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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows 1,224 2,083 2,876
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.91% 7.69% 7.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.06% 53.91% 53.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 1,556 2,112
10th Percentile £165 £180 £178
25th Percentile £250 £263 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 40 83
10th Percentile £16.23 £15.25 £14.10
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.19 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.36 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -13.23% +6.04% -1.81%
75th Percentile £25.21 £51.06 £36.25
90th Percentile £47.92 £64.50 £54.92
England median hourly rate £17.72 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.24% +12.50% +17.65%

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 2,108 3,864 5,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.90% 14.27% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,499 2,838 3,882
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £325 £400 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £669
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 63 107
10th Percentile £15.40 £16.69 £16.08
25th Percentile £18.93 £22.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.34 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.08% +52.41% -42.69%
75th Percentile £33.31 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.80 £74.70
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +19.44%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -2 214 £400 - 51
East London -2 36 £440 +10.00% 18
West London +1 26 £400 +21.21% 25
South London -9 15 £200 -11.11% 24
North London -4 2 £250 +8.11% 4
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
1 178 (14.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.92%) IIS
4 31 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2010
5 26 (2.12%) Exchange Server 2013
6 24 (1.96%) Skype for Business
7 21 (1.72%) Confluence
8 14 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2007
9 12 (0.98%) Apache
9 12 (0.98%) BizTalk Server
10 11 (0.90%) Tomcat
11 9 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2003
11 9 (0.74%) nginx
12 8 (0.65%) JBoss
13 6 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 4 (0.33%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.25%) IBM Notes
16 2 (0.16%) IBM Domino
16 2 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 163 (13.32%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.082%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.74%) Loan IQ
2 6 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.49%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.33%) SystmOne
4 3 (0.25%) Eikon
4 3 (0.25%) ION MarketView
4 3 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.25%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.25%) Shopify
5 2 (0.16%) Advent Geneva
5 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.082%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.082%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.082%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.082%) thinkFolio
6 1 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 384 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
2 340 (27.78%) Azure
3 141 (11.52%) AWS
4 118 (9.64%) Entra ID
5 40 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (3.27%) OneDrive
5 40 (3.27%) PaaS
6 38 (3.10%) IaaS
7 28 (2.29%) SaaS
7 28 (2.29%) WhatsApp
8 27 (2.21%) GitHub
9 22 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.72%) GCP
11 20 (1.63%) Mimecast
12 18 (1.47%) Azure Storage
13 14 (1.14%) Power Platform
14 12 (0.98%) Nutanix
15 11 (0.90%) Rubrik
15 11 (0.90%) Serverless
16 10 (0.82%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 147 (12.01%) Firewall
2 130 (10.62%) DNS
3 83 (6.78%) VPN
4 58 (4.74%) DHCP
5 56 (4.58%) SAN
6 52 (4.25%) Wireless
7 47 (3.84%) LAN
7 47 (3.84%) WAN
8 40 (3.27%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.78%) Internet
10 27 (2.21%) NAS
11 26 (2.12%) Skype
12 24 (1.96%) Network Security
13 18 (1.47%) VLAN
14 16 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
14 16 (1.31%) MPLS
14 16 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (1.23%) FTP
16 12 (0.98%) BGP
16 12 (0.98%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (10.38%) SQL Server
2 29 (2.37%) Relational Database
3 21 (1.72%) MySQL
4 19 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.47%) Oracle Database
6 13 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (1.06%) RDBMS
7 12 (0.98%) Hadoop
8 10 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.49%) Power BI
11 5 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.41%) KDB
11 5 (0.41%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.25%) DB2
12 3 (0.25%) Hazelcast
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.16%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (4.08%) Git
1 50 (4.08%) JIRA
2 49 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 27 (2.21%) TeamCity
4 16 (1.31%) GitLab
4 16 (1.31%) Subversion
4 16 (1.31%) Visual Studio
5 15 (1.23%) Artifactory
6 13 (1.06%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.65%) MSI
8 6 (0.49%) Selenium
9 5 (0.41%) Hudson
9 5 (0.41%) WiX
10 4 (0.33%) JMeter
10 4 (0.33%) Maven
10 4 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 3 (0.25%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.25%) InstallShield
12 2 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 319 (26.06%) Finance
2 287 (23.45%) Social Skills
3 124 (10.13%) Banking
4 94 (7.68%) Public Sector
5 93 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
6 55 (4.49%) Front Office
7 42 (3.43%) Investment Banking
8 34 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (2.53%) Financial Institution
11 28 (2.29%) Telecoms
12 26 (2.12%) Legal
12 26 (2.12%) Marketing
13 17 (1.39%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (1.31%) Electronics
14 16 (1.31%) French Language
15 14 (1.14%) Mandarin Language
15 14 (1.14%) Retail
16 12 (0.98%) German Language
Job Titles
1 180 (14.71%) Support Engineer
2 172 (14.05%) Analyst
3 107 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 103 (8.42%) Desktop Support
5 92 (7.52%) IT Support
6 78 (6.37%) Senior
7 75 (6.13%) IT Engineer
8 65 (5.31%) Desktop Engineer
9 64 (5.23%) Windows Engineer
10 61 (4.98%) Developer
10 61 (4.98%) Support Analyst
11 55 (4.49%) 2nd Line Support
12 48 (3.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 47 (3.84%) IT Support Engineer
14 46 (3.76%) Architect
15 44 (3.59%) Administrator
16 41 (3.35%) Service Analyst
17 40 (3.27%) Applications Support
18 39 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
18 39 (3.19%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (6.45%) .NET
2 30 (2.45%) LDAP
3 25 (2.04%) .NET Framework
4 23 (1.88%) Middleware
5 22 (1.80%) ASP.NET
6 19 (1.55%) JSON
7 18 (1.47%) Web Services
8 17 (1.39%) XML
9 16 (1.31%) REST
10 14 (1.14%) WCF
11 13 (1.06%) WinForms
12 12 (0.98%) HTML
12 12 (0.98%) WPF
13 11 (0.90%) .NET Core
13 11 (0.90%) SAML
14 10 (0.82%) Software Packaging
15 9 (0.74%) CSS
15 9 (0.74%) HTML5
16 8 (0.65%) Apache Camel
16 8 (0.65%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (5.80%) Management Information System
2 63 (5.15%) Video Conferencing
3 55 (4.49%) Data Centre
4 46 (3.76%) Replication
5 29 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.04%) iPhone
6 25 (2.04%) PKI
7 22 (1.80%) Clustering
8 21 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.63%) Blackberry
9 20 (1.63%) iPad
10 18 (1.47%) Smartphone
11 17 (1.39%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (1.14%) Hedge funds
13 14 (1.14%) NHS
14 12 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (0.90%) Client/Server
15 11 (0.90%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 341 (27.86%) Windows Server
2 264 (21.57%) Windows 10
3 248 (20.26%) Linux
4 106 (8.66%) Unix
5 80 (6.54%) Windows 7
6 70 (5.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 64 (5.23%) Mac OS
8 63 (5.15%) Android
9 60 (4.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 46 (3.76%) Windows Server 2019
11 43 (3.51%) Apple iOS
12 37 (3.02%) Windows Server 2008
13 26 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 22 (1.80%) Mac OS X
15 20 (1.63%) VMS
16 13 (1.06%) Solaris
16 13 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
17 9 (0.74%) Windows 8
18 8 (0.65%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
2 159 (12.99%) Customer Service
3 156 (12.75%) ITIL
4 155 (12.66%) Migration
5 146 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 138 (11.27%) DevOps
7 92 (7.52%) Agile
8 87 (7.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 68 (5.56%) CI/CD
10 55 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (4.41%) Asset Management
12 52 (4.25%) Risk Management
13 49 (4.00%) Analytics
13 49 (4.00%) ITSM
14 47 (3.84%) Incident Management
15 46 (3.76%) Mobile Device Management
16 45 (3.68%) Proactive Monitoring
17 44 (3.59%) Change Management
17 44 (3.59%) Service Delivery
18 42 (3.43%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 255 (20.83%) PowerShell
2 180 (14.71%) SQL
3 156 (12.75%) Python
4 75 (6.13%) C#
5 47 (3.84%) Java
6 40 (3.27%) Bash
7 38 (3.10%) T-SQL
8 33 (2.70%) C++
9 28 (2.29%) PL/SQL
10 26 (2.12%) JavaScript
11 24 (1.96%) VBA
12 20 (1.63%) VB
13 19 (1.55%) Shell Script
14 16 (1.31%) Go
15 15 (1.23%) Perl
16 9 (0.74%) VBScript
17 6 (0.49%) Ruby
18 5 (0.41%) PHP
18 5 (0.41%) VB.NET
19 4 (0.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 185 (15.11%) Security Cleared
2 116 (9.48%) Degree
3 109 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 69 (5.64%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.39%) A+ Certification
9 16 (1.31%) CISSP
10 14 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (0.98%) MCSE
12 11 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.90%) CISM
13 10 (0.82%) CCNA
13 10 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (0.82%) MCP
14 9 (0.74%) GIAC
14 9 (0.74%) MCSA
15 7 (0.57%) CCNP
15 7 (0.57%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.21%) SLA
2 42 (3.43%) QA
3 18 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.23%) NIST
5 13 (1.06%) GDPR
6 9 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.33%) ISO 15022
10 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.25%) PMO
11 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.16%) HL7
11 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.16%) NCSC
12 1 (0.082%) GLBA
12 1 (0.082%) IASME
12 1 (0.082%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 484 (39.54%) Active Directory
2 111 (9.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (3.68%) Hyper-V
4 33 (2.70%) Docker
5 31 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (1.88%) vSphere
7 16 (1.31%) NFS
8 15 (1.23%) VMware NSX
9 14 (1.14%) Firmware
9 14 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.98%) HDFS
12 6 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.25%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.25%) KVM
13 3 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.082%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.082%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 186 (15.20%) SCCM
2 118 (9.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (5.23%) Ansible
4 55 (4.49%) Terraform
5 52 (4.25%) Kubernetes
6 38 (3.10%) Jamf Pro
7 31 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 26 (2.12%) SCOM
9 23 (1.88%) Puppet
9 23 (1.88%) WSUS
10 20 (1.63%) ITRS Geneos
11 15 (1.23%) Grafana
12 12 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.82%) BladeLogic
14 9 (0.74%) Tivoli
15 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.65%) Netcool
15 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.65%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 447 (36.52%) Microsoft
2 179 (14.62%) VMware
3 136 (11.11%) Citrix
4 87 (7.11%) ServiceNow
5 83 (6.78%) Oracle
6 80 (6.54%) Cisco
7 63 (5.15%) Apple
8 50 (4.08%) HP
9 45 (3.68%) Dell
10 42 (3.43%) IBM
11 40 (3.27%) Veeam
12 34 (2.78%) Bloomberg
13 31 (2.53%) Dynatrace
13 31 (2.53%) Red Hat
14 30 (2.45%) EMC
14 30 (2.45%) Splunk
15 27 (2.21%) Google
16 24 (1.96%) Avaya
16 24 (1.96%) Qualys
16 24 (1.96%) SAP