Windows Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Windows
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 27 18
Rank change year-on-year -31 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 98 150 211
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.75% 7.73% 8.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 51.85% 58.37% 66.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 104 151
10th Percentile £176 £215 £160
25th Percentile £200 £263 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £416 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% -2.06% -
75th Percentile £638 £575 £575
90th Percentile £668 £675 £675
London median daily rate £425 £438 £400
% change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £22.00 £21.25
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.13 £21.69
Median hourly rate £19.50 £26.50 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year -26.42% +7.61% +9.44%
75th Percentile £19.75 £69.56 £27.00
90th Percentile - £140.33 £28.19
London median hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -14.43%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 189 257 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.23% 13.25% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 185 227
10th Percentile £187 £243 £212
25th Percentile £256 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -3.85%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £648
90th Percentile £671 £705 £725
London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £22.00 £21.25
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.13 £21.69
Median hourly rate £19.50 £26.50 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year -26.42% +7.61% -29.64%
75th Percentile £19.75 £69.56 £27.00
90th Percentile - £140.33 £28.19
London median hourly rate £27.00 £24.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -56.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Windows job vacancy trend in Central London

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Central London over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Central London

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Central London region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
City of London -30 82 £406 -6.07% 22
West End of London -10 3 £575 +130.00% 1
City of Westminster -6 2 £600 +33.33% 1
Southwark - 1 £188 - 1
Windows
London

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.04%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (27.55%) Azure
3 18 (18.37%) Entra ID
4 14 (14.29%) AWS
5 7 (7.14%) GCP
5 7 (7.14%) GitHub
5 7 (7.14%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.10%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (5.10%) SaaS
7 4 (4.08%) Azure AKS
7 4 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (4.08%) IaaS
7 4 (4.08%) PaaS
8 3 (3.06%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (3.06%) OpenShift
8 3 (3.06%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.04%) Serverless
10 1 (1.02%) IBM Cloud
10 1 (1.02%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 22 (22.45%) DNS
2 18 (18.37%) DHCP
3 13 (13.27%) Firewall
4 12 (12.24%) VPN
5 8 (8.16%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.12%) LAN
7 5 (5.10%) WAN
8 4 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (3.06%) SMTP
9 3 (3.06%) Unified Communications
10 2 (2.04%) DMZ
10 2 (2.04%) Wireshark
11 1 (1.02%) BGP
11 1 (1.02%) Internet
11 1 (1.02%) MPLS
11 1 (1.02%) NetScaler
11 1 (1.02%) Network Security
11 1 (1.02%) OSPF
11 1 (1.02%) VLAN
11 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (17.35%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.10%) Oracle Database
3 4 (4.08%) Db2
3 4 (4.08%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.08%) NoSQL
3 4 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.06%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (3.06%) Big Data
4 3 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.04%) Power BI
5 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.02%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) JIRA
2 3 (3.06%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.06%) MSI
3 2 (2.04%) Fiddler
3 2 (2.04%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.02%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.02%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.02%) git-flow
4 1 (1.02%) Gradle
General
1 33 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.35%) Finance
3 10 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.14%) Banking
5 4 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.04%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.02%) Front Office
7 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.02%) Law
7 1 (1.02%) Legal
7 1 (1.02%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (26.53%) Support Engineer
2 13 (13.27%) Analyst
2 13 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (12.24%) IT Support
4 10 (10.20%) Desktop Support
5 8 (8.16%) Developer
5 8 (8.16%) IT Engineer
5 8 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (7.14%) Support Analyst
7 6 (6.12%) IT Analyst
7 6 (6.12%) Senior
8 5 (5.10%) Active Directory Engineer
8 5 (5.10%) C# Developer
8 5 (5.10%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (5.10%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (5.10%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 4 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (4.08%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (4.08%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (4.08%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.20%) .NET
2 8 (8.16%) .NET Framework
3 3 (3.06%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.06%) Backbone.js
3 3 (3.06%) Bootstrap
3 3 (3.06%) Ember.js
3 3 (3.06%) Hugging Face
3 3 (3.06%) jQuery
3 3 (3.06%) Keras
3 3 (3.06%) PyTorch
3 3 (3.06%) React
3 3 (3.06%) TensorFlow
4 2 (2.04%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (2.04%) COM
4 2 (2.04%) Qt
4 2 (2.04%) Web Services
5 1 (1.02%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.02%) LDAP
5 1 (1.02%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.14%) PKI
2 7 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.10%) Clustering
3 5 (5.10%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.06%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.04%) iPhone
5 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.02%) BYOD
6 1 (1.02%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.02%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.02%) Life Science
6 1 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.02%) Replication
6 1 (1.02%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 26 (26.53%) Windows Server
2 16 (16.33%) Mac OS
3 15 (15.31%) Linux
4 10 (10.20%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.10%) Android
6 4 (4.08%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.08%) VMS
7 3 (3.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.02%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.02%) SUSE
9 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.02%) Unix
9 1 (1.02%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (13.27%) ITIL
3 13 (13.27%) Migration
4 10 (10.20%) AI
4 10 (10.20%) Customer Service
4 10 (10.20%) DevOps
5 8 (8.16%) CI/CD
5 8 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (8.16%) Service Delivery
6 7 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (7.14%) High Availability
6 7 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (6.12%) Analytics
7 6 (6.12%) Application Packaging
7 6 (6.12%) Asset Management
7 6 (6.12%) Change Control
7 6 (6.12%) Change Management
7 6 (6.12%) Machine Learning
7 6 (6.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.41%) PowerShell
2 15 (15.31%) SQL
3 13 (13.27%) C#
4 6 (6.12%) Python
5 5 (5.10%) C++
5 5 (5.10%) PL/SQL
5 5 (5.10%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.04%) Java
6 2 (2.04%) VBA
7 1 (1.02%) Bash
7 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.02%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (15.31%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.20%) Degree
3 6 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.10%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.08%) CCNA
5 4 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.06%) PhD
7 2 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.02%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.02%) CCA
8 1 (1.02%) CCNP
8 1 (1.02%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.02%) CISA
8 1 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.02%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.12%) QA
2 4 (4.08%) SLA
3 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.02%) GDPR
5 1 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (1.02%) GRC
System Software
1 42 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.16%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (8.16%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (7.14%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (4.08%) BitLocker
5 4 (4.08%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (3.06%) Docker
6 3 (3.06%) Terminal Services
6 3 (3.06%) vSphere
7 2 (2.04%) Firmware
8 1 (1.02%) XenApp
8 1 (1.02%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.02%) zsh
Systems Management
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.22%) Kubernetes
3 9 (9.18%) SCCM
4 7 (7.14%) vCenter Server
5 6 (6.12%) Ansible
5 6 (6.12%) Terraform
6 3 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (3.06%) Nagios
6 3 (3.06%) Puppet
6 3 (3.06%) vMotion
7 2 (2.04%) FortiGate
7 2 (2.04%) Nessus
7 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (1.02%) PowerCLI
8 1 (1.02%) SCVMM
8 1 (1.02%) WSUS
8 1 (1.02%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 48 (48.98%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.41%) Citrix
3 16 (16.33%) VMware
4 9 (9.18%) ServiceNow
5 7 (7.14%) Cisco
6 6 (6.12%) Apple
6 6 (6.12%) Oracle
7 5 (5.10%) HP
8 4 (4.08%) Bloomberg
8 4 (4.08%) Google
9 3 (3.06%) F5
9 3 (3.06%) Symantec
9 3 (3.06%) Zscaler
10 2 (2.04%) Dell
10 2 (2.04%) EMC
10 2 (2.04%) IBM
10 2 (2.04%) ION Trading
10 2 (2.04%) Tenable
11 1 (1.02%) Reuters
11 1 (1.02%) Splunk