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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 30 52 66
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 6.74% 14.86% 12.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.92% 73.24% 71.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 43 43
10th Percentile £187 £161 £152
25th Percentile £213 £211 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -27.07% -6.25% -16.67%
75th Percentile £560 £430 £500
90th Percentile £648 £438 £580
South East median daily rate £381 £400 £340
% change year-on-year -4.69% +17.65% -15.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £17.25
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £27.00
90th Percentile - - £30.00
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £30.25 £48.40
% change year-on-year -33.88% -37.50% +161.62%

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 39 71 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 8.76% 20.29% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 59 63
10th Percentile £190 £196 £175
25th Percentile £229 £236 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £368 £485
Median % change year-on-year +24.83% -24.23% -7.18%
75th Percentile £581 £436 £550
90th Percentile £653 £530 £582
South East median daily rate £447 £430 £400
% change year-on-year +3.95% +7.50% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 11
10th Percentile - £32.60 £17.25
25th Percentile - £33.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate - £36.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +52.38%
75th Percentile - £37.50 £27.00
90th Percentile - £37.80 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -63.52% -0.87% +210.81%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 -10 27 £271 -32.84% 7
Bletchley +5 2 £274 - 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 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (13.33%) Azure
3 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) DNS
2 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.00%) VPN
4 2 (6.67%) Firewall
5 1 (3.33%) DHCP
5 1 (3.33%) MPLS
5 1 (3.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (6.67%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SAP Data Services
1 2 (6.67%) Tableau
1 2 (6.67%) Tableau Desktop
1 2 (6.67%) Tableau Server
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) Service Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 3 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Desktop Technician
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) SAP Administrator
6 1 (3.33%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (13.33%) Cyberattack
2 4 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (10.00%) Virtual Team
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.33%) PKI
5 1 (3.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Customer Service
2 8 (26.67%) ITIL
3 6 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) SIEM
4 5 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 5 (16.67%) ITSM
4 5 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 5 (16.67%) Security Patching
5 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (6.67%) Change Control
7 2 (6.67%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 2 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (36.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (26.67%) DV Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (13.33%) Degree
6 2 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) SCCM
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.00%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Splunk
3 4 (13.33%) Citrix
3 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.00%) Autodesk
4 3 (10.00%) McAfee
5 2 (6.67%) SAP
5 2 (6.67%) Tanium
6 1 (3.33%) Apple
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco
6 1 (3.33%) HP
6 1 (3.33%) Planview
6 1 (3.33%) VMware