Windows Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 16 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 4 4 17
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 3.03% 4.40% 8.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.57% 50.00% 77.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - - £128
25th Percentile - £140 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £301 £151
Median % change year-on-year -53.53% +99.17% -70.49%
75th Percentile - £469 £348
90th Percentile - - £473
Berkshire median daily rate £350 £380 £350
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.95
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £55.28
% change year-on-year -63.36% +2.65% +0.51%

All Operating Systems
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14 8 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 10.61% 8.79% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 9
10th Percentile £302 £140 £133
25th Percentile £410 £208 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £444 £143
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +211.40% -71.57%
75th Percentile £494 £469 £409
90th Percentile £555 £634 £580
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.95
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £55.28
% change year-on-year -63.36% +2.65% -23.75%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.

Windows job vacancy trend in Bracknell

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Fiddler
General
1 1 (25.00%) French Language
1 1 (25.00%) German Language
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Support Officer
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft