Microsoft Windows
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Windows skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 12 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -4 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | 5.15% | 6.94% | 10.26% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 33.33% | 62.50% | 57.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £333 | £261 |
| 25th Percentile | £150 | £456 | £334 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £170 | £550 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -69.09% | +46.67% | -25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £190 | £578 | £416 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £584 | £489 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £334 | £510 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.46% | +10.27% | +41.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £17.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £17.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £17.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £16.00 | £16.19 | £14.28 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.17% | +13.42% | -31.67% |
All Operating Systems
Chester
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 Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 15 | 8 | 14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 15.46% | 11.11% | 17.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £388 | £326 |
| 25th Percentile | £160 | £525 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £190 | £563 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.22% | +40.63% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £653 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £706 | £595 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £368 | £459 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.78% | -7.32% | +32.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £17.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -19.65% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £17.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £16.00 | £16.19 | £14.28 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.17% | +13.42% | -31.67% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Windows.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Windows.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: