Microsoft Windows
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | 14 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | +4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows | 3,532 | 5,538 | 7,640 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 8.14% | 9.91% | 8.65% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 60.32% | 61.22% | 58.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,427 | 3,878 | 5,310 |
| 10th Percentile | £163 | £165 | £154 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £231 | £213 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £450 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +5.88% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £672 | £683 | £673 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £416 | £386 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.77% | +18.77% | -7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 278 | 269 | 429 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.94 | £13.16 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.00 | £16.23 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.13 | £23.79 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.79% | +18.95% | +24.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.80 | £52.50 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.00 | £67.75 | £57.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £21.50 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.72% | +16.22% | +16.13% |
All Operating Systems
UK
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 requirement for operating system skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 5,855 | 9,046 | 12,991 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.49% | 16.19% | 14.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,921 | 6,306 | 8,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £190 | £175 |
| 25th Percentile | £306 | £340 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £468 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.40% | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £638 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £719 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £463 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | +8.82% | +6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 408 | 388 | 571 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £13.29 | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £18.07 | £15.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | £43.13 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.83% | +96.02% | +25.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.70 | £65.00 | £52.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.18 | £38.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.19% | +92.50% | +21.21% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows.
Windows
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.
Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 |
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| England | -3 | 3,150 | £400 | -11.11% | 1,830 |
| UK excluding London | -1 | 2,177 | £416 | +7.77% | 1,470 |
| London | -8 | 1,157 | £400 | -20.00% | 443 |
| Work from Home | -10 | 856 | £455 | -5.70% | 681 |
| South East | 0 | 694 | £475 | +22.66% | 389 |
| North of England | -3 | 427 | £325 | -18.75% | 334 |
| Midlands | +4 | 358 | £350 | -6.67% | 260 |
| South West | +1 | 341 | £500 | +8.11% | 233 |
| North West | -6 | 239 | £350 | -17.65% | 176 |
| West Midlands | +4 | 211 | £400 | -5.88% | 147 |
| Scotland | -1 | 186 | £350 | -5.51% | 91 |
| Yorkshire | -3 | 164 | £325 | -7.28% | 131 |
| East of England | -12 | 153 | £343 | +14.17% | 178 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 145 | £295 | -9.23% | 113 |
| Wales | -11 | 30 | £220 | -45.00% | 31 |
| North East | 0 | 24 | £450 | +89.47% | 29 |
| Northern Ireland | -7 | 18 | £195 | -6.02% | 18 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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