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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 36 31 56
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 5.52% 11.11% 10.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.06% 88.57% 65.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 26 29
10th Percentile £123 £150 £172
25th Percentile £228 £200 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £307 £225
Median % change year-on-year +50.61% +36.48% -50.82%
75th Percentile £615 £469 £385
90th Percentile £640 £543 £512
South East median daily rate £431 £463 £400
% change year-on-year -6.76% +15.63% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 20
10th Percentile - - £17.80
25th Percentile - - £19.50
Median hourly rate - - £23.88
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £48.75
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% -25.00% +26.10%

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 62 35 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 9.51% 12.54% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 30 52
10th Percentile £211 £150 £175
25th Percentile £356 £200 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £410 £444
Median % change year-on-year +13.35% -7.55% -11.25%
75th Percentile £600 £513 £550
90th Percentile £640 £554 -
South East median daily rate £467 £478 £450
% change year-on-year -2.30% +6.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 20
10th Percentile - - £17.80
25th Percentile - - £19.50
Median hourly rate - - £23.88
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.38%
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £48.75
South East median hourly rate £21.40 £55.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -61.10% +15.79% +63.79%

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 17 March 2026.

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 17 March 2026. 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 -12 28 £495 +23.75% 20
Bletchley +1 5 £110 -
Marlow - 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 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (22.22%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) AWS
4 2 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.78%) IaaS
5 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.78%) PaaS
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) DNS
2 10 (27.78%) TCP/IP
3 5 (13.89%) VPN
4 3 (8.33%) DHCP
4 3 (8.33%) Firewall
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (5.56%) Wireless
6 1 (2.78%) BGP
6 1 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.78%) Internet
6 1 (2.78%) IPsec
6 1 (2.78%) IPv6
6 1 (2.78%) MPLS
6 1 (2.78%) OSPF
6 1 (2.78%) SAN
6 1 (2.78%) SNMP
6 1 (2.78%) VoIP
6 1 (2.78%) WAN
6 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (2.78%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.78%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (2.78%) Tableau
1 1 (2.78%) Tableau Desktop
1 1 (2.78%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.78%) JUnit
1 1 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (2.78%) Storybook
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.89%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (19.44%) Desktop Support
4 5 (13.89%) Senior
5 4 (11.11%) Lead
6 3 (8.33%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Support Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Automation Specialist
7 2 (5.56%) Compliance Specialist
7 2 (5.56%) Desktop Technician
7 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Server Specialist
8 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
8 1 (2.78%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Splunk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.78%) CSS
1 1 (2.78%) HTML
1 1 (2.78%) React
1 1 (2.78%) Spring
1 1 (2.78%) Spring Boot
1 1 (2.78%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (22.22%) Cyberattack
3 4 (11.11%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 3 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.56%) PKI
6 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (41.67%) Linux
2 6 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (5.56%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.78%) VMS
5 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Customer Service
2 12 (33.33%) SIEM
3 10 (27.78%) Incident Response
3 10 (27.78%) Security Operations
4 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
6 5 (13.89%) ITIL
6 5 (13.89%) ITSM
6 5 (13.89%) Patch Management
7 4 (11.11%) Security Patching
8 3 (8.33%) Migration
9 2 (5.56%) Asset Management
9 2 (5.56%) Compliance Audit
9 2 (5.56%) Data Loss Prevention
9 2 (5.56%) Load Balancing
9 2 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (5.56%) Security Management
9 2 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (5.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.56%) Bash
2 2 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (2.78%) Java
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 11 (30.56%) SC Cleared
3 9 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 7 (19.44%) Degree
5 5 (13.89%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (13.89%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (8.33%) A+ Certification
6 3 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (5.56%) CCNP
7 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.78%) CCDA
8 1 (2.78%) CCDP
8 1 (2.78%) CCIE
8 1 (2.78%) CCIP
8 1 (2.78%) CCNA
8 1 (2.78%) CCSE
8 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) NCSC
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (30.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) Docker
3 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) SCCM
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (8.33%) PaperCut
4 2 (5.56%) Nessus
5 1 (2.78%) Ansible
5 1 (2.78%) CASB
5 1 (2.78%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Splunk
3 3 (8.33%) Autodesk
3 3 (8.33%) Citrix
3 3 (8.33%) McAfee
3 3 (8.33%) VMware
4 2 (5.56%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco
4 2 (5.56%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.56%) HP
4 2 (5.56%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.56%) Snow
4 2 (5.56%) Sophos
4 2 (5.56%) Tenable
5 1 (2.78%) Arista
5 1 (2.78%) Aruba
5 1 (2.78%) Meraki
5 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.78%) Tanium
5 1 (2.78%) Zscaler