Windows Contracts in Derbyshire

Microsoft Windows
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire 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 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 14 41 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 12.96% 24.40% 20.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 28 22
10th Percentile £155 £150 £115
25th Percentile £168 £160 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £238 £338
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -29.63% +82.43%
75th Percentile £200 £511 £506
90th Percentile £305 £588 £636
East Midlands median daily rate £198 £359 £223
% change year-on-year -45.02% +61.10% -0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - - £15.99
25th Percentile - £17.00 £17.10
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% +12.87% -52.75%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £19.04
90th Percentile - - £21.42
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +43.71% -1.24% -17.58%

All Operating Systems
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14 41 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 12.96% 24.40% 24.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 28 24
10th Percentile £155 £150 £116
25th Percentile £168 £160 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £238 £350
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -32.14% +47.37%
75th Percentile £200 £511 £503
90th Percentile £305 £588 £634
East Midlands median daily rate £330 £379 £350
% change year-on-year -12.93% +8.29% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - - £15.99
25th Percentile - £17.00 £17.10
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% +12.87% -52.75%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £19.04
90th Percentile - - £21.42
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £18.00 £18.05
% change year-on-year +39.72% -0.28% -11.48%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Derbyshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Derbyshire.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Derbyshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 9 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Derbyshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Derbyshire.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Derbyshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 9 August 2025. 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
Derby -4 11 £186 -7.25% 10
Chesterfield +4 3 £134 -71.79% 8
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (21.43%) PuTTY
2 3 (21.43%) SSH
2 3 (21.43%) Telnet
3 1 (7.14%) SMTP
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Break Fix Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Junior
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Support Technician
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) ARM Templates
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows 10
2 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
3 3 (21.43%) Windows 8
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Vista
5 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Break/Fix
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 2 (14.29%) Data Management
4 2 (14.29%) Line Management
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Containerisation
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Service Management
5 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) BitLocker
2 3 (21.43%) Firmware
3 1 (7.14%) Docker
3 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
2 3 (21.43%) Dell
2 3 (21.43%) Draytek
2 3 (21.43%) McAfee
3 1 (7.14%) Apple
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Okta
3 1 (7.14%) VMware