X-Windows Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

X-Windows
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring X-Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing X-Windows 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.24% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £100
% change year-on-year - - -77.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.05 - -
25th Percentile £25.07 - -
Median hourly rate £25.11 - -
75th Percentile £25.14 - -
90th Percentile £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £25.11 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Midlands

X-Windows falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 213 132 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.12% 17.48% 18.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 101 128
10th Percentile £270 £309 £300
25th Percentile £360 £341 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.53% -6.53% -
75th Percentile £500 £506 £569
90th Percentile £625 £575 £650
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £21.21 - £27.86
25th Percentile £22.64 - £38.41
Median hourly rate £25.08 - £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +184.77%
75th Percentile £25.13 - £60.50
90th Percentile £25.14 - £63.20
England median hourly rate £54.70 £65.00 £55.56
% change year-on-year -15.85% +16.99% -14.52%

X-Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

X-Windows job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

X-Windows
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

X-Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

X-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 X-Windows within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Derbyshire - 2 - -
X-Windows
England

X-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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Build Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Build Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker