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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	33	33	24
Rank change year-on-year	0	-9	-5
Contract jobs citing Windows	152	116	184
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	6.39%	6.12%	7.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category	62.81%	56.31%	62.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	103	84	124
10^th Percentile	£173	£198	£154
25^th Percentile	£223	£268	£319
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£380	£450	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-15.56%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£610	£567	£579
90^th Percentile	£674	£685	£675
London median daily rate	£416	£425	£425
% change year-on-year	-2.12%	-	-10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	3	4
10^th Percentile	£19.33	£19.85	£24.29
25^th Percentile	£19.44	£21.31	£26.03
Median hourly rate	£22.50	£24.50	£69.50
Median % change year-on-year	-8.16%	-64.75%	+208.89%
75^th Percentile	£33.38	£27.75	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£50.25	£29.25	-
London median hourly rate	£22.80	£23.00	£24.15
% change year-on-year	-0.87%	-4.76%	-6.07%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	242	206	295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London	10.17%	10.87%	12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted	166	144	198
10^th Percentile	£188	£225	£209
25^th Percentile	£288	£348	£350
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£486	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-2.80%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£636	£665	£638
90^th Percentile	£724	£700	£725
London median daily rate	£475	£500	£500
% change year-on-year	-5.00%	-	-4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	4	4
10^th Percentile	£19.33	£20.33	£24.29
25^th Percentile	£19.44	£22.53	£26.03
Median hourly rate	£22.50	£26.00	£69.50
Median % change year-on-year	-13.46%	-62.59%	+91.72%
75^th Percentile	£33.38	£29.13	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£50.25	£29.80	-
London median hourly rate	£24.00	£25.15	£27.00
% change year-on-year	-4.57%	-6.85%	-38.41%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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 17 October 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.

Windows Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Central London over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Central London

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 17 October 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	-7	123	£415	-7.78%	83
City of Westminster	-10	8	£175	-62.16%	19
Kensington and Chelsea	-	3	£150	-
West End of London	-14	2	£453	+94.62%	3
Windows London

Windows Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Windows also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region with a requirement for Windows.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	57.9%	88
2	Active Directory	47.4%	72
3	Microsoft 365	34.2%	52
4	Windows Server	30.3%	46
5	PowerShell	28.9%	44
6	DNS	27.6%	42
6	Problem-Solving	27.6%	42
8	Azure	26.3%	40
9	Microsoft Intune	23.0%	35
10	Entra ID	21.7%	33
11	ITIL	21.1%	32
11	Security Cleared	21.1%	32
11	ServiceNow	21.1%	32
14	DHCP	20.4%	31
14	Linux	20.4%	31
16	Microsoft Exchange	19.7%	30
16	VMware	19.7%	30
18	SQL Server	17.8%	27
19	Migration	17.1%	26
20	macOS	15.8%	24
20	VPN	15.8%	24
22	Infrastructure Engineering	15.1%	23
22	ITSM	15.1%	23
24	SCCM	14.5%	22
24	VMware Infrastructure	14.5%	22
24	Windows 10	14.5%	22
27	SC Cleared	13.8%	21
27	SQL	13.8%	21
29	Customer Service	13.2%	20
29	Firewall	13.2%	20

Windows Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows Server	30.3%	46
2	Linux	20.4%	31
3	macOS	15.8%	24
4	Windows 10	14.5%	22
5	Unix	6.6%	10
6	Android	5.3%	8
7	Apple iOS	3.9%	6
8	Windows 7	3.3%	5
8	Windows Server 2012	3.3%	5
10	VMS	2.6%	4
10	Windows Server 2008	2.6%	4
12	Red Hat Enterprise Linux	2.0%	3
12	Windows Server 2019	2.0%	3
14	CentOS	1.3%	2
14	OpenVMS	1.3%	2
14	Windows Server 2016	1.3%	2
17	Ubuntu	0.7%	1
17	Windows Server 2003	0.7%	1