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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 36 54 70
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 8.57% 14.59% 12.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 78.26% 71.05% 77.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 43 46
10th Percentile £182 £161 £141
25th Percentile £210 £211 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 £375 £338
Median % change year-on-year -28.53% +11.11% -29.69%
75th Percentile £465 £430 £500
90th Percentile £635 £438 £569
South East median daily rate £364 £413 £325
% change year-on-year -11.82% +26.92% -22.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 12
10th Percentile - £18.24 £17.53
25th Percentile - £21.13 £20.75
Median hourly rate - £26.90 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year - +12.67% +49.22%
75th Percentile - £32.30 £25.50
90th Percentile - £34.97 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £36.17 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.70% -9.59% +116.22%

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 46 76 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 10.95% 20.54% 16.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 62 60
10th Percentile £186 £200 £157
25th Percentile £225 £241 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £378 £470
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% -19.68% -10.48%
75th Percentile £560 £438 £550
90th Percentile £636 £550 £588
South East median daily rate £434 £435 £400
% change year-on-year -0.34% +8.75% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 12
10th Percentile - £21.02 £17.53
25th Percentile - £28.08 £20.75
Median hourly rate - £35.08 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year - +46.94% +49.22%
75th Percentile - £37.06 £25.50
90th Percentile - £37.62 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £58.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -64.69% +7.05% +197.30%

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 18 December 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 18 December 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 -3 29 £259 -35.75% 14
Bletchley +5 2 £274 -
Newport Pagnell 0 2 - -
Aylesbury - 1 - - 3
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 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (16.67%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.78%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.78%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Firewall
2 5 (13.89%) DNS
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (8.33%) VPN
5 1 (2.78%) DHCP
5 1 (2.78%) MPLS
5 1 (2.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (5.56%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) SAP Data Services
1 2 (5.56%) Tableau
1 2 (5.56%) Tableau Desktop
1 2 (5.56%) Tableau Server
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Games
4 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (13.89%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 3 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Desktop Technician
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Lead
6 1 (2.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (2.78%) Service Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.56%) Cyberattack
3 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) PKI
4 1 (2.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.78%) Windows 10
2 5 (13.89%) Mac OS
3 4 (11.11%) Android
3 4 (11.11%) Linux
4 3 (8.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.78%) VMS
6 1 (2.78%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Customer Service
2 8 (22.22%) ITIL
2 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 5 (13.89%) ITSM
4 5 (13.89%) Security Patching
5 4 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (11.11%) SIEM
6 3 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (8.33%) Incident Response
6 3 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.33%) Security Operations
7 2 (5.56%) Change Control
7 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.56%) Incident Management
7 2 (5.56%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (5.56%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) C#
2 1 (2.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 7 (19.44%) DV Cleared
4 5 (13.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (8.33%) Degree
6 2 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.78%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (38.89%) SCCM
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (8.33%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 20 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) Splunk
3 5 (13.89%) Cisco
4 4 (11.11%) Citrix
4 4 (11.11%) Meraki
4 4 (11.11%) ServiceNow
5 3 (8.33%) Autodesk
5 3 (8.33%) McAfee
6 2 (5.56%) SAP
6 2 (5.56%) Tanium
6 2 (5.56%) VMware
7 1 (2.78%) Apple
7 1 (2.78%) HP
7 1 (2.78%) Oracle
7 1 (2.78%) Planview
7 1 (2.78%) Remedy