X-Windows Contracts

X-Windows
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for X-Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited X-Windows over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 - 835
Rank change year-on-year - - -107
Contract jobs citing X-Windows 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.007%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% - 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £255
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.11%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £425
% change year-on-year - - +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.50

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

X-Windows is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,060 12,931 23,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.02% 22.94% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,282 9,442 17,368
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 148 222
10th Percentile £21.89 £30.53 £22.75
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.48 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -25.49% +18.18% +22.22%

X-Windows
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing X-Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing X-Windows within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
London - 1 £133 -
England - 1 £133 -
Work from Home - 1 £133 -

X-Windows
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (100.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft