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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 20 2
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows 109 42 137
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 9.75% 7.07% 17.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 89.34% 58.33% 77.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 25 86
10th Percentile £131 £163 £125
25th Percentile £163 £180 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £213 £273
Median % change year-on-year - -22.02% -16.15%
75th Percentile £354 £430 £440
90th Percentile £486 £531 £563
England median daily rate £420 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 28
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.55 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.57 £15.11 £14.27
Median hourly rate £24.28 £18.77 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year +29.39% +8.16% -1.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £24.45 £20.00
90th Percentile - £25.15 £24.18
England median hourly rate £25.76 £18.82 £18.00
% change year-on-year +36.88% +4.56% -21.96%

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 122 72 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.91% 12.12% 22.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 54 107
10th Percentile £131 £168 £128
25th Percentile £163 £202 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £393 £350
Median % change year-on-year -42.75% +12.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £429 £476 £499
90th Percentile £498 £529 £569
England median daily rate £455 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -2.62% -1.63% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 28
10th Percentile £13.16 £14.55 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.45 £15.11 £14.27
Median hourly rate £19.65 £18.77 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.72% +8.16% -5.60%
75th Percentile £36.38 £24.45 £20.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £25.15 £24.18
England median hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -11.11% -47.06%

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 29 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the East Midlands

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 29 May 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 +2 48 £200 -49.37% 11
Derbyshire +1 19 £275 +37.50% 10
Leicestershire -4 16 £131 -47.53% 13
Northamptonshire +3 14 £450 -13.21% 4
Lincolnshire -3 12 £338 +87.50% 7
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 22 (20.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.92%) SAS
3 1 (0.92%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (37.61%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (29.36%) Azure
3 18 (16.51%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.17%) AWS
5 3 (2.75%) GCP
6 2 (1.83%) GitHub
6 2 (1.83%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.92%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.17%) DNS
2 9 (8.26%) DHCP
3 8 (7.34%) LAN
3 8 (7.34%) VLAN
3 8 (7.34%) WLAN
4 6 (5.50%) IPv4
4 6 (5.50%) IPv6
5 5 (4.59%) Network Security
6 4 (3.67%) SAN
7 2 (1.83%) VPN
8 1 (0.92%) Firewall
8 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.92%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.92%) MySQL
2 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.92%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.92%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 9 (8.26%) JIRA
2 2 (1.83%) GitLab
3 1 (0.92%) MSI
General
1 31 (28.44%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.01%) Law
3 8 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.59%) Fire and Rescue
4 5 (4.59%) Local Government
4 5 (4.59%) Police
5 3 (2.75%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.83%) Retail
7 1 (0.92%) Automotive
7 1 (0.92%) Finance
7 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (21.10%) IT Support
2 22 (20.18%) Desktop Support
3 21 (19.27%) Support Engineer
4 18 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (15.60%) IT Engineer
6 16 (14.68%) Analyst
7 10 (9.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (9.17%) Service Analyst
7 10 (9.17%) Service Desk Analyst
8 8 (7.34%) Deskside Support
8 8 (7.34%) Windows Engineer
9 7 (6.42%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (6.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (6.42%) Desktop Support Technician
9 7 (6.42%) Desktop Technician
9 7 (6.42%) Senior
9 7 (6.42%) Support Technician
10 5 (4.59%) Help Desk Technician
10 5 (4.59%) Senior Desktop Support
10 5 (4.59%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.92%) ISPF
1 1 (0.92%) REST
1 1 (0.92%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.35%) Onboarding
2 15 (13.76%) Smartphone
3 13 (11.93%) Virtual Team
4 7 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.59%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.92%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.92%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.92%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.92%) Replication
6 1 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.92%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (34.86%) Windows 10
2 24 (22.02%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.09%) Linux
4 9 (8.26%) Apple iOS
5 8 (7.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.67%) Windows 7
6 4 (3.67%) Windows 8
7 2 (1.83%) CentOS
7 2 (1.83%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.92%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.92%) MVS
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.92%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (34.86%) Customer Service
2 29 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (18.35%) Migration
5 18 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (13.76%) ITSM
7 12 (11.01%) Business Continuity
8 11 (10.09%) ITIL
9 10 (9.17%) Asset Management
10 9 (8.26%) BCP
10 9 (8.26%) Digital Strategy
10 9 (8.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (7.34%) Agile
11 8 (7.34%) Data Migration
11 8 (7.34%) Decision-Making
11 8 (7.34%) Project Delivery
11 8 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (6.42%) Business Continuity Planning
12 7 (6.42%) Data Protection
13 6 (5.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.09%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.75%) Python
3 2 (1.83%) Bash
3 2 (1.83%) SQL
4 1 (0.92%) C++
4 1 (0.92%) JCL
4 1 (0.92%) REXX
Qualifications
1 20 (18.35%) SC Cleared
1 20 (18.35%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.59%) Degree
2 5 (4.59%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.92%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.83%) GDPR
1 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.83%) QA
2 1 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (49.54%) Active Directory
2 21 (19.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (8.26%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.75%) vSphere
5 2 (1.83%) Docker
6 1 (0.92%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.92%) Firmware
6 1 (0.92%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (24.77%) SCCM
2 20 (18.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.50%) WSUS
4 4 (3.67%) Ansible
5 2 (1.83%) Terraform
6 1 (0.92%) Control-M
6 1 (0.92%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.92%) vRealize
Vendors
1 53 (48.62%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.27%) VMware
3 12 (11.01%) ServiceNow
4 8 (7.34%) Citrix
5 6 (5.50%) HP
6 4 (3.67%) Dell
7 3 (2.75%) Google
8 2 (1.83%) NetApp
8 2 (1.83%) Sophos
8 2 (1.83%) Splunk
9 1 (0.92%) BMC
9 1 (0.92%) Cisco
9 1 (0.92%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.92%) Intel
9 1 (0.92%) Oracle
9 1 (0.92%) SolarWinds