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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 22 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +13
Contract jobs citing Windows 1,232 2,081 2,848
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.92% 7.73% 7.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.11% 53.73% 53.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 1,549 2,093
10th Percentile £165 £180 £180
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 £701 £725
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 39 81
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.96 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.95 £21.94 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.71 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +7.53% -1.81%
75th Percentile £25.00 £51.70 £37.50
90th Percentile £44.57 £64.50 £55.90
England median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +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 2,120 3,873 5,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.91% 14.39% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,509 2,829 3,864
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £325 £403 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £669
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 61 105
10th Percentile £15.60 £18.93 £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 £32.00 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £76.05
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -42.11% +76.74% +20.21%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -1 212 £400 - 51
East London -3 36 £440 +10.00% 17
West London +3 29 £400 +14.29% 32
South London -13 14 £200 -11.11% 18
North London -4 2 £250 +8.11% 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
1 175 (14.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (6.01%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.90%) IIS
4 31 (2.52%) Exchange Server 2010
5 26 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2013
6 24 (1.95%) Skype for Business
7 20 (1.62%) Confluence
8 14 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2007
9 12 (0.97%) Apache
9 12 (0.97%) BizTalk Server
10 11 (0.89%) Tomcat
11 9 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2003
11 9 (0.73%) nginx
12 8 (0.65%) JBoss
13 6 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 4 (0.32%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 3 (0.24%) IBM Notes
16 2 (0.16%) IBM Domino
16 2 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 163 (13.23%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.081%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.73%) Loan IQ
2 6 (0.49%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.32%) SystmOne
5 3 (0.24%) Eikon
5 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.24%) OPENHousing
5 3 (0.24%) Shopify
6 2 (0.16%) Advent Geneva
6 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.16%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.081%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.081%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.081%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.081%) thinkFolio
7 1 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 384 (31.17%) Microsoft 365
2 342 (27.76%) Azure
3 143 (11.61%) AWS
4 117 (9.50%) Entra ID
5 41 (3.33%) PaaS
6 40 (3.25%) OneDrive
7 39 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (3.08%) IaaS
9 28 (2.27%) WhatsApp
10 27 (2.19%) GitHub
10 27 (2.19%) SaaS
11 22 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (1.70%) GCP
13 19 (1.54%) Mimecast
14 18 (1.46%) Azure Storage
15 14 (1.14%) Power Platform
16 12 (0.97%) Nutanix
17 11 (0.89%) Rubrik
18 10 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 10 (0.81%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 146 (11.85%) Firewall
2 127 (10.31%) DNS
3 82 (6.66%) VPN
4 56 (4.55%) DHCP
5 54 (4.38%) SAN
6 49 (3.98%) Wireless
7 46 (3.73%) LAN
7 46 (3.73%) WAN
8 38 (3.08%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.76%) Internet
10 28 (2.27%) NAS
11 27 (2.19%) Skype
12 24 (1.95%) Network Security
13 17 (1.38%) VLAN
14 16 (1.30%) Cisco IOS
14 16 (1.30%) MPLS
14 16 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (1.22%) FTP
16 12 (0.97%) Kerberos
17 11 (0.89%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (10.31%) SQL Server
2 29 (2.35%) Relational Database
3 21 (1.70%) MySQL
4 19 (1.54%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.46%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (1.06%) RDBMS
7 12 (0.97%) Hadoop
8 10 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.49%) Power BI
10 6 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.32%) KDB
12 4 (0.32%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.24%) DB2
14 2 (0.16%) Hazelcast
14 2 (0.16%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 51 (4.14%) Git
2 49 (3.98%) Jenkins
2 49 (3.98%) JIRA
3 28 (2.27%) TeamCity
4 16 (1.30%) Artifactory
4 16 (1.30%) GitLab
4 16 (1.30%) Subversion
4 16 (1.30%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.14%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.65%) MSI
7 6 (0.49%) Selenium
8 5 (0.41%) Hudson
8 5 (0.41%) WiX
9 4 (0.32%) JMeter
9 4 (0.32%) Maven
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.32%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 3 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.24%) InstallShield
11 2 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 319 (25.89%) Finance
2 291 (23.62%) Social Skills
3 126 (10.23%) Banking
4 94 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 56 (4.55%) Front Office
6 43 (3.49%) Investment Banking
7 32 (2.60%) Financial Institution
8 31 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
8 31 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 27 (2.19%) Legal
10 27 (2.19%) Marketing
11 18 (1.46%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.38%) Electronics
13 16 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.22%) French Language
15 14 (1.14%) Retail
16 13 (1.06%) Mandarin Language
17 11 (0.89%) German Language
Job Titles
1 181 (14.69%) Support Engineer
2 175 (14.20%) Analyst
3 107 (8.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 105 (8.52%) Desktop Support
5 95 (7.71%) IT Support
6 80 (6.49%) Senior
7 76 (6.17%) IT Engineer
8 68 (5.52%) Desktop Engineer
9 63 (5.11%) Developer
9 63 (5.11%) Windows Engineer
10 60 (4.87%) Support Analyst
11 53 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
12 51 (4.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 48 (3.90%) IT Support Engineer
14 44 (3.57%) Architect
15 42 (3.41%) Administrator
15 42 (3.41%) Applications Support
15 42 (3.41%) Service Analyst
16 40 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
17 39 (3.17%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (6.82%) .NET
2 30 (2.44%) LDAP
3 26 (2.11%) .NET Framework
4 23 (1.87%) ASP.NET
4 23 (1.87%) Middleware
5 19 (1.54%) JSON
6 18 (1.46%) Web Services
7 17 (1.38%) XML
8 16 (1.30%) REST
9 15 (1.22%) WCF
10 13 (1.06%) WinForms
10 13 (1.06%) WPF
11 11 (0.89%) .NET Core
11 11 (0.89%) HTML
11 11 (0.89%) SAML
12 10 (0.81%) Software Packaging
13 9 (0.73%) CSS
14 8 (0.65%) Apache Camel
14 8 (0.65%) HTML5
14 8 (0.65%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.44%) Management Information System
2 60 (4.87%) Video Conferencing
3 55 (4.46%) Data Centre
4 44 (3.57%) Replication
5 30 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.19%) PKI
7 25 (2.03%) iPhone
8 23 (1.87%) Clustering
9 22 (1.79%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.62%) Blackberry
11 19 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (1.54%) Smartphone
12 18 (1.46%) iPad
13 17 (1.38%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.14%) Hedge funds
16 13 (1.06%) NHS
17 11 (0.89%) Client/Server
17 11 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 339 (27.52%) Windows Server
2 264 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 245 (19.89%) Linux
4 105 (8.52%) Unix
5 81 (6.57%) Windows 7
6 70 (5.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 61 (4.95%) Android
7 61 (4.95%) Mac OS
8 60 (4.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 45 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 39 (3.17%) Apple iOS
11 37 (3.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 26 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.79%) Mac OS X
14 20 (1.62%) VMS
15 13 (1.06%) Solaris
15 13 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.73%) Oracle Linux
16 9 (0.73%) Windows 8
17 8 (0.65%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (13.23%) Customer Service
2 160 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
3 156 (12.66%) ITIL
4 154 (12.50%) Migration
5 145 (11.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 137 (11.12%) DevOps
7 91 (7.39%) Agile
8 84 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 66 (5.36%) CI/CD
10 57 (4.63%) Asset Management
11 54 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
12 52 (4.22%) ITSM
13 51 (4.14%) Risk Management
14 49 (3.98%) Analytics
15 47 (3.81%) Incident Management
16 45 (3.65%) Proactive Monitoring
17 44 (3.57%) Change Management
17 44 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
18 43 (3.49%) Service Delivery
19 42 (3.41%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 255 (20.70%) PowerShell
2 186 (15.10%) SQL
3 155 (12.58%) Python
4 77 (6.25%) C#
5 46 (3.73%) Java
6 40 (3.25%) Bash
7 39 (3.17%) T-SQL
8 33 (2.68%) C++
9 29 (2.35%) PL/SQL
10 25 (2.03%) JavaScript
10 25 (2.03%) VBA
11 21 (1.70%) VB
12 18 (1.46%) Shell Script
13 15 (1.22%) Go
13 15 (1.22%) Perl
14 9 (0.73%) VBScript
15 6 (0.49%) Ruby
15 6 (0.49%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.41%) PHP
17 4 (0.32%) Korn
Qualifications
1 188 (15.26%) Security Cleared
2 115 (9.33%) Degree
3 109 (8.85%) SC Cleared
4 68 (5.52%) DV Cleared
5 44 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 20 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.38%) A+ Certification
9 15 (1.22%) CISSP
10 14 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (0.89%) CISM
11 11 (0.89%) MCSE
12 10 (0.81%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.81%) CCNA
12 10 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (0.81%) MCP
13 9 (0.73%) MCSA
14 8 (0.65%) GIAC
15 7 (0.57%) CCNP
15 7 (0.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.17%) SLA
2 42 (3.41%) QA
3 18 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.14%) NIST
5 13 (1.06%) GDPR
6 9 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.32%) ISO 15022
10 3 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.24%) 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)
12 1 (0.081%) GLBA
12 1 (0.081%) IASME
12 1 (0.081%) ISAE 3402
12 1 (0.081%) NCSC
System Software
1 483 (39.20%) Active Directory
2 112 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (3.81%) Hyper-V
4 32 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
5 31 (2.52%) Docker
6 26 (2.11%) vSphere
7 16 (1.30%) NFS
7 16 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (1.30%) VMware NSX
8 14 (1.14%) Firmware
9 13 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
10 12 (0.97%) HDFS
11 6 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.24%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.24%) KVM
12 3 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.16%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.081%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 181 (14.69%) SCCM
2 115 (9.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (5.19%) Ansible
4 55 (4.46%) Terraform
5 51 (4.14%) Kubernetes
6 35 (2.84%) Jamf Pro
7 29 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 27 (2.19%) SCOM
9 23 (1.87%) Puppet
9 23 (1.87%) WSUS
10 19 (1.54%) ITRS Geneos
11 15 (1.22%) Grafana
12 12 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.73%) BladeLogic
13 9 (0.73%) Tivoli
14 8 (0.65%) EMC NetWorker
14 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.65%) Netcool
14 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 458 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 181 (14.69%) VMware
3 134 (10.88%) Citrix
4 88 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 84 (6.82%) Oracle
6 79 (6.41%) Cisco
7 61 (4.95%) Apple
8 52 (4.22%) HP
9 46 (3.73%) Dell
10 42 (3.41%) IBM
11 39 (3.17%) Veeam
12 33 (2.68%) Bloomberg
13 31 (2.52%) Dynatrace
13 31 (2.52%) Red Hat
14 30 (2.44%) Splunk
15 29 (2.35%) EMC
16 26 (2.11%) Google
17 25 (2.03%) SAP
18 24 (1.95%) Qualys
19 23 (1.87%) Adobe