X-Windows Contract Job Trends in England

X-Windows
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring X-Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 - 562
Rank change year-on-year - - +180
Contract jobs citing X-Windows 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% - 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.029% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £100
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.78%
UK 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 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.11 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,961 6,325 8,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.28% 21.83% 21.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,644 4,051 5,940
10th Percentile £351 £358 £375
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £770
UK median daily rate £505 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -7.68% -0.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 81 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.75 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

X-Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

X-Windows job vacancy trend in England

X-Windows
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing X-Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing X-Windows

X-Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing X-Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing X-Windows

X-Windows
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
East Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
X-Windows
UK

X-Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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