Windows Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Microsoft Windows
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Fareham requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 5 7 15
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 14.29% 18.92% 65.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 87.50% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £289 - -
25th Percentile £328 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £503 £463 -
90th Percentile £546 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £519 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +10.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% -31.25% +81.82%

All Operating Systems
Fareham

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 Fareham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5 8 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham 14.29% 21.62% 65.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £289 £378 -
25th Percentile £328 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £503 £463 -
90th Percentile £546 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.00 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -71.43% +21.74% +139.58%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Fareham

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Fareham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Fareham over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Fareham

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Administrator
1 3 (60.00%) Server Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Server Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) NFS
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
1 3 (60.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft