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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 30 37 66
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 6.65% 12.50% 11.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% 67.27% 69.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 31 42
10th Percentile £188 £150 £151
25th Percentile £216 £200 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £274 £413
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -33.53% -13.61%
75th Percentile £588 £430 £500
90th Percentile £639 £438 £584
South East median daily rate £400 £400 £360
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - £17.80
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £45.00
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -41.05% +143.59%

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 40 55 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 8.87% 18.58% 16.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 46 65
10th Percentile £190 £167 £175
25th Percentile £230 £214 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £368 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.53% -26.50% -3.85%
75th Percentile £599 £430 £550
90th Percentile £639 £525 £577
South East median daily rate £450 £430 £400
% change year-on-year +4.65% +7.50% -16.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 13
10th Percentile - £32.60 £17.80
25th Percentile - £33.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate - £36.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £37.50 £30.00
90th Percentile - £37.80 £45.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -63.84% +2.68% +154.55%

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 20 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 20 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 -6 27 £274 -32.88% 9
Bletchley +5 2 £274 -
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 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) DNS
1 8 (26.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.00%) VPN
3 1 (3.33%) DHCP
3 1 (3.33%) Firewall
3 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 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Senior
4 4 (13.33%) Service Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Lead
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Technician
6 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) IT Support
7 1 (3.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Administrator
7 1 (3.33%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (20.00%) Cyberattack
3 4 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (10.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
5 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.33%) PKI
6 1 (3.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
2 8 (26.67%) 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
2 8 (26.67%) SIEM
3 7 (23.33%) Incident Response
3 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (23.33%) Security Operations
4 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.67%) ITSM
5 5 (16.67%) Patch Management
5 5 (16.67%) Security Patching
6 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (6.67%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (6.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (43.33%) SC Cleared
3 9 (30.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) Degree
4 5 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) SCCM
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.00%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Splunk
3 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.00%) Autodesk
4 3 (10.00%) Citrix
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