Windows Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -13 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 102 50 133
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 11.33% 8.77% 18.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.27% 73.53% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 31 78
10th Percentile £131 £173 £128
25th Percentile £163 £185 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £350 £220
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -20.00%
75th Percentile £398 £408 £460
90th Percentile £483 £475 £575
England median daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 21
10th Percentile £17.27 £15.83 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.58 £17.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.11 £20.41 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +23.04% +15.18% +14.32%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.91 £20.00
90th Percentile - £71.15 -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +1.20%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 132 68 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.67% 11.93% 20.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 45 89
10th Percentile £132 £176 £126
25th Percentile £163 £206 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £375 £225
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £438 £440 £488
90th Percentile £504 £525 £575
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 22
10th Percentile £17.27 £15.83 £12.08
25th Percentile £20.58 £17.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.11 £20.41 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +23.04% +15.18% +6.11%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.91 £20.00
90th Percentile - £71.15 £23.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -46.49% +56.67% +20.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Windows job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the East Midlands

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Nottinghamshire +8 39 £223 -26.14% 9
Derbyshire +7 25 £225 -16.67% 8
Leicestershire +3 19 £131 -51.19% 12
Northamptonshire -19 15 £450 +12.50% 9
Lincolnshire -8 3 £200 +29.03% 3
Windows
England

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 12 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.96%) IIS
4 1 (0.98%) Apache
4 1 (0.98%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 30 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (25.49%) Azure
3 21 (20.59%) Entra ID
4 11 (10.78%) AWS
5 7 (6.86%) GCP
6 3 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.98%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) DNS
2 3 (2.94%) LAN
2 3 (2.94%) PuTTY
2 3 (2.94%) SSH
2 3 (2.94%) Telnet
3 2 (1.96%) DHCP
3 2 (1.96%) Network Security
3 2 (1.96%) WAN
4 1 (0.98%) Firewall
4 1 (0.98%) SMTP
4 1 (0.98%) VLAN
4 1 (0.98%) VPN
4 1 (0.98%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.98%) Power BI
1 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Git
2 1 (0.98%) SonarQube
General
1 39 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.78%) Retail
3 7 (6.86%) Finance
4 6 (5.88%) Law
4 6 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Legal
8 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Automotive
9 1 (0.98%) Banking
9 1 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.98%) Local Government
9 1 (0.98%) Police
9 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (18.63%) Desktop Support
2 17 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 15 (14.71%) Analyst
4 10 (9.80%) IT Support
5 9 (8.82%) Deployment Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) Desktop Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) Service Analyst
5 9 (8.82%) Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (7.84%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Desktop Support Technician
7 7 (6.86%) Desktop Technician
7 7 (6.86%) Support Technician
7 7 (6.86%) Technical Support
7 7 (6.86%) Windows Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) IT Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) Senior Desktop Support
8 5 (4.90%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
8 5 (4.90%) Senior Support Technician
8 5 (4.90%) Senior Technician
8 5 (4.90%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) X-Windows
2 1 (0.98%) .NET
2 1 (0.98%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.98%) CSS
2 1 (0.98%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.75%) Smartphone
2 8 (7.84%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.92%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.98%) CMDB
7 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 33 (32.35%) Windows 10
2 10 (9.80%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.82%) Apple iOS
4 7 (6.86%) Linux
4 7 (6.86%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.92%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.92%) Windows 8
5 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.94%) Android
6 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.49%) Customer Service
2 25 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (15.69%) Migration
5 15 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (12.75%) Data Protection
7 12 (11.76%) ITIL
8 11 (10.78%) Change Management
9 10 (9.80%) Line Management
10 9 (8.82%) ITSM
11 8 (7.84%) Project Delivery
11 8 (7.84%) User Experience
11 8 (7.84%) Zero Trust
12 7 (6.86%) BCP
12 7 (6.86%) Data Migration
12 7 (6.86%) Digital Strategy
12 7 (6.86%) Enterprise Architecture
12 7 (6.86%) Roadmaps
12 7 (6.86%) Thought Leadership
13 6 (5.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.86%) Bash
3 2 (1.96%) C#
3 2 (1.96%) C++
3 2 (1.96%) Python
4 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.98%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (19.61%) SC Cleared
1 20 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.84%) Degree
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.90%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.96%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.98%) MCSE
6 1 (0.98%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) GDPR
1 7 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.92%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (56.86%) Active Directory
2 15 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.84%) BitLocker
4 7 (6.86%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.94%) Firmware
6 2 (1.96%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (35.29%) SCCM
2 19 (18.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.96%) SCOM
Vendors
1 55 (53.92%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.71%) VMware
3 10 (9.80%) Citrix
4 6 (5.88%) Cisco
5 5 (4.90%) HP
6 3 (2.94%) Dell
6 3 (2.94%) Draytek
6 3 (2.94%) McAfee
6 3 (2.94%) Samsung
7 2 (1.96%) Google
7 2 (1.96%) Oracle
7 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.96%) Sophos
8 1 (0.98%) Apple
8 1 (0.98%) SAP