Windows Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 62 47 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 22.46% 10.47% 10.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 95.38% 63.51% 77.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 28 82
10th Percentile £200 £210 £200
25th Percentile £325 £225 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £370 £420
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -11.90% -6.67%
75th Percentile £536 £476 £519
90th Percentile £543 £601 £550
South East median daily rate £490 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +3.16% +18.75% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 2
10th Percentile - £16.05 £18.78
25th Percentile - £17.16 £19.19
Median hourly rate £14.20 £22.50 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% +8.43% +59.62%
75th Percentile £14.66 £42.75 £22.69
90th Percentile £15.12 £48.75 £23.33
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £24.50 £41.88
% change year-on-year -23.18% -41.49% +146.32%

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 65 74 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 23.55% 16.48% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 51 106
10th Percentile £204 £220 £204
25th Percentile £325 £355 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £470
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £536 £539 £538
90th Percentile £541 £590 £584
South East median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 2
10th Percentile - £16.10 £18.78
25th Percentile - £17.58 £19.19
Median hourly rate £14.20 £22.51 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +8.48% +59.62%
75th Percentile £14.66 £39.75 £22.69
90th Percentile £15.12 £48.75 £23.33
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.38% -13.64% +223.53%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Buckinghamshire

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 6 July 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 +7 40 £358 -15.88% 24
Newport Pagnell - 8 - - 1
Iver - 5 £508 -
Bletchley - 5 - - 1
Aylesbury - 2 £450 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 17 (27.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (25.81%) IBM Domino
3 3 (4.84%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (4.84%) IIS
4 1 (1.61%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (33.87%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (17.74%) Azure
3 8 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.06%) Google Workspace
5 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.23%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.61%) AWS
7 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 23 (37.10%) Firewall
2 16 (25.81%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (9.68%) SAN
3 6 (9.68%) VLAN
4 5 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.61%) DHCP
6 1 (1.61%) DNS
6 1 (1.61%) FTP
6 1 (1.61%) HTTP
6 1 (1.61%) Modbus
6 1 (1.61%) NAS
6 1 (1.61%) Profibus
6 1 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.84%) MS Access
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) QARun
2 2 (3.23%) WinRunner
3 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 29 (46.77%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.81%) Games
3 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.84%) Finance
5 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) Platform Engineer
2 10 (16.13%) Analyst
3 9 (14.52%) Test Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Senior
5 6 (9.68%) Developer
6 5 (8.06%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (8.06%) IT Support
6 5 (8.06%) Lead
7 4 (6.45%) Integration Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Integration Test Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Python Developer
7 4 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Senior Developer
7 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Consultant
8 3 (4.84%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Python Developer
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Test Analyst
9 2 (3.23%) Citrix Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Citrix Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (4.84%) .NET
2 3 (4.84%) Middleware
2 3 (4.84%) Web Services
3 2 (3.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.61%) EDI
4 1 (1.61%) JSON
4 1 (1.61%) MSMQ
4 1 (1.61%) REST
4 1 (1.61%) SOAP
4 1 (1.61%) WCF
4 1 (1.61%) XML
4 1 (1.61%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.42%) Mac OS
2 16 (25.81%) Android
3 14 (22.58%) Windows Server
4 9 (14.52%) Windows 10
5 7 (11.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (9.68%) Linux
6 6 (9.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (8.06%) Debian
7 5 (8.06%) Ubuntu
8 4 (6.45%) Unix
9 1 (1.61%) VMS
9 1 (1.61%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (25.81%) E-Commerce
3 11 (17.74%) Agile
3 11 (17.74%) Customer Service
4 10 (16.13%) Logistics
4 10 (16.13%) Migration
4 10 (16.13%) Time Management
5 9 (14.52%) Integration Testing
5 9 (14.52%) Software Testing
5 9 (14.52%) System Integration Testing
5 9 (14.52%) Test Planning
5 9 (14.52%) Waterfall
6 8 (12.90%) DevOps
6 8 (12.90%) Test Automation
7 7 (11.29%) ITIL
8 6 (9.68%) Data Migration
8 6 (9.68%) Defect Management
8 6 (9.68%) SDLC
8 6 (9.68%) Validation
9 5 (8.06%) Post-Production
Programming Languages
1 21 (33.87%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.68%) C#
2 6 (9.68%) VB
3 5 (8.06%) Python
4 4 (6.45%) SQL
5 1 (1.61%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.61%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) Degree
3 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) IEC 61131
2 1 (1.61%) RMADS
2 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (33.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 18 (29.03%) SCCM
2 3 (4.84%) SCOM
Vendors
1 40 (64.52%) Microsoft
2 18 (29.03%) Cisco
3 16 (25.81%) Meraki
3 16 (25.81%) Splunk
4 8 (12.90%) VMware
5 7 (11.29%) Citrix
6 5 (8.06%) Google
6 5 (8.06%) Red Hat
7 4 (6.45%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.84%) Dynatrace
8 3 (4.84%) IBM
9 2 (3.23%) F5
9 2 (3.23%) HP
9 2 (3.23%) Remedy
10 1 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.61%) Imperva
10 1 (1.61%) Isilon
10 1 (1.61%) Netskope
10 1 (1.61%) Rockwell
10 1 (1.61%) Veeam