Windows Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 33 23 32
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 843 1,853 2,685
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.76% 7.69% 6.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.81% 56.79% 50.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 1,323 1,922
10th Percentile £183 £200 £200
25th Percentile £311 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +3.78% +2.78%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 59 94
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.00 £13.31
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.02 £16.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.00% +122.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £17.69 £71.88 £57.13
90th Percentile £22.52 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £23.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.40% +17.50% +23.08%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,538 3,263 5,332
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.51% 13.54% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 2,298 3,802
10th Percentile £225 £249 £300
25th Percentile £360 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% +2.94% +9.68%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £613
90th Percentile £681 £730 £688
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 106 130
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.00 £14.95
25th Percentile £14.14 £25.71 £20.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +16.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £40.70 £67.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%

Windows
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows.

Windows daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Windows daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows.

Windows hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Windows hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 123 (14.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 39 (4.63%) Confluence
4 27 (3.20%) IIS
5 14 (1.66%) Exchange Server 2010
5 14 (1.66%) SharePoint Server
6 12 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.42%) Skype for Business
7 11 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2003
7 11 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
8 8 (0.95%) JBoss
9 6 (0.71%) nginx
10 5 (0.59%) Apache
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 5 (0.59%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.24%) CMS
12 2 (0.24%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 73 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.59%) Trello
4 3 (0.36%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.54%) Elite 3E
2 6 (0.71%) Shopify
3 3 (0.36%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.24%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.12%) assyst
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.12%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Relativity
5 1 (0.12%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 293 (34.76%) Azure
2 218 (25.86%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (12.69%) Entra ID
4 92 (10.91%) AWS
5 37 (4.39%) PaaS
6 30 (3.56%) SaaS
7 28 (3.32%) Azure Storage
8 26 (3.08%) Azure Monitor
9 25 (2.97%) IaaS
10 22 (2.61%) OneDrive
11 20 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (1.66%) Azure Stack
12 14 (1.66%) Power Platform
13 13 (1.54%) GCP
13 13 (1.54%) GitHub
13 13 (1.54%) OpenShift
14 11 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (1.07%) CloudFront
17 8 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 150 (17.79%) Firewall
2 91 (10.79%) DNS
3 65 (7.71%) VPN
4 60 (7.12%) DHCP
5 41 (4.86%) SAN
6 40 (4.74%) TCP/IP
7 23 (2.73%) LAN
8 21 (2.49%) Network Security
9 19 (2.25%) WAN
10 16 (1.90%) BGP
10 16 (1.90%) NAS
11 14 (1.66%) VLAN
12 13 (1.54%) Internet
12 13 (1.54%) Skype
13 11 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (1.07%) Wireless
15 8 (0.95%) FTP
15 8 (0.95%) VoIP
15 8 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.83%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.14%) MySQL
3 16 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.30%) Hadoop
4 11 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.19%) RDBMS
6 8 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.83%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.83%) Power BI
8 5 (0.59%) DB2
8 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.47%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.47%) Big Data
9 4 (0.47%) Tableau
10 3 (0.36%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (7.47%) JIRA
2 48 (5.69%) Git
3 39 (4.63%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.37%) TeamCity
4 20 (2.37%) Visual Studio
5 15 (1.78%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.66%) Artifactory
7 8 (0.95%) MSI
7 8 (0.95%) Subversion
8 7 (0.83%) Maven
9 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.59%) Selenium
10 5 (0.59%) WiX
11 4 (0.47%) GitLab
11 4 (0.47%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (0.47%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.36%) CA Release Automation
General
1 237 (28.11%) Social Skills
2 164 (19.45%) Finance
3 76 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.83%) Public Sector
5 48 (5.69%) Banking
6 21 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (2.25%) Marketing
7 19 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (2.25%) Telecoms
8 15 (1.78%) Front Office
8 15 (1.78%) Manufacturing
9 14 (1.66%) Retail
10 11 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.30%) Legal
11 9 (1.07%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.83%) Electronics
12 7 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.83%) Military
13 5 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 84 (9.96%) Senior
1 84 (9.96%) Support Engineer
2 82 (9.73%) Analyst
3 75 (8.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 53 (6.29%) Architect
5 36 (4.27%) Consultant
6 35 (4.15%) Applications Support
7 34 (4.03%) IT Support
8 32 (3.80%) IT Engineer
8 32 (3.80%) Service Analyst
9 31 (3.68%) Administrator
10 30 (3.56%) Service Desk Analyst
10 30 (3.56%) Windows Engineer
11 27 (3.20%) Applications Engineer
12 24 (2.85%) DevOps Engineer
12 24 (2.85%) Security Engineer
13 23 (2.73%) Microsoft Engineer
13 23 (2.73%) Support Analyst
13 23 (2.73%) Support Specialist
14 22 (2.61%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.81%) .NET
2 30 (3.56%) Middleware
3 23 (2.73%) ARM Templates
4 21 (2.49%) REST
5 18 (2.14%) LDAP
6 16 (1.90%) XML
7 14 (1.66%) ASP.NET
8 12 (1.42%) Node.js
9 11 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (1.19%) .NET Framework
10 10 (1.19%) HTML
10 10 (1.19%) JSON
10 10 (1.19%) SAML
11 9 (1.07%) SOAP
12 8 (0.95%) Entity Framework
12 8 (0.95%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.83%) OAuth
13 7 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (0.83%) Web Services
13 7 (0.83%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.64%) Data Centre
2 40 (4.74%) Replication
3 35 (4.15%) PKI
4 32 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.85%) Clustering
6 24 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
7 20 (2.37%) Public Cloud
8 19 (2.25%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.14%) NHS
10 14 (1.66%) Private Cloud
11 12 (1.42%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.19%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 9 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.07%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.07%) Product Ownership
14 7 (0.83%) Client/Server
14 7 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 244 (28.94%) Windows Server
2 233 (27.64%) Linux
3 145 (17.20%) Windows 10
4 73 (8.66%) Unix
5 66 (7.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 55 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 44 (5.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 37 (4.39%) Apple iOS
9 30 (3.56%) Windows 7
10 29 (3.44%) Android
11 23 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (2.37%) Mac OS
12 20 (2.37%) Windows Server 2008
13 19 (2.25%) Windows Server 2003
14 16 (1.90%) VMS
15 13 (1.54%) Solaris
16 6 (0.71%) AIX
16 6 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
17 5 (0.59%) CentOS
17 5 (0.59%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (15.18%) DevOps
2 126 (14.95%) ITIL
3 123 (14.59%) Migration
4 109 (12.93%) Agile
4 109 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (11.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 85 (10.08%) Customer Service
7 84 (9.96%) CI/CD
8 61 (7.24%) Analytics
9 58 (6.88%) Disaster Recovery
10 53 (6.29%) Service Management
11 50 (5.93%) Infrastructure as Code
12 45 (5.34%) High Availability
13 43 (5.10%) Computer Science
14 39 (4.63%) Release Management
15 38 (4.51%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (4.39%) Vulnerability Management
17 35 (4.15%) Information Security
17 35 (4.15%) Mobile Device Management
18 32 (3.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 169 (20.05%) PowerShell
2 138 (16.37%) SQL
3 76 (9.02%) Python
4 67 (7.95%) C#
5 30 (3.56%) Bash
6 29 (3.44%) VB
7 28 (3.32%) C++
8 27 (3.20%) VBScript
9 23 (2.73%) Java
10 21 (2.49%) Bicep
11 16 (1.90%) JavaScript
11 16 (1.90%) Perl
12 12 (1.42%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.07%) F#
15 8 (0.95%) C
15 8 (0.95%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.83%) VBA
17 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 179 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 134 (15.90%) SC Cleared
3 108 (12.81%) Degree
4 66 (7.83%) DV Cleared
5 39 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 17 (2.02%) MCSE
8 15 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.54%) MCSA
10 12 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.30%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.19%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.47%) CCNA
14 4 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.47%) GIAC
14 4 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.17%) SLA
2 35 (4.15%) QA
3 14 (1.66%) GDPR
3 14 (1.66%) Government Security Classifications
4 11 (1.30%) NIST
4 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.12%) GLBA
8 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 334 (39.62%) Active Directory
2 76 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (6.29%) Virtual Machines
4 32 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 29 (3.44%) Hyper-V
6 27 (3.20%) Docker
7 26 (3.08%) vSphere
8 19 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (1.78%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.66%) XenApp
11 13 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (1.07%) XenDesktop
13 7 (0.83%) HDFS
13 7 (0.83%) NFS
14 5 (0.59%) Snort
14 5 (0.59%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.36%) VirtualBox
15 3 (0.36%) VMFS
15 3 (0.36%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 127 (15.07%) SCCM
2 75 (8.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 65 (7.71%) Ansible
4 59 (7.00%) Kubernetes
5 46 (5.46%) SCOM
5 46 (5.46%) Terraform
6 32 (3.80%) WSUS
7 23 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 23 (2.73%) Puppet
8 12 (1.42%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.19%) Kibana
9 10 (1.19%) NetBackup
10 9 (1.07%) EMC NetWorker
10 9 (1.07%) Nessus
11 7 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.83%) Prometheus
11 7 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.83%) Tivoli
12 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
12 6 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 343 (40.69%) Microsoft
2 131 (15.54%) VMware
3 59 (7.00%) Citrix
4 56 (6.64%) Oracle
5 48 (5.69%) ServiceNow
6 42 (4.98%) Cisco
7 39 (4.63%) HP
8 35 (4.15%) Splunk
9 20 (2.37%) Atlassian
9 20 (2.37%) IBM
9 20 (2.37%) Qualys
10 19 (2.25%) Dell
11 18 (2.14%) Apple
11 18 (2.14%) CyberArk
11 18 (2.14%) EMC
11 18 (2.14%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.90%) SAP
12 16 (1.90%) Veeam
13 15 (1.78%) CheckPoint
14 14 (1.66%) Google