Windows Contracts in London

Microsoft Windows
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 21 30
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows 1,151 2,045 2,730
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.57% 8.04% 7.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 55.18% 55.32% 53.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 1,519 2,045
10th Percentile £175 £180 £181
25th Percentile £253 £283 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +9.89%
75th Percentile £560 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £725
England median daily rate £400 £450 £424
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.19% +5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 38 60
10th Percentile £16.18 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.60 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.71 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +7.53% +0.99%
75th Percentile £23.80 £52.33 £34.06
90th Percentile £27.71 £64.50 £52.63
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.40% +17.50% +21.21%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,086 3,697 5,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.91% 14.53% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,477 2,698 3,747
10th Percentile £206 £213 £228
25th Percentile £335 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £475 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 61 82
10th Percentile £15.19 £16.13 £15.08
25th Percentile £18.13 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £50.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% +108.33% -48.39%
75th Percentile £27.59 £64.50 £48.06
90th Percentile £60.43 £83.75 £62.95
England median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +22.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in London

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in London

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in London

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in London

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in London

Windows
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -1 199 £400 -5.88% 49
East London 0 37 £380 +1.33% 13
West London +2 28 £260 -28.28% 29
South London -13 13 £200 -20.00% 12
North London -2 2 £250 +5.26% 6
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 153 (13.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (5.99%) SharePoint
3 48 (4.17%) IIS
4 27 (2.35%) Exchange Server 2010
5 22 (1.91%) Exchange Server 2013
6 21 (1.82%) Skype for Business
7 15 (1.30%) Confluence
8 14 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2007
9 11 (0.96%) Apache
10 10 (0.87%) BizTalk Server
10 10 (0.87%) nginx
11 9 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2003
11 9 (0.78%) Tomcat
12 8 (0.70%) JBoss
13 6 (0.52%) Oracle Self-Service HR
14 4 (0.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.26%) CMS
15 3 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
15 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 140 (12.16%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.087%) DaVinci Resolve
7 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.52%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.35%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.26%) Eikon
3 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.26%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.26%) Shopify
4 2 (0.17%) Advent Geneva
4 2 (0.17%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.17%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.17%) Remedy AR System
5 1 (0.087%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.087%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.087%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.087%) Relativity
5 1 (0.087%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.087%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.087%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 333 (28.93%) Azure
2 332 (28.84%) Microsoft 365
3 131 (11.38%) AWS
4 110 (9.56%) Entra ID
5 41 (3.56%) PaaS
6 34 (2.95%) OneDrive
7 32 (2.78%) IaaS
8 31 (2.69%) WhatsApp
9 30 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.26%) SaaS
11 23 (2.00%) GitHub
12 22 (1.91%) GCP
13 21 (1.82%) Azure Storage
13 21 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (1.56%) Mimecast
15 13 (1.13%) Power Platform
16 10 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 10 (0.87%) Nutanix
17 9 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 138 (11.99%) Firewall
2 113 (9.82%) DNS
3 81 (7.04%) VPN
4 49 (4.26%) DHCP
5 45 (3.91%) SAN
6 41 (3.56%) WAN
7 40 (3.48%) LAN
8 36 (3.13%) Internet
8 36 (3.13%) Wireless
9 30 (2.61%) TCP/IP
10 24 (2.09%) Skype
11 22 (1.91%) NAS
12 20 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (1.30%) FTP
13 15 (1.30%) Network Security
14 13 (1.13%) Cisco IOS
15 12 (1.04%) VLAN
16 11 (0.96%) MPLS
16 11 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (13.38%) SQL Server
2 34 (2.95%) Relational Database
3 27 (2.35%) MySQL
4 21 (1.82%) Oracle Database
5 20 (1.74%) RDBMS
6 17 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (1.30%) MongoDB
8 12 (1.04%) Hadoop
9 11 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.61%) Power BI
13 6 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.35%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.35%) DB2
15 3 (0.26%) KDB
15 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
16 2 (0.17%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 50 (4.34%) JIRA
2 49 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 48 (4.17%) Git
4 27 (2.35%) TeamCity
5 21 (1.82%) Artifactory
6 16 (1.39%) Subversion
6 16 (1.39%) Visual Studio
7 15 (1.30%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.04%) GitLab
9 8 (0.70%) MSI
9 8 (0.70%) Selenium
10 5 (0.43%) WiX
11 4 (0.35%) Hudson
11 4 (0.35%) Maven
11 4 (0.35%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 3 (0.26%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.26%) InstallShield
12 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 291 (25.28%) Finance
2 274 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 121 (10.51%) Banking
4 87 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 45 (3.91%) Front Office
7 42 (3.65%) Investment Banking
8 31 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 27 (2.35%) Marketing
9 27 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (1.82%) Financial Institution
11 20 (1.74%) Retail
12 19 (1.65%) Legal
12 19 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.30%) Electronics
13 15 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.13%) German Language
15 11 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
16 10 (0.87%) French Language
Job Titles
1 176 (15.29%) Support Engineer
2 157 (13.64%) Analyst
3 102 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 94 (8.17%) Desktop Support
4 94 (8.17%) IT Support
5 83 (7.21%) IT Engineer
6 76 (6.60%) Senior
7 66 (5.73%) Developer
8 64 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
9 62 (5.39%) Desktop Engineer
10 51 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
10 51 (4.43%) Support Analyst
11 46 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
12 45 (3.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 41 (3.56%) Consultant
14 40 (3.48%) Architect
15 37 (3.21%) IT Analyst
15 37 (3.21%) Service Analyst
16 36 (3.13%) Applications Support
16 36 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (7.91%) .NET
2 29 (2.52%) .NET Framework
2 29 (2.52%) Middleware
3 27 (2.35%) LDAP
4 24 (2.09%) ASP.NET
5 19 (1.65%) HTML
5 19 (1.65%) WCF
6 16 (1.39%) JSON
6 16 (1.39%) REST
6 16 (1.39%) WinForms
6 16 (1.39%) WPF
6 16 (1.39%) XML
7 15 (1.30%) HTML5
8 14 (1.22%) Web Services
9 11 (0.96%) CSS
9 11 (0.96%) SAML
10 10 (0.87%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (0.70%) XMPP
11 8 (0.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.04%) Management Information System
2 56 (4.87%) Video Conferencing
3 52 (4.52%) Data Centre
4 36 (3.13%) Replication
5 30 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.35%) Onboarding
7 25 (2.17%) iPhone
8 24 (2.09%) PKI
9 23 (2.00%) Clustering
10 19 (1.65%) iPad
11 18 (1.56%) Blackberry
11 18 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (1.56%) Smartphone
12 16 (1.39%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.39%) Hedge funds
13 14 (1.22%) Client/Server
14 13 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 10 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 307 (26.67%) Windows Server
2 247 (21.46%) Windows 10
3 231 (20.07%) Linux
4 107 (9.30%) Unix
5 68 (5.91%) Windows 7
6 64 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
7 58 (5.04%) Mac OS
8 57 (4.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 55 (4.78%) Android
10 42 (3.65%) Apple iOS
11 35 (3.04%) Windows Server 2019
12 31 (2.69%) Windows Server 2008
13 27 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 18 (1.56%) Mac OS X
14 18 (1.56%) VMS
15 12 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
16 8 (0.70%) Solaris
17 7 (0.61%) CentOS
17 7 (0.61%) Windows 8
18 6 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (13.47%) Customer Service
2 147 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (12.42%) Migration
4 138 (11.99%) ITIL
5 127 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 126 (10.95%) DevOps
7 86 (7.47%) Disaster Recovery
8 79 (6.86%) Agile
9 53 (4.60%) Analytics
9 53 (4.60%) CI/CD
10 49 (4.26%) Asset Management
10 49 (4.26%) Cybersecurity
10 49 (4.26%) ITSM
11 44 (3.82%) Incident Management
12 40 (3.48%) Information Security
12 40 (3.48%) Time Management
13 39 (3.39%) Proactive Monitoring
13 39 (3.39%) Vulnerability Management
14 38 (3.30%) Infrastructure as Code
15 37 (3.21%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 223 (19.37%) PowerShell
2 195 (16.94%) SQL
3 130 (11.29%) Python
4 80 (6.95%) C#
5 46 (4.00%) T-SQL
6 45 (3.91%) Java
7 33 (2.87%) PL/SQL
8 30 (2.61%) C++
9 29 (2.52%) VBA
10 27 (2.35%) Bash
10 27 (2.35%) VB
11 23 (2.00%) JavaScript
12 20 (1.74%) Shell Script
13 17 (1.48%) Perl
14 10 (0.87%) Go
15 8 (0.70%) VB.NET
16 6 (0.52%) PHP
16 6 (0.52%) VBScript
17 3 (0.26%) C
17 3 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 169 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 111 (9.64%) Degree
3 98 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 59 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 50 (4.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (2.43%) Azure Certification
7 19 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.30%) MCSA
10 14 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.87%) A+ Certification
11 10 (0.87%) CCNA
11 10 (0.87%) MCSE
12 9 (0.78%) CISSP
12 9 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.70%) CCNP
13 8 (0.70%) CISM
13 8 (0.70%) MCP
14 7 (0.61%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.52%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.26%) SLA
2 45 (3.91%) QA
3 13 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.04%) GDPR
5 9 (0.78%) NIST
6 7 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.43%) ISO 15022
9 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.26%) COBIT
10 3 (0.26%) PMO
11 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.17%) HL7
11 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.17%) NCSC
12 1 (0.087%) GLBA
12 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
System Software
1 453 (39.36%) Active Directory
2 104 (9.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 28 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
4 28 (2.43%) vSphere
5 24 (2.09%) Docker
6 16 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
7 15 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (1.22%) Firmware
9 13 (1.13%) NFS
10 12 (1.04%) HDFS
11 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.43%) BitLocker
13 5 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
13 5 (0.43%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.35%) XenApp
15 3 (0.26%) KVM
15 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 179 (15.55%) SCCM
2 96 (8.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 61 (5.30%) Ansible
4 53 (4.60%) Terraform
5 44 (3.82%) Kubernetes
6 28 (2.43%) Jamf Pro
7 25 (2.17%) SCOM
8 22 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.48%) ITRS Geneos
10 16 (1.39%) Puppet
10 16 (1.39%) WSUS
11 12 (1.04%) Grafana
11 12 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.96%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.78%) BladeLogic
14 8 (0.70%) SCVMM
15 7 (0.61%) NetBackup
16 6 (0.52%) FortiGate
16 6 (0.52%) Nessus
16 6 (0.52%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 452 (39.27%) Microsoft
2 169 (14.68%) VMware
3 123 (10.69%) Citrix
4 97 (8.43%) Oracle
5 86 (7.47%) ServiceNow
6 70 (6.08%) Cisco
7 65 (5.65%) Apple
8 49 (4.26%) Dell
9 48 (4.17%) HP
10 35 (3.04%) Veeam
11 28 (2.43%) IBM
12 25 (2.17%) Dynatrace
12 25 (2.17%) EMC
13 24 (2.09%) CyberArk
14 23 (2.00%) Google
15 22 (1.91%) Bloomberg
15 22 (1.91%) Qualys
15 22 (1.91%) Red Hat
15 22 (1.91%) SAP
16 21 (1.82%) Avaya