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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 26 19
Rank change year-on-year -31 -7 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 89 150 201
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.44% 7.87% 8.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 51.45% 60.98% 63.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 105 145
10th Percentile £180 £215 £158
25th Percentile £200 £263 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -23.78% +15.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £575
90th Percentile £668 £675 £675
London median daily rate £428 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -5.00% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £19.41 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £19.64 £23.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.88 £26.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% +15.22% -
75th Percentile £22.72 £69.56 £27.00
90th Percentile £23.31 £140.33 £28.43
London median hourly rate £24.00 £24.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 173 246 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 6.69% 12.91% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 177 223
10th Percentile £188 £236 £208
25th Percentile £248 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £666
90th Percentile £669 £714 £748
London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £19.41 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £19.64 £23.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.88 £26.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% +15.22% -45.88%
75th Percentile £22.72 £69.56 £27.00
90th Percentile £23.31 £140.33 £28.43
London median hourly rate £26.08 £24.34 £22.00
% change year-on-year +7.13% +10.64% -53.68%

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 12 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 12 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 -40 72 £325 -27.98% 29
West End of London -10 4 £575 +38.55% 4
City of Westminster -6 2 £600 +33.33% 4
Southwark - 1 £188 -
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 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.74%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.25%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 32 (35.96%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (31.46%) Azure
3 15 (16.85%) Entra ID
4 14 (15.73%) AWS
5 7 (7.87%) GitHub
6 6 (6.74%) GCP
7 5 (5.62%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (5.62%) OneDrive
8 4 (4.49%) Azure AKS
8 4 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.37%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (3.37%) IaaS
9 3 (3.37%) PaaS
9 3 (3.37%) Power Platform
9 3 (3.37%) SaaS
10 2 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.25%) OpenShift
10 2 (2.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.98%) DNS
2 11 (12.36%) DHCP
3 9 (10.11%) VPN
4 6 (6.74%) Firewall
4 6 (6.74%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.25%) LAN
5 2 (2.25%) SMTP
5 2 (2.25%) Unified Communications
5 2 (2.25%) WAN
6 1 (1.12%) Internet
6 1 (1.12%) IPv4
6 1 (1.12%) IPv6
6 1 (1.12%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.12%) Network Security
6 1 (1.12%) SAN
6 1 (1.12%) VLAN
6 1 (1.12%) VSAN
6 1 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.98%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.49%) Db2
2 4 (4.49%) MongoDB
2 4 (4.49%) NoSQL
2 4 (4.49%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.25%) Big Data
3 2 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.25%) Power BI
3 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) JIRA
2 2 (2.25%) git-flow
2 2 (2.25%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.25%) MSI
3 1 (1.12%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.12%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.12%) Gradle
3 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.85%) Finance
3 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.74%) Banking
5 4 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.25%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.25%) Publishing
7 1 (1.12%) Front Office
7 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.12%) International Banking
7 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.12%) Law
7 1 (1.12%) Legal
7 1 (1.12%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.12%) Military
7 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (23.60%) Support Engineer
2 13 (14.61%) Analyst
3 11 (12.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (11.24%) Desktop Support
4 10 (11.24%) IT Support
5 7 (7.87%) Developer
5 7 (7.87%) Support Analyst
6 6 (6.74%) IT Analyst
6 6 (6.74%) IT Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Senior
8 4 (4.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Citrix Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) .NET
2 6 (6.74%) .NET Framework
3 3 (3.37%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.37%) Backbone.js
3 3 (3.37%) Bootstrap
3 3 (3.37%) Ember.js
3 3 (3.37%) Hugging Face
3 3 (3.37%) jQuery
3 3 (3.37%) Keras
3 3 (3.37%) PyTorch
3 3 (3.37%) React
3 3 (3.37%) TensorFlow
4 2 (2.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (2.25%) COM
4 2 (2.25%) Qt
4 2 (2.25%) Web Services
5 1 (1.12%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.12%) Blazor
5 1 (1.12%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.12%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.87%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.62%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.62%) PKI
2 5 (5.62%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.49%) Clustering
3 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.25%) BYOD
4 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.25%) iPhone
4 2 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.25%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.12%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.12%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.12%) CMDB
5 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.12%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.12%) Life Science
5 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.12%) Replication
5 1 (1.12%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.72%) Windows Server
2 14 (15.73%) Mac OS
3 13 (14.61%) Linux
4 10 (11.24%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.62%) Android
6 4 (4.49%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.49%) VMS
7 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.12%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.12%) SUSE
8 1 (1.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.12%) Unix
8 1 (1.12%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (15.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (15.73%) ITIL
3 13 (14.61%) Migration
4 11 (12.36%) Customer Service
5 10 (11.24%) DevOps
6 9 (10.11%) AI
6 9 (10.11%) CI/CD
7 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (7.87%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.74%) Analytics
9 6 (6.74%) Application Packaging
9 6 (6.74%) Change Control
9 6 (6.74%) Change Management
9 6 (6.74%) Runbook
9 6 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (5.62%) High Availability
10 5 (5.62%) Machine Learning
11 4 (4.49%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.10%) PowerShell
2 13 (14.61%) SQL
3 12 (13.48%) C#
4 5 (5.62%) Python
5 4 (4.49%) PL/SQL
5 4 (4.49%) T-SQL
6 3 (3.37%) C++
7 2 (2.25%) VBA
8 1 (1.12%) Bash
8 1 (1.12%) Java
8 1 (1.12%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (15.73%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.99%) Degree
3 7 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.49%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.37%) CCNA
5 3 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.37%) PhD
6 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.25%) MCSE
7 1 (1.12%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) CCA
7 1 (1.12%) CISA
7 1 (1.12%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.12%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.12%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.62%) QA
2 4 (4.49%) SLA
3 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.25%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.12%) GDPR
4 1 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 36 (40.45%) Active Directory
2 9 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (7.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (7.87%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (6.74%) Hyper-V
5 5 (5.62%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (3.37%) BitLocker
6 3 (3.37%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (3.37%) vSphere
7 2 (2.25%) Docker
7 2 (2.25%) Firmware
7 2 (2.25%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.12%) XenApp
8 1 (1.12%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 14 (15.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.24%) Kubernetes
3 8 (8.99%) SCCM
4 6 (6.74%) Terraform
5 4 (4.49%) Ansible
5 4 (4.49%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.37%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (2.25%) Nagios
7 2 (2.25%) Puppet
7 2 (2.25%) vMotion
8 1 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.12%) Autotask
8 1 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (1.12%) PowerCLI
8 1 (1.12%) SCVMM
8 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.12%) VxRail
8 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.10%) Citrix
3 12 (13.48%) VMware
4 8 (8.99%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.62%) Oracle
6 4 (4.49%) Apple
6 4 (4.49%) Bloomberg
6 4 (4.49%) HP
7 3 (3.37%) Cisco
7 3 (3.37%) Google
8 2 (2.25%) Adobe
8 2 (2.25%) Dell
8 2 (2.25%) EMC
8 2 (2.25%) IBM
8 2 (2.25%) Symantec
9 1 (1.12%) Charles River
9 1 (1.12%) ION Trading
9 1 (1.12%) Isilon
9 1 (1.12%) Reuters
9 1 (1.12%) Sybase