Windows Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Microsoft Windows
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 46 48 54
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 5.72% 11.21% 6.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.97% 53.33% 48.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 34 44
10th Percentile £153 £221 £169
25th Percentile £213 £248 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £475 £344
Median % change year-on-year -34.11% +38.18% +5.77%
75th Percentile £438 £575 £506
90th Percentile £470 £767 £626
West Yorkshire median daily rate £290 £440 £325
% change year-on-year -34.09% +35.38% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - £19.44
Median hourly rate £17.12 - £20.71
75th Percentile £20.86 - £21.97
90th Percentile £25.59 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.12 - £18.88
% change year-on-year - - +43.47%

All Operating Systems
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 78 90 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 9.70% 21.03% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 56 84
10th Percentile £180 £223 £258
25th Percentile £290 £348 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £500 £443
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +12.87% -11.40%
75th Percentile £487 £581 £502
90th Percentile £538 £778 £634
West Yorkshire median daily rate £375 £494 £375
% change year-on-year -24.05% +31.67% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 £40.50 £19.44
Median hourly rate £17.12 £41.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -58.24% +98.02% -40.94%
75th Percentile £20.86 £41.50 £21.97
90th Percentile £25.59 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.12 £41.00 £18.88
% change year-on-year -58.24% +117.16% -3.72%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Leeds

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Leeds over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Leeds

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (10.87%) Confluence
2 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.17%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 23 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (41.30%) Azure
3 10 (21.74%) Entra ID
4 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
4 5 (10.87%) SaaS
5 4 (8.70%) AWS
6 3 (6.52%) GitHub
6 3 (6.52%) PaaS
7 2 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (2.17%) AWS KMS
8 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.17%) GCP
8 1 (2.17%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (19.57%) LAN
3 8 (17.39%) WAN
4 6 (13.04%) DNS
5 5 (10.87%) DHCP
5 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
5 5 (10.87%) Unified Communications
6 4 (8.70%) VoIP
7 3 (6.52%) Firewall
8 2 (4.35%) PSTN
8 2 (4.35%) VLAN
8 2 (4.35%) VPN
9 1 (2.17%) Internet
9 1 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (2.17%) NAS
9 1 (2.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (15.22%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) GitLab
2 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.17%) CircleCI
3 1 (2.17%) Git
3 1 (2.17%) PVCS
General
1 28 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Retail
4 1 (2.17%) Banking
4 1 (2.17%) Law
4 1 (2.17%) Legal
4 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (28.26%) Analyst
2 10 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) Senior
4 7 (15.22%) IT Engineer
4 7 (15.22%) IT Support
4 7 (15.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (13.04%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Mac Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) PC Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) PC Support
7 3 (6.52%) PC Support Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Service Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Technical Support
7 3 (6.52%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (6.52%) .NET
2 3 (6.52%) WebSockets
3 2 (4.35%) REST
4 1 (2.17%) Kafka
4 1 (2.17%) Web Services
4 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) iPhone
2 2 (4.35%) IoT
2 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.17%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) NHS
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.17%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Windows Server
2 7 (15.22%) Linux
2 7 (15.22%) Mac OS
2 7 (15.22%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.87%) Android
4 2 (4.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.17%) Unix
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Customer Service
2 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
3 5 (10.87%) Data Management
3 5 (10.87%) ITIL
3 5 (10.87%) Migration
3 5 (10.87%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (8.70%) Agile
4 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (8.70%) ITSM
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (6.52%) Service Management
5 3 (6.52%) Software Engineering
5 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.35%) AI
6 2 (4.35%) DevOps
6 2 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (4.35%) Open Source
6 2 (4.35%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.78%) PowerShell
2 9 (19.57%) Python
3 4 (8.70%) C#
3 4 (8.70%) SQL
4 3 (6.52%) Bash
4 3 (6.52%) Delphi
4 3 (6.52%) PHP
5 2 (4.35%) Java
6 1 (2.17%) Go
6 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.17%) CCNA
2 1 (2.17%) CCNP
2 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.17%) CISSP
2 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.17%) GxP
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (32.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.87%) Docker
3 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (13.04%) Ansible
3 5 (10.87%) Terraform
4 4 (8.70%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
6 2 (4.35%) SCCM
6 2 (4.35%) WSUS
7 1 (2.17%) Grafana
7 1 (2.17%) Packer
7 1 (2.17%) Progress Chef
7 1 (2.17%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (2.17%) vRealize
7 1 (2.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 20 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.74%) Apple
3 9 (19.57%) HP
4 6 (13.04%) VMware
5 5 (10.87%) MobileIron
5 5 (10.87%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.35%) Dell
6 2 (4.35%) Oracle
6 2 (4.35%) Splunk
7 1 (2.17%) Canon
7 1 (2.17%) Cisco
7 1 (2.17%) Freshdesk
7 1 (2.17%) Tanium