Windows Contracts in Cambridge

Microsoft Windows
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows 9 18 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 7.89% 9.28% 10.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 56.25% 72.00% 46.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 23
10th Percentile £294 £168 £150
25th Percentile £313 £211 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £240 £200
Median % change year-on-year +78.13% +20.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £445 £496 £274
90th Percentile £537 £549 £338
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £404 £240 £288
% change year-on-year +68.23% -16.52% -22.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - £14.90
25th Percentile - £58.75 £15.13
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - +290.63% -
75th Percentile - £66.38 £16.99
90th Percentile - £66.60 £17.28
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £14.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year - -3.45% -

All Operating Systems
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 16 25 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 14.04% 12.89% 23.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 45
10th Percentile £313 £163 £143
25th Percentile £388 £225 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £310 £250
Median % change year-on-year +38.71% +24.00% -47.37%
75th Percentile £522 £535 £475
90th Percentile £621 £638 £506
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £428 £273 £363
% change year-on-year +56.88% -24.83% -14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 9
10th Percentile - £55.00 £15.35
25th Percentile - £58.75 £17.47
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +223.08%
75th Percentile - £66.63 £53.75
90th Percentile - £80.88 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £14.16 £14.59
% change year-on-year - -2.95% +0.62%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) NAS
1 4 (44.44%) SAN
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
1 2 (22.22%) Marketing
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Administrator
1 4 (44.44%) DevOps Administrator
1 4 (44.44%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) C++ Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer in Test
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Python Developer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Distributed Computing
2 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (11.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Ubuntu
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Change Management
2 4 (44.44%) DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) Incident Management
2 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Management
2 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
2 4 (44.44%) Resource Management
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) API Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Office Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C++
1 2 (22.22%) Groovy
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) NetApp
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
2 2 (22.22%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft