software Engineering
13 24 (6.45%) Information Security
13 24 (6.45%) Project Management
14 22 (5.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 22 (5.91%) Threat Intelligence
15 21 (5.65%) Incident Response
15 21 (5.65%) Infrastructure Management
15 21 (5.65%) Multithreading
16 20 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.90%) SQL
2 28 (7.53%) C++
3 27 (7.26%) C#
4 26 (6.99%) Python
5 23 (6.18%) PowerShell
6 19 (5.11%) Bash
7 16 (4.30%) Java
8 4 (1.08%) Groovy
8 4 (1.08%) Ruby
8 4 (1.08%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.81%) C
10 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.54%) Perl
10 2 (0.54%) PHP
10 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.27%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.27%) Swift
11 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (16.94%) Degree
2 34 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (4.57%) CISM
4 17 (4.57%) CISSP
5 16 (4.30%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.76%) CCNA
6 14 (3.76%) GCIA
6 14 (3.76%) GCIH
6 14 (3.76%) GREM
7 12 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.96%) CISA
8 11 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.15%) MCSE
10 6 (1.61%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.61%) SC Cleared
11 5 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.34%) CCNP
12 4 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.23%) SLA
2 11 (2.96%) ITGC
2 11 (2.96%) PMO
2 11 (2.96%) QA
3 9 (2.42%) GDPR
4 8 (2.15%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.61%) NIST
7 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 120 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 72 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (8.06%) Hyper-V
4 25 (6.72%) Docker
5 13 (3.49%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.96%) KVM
7 9 (2.42%) vSphere
8 8 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.81%) Firmware
10 3 (0.81%) pfSense
10 3 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.54%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 44 (11.83%) Ansible
2 27 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (7.26%) Terraform
3 17 (4.57%) SCCM
4 15 (4.03%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.49%) FortiGate
6 12 (3.23%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.69%) ZABBIX
8 9 (2.42%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.61%) Grafana
9 6 (1.61%) Puppet
10 5 (1.34%) McAfee ePO
11 4 (1.08%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.81%) WSUS
13 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 1 (0.27%) SCOM
14 1 (0.27%) WMI
Vendors
1 114 (30.65%) Microsoft
2 101 (27.15%) VMware
3 42 (11.29%) Dell
4 36 (9.68%) Cisco
5 25 (6.72%) NetApp
6 15 (4.03%) Apple
7 14 (3.76%) Oracle
7 14 (3.76%) Sage
8 13 (3.49%) Google
8 13 (3.49%) Red Hat
9 12 (3.23%) SAP
10 11 (2.96%) Citrix
10 11 (2.96%) ServiceNow
11 10 (2.69%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.69%) SolidFire
12 8 (2.15%) iManage
13 7 (1.88%) EMC
13 7 (1.88%) Mitel
14 6 (1.61%) Sophos
15 5 (1.34%) HP