Windows Contract Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Microsoft Windows
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames requiring Windows skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 13.64% 22.73% 12.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile £163 - £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £200 £213
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +70.00%
75th Percentile £188 - £257
90th Percentile - - £283
South London median daily rate £260 £250 £375
% change year-on-year +4.00% -33.33% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £40.82
25th Percentile - - £40.82
Median hourly rate - - £52.97
75th Percentile - - £65.11
90th Percentile - - £69.54
South London median hourly rate - - £48.41
% change year-on-year - - -5.97%

All Operating Systems
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 13.64% 22.73% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile £163 - £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £200 £213
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -46.88%
75th Percentile £188 - £257
90th Percentile - - £283
South London median daily rate £425 £458 £500
% change year-on-year -7.10% -8.50% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £40.82
25th Percentile - - £40.82
Median hourly rate - - £52.97
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.90%
75th Percentile - - £65.11
90th Percentile - - £69.54
South London median hourly rate - - £48.41
% change year-on-year - - -5.97%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Kingston Upon Thames

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Chessington - 3 £175 -
Windows
South London

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Progress
7 Windows jobs in South London