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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 -8 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 83 75 127
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 9.67% 10.26% 15.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.75% 68.81% 84.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 41 75
10th Percentile £131 £173 £130
25th Percentile £135 £281 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £375 £225
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £449 £450 £486
90th Percentile £490 £500 £583
England median daily rate £390 £420 £420
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 20
10th Percentile £18.28 £14.54 £11.88
25th Percentile £20.93 £17.29 £13.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +14.32%
75th Percentile - - £19.06
90th Percentile - £34.47 £21.50
England median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £22.50
% change year-on-year -11.25% +7.47% +3.31%

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 119 109 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.87% 14.91% 18.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 61 88
10th Percentile £132 £180 £130
25th Percentile £168 £325 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £400 £275
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% +45.45% -18.52%
75th Percentile £469 £488 £506
90th Percentile £492 £530 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 23
10th Percentile £18.28 £14.65 £12.15
25th Percentile £20.93 £17.58 £14.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +10.96%
75th Percentile - £24.74 £20.75
90th Percentile - £58.75 £49.55
England median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.00% +43.75% +60.00%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 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
Derbyshire +4 24 £171 -52.83% 36
Nottinghamshire +3 24 £368 -2.00% 26
Leicestershire +2 21 £132 -55.92% 17
Northamptonshire -27 10 £475 +8.54% 30
Lincolnshire -11 3 £200 -11.11% 21
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 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) IIS
3 1 (1.20%) Apache
3 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (16.87%) Azure
3 11 (13.25%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.64%) AWS
5 5 (6.02%) GCP
6 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) LAN
1 3 (3.61%) PuTTY
1 3 (3.61%) SSH
1 3 (3.61%) Telnet
2 2 (2.41%) DNS
2 2 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.41%) WAN
3 1 (1.20%) DHCP
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) SMTP
3 1 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.20%) Power BI
1 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Git
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 37 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Retail
3 6 (7.23%) Finance
3 6 (7.23%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.41%) Legal
6 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.28%) Support Engineer
2 15 (18.07%) Analyst
3 11 (13.25%) Windows Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) Windows Support Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) Deployment Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) IT Support
5 8 (9.64%) Service Analyst
5 8 (9.64%) Service Desk Analyst
6 7 (8.43%) Desktop Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Desktop Support
7 6 (7.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Support Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Technical Support
8 5 (6.02%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (6.02%) IT Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) 1st Line Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) X-Windows
2 1 (1.20%) .NET
2 1 (1.20%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.20%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.20%) CSS
2 1 (1.20%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.23%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.02%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.82%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.41%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.20%) CMDB
5 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.30%) Windows 10
2 9 (10.84%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.43%) Mac OS
4 4 (4.82%) Linux
5 3 (3.61%) Android
5 3 (3.61%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.61%) Windows 8
5 3 (3.61%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (3.61%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (3.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (16.87%) Customer Service
3 11 (13.25%) ITIL
4 10 (12.05%) Data Protection
4 10 (12.05%) Line Management
5 9 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (9.64%) ITSM
7 7 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (8.43%) Digital Strategy
7 7 (8.43%) User Experience
8 6 (7.23%) Change Management
8 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (7.23%) Project Management
8 6 (7.23%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.23%) Service Management
8 6 (7.23%) Thought Leadership
9 5 (6.02%) Break/Fix
9 5 (6.02%) Information Security
9 5 (6.02%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.25%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.02%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) C#
3 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (25.30%) SC Cleared
1 21 (25.30%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.64%) Degree
3 5 (6.02%) A+ Certification
4 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.20%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.20%) MCSE
6 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) GDPR
1 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.82%) QA
2 4 (4.82%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (46.99%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.43%) BitLocker
4 4 (4.82%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.61%) Firmware
6 2 (2.41%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (21.69%) SCCM
2 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (51.81%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.25%) VMware
3 9 (10.84%) Citrix
4 8 (9.64%) HP
5 5 (6.02%) Cisco
6 3 (3.61%) Dell
6 3 (3.61%) Draytek
6 3 (3.61%) McAfee
6 3 (3.61%) Samsung
7 2 (2.41%) Apple
7 2 (2.41%) Oracle
8 1 (1.20%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.20%) Okta
8 1 (1.20%) SAP
8 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow