Windows Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 112 184 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.62% 9.64% 8.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.26% 72.44% 60.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 143 97
10th Percentile £207 £205 £187
25th Percentile £354 £213 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.31% +14.32%
75th Percentile £700 £608 £638
90th Percentile - - £700
South East median daily rate £485 £450 £375
% change year-on-year +7.67% +20.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 7
10th Percentile - £56.50 £24.20
25th Percentile - £57.78 £37.25
Median hourly rate - £61.60 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +23.20% -23.08%
75th Percentile - - £78.19
90th Percentile - £63.30 £83.82
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £22.58 £36.38
% change year-on-year -16.65% -37.92% +107.86%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 155 254 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.32% 13.31% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 177 161
10th Percentile £212 £205 £270
25th Percentile £400 £265 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.62% +6.08%
75th Percentile £663 £600 £623
90th Percentile £700 £608 £688
South East median daily rate £488 £463 £463
% change year-on-year +5.51% - +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 10
10th Percentile - £56.40 £21.49
25th Percentile - £56.50 £32.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £61.60 £54.38
Median % change year-on-year -59.97% +13.29% -18.33%
75th Percentile - £63.30 £73.75
90th Percentile - £66.50 £81.98
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -13.64% +214.29%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
Reading -10 49 £650 +13.04% 39
Wokingham +6 33 £475 +53.23% 6
Maidenhead +14 12 - - 9
Windsor -6 6 £500 - 5
Slough -1 4 £213 +11.84% 12
Bracknell +4 2 - - 2
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (4.46%) IIS
1 5 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.57%) Apache
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.89%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.89%) Remedy AR System
1 1 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 28 (25.00%) Azure
2 13 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (10.71%) AWS
4 9 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.46%) GitHub
7 4 (3.57%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.79%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.79%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.79%) SaaS
10 1 (0.89%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.89%) GCP
10 1 (0.89%) IaaS
10 1 (0.89%) PaaS
10 1 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.07%) DNS
2 12 (10.71%) DHCP
3 11 (9.82%) SMTP
4 8 (7.14%) Firewall
5 6 (5.36%) FTP
5 6 (5.36%) NetScaler
5 6 (5.36%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.36%) Telnet
6 5 (4.46%) Network Security
6 5 (4.46%) VPN
7 2 (1.79%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.89%) HTTP
8 1 (0.89%) NGFW
8 1 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.36%) Big Data
1 6 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.79%) GIS
3 2 (1.79%) Power BI
4 1 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.89%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.89%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.89%) HDInsight
4 1 (0.89%) Impala
4 1 (0.89%) Metadata
4 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.89%) Power Query
4 1 (0.89%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.89%) Sisense
4 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (11.61%) Git
2 7 (6.25%) Selenium
3 6 (5.36%) Jenkins
4 5 (4.46%) JIRA
5 1 (0.89%) CMake
5 1 (0.89%) Subversion
5 1 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (26.79%) Finance
2 28 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 27 (24.11%) Telecoms
4 26 (23.21%) Manufacturing
5 25 (22.32%) Electronics
5 25 (22.32%) Marketing
6 13 (11.61%) Social Skills
7 5 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.89%) French Language
9 1 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.89%) Legal
9 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Retail
9 1 (0.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (25.89%) Architect
2 21 (18.75%) Active Directory Architect
3 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (10.71%) Support Engineer
5 6 (5.36%) Desktop Support
5 6 (5.36%) Lead
6 5 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (3.57%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 4 (3.57%) Consultant
7 4 (3.57%) Security Architect
7 4 (3.57%) Tester
8 3 (2.68%) Applications Architect
8 3 (2.68%) Infrastructure Support
8 3 (2.68%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.68%) Apache Axis
2 2 (1.79%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.79%) SOAP
3 1 (0.89%) .NET
3 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.89%) CNTK
3 1 (0.89%) Kafka
3 1 (0.89%) LDAP
3 1 (0.89%) MDX
3 1 (0.89%) OpenVINO
3 1 (0.89%) PySpark
3 1 (0.89%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.89%) SAML
3 1 (0.89%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.04%) PKI
3 8 (7.14%) SCADA
4 7 (6.25%) Clustering
4 7 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.36%) Product Ownership
6 5 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.57%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (3.57%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.68%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.79%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.79%) Replication
9 2 (1.79%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.79%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.89%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 36 (32.14%) Windows Server
2 34 (30.36%) Linux
3 20 (17.86%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (4.46%) Android
5 5 (4.46%) Ubuntu
5 5 (4.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (3.57%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.57%) Windows 7
6 4 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.68%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.79%) Unix
9 1 (0.89%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (24.11%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (23.21%) Test Automation
3 25 (22.32%) Agile
3 25 (22.32%) Digital Marketing
3 25 (22.32%) Programme Management
4 23 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (19.64%) Identity Access Management
6 19 (16.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (11.61%) DevOps
8 10 (8.93%) High Availability
8 10 (8.93%) ITIL
9 8 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (7.14%) CI/CD
9 8 (7.14%) Migration
9 8 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (5.36%) Configuration Management
12 5 (4.46%) Computer Science
12 5 (4.46%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 58 (51.79%) PowerShell
2 20 (17.86%) Python
3 13 (11.61%) SQL
4 9 (8.04%) Bash
4 9 (8.04%) Perl
5 8 (7.14%) PL/SQL
6 7 (6.25%) Shell Script
7 5 (4.46%) C#
8 3 (2.68%) Java
9 2 (1.79%) Bicep
9 2 (1.79%) Ruby
10 1 (0.89%) C++
10 1 (0.89%) VB
10 1 (0.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 33 (29.46%) DV Cleared
3 23 (20.54%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.14%) Degree
5 5 (4.46%) CISSP
6 4 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.79%) CEH
8 2 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.89%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.89%) CCSK
9 1 (0.89%) CFCE
9 1 (0.89%) CISA
9 1 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.89%) GCIH
9 1 (0.89%) GIAC
9 1 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.89%) MCSE
9 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.89%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.79%) QA
3 2 (1.79%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.89%) GDPR
4 1 (0.89%) NIST
4 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.61%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.36%) NFS
4 6 (5.36%) XenApp
4 6 (5.36%) XenDesktop
5 5 (4.46%) vSphere
6 4 (3.57%) Samba
7 3 (2.68%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.89%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.04%) Terraform
3 7 (6.25%) Ansible
4 6 (5.36%) WSUS
5 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (3.57%) NetBackup
6 4 (3.57%) SCCM
6 4 (3.57%) yum
7 3 (2.68%) Puppet
7 3 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.79%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (1.79%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.79%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.89%) CASB
9 1 (0.89%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.89%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 28 (25.00%) VMware
3 25 (22.32%) SAP
4 19 (16.96%) Dell
5 10 (8.93%) Wyse
6 9 (8.04%) HP
7 6 (5.36%) Citrix
7 6 (5.36%) Databricks
8 4 (3.57%) 3PAR
8 4 (3.57%) Red Hat
8 4 (3.57%) Veritas
9 3 (2.68%) BMC
9 3 (2.68%) Oracle
10 2 (1.79%) Google
10 2 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.79%) Splunk
11 1 (0.89%) Altiris
11 1 (0.89%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.89%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.89%) Fortinet