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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 26 15
Rank change year-on-year -25 -11 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 97 149 212
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.72% 7.76% 8.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 53.01% 58.66% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 104 153
10th Percentile £175 £215 £164
25th Percentile £200 £263 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
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 183 254 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.02% 13.23% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 184 227
10th Percentile £186 £243 £213
25th Percentile £248 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £651
90th Percentile £668 £711 £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 £39.75 £24.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +65.63% +9.09% -54.87%

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 23 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 23 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 80 £363 -16.18% 23
West End of London -9 4 £575 +130.00% 1
City of Westminster -6 2 £600 +33.33% 2
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 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.28%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.06%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 35 (36.08%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (27.84%) Azure
3 18 (18.56%) Entra ID
4 14 (14.43%) AWS
5 7 (7.22%) GCP
5 7 (7.22%) GitHub
5 7 (7.22%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.15%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (5.15%) SaaS
7 4 (4.12%) Azure AKS
7 4 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (4.12%) IaaS
7 4 (4.12%) PaaS
8 3 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.09%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (3.09%) OpenShift
8 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.62%) DNS
2 16 (16.49%) DHCP
3 11 (11.34%) Firewall
4 10 (10.31%) VPN
5 8 (8.25%) TCP/IP
6 4 (4.12%) LAN
6 4 (4.12%) Unified Communications
6 4 (4.12%) WAN
7 3 (3.09%) SMTP
8 2 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.06%) Wireshark
9 1 (1.03%) DMZ
9 1 (1.03%) Internet
9 1 (1.03%) Multicast
9 1 (1.03%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.03%) Network Security
9 1 (1.03%) SAN
9 1 (1.03%) VLAN
9 1 (1.03%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.49%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.12%) Db2
2 4 (4.12%) MongoDB
2 4 (4.12%) NoSQL
2 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (3.09%) Big Data
3 3 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.06%) Power BI
4 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) JIRA
2 3 (3.09%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.09%) MSI
3 2 (2.06%) Fiddler
3 2 (2.06%) git-flow
3 2 (2.06%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.03%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.03%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.03%) Gradle
General
1 33 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.53%) Finance
3 10 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.22%) Banking
5 4 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.06%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.06%) Publishing
7 1 (1.03%) Front Office
7 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.03%) International Banking
7 1 (1.03%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.03%) Law
7 1 (1.03%) Legal
7 1 (1.03%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (26.80%) Support Engineer
2 13 (13.40%) Analyst
2 13 (13.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (12.37%) IT Support
4 10 (10.31%) Desktop Support
5 8 (8.25%) IT Engineer
5 8 (8.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (7.22%) Developer
6 7 (7.22%) Support Analyst
7 6 (6.19%) IT Analyst
7 6 (6.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (6.19%) Senior
8 5 (5.15%) Active Directory Engineer
8 5 (5.15%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (5.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (4.12%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) .NET
2 7 (7.22%) .NET Framework
3 3 (3.09%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.09%) Backbone.js
3 3 (3.09%) Bootstrap
3 3 (3.09%) Ember.js
3 3 (3.09%) Hugging Face
3 3 (3.09%) jQuery
3 3 (3.09%) Keras
3 3 (3.09%) PyTorch
3 3 (3.09%) React
3 3 (3.09%) TensorFlow
4 2 (2.06%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (2.06%) COM
4 2 (2.06%) Qt
4 2 (2.06%) Web Services
5 1 (1.03%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.03%) LDAP
5 1 (1.03%) REST
5 1 (1.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.31%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.22%) PKI
2 7 (7.22%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.15%) Clustering
3 5 (5.15%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.09%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.06%) BYOD
5 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.06%) iPhone
5 2 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.03%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.03%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) Life Science
6 1 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.03%) Replication
6 1 (1.03%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 25 (25.77%) Windows Server
2 16 (16.49%) Mac OS
3 15 (15.46%) Linux
4 10 (10.31%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.15%) Android
6 4 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.12%) VMS
7 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.03%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.03%) SUSE
8 1 (1.03%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.03%) Unix
8 1 (1.03%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (14.43%) Migration
4 13 (13.40%) ITIL
5 11 (11.34%) DevOps
6 10 (10.31%) AI
6 10 (10.31%) Customer Service
7 9 (9.28%) CI/CD
8 8 (8.25%) High Availability
8 8 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (7.22%) Change Management
9 7 (7.22%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (7.22%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (6.19%) Analytics
10 6 (6.19%) Application Packaging
10 6 (6.19%) Asset Management
10 6 (6.19%) Change Control
10 6 (6.19%) Machine Learning
10 6 (6.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 21 (21.65%) PowerShell
2 14 (14.43%) SQL
3 12 (12.37%) C#
4 6 (6.19%) Python
5 5 (5.15%) C++
6 4 (4.12%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.12%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.06%) Java
7 2 (2.06%) VBA
8 1 (1.03%) Bash
8 1 (1.03%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.03%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.31%) Degree
3 6 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.15%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.09%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.09%) CCNA
5 3 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.09%) PhD
6 2 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.06%) MCSE
7 1 (1.03%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.03%) CCA
7 1 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.03%) CISA
7 1 (1.03%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.03%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.15%) QA
2 4 (4.12%) SLA
3 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.03%) GDPR
4 1 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.03%) GRC
System Software
1 41 (42.27%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (7.22%) Hyper-V
3 7 (7.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (7.22%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (7.22%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (4.12%) BitLocker
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (3.09%) Docker
5 3 (3.09%) Terminal Services
5 3 (3.09%) vSphere
6 2 (2.06%) Firmware
7 1 (1.03%) XenApp
7 1 (1.03%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.03%) zsh
Systems Management
1 19 (19.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.34%) Kubernetes
3 8 (8.25%) SCCM
4 6 (6.19%) Ansible
4 6 (6.19%) Terraform
4 6 (6.19%) vCenter Server
5 3 (3.09%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.09%) Nagios
5 3 (3.09%) Puppet
5 3 (3.09%) vMotion
6 2 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.03%) Autotask
7 1 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.03%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.03%) PowerCLI
7 1 (1.03%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.03%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (49.48%) Microsoft
2 17 (17.53%) Citrix
3 14 (14.43%) VMware
4 8 (8.25%) ServiceNow
5 6 (6.19%) Apple
6 5 (5.15%) Cisco
6 5 (5.15%) HP
6 5 (5.15%) Oracle
7 4 (4.12%) Bloomberg
7 4 (4.12%) Google
8 3 (3.09%) F5
8 3 (3.09%) Symantec
9 2 (2.06%) Adobe
9 2 (2.06%) Dell
9 2 (2.06%) EMC
9 2 (2.06%) IBM
9 2 (2.06%) ION Trading
9 2 (2.06%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.03%) Tenable