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

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 - 841
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing X-Windows 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.009%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £308
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 - £700
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £700
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 8,851 13,495 23,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.67% 23.23% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,143 9,831 17,461
10th Percentile £340 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 153 234
10th Percentile £21.15 £31.60 £22.15
25th Percentile £42.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

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 7 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
London - 1 £133 -
England - 1 £133 - 1
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