Windows Contract Job Trends in Harrogate

Microsoft Windows
North Yorkshire > Harrogate

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Harrogate requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Harrogate 6.67% 33.33% 41.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £296 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £298 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.26% - -
75th Percentile £475 £299 -
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £175 £185 £400
% change year-on-year -5.41% -53.75% +77.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
North Yorkshire median hourly rate - £17.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -20.45% +1.15%

All Operating Systems
Harrogate

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 Harrogate.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Harrogate 6.67% 33.33% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £296 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £298 £525
Median % change year-on-year +51.26% -43.33% +176.32%
75th Percentile £475 £299 £538
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £175 £185 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% -63.00% +112.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
North Yorkshire median hourly rate - £17.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -20.45% +1.15%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Harrogate

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Harrogate

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Harrogate

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Harrogate citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Harrogate

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Harrogate citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harrogate 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam