Windows Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Windows Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Windows Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 437 515
Rank change year-on-year +48 +78 -81
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Specialist 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.009% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.009% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £270 £234 £417
25th Percentile £281 £266 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £338 £444
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -23.94% +26.79%
75th Percentile £425 £416 £461
90th Percentile £500 £451 £466
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £625
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,990 21,702 29,340
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 94.28% 95.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,558 15,099 20,587
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,089 1,435
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.79 £14.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.64 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +7.05%

Windows Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Windows Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Specialist in the UK excluding London

Windows Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Specialist in the UK excluding London

Windows Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Specialist in the UK excluding London

Windows Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Specialist in the UK excluding London

Windows Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East - 2 £550 - 1
East of England - 2 £288 -
Windows Specialist
UK

Windows Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, Windows Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Windows Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) BitLocker
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills

Windows Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) BitLocker
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) VMware