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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 19 30
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +11
Contract jobs citing Windows 1,148 2,054 2,764
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.54% 8.14% 7.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.77% 55.65% 53.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 1,525 2,070
10th Percentile £175 £181 £181
25th Percentile £255 £300 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £552 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £736 £725
England median daily rate £412 £450 £421
% change year-on-year -8.50% +6.82% +5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 38 61
10th Percentile £16.18 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.56 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.71 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +7.53% +0.99%
75th Percentile £23.80 £50.42 £33.75
90th Percentile £27.71 £61.35 £50.00
England median hourly rate £17.86 £24.31 £20.00
% change year-on-year -26.53% +21.55% +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 2,096 3,691 5,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.94% 14.62% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,480 2,695 3,794
10th Percentile £208 £217 £225
25th Percentile £348 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £621 £666 £665
90th Percentile £750 £775 £756
England median daily rate £475 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -5.09% +0.10% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 61 84
10th Percentile £15.19 £16.13 £15.00
25th Percentile £18.13 £22.75 £21.38
Median hourly rate £22.00 £47.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -53.68% +98.66% -46.87%
75th Percentile £27.59 £64.50 £45.84
90th Percentile £60.43 £83.00 £62.13
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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -3 201 £400 -5.88% 44
East London +1 38 £380 -5.00% 15
West London +4 28 £260 -14.75% 33
South London -14 11 £200 -33.33% 14
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 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (5.84%) SharePoint
3 49 (4.27%) IIS
4 27 (2.35%) Exchange Server 2010
5 22 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2013
6 19 (1.66%) Skype for Business
7 15 (1.31%) Confluence
8 14 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2007
9 11 (0.96%) Apache
10 10 (0.87%) nginx
10 10 (0.87%) Tomcat
11 9 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2003
12 8 (0.70%) BizTalk Server
12 8 (0.70%) JBoss
13 6 (0.52%) Oracle Self-Service HR
14 4 (0.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 4 (0.35%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.26%) CMS
15 3 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 137 (11.93%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.087%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.087%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.087%) Maya
8 1 (0.087%) NUKE
8 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%) Shopify
4 2 (0.17%) Advent Geneva
4 2 (0.17%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.17%) ION MarketView
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
1 336 (29.27%) Azure
2 328 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (11.06%) AWS
4 113 (9.84%) Entra ID
5 43 (3.75%) PaaS
6 36 (3.14%) IaaS
7 34 (2.96%) OneDrive
8 31 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.70%) WhatsApp
9 28 (2.44%) SaaS
10 23 (2.00%) GitHub
11 22 (1.92%) GCP
12 21 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
13 20 (1.74%) Azure Storage
14 19 (1.66%) 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 8 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 141 (12.28%) Firewall
2 115 (10.02%) DNS
3 80 (6.97%) VPN
4 49 (4.27%) DHCP
5 45 (3.92%) SAN
6 39 (3.40%) WAN
7 37 (3.22%) Internet
7 37 (3.22%) LAN
8 36 (3.14%) Wireless
9 28 (2.44%) TCP/IP
10 21 (1.83%) NAS
10 21 (1.83%) Skype
11 20 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (1.39%) Network Security
13 14 (1.22%) FTP
14 13 (1.13%) Cisco IOS
14 13 (1.13%) MPLS
15 12 (1.05%) VLAN
15 12 (1.05%) VoIP
16 11 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (13.50%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.05%) Relational Database
3 27 (2.35%) MySQL
4 24 (2.09%) Oracle Database
5 21 (1.83%) RDBMS
6 17 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (1.13%) MongoDB
8 12 (1.05%) Hadoop
9 10 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.61%) Power BI
12 6 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.52%) DB2
12 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.35%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.26%) KDB
14 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
15 2 (0.17%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 50 (4.36%) JIRA
2 49 (4.27%) Git
2 49 (4.27%) Jenkins
3 27 (2.35%) TeamCity
4 21 (1.83%) Artifactory
5 16 (1.39%) Subversion
5 16 (1.39%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.31%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.05%) GitLab
8 8 (0.70%) MSI
8 8 (0.70%) Selenium
9 5 (0.44%) WiX
10 4 (0.35%) Maven
10 4 (0.35%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 3 (0.26%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.26%) Hudson
11 3 (0.26%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.26%) NUnit
11 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 290 (25.26%) Finance
2 273 (23.78%) Social Skills
3 124 (10.80%) Banking
4 85 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 43 (3.75%) Front Office
7 42 (3.66%) Investment Banking
8 31 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 27 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.26%) Marketing
11 21 (1.83%) Financial Institution
12 18 (1.57%) Legal
12 18 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.57%) Retail
13 15 (1.31%) Electronics
13 15 (1.31%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.13%) German Language
15 10 (0.87%) French Language
15 10 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 171 (14.90%) Support Engineer
2 153 (13.33%) Analyst
3 102 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 92 (8.01%) IT Support
5 91 (7.93%) Desktop Support
6 83 (7.23%) IT Engineer
7 73 (6.36%) Senior
8 67 (5.84%) Developer
9 64 (5.57%) Windows Engineer
10 59 (5.14%) Desktop Engineer
11 51 (4.44%) IT Support Engineer
12 50 (4.36%) Support Analyst
13 44 (3.83%) 2nd Line Support
14 43 (3.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 40 (3.48%) Architect
15 40 (3.48%) Consultant
16 39 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
17 37 (3.22%) Applications Support
18 36 (3.14%) Administrator
18 36 (3.14%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (8.10%) .NET
2 32 (2.79%) .NET Framework
2 32 (2.79%) Middleware
3 28 (2.44%) LDAP
4 25 (2.18%) ASP.NET
5 20 (1.74%) HTML
5 20 (1.74%) WCF
6 19 (1.66%) REST
7 17 (1.48%) WinForms
7 17 (1.48%) WPF
7 17 (1.48%) XML
8 16 (1.39%) JSON
9 15 (1.31%) HTML5
10 14 (1.22%) Web Services
11 12 (1.05%) CSS
11 12 (1.05%) SAML
12 8 (0.70%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (0.70%) XMPP
12 8 (0.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 55 (4.79%) Video Conferencing
3 52 (4.53%) Data Centre
4 35 (3.05%) Replication
5 32 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.35%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.00%) Clustering
8 22 (1.92%) PKI
9 20 (1.74%) iPhone
10 19 (1.66%) iPad
11 18 (1.57%) Blackberry
11 18 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.31%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.31%) Hedge funds
12 15 (1.31%) Smartphone
13 14 (1.22%) Cloud Native
14 11 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 11 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 308 (26.83%) Windows Server
2 241 (20.99%) Windows 10
3 234 (20.38%) Linux
4 106 (9.23%) Unix
5 69 (6.01%) Windows 7
6 65 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 58 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 57 (4.97%) Mac OS
9 55 (4.79%) Android
10 40 (3.48%) Apple iOS
11 35 (3.05%) Windows Server 2019
12 31 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
13 28 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 18 (1.57%) Mac OS X
14 18 (1.57%) VMS
15 12 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.78%) Solaris
17 7 (0.61%) CentOS
17 7 (0.61%) Windows 8
18 6 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (12.98%) Customer Service
2 144 (12.54%) Migration
2 144 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (11.59%) ITIL
4 128 (11.15%) DevOps
5 127 (11.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 88 (7.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 80 (6.97%) Agile
8 54 (4.70%) Analytics
8 54 (4.70%) CI/CD
9 51 (4.44%) Cybersecurity
10 47 (4.09%) Asset Management
11 42 (3.66%) ITSM
12 41 (3.57%) Incident Management
12 41 (3.57%) Time Management
13 39 (3.40%) Information Security
13 39 (3.40%) Infrastructure as Code
14 38 (3.31%) Vulnerability Management
15 37 (3.22%) Mobile Device Management
15 37 (3.22%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 224 (19.51%) PowerShell
2 199 (17.33%) SQL
3 128 (11.15%) Python
4 83 (7.23%) C#
5 46 (4.01%) Java
6 45 (3.92%) T-SQL
7 34 (2.96%) PL/SQL
8 32 (2.79%) VBA
9 29 (2.53%) VB
10 28 (2.44%) Bash
10 28 (2.44%) C++
11 22 (1.92%) JavaScript
12 20 (1.74%) Shell Script
13 17 (1.48%) Perl
14 9 (0.78%) VB.NET
15 8 (0.70%) Go
16 6 (0.52%) PHP
16 6 (0.52%) VBScript
17 3 (0.26%) C
17 3 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 167 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 111 (9.67%) Degree
3 96 (8.36%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.05%) DV Cleared
5 48 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.31%) MCSA
10 14 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.87%) A+ Certification
11 10 (0.87%) CCNA
12 9 (0.78%) MCSE
13 8 (0.70%) CCNP
13 8 (0.70%) CISSP
13 8 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.70%) MCP
14 7 (0.61%) CISM
14 7 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.01%) SLA
2 46 (4.01%) QA
3 13 (1.13%) GDPR
4 12 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.87%) NIST
6 7 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.44%) ISO 15022
9 4 (0.35%) Accessibility
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%) ISAE 3402
12 1 (0.087%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 452 (39.37%) Active Directory
2 106 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (4.36%) Hyper-V
4 29 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (2.35%) vSphere
6 24 (2.09%) Docker
7 15 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
8 14 (1.22%) Firmware
9 13 (1.13%) NFS
10 12 (1.05%) HDFS
11 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
12 8 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
13 7 (0.61%) XenDesktop
14 6 (0.52%) XenApp
15 5 (0.44%) BitLocker
16 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
17 3 (0.26%) KVM
17 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
18 2 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 177 (15.42%) SCCM
2 99 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 63 (5.49%) Ansible
4 52 (4.53%) Terraform
5 42 (3.66%) Kubernetes
6 26 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
7 24 (2.09%) SCOM
8 20 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.48%) ITRS Geneos
10 16 (1.39%) Puppet
11 15 (1.31%) WSUS
12 13 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (1.05%) Grafana
14 11 (0.96%) Progress Chef
15 9 (0.78%) BladeLogic
16 8 (0.70%) SCVMM
17 7 (0.61%) Nessus
17 7 (0.61%) NetBackup
18 6 (0.52%) FortiGate
18 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 450 (39.20%) Microsoft
2 173 (15.07%) VMware
3 125 (10.89%) Citrix
4 100 (8.71%) Oracle
5 85 (7.40%) ServiceNow
6 70 (6.10%) Cisco
7 60 (5.23%) Apple
8 49 (4.27%) Dell
8 49 (4.27%) HP
9 33 (2.87%) Veeam
10 29 (2.53%) IBM
11 27 (2.35%) CyberArk
12 26 (2.26%) EMC
13 25 (2.18%) Dynatrace
14 23 (2.00%) Avaya
14 23 (2.00%) Red Hat
15 22 (1.92%) Qualys
15 22 (1.92%) SAP
16 21 (1.83%) Adobe
16 21 (1.83%) Google