Windows Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 23 30
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 880 1,914 2,742
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.83% 7.62% 6.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 56.30% 55.41% 50.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 1,359 1,938
10th Percentile £185 £200 £195
25th Percentile £302 £318 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £580
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 60 121
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.09 £13.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.14 £16.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £59.25 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.00% +141.84% +22.50%
75th Percentile £17.92 £70.94 £55.90
90th Percentile £22.71 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £22.46 £20.40
% change year-on-year -19.84% +10.07% +24.58%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,563 3,454 5,394
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.35% 13.75% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 2,433 3,815
10th Percentile £222 £250 £298
25th Percentile £350 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £683 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 101 158
10th Percentile £12.85 £19.00 £14.43
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £17.94
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £42.92
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +28.15% +15.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows.

Windows daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Windows daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows.

Windows hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Windows hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 128 (14.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (7.50%) SharePoint
3 41 (4.66%) Confluence
4 33 (3.75%) IIS
5 17 (1.93%) SharePoint Server
6 14 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2010
7 13 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2007
8 12 (1.36%) Skype for Business
9 11 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2003
9 11 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2013
10 8 (0.91%) JBoss
11 6 (0.68%) Apache
11 6 (0.68%) nginx
12 5 (0.57%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
14 2 (0.23%) IBM Notes
14 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
14 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.57%) Trello
4 2 (0.23%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Elite 3E
2 6 (0.68%) Shopify
3 4 (0.45%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.34%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.11%) assyst
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) MFGPRO
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 305 (34.66%) Azure
2 232 (26.36%) Microsoft 365
3 105 (11.93%) Entra ID
4 100 (11.36%) AWS
5 39 (4.43%) PaaS
6 33 (3.75%) IaaS
6 33 (3.75%) SaaS
7 31 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (2.95%) Azure Monitor
9 24 (2.73%) OneDrive
10 20 (2.27%) Azure Storage
11 17 (1.93%) Azure Stack
12 16 (1.82%) GitHub
13 14 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.59%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (1.36%) GCP
16 11 (1.25%) OpenShift
17 9 (1.02%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 160 (18.18%) Firewall
2 92 (10.45%) DNS
3 70 (7.95%) VPN
4 60 (6.82%) DHCP
5 48 (5.45%) SAN
6 43 (4.89%) TCP/IP
7 28 (3.18%) LAN
8 25 (2.84%) Network Security
9 22 (2.50%) WAN
10 19 (2.16%) BGP
10 19 (2.16%) NAS
11 16 (1.82%) VLAN
12 15 (1.70%) Internet
13 12 (1.36%) Skype
14 11 (1.25%) SSL
15 10 (1.14%) Wireless
16 9 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
17 8 (0.91%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (9.66%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.16%) MySQL
3 17 (1.93%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.25%) Hadoop
4 11 (1.25%) RDBMS
5 8 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.91%) Oracle Database
5 8 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.68%) Power BI
8 5 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.45%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.45%) Big Data
9 4 (0.45%) DB2
9 4 (0.45%) Tableau
10 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.34%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 68 (7.73%) JIRA
2 47 (5.34%) Git
3 42 (4.77%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.27%) TeamCity
4 20 (2.27%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.59%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.36%) Artifactory
7 8 (0.91%) MSI
7 8 (0.91%) Subversion
8 6 (0.68%) GitLab
8 6 (0.68%) Maven
8 6 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.57%) Selenium
9 5 (0.57%) WiX
10 4 (0.45%) IDA Disassembler
10 4 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 251 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 177 (20.11%) Finance
3 79 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 51 (5.80%) Banking
6 25 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.39%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.27%) Marketing
10 16 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.70%) Front Office
12 13 (1.48%) Legal
13 12 (1.36%) Retail
14 11 (1.25%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.14%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.91%) Electronics
18 7 (0.80%) Law
Job Titles
1 92 (10.45%) Analyst
2 91 (10.34%) Senior
3 86 (9.77%) Support Engineer
4 76 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 50 (5.68%) Architect
6 40 (4.55%) Service Analyst
7 39 (4.43%) Service Desk Analyst
8 37 (4.20%) Applications Support
9 36 (4.09%) IT Engineer
9 36 (4.09%) IT Support
10 35 (3.98%) Consultant
11 34 (3.86%) Windows Engineer
12 32 (3.64%) Administrator
13 29 (3.30%) Lead
14 28 (3.18%) Security Engineer
15 27 (3.07%) Microsoft Engineer
16 26 (2.95%) Applications Engineer
16 26 (2.95%) DBA
17 24 (2.73%) DevOps Engineer
17 24 (2.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.45%) .NET
2 25 (2.84%) Middleware
3 24 (2.73%) ARM Templates
4 21 (2.39%) REST
5 18 (2.05%) LDAP
6 16 (1.82%) XML
7 15 (1.70%) ASP.NET
8 12 (1.36%) JSON
8 12 (1.36%) Node.js
9 11 (1.25%) .NET Framework
9 11 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (1.14%) Web Services
11 9 (1.02%) SOAP
12 8 (0.91%) Entity Framework
12 8 (0.91%) SAML
13 7 (0.80%) HTML
13 7 (0.80%) OAuth
13 7 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (0.80%) WinForms
13 7 (0.80%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.36%) Data Centre
2 39 (4.43%) Replication
3 31 (3.52%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.07%) PKI
6 25 (2.84%) Video Conferencing
7 24 (2.73%) Clustering
8 22 (2.50%) Public Cloud
9 21 (2.39%) NHS
9 21 (2.39%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.93%) Private Cloud
11 12 (1.36%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.14%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 9 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 7 (0.80%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.80%) Product Ownership
15 7 (0.80%) Smartphone
15 7 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 251 (28.52%) Windows Server
2 234 (26.59%) Linux
3 157 (17.84%) Windows 10
4 78 (8.86%) Unix
5 63 (7.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 53 (6.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 39 (4.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (3.98%) Apple iOS
8 35 (3.98%) Windows 7
9 29 (3.30%) Android
10 23 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 21 (2.39%) Mac OS
12 20 (2.27%) VMS
12 20 (2.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 19 (2.16%) Windows Server 2003
14 18 (2.05%) Solaris
15 8 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
16 7 (0.80%) Ubuntu
17 6 (0.68%) AIX
17 6 (0.68%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (15.91%) DevOps
2 131 (14.89%) Migration
3 129 (14.66%) ITIL
4 118 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (12.05%) Agile
6 103 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 93 (10.57%) Customer Service
8 92 (10.45%) CI/CD
9 59 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
10 56 (6.36%) Analytics
11 52 (5.91%) Service Management
12 50 (5.68%) High Availability
13 47 (5.34%) Infrastructure as Code
14 43 (4.89%) Cybersecurity
15 39 (4.43%) Computer Science
16 38 (4.32%) Continuous Integration
16 38 (4.32%) Stakeholder Management
17 37 (4.20%) Mobile Device Management
18 35 (3.98%) Change Management
18 35 (3.98%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 172 (19.55%) PowerShell
2 137 (15.57%) SQL
3 82 (9.32%) Python
4 66 (7.50%) C#
5 37 (4.20%) Bash
6 28 (3.18%) C++
7 27 (3.07%) Java
8 25 (2.84%) VB
9 23 (2.61%) VBScript
10 18 (2.05%) Perl
11 17 (1.93%) Bicep
11 17 (1.93%) JavaScript
12 11 (1.25%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.14%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.02%) F#
15 8 (0.91%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.80%) VBA
17 6 (0.68%) C
18 5 (0.57%) Ruby
19 4 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 171 (19.43%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 106 (12.05%) Degree
4 59 (6.70%) DV Cleared
5 36 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 16 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.36%) MCSE
9 10 (1.14%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.14%) MCSA
10 9 (1.02%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.02%) CCNA
10 9 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.57%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.57%) CCNP
12 4 (0.45%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.25%) SLA
2 37 (4.20%) QA
3 17 (1.93%) Government Security Classifications
4 16 (1.82%) GDPR
5 12 (1.36%) NIST
6 10 (1.14%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (0.57%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.11%) GLBA
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 9000
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
12 1 (0.11%) NCSC
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 346 (39.32%) Active Directory
2 77 (8.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
4 30 (3.41%) Hyper-V
5 28 (3.18%) Docker
5 28 (3.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (2.84%) vSphere
7 21 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (1.82%) XenApp
9 15 (1.70%) VMware NSX
10 10 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (1.14%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.80%) HDFS
11 7 (0.80%) NFS
12 5 (0.57%) Snort
12 5 (0.57%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.34%) VirtualBox
13 3 (0.34%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 133 (15.11%) SCCM
2 78 (8.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 69 (7.84%) Ansible
4 56 (6.36%) Kubernetes
5 51 (5.80%) Terraform
6 44 (5.00%) SCOM
7 27 (3.07%) WSUS
8 25 (2.84%) Puppet
9 18 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (1.48%) Progress Chef
11 11 (1.25%) EMC NetWorker
12 10 (1.14%) NetBackup
13 9 (1.02%) Kibana
13 9 (1.02%) Tivoli
14 8 (0.91%) vCenter Server
15 7 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
15 7 (0.80%) Netcool
15 7 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
15 7 (0.80%) Tivoli Storage Manager
16 6 (0.68%) Nagios
Vendors
1 349 (39.66%) Microsoft
2 128 (14.55%) VMware
3 63 (7.16%) Citrix
4 55 (6.25%) Oracle
5 54 (6.14%) ServiceNow
6 48 (5.45%) Cisco
7 41 (4.66%) HP
8 37 (4.20%) Splunk
9 27 (3.07%) IBM
10 25 (2.84%) Atlassian
11 22 (2.50%) Dell
12 21 (2.39%) Qualys
13 20 (2.27%) Red Hat
13 20 (2.27%) SAP
14 19 (2.16%) EMC
15 18 (2.05%) Veeam
16 17 (1.93%) Apple
17 16 (1.82%) CyberArk
17 16 (1.82%) Google
18 14 (1.59%) Isilon