Windows Contract Job Trends in Huddersfield

Microsoft Windows
West Yorkshire > Huddersfield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Huddersfield requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Huddersfield 10.00% 16.67% 17.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £371
25th Percentile £158 £310 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £320 £438
Median % change year-on-year -48.44% -26.86% +45.83%
75th Percentile £173 £330 £509
90th Percentile - - £534
West Yorkshire median daily rate £290 £325 £325
% change year-on-year -10.77% - +4.00%

All Operating Systems
Huddersfield

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 Huddersfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Huddersfield 10.00% 16.67% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £371
25th Percentile £158 £310 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £320 £438
Median % change year-on-year -48.44% -26.86% +45.83%
75th Percentile £173 £330 £509
90th Percentile - - £534
West Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £440 £362
% change year-on-year -3.41% +21.55% -18.83%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Huddersfield

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Huddersfield

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Huddersfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Huddersfield citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Huddersfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Huddersfield citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Huddersfield 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory