Windows Contracts in Guildford

Microsoft Windows
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Guildford requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 5 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -12
Contract jobs citing Windows 15 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 35.71% 15.66% 7.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 76.47% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 3
10th Percentile - £155 -
25th Percentile £250 £158 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £200 £520
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -61.54% +131.11%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £540
90th Percentile £670 £738 -
Surrey median daily rate £250 £425 £235
% change year-on-year -41.18% +80.85% -10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.00 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile - £18.75 -
90th Percentile £30.30 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -12.50% +50.66%

All Operating Systems
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 15 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 35.71% 20.48% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 5
10th Percentile - £155 -
25th Percentile £250 £166 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £520
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -42.31% +131.11%
75th Percentile £550 £388 £540
90th Percentile £670 £726 £636
Surrey median daily rate £400 £425 £310
% change year-on-year -5.88% +37.10% -14.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.00 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile - £18.75 -
90th Percentile £30.30 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -44.00% +42.86% -19.80%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Guildford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Guildford.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Guildford

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Daily Rate Histogram in Guildford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Guildford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Guildford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Guildford.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Guildford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) LAN
1 5 (33.33%) WAN
2 3 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (20.00%) Softphone
3 2 (13.33%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (6.67%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (33.33%) IT Support
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (13.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 2 (13.33%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (13.33%) IT Technician
4 2 (13.33%) Service Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (26.67%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) ITIL
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Customer Service
3 5 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Ticket Management
5 2 (13.33%) API Management
5 2 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (13.33%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
5 2 (13.33%) IT Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
5 2 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (6.67%) Business Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) Data Science
6 1 (6.67%) Data Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Citrix
2 2 (13.33%) MuleSoft
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Databricks