Windows Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 53 54 72
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 13.55% 13.85% 12.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 89.83% 65.06% 76.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 41 49
10th Percentile £183 £178 £156
25th Percentile £218 £213 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £375 £385
Median % change year-on-year -27.07% -2.60% -19.79%
75th Percentile £459 £430 £500
90th Percentile £540 £438 £548
South East median daily rate £360 £425 £340
% change year-on-year -15.29% +25.00% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - £15.55 £17.25
25th Percentile - £16.04 £20.50
Median hourly rate £15.12 £17.64 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% -25.75% +48.44%
75th Percentile - £23.40 £24.00
90th Percentile - £31.41 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £44.33 £47.90
% change year-on-year -57.44% -7.44% +158.89%

All Operating Systems
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 59 83 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 15.09% 21.28% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 66 66
10th Percentile £186 £200 £174
25th Percentile £229 £278 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £400 £470
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -14.89% -10.48%
75th Percentile £538 £448 £543
90th Percentile £575 £550 £574
South East median daily rate £435 £450 £410
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.76% -13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 11
10th Percentile - £15.77 £17.25
25th Percentile - £16.32 £20.50
Median hourly rate £15.12 £25.82 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.44% +8.71% +48.44%
75th Percentile - £36.56 £24.00
90th Percentile - £37.37 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.94% +10.00% +193.33%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 26 November 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
Milton Keynes +2 40 £299 -25.19% 15
Newport Pagnell - 8 - -
Bletchley +2 2 £274 - 3
Aylesbury - 1 - - 1
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 21 (39.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (52.83%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (18.87%) Azure
3 5 (9.43%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) AWS
5 1 (1.89%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.89%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.96%) Firewall
2 16 (30.19%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (11.32%) SAN
4 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.66%) VPN
6 1 (1.89%) DNS
6 1 (1.89%) MPLS
6 1 (1.89%) NAS
6 1 (1.89%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.77%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (3.77%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 2 (3.77%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (3.77%) Tableau
2 2 (3.77%) Tableau Desktop
2 2 (3.77%) Tableau Server
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Git
General
1 16 (30.19%) Games
1 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Finance
3 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Platform Engineer
2 11 (20.75%) Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) Senior
4 5 (9.43%) Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Desktop Support
5 4 (7.55%) Integration Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Integration Test Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Python Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Senior Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Service Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Test Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Python Developer
6 3 (5.66%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (3.77%) Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Data Centre
1 4 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (5.66%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.08%) Mac OS
2 16 (30.19%) Android
3 11 (20.75%) Windows 10
4 7 (13.21%) Windows Server
5 6 (11.32%) Linux
6 5 (9.43%) Debian
6 5 (9.43%) Ubuntu
6 5 (9.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.89%) Unix
8 1 (1.89%) VMS
8 1 (1.89%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) E-Commerce
2 15 (28.30%) Customer Service
3 11 (20.75%) ITIL
3 11 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (9.43%) Agile
4 5 (9.43%) Data Modelling
4 5 (9.43%) Patch Management
4 5 (9.43%) Security Patching
5 4 (7.55%) Data Engineering
5 4 (7.55%) Defect Management
5 4 (7.55%) DevOps
5 4 (7.55%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (7.55%) Logistics
5 4 (7.55%) Project Delivery
5 4 (7.55%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (7.55%) SDLC
5 4 (7.55%) Software Testing
5 4 (7.55%) System Integration Testing
5 4 (7.55%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 22 (41.51%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.43%) Python
3 4 (7.55%) C#
3 4 (7.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) SC Cleared
1 12 (22.64%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.43%) DV Cleared
2 5 (9.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (5.66%) Degree
4 1 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) SLA
2 2 (3.77%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) RMADS
System Software
1 26 (49.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (49.06%) SCCM
2 20 (37.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.66%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 38 (71.70%) Microsoft
2 18 (33.96%) Cisco
3 16 (30.19%) Meraki
3 16 (30.19%) Splunk
4 8 (15.09%) VMware
5 5 (9.43%) Red Hat
6 4 (7.55%) Citrix
6 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
7 3 (5.66%) Autodesk
7 3 (5.66%) McAfee
8 2 (3.77%) Remedy
8 2 (3.77%) SAP
8 2 (3.77%) Tanium
9 1 (1.89%) Apple
9 1 (1.89%) Dell
9 1 (1.89%) F5
9 1 (1.89%) HP
9 1 (1.89%) Isilon
9 1 (1.89%) NetApp
9 1 (1.89%) Oracle