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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 10 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 69 88 135
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.15% 11.58% 16.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.00% 69.29% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 51 80
10th Percentile £131 £160 £129
25th Percentile £166 £264 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £375 £225
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £474 £438 £488
90th Percentile £492 £500 £588
England median daily rate £400 £423 £425
% change year-on-year -5.38% -0.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 19
10th Percentile £15.66 £14.54 £11.75
25th Percentile £21.06 £17.29 £13.71
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +38.17% +12.90%
75th Percentile - - £18.57
90th Percentile - £34.47 £20.30
England median hourly rate £21.29 £24.35 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.57% -2.60% +15.53%

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 100 127 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.81% 16.71% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 74 96
10th Percentile £134 £175 £130
25th Percentile £183 £309 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £394 £300
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% +31.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £475 £474 £538
90th Percentile £490 £519 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 22
10th Percentile £15.66 £14.65 £12.08
25th Percentile £21.06 £17.58 £14.32
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +4.82%
75th Percentile - £24.74 £20.00
90th Percentile - £58.75 £52.55
England median hourly rate £24.00 £61.43 £48.40
% change year-on-year -60.93% +26.92% +93.60%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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
Nottinghamshire 0 20 £325 -13.33% 17
Derbyshire 0 18 £171 -51.14% 30
Leicestershire -2 17 £132 -53.57% 15
Northamptonshire -27 10 £475 +18.75% 14
Lincolnshire -6 3 £200 -11.11% 9
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 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) Apache
2 1 (1.45%) IIS
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (18.84%) Azure
3 11 (15.94%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.59%) AWS
5 5 (7.25%) GCP
6 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) LAN
1 3 (4.35%) PuTTY
1 3 (4.35%) SSH
1 3 (4.35%) Telnet
2 2 (2.90%) DNS
2 2 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.90%) WAN
3 1 (1.45%) DHCP
3 1 (1.45%) Network Security
3 1 (1.45%) SMTP
3 1 (1.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 34 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.84%) Retail
3 6 (8.70%) Finance
3 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Support Engineer
2 12 (17.39%) Analyst
3 11 (15.94%) Windows Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) Windows Support Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) IT Support
6 6 (8.70%) Deployment Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Desktop Support
6 6 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Support Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) IT Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Service Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Technical Support
7 5 (7.25%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (4.35%) Head of IT
9 3 (4.35%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Driving Licence
1 5 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.45%) CMDB
4 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.74%) Windows 10
2 7 (10.14%) Mac OS
3 6 (8.70%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.80%) Linux
5 3 (4.35%) Android
5 3 (4.35%) Windows 7
5 3 (4.35%) Windows 8
5 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (15.94%) Customer Service
2 11 (15.94%) ITIL
3 10 (14.49%) Data Protection
3 10 (14.49%) Line Management
4 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (11.59%) ITSM
6 7 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (10.14%) User Experience
7 6 (8.70%) Change Management
7 6 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (8.70%) Project Management
7 6 (8.70%) Roadmaps
7 6 (8.70%) Service Management
7 6 (8.70%) Thought Leadership
8 5 (7.25%) Information Security
8 5 (7.25%) Problem Management
8 5 (7.25%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (7.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) Bash
3 1 (1.45%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) SC Cleared
1 13 (18.84%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.59%) Degree
3 5 (7.25%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.45%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.45%) MCSE
6 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) GDPR
1 6 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.80%) QA
2 4 (5.80%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (47.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.35%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.35%) Firmware
4 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.90%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (21.74%) SCCM
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.90%) SCOM
Vendors
1 38 (55.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) Citrix
2 9 (13.04%) VMware
3 8 (11.59%) HP
4 3 (4.35%) Cisco
4 3 (4.35%) Dell
4 3 (4.35%) Draytek
4 3 (4.35%) McAfee
4 3 (4.35%) Samsung
5 2 (2.90%) Apple
5 2 (2.90%) Oracle
6 1 (1.45%) MobileIron
6 1 (1.45%) Okta
6 1 (1.45%) SAP
6 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow