Microsoft Windows
Essex > Chelmsford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 2 | 4 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +2 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chelmsford | - | 25.00% | 15.15% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 100.00% | 83.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £187 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £185 | £265 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £190 | £396 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -52.02% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £195 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £600 |
| Essex median daily rate | £245 | £213 | £288 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.29% | -26.09% | -28.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.15 | £21.96 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £13.59 | £22.96 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.31 | £24.62 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -41.88% | +49.21% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £15.04 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £15.47 | - |
| Essex median hourly rate | £22.50 | £15.76 | £24.62 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.77% | -35.99% | -13.34% |
All Operating Systems
Chelmsford
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 Chelmsford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford | - | 25.00% | 18.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £187 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £185 | £265 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £190 | £396 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -52.02% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £195 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £600 |
| Essex median daily rate | £350 | £250 | £328 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.00% | -23.78% | -32.37% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.15 | £21.96 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £13.59 | £22.96 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.31 | £24.62 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -41.88% | +49.21% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £15.04 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £15.47 | - |
| Essex median hourly rate | £22.50 | £15.76 | £24.62 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.77% | -35.99% | -13.34% |
Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.
Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Chelmsford.
Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Chelmsford.