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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 31 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 51 34 71
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 7.07% 5.26% 7.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.43% 45.95% 72.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 28 55
10th Percentile £154 £185 £193
25th Percentile £223 £223 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £370 £415
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -10.84% +38.33%
75th Percentile £500 £459 £531
90th Percentile £575 £515 £620
West Yorkshire median daily rate £290 £325 £400
% change year-on-year -10.77% -18.75% +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £18.57 £19.82
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.60 £20.38
Median hourly rate £27.50 £34.35 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +61.17% -
75th Percentile £28.75 £46.48 £21.64
90th Percentile - £52.34 £21.84
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.40 £34.35 £19.17
% change year-on-year -28.96% +79.14% -14.79%

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 140 74 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 19.42% 11.46% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 46 75
10th Percentile £213 £204 £208
25th Percentile £375 £284 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.10% +1.11%
75th Percentile £573 £629 £550
90th Percentile £675 £744 £640
West Yorkshire median daily rate £478 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +8.52% -2.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £20.28 £19.82
25th Percentile £26.25 £27.86 £20.38
Median hourly rate £27.50 £41.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +92.40% -39.21%
75th Percentile £28.75 £48.88 £21.64
90th Percentile - £53.30 £21.84
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.40 £41.00 £19.17
% change year-on-year -40.49% +113.85% -14.79%

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 12 December 2025.

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 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
3 1 (1.96%) Apache
3 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 14 (27.45%) Azure
1 14 (27.45%) Entra ID
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.76%) AWS
3 2 (3.92%) GCP
3 2 (3.92%) OCI
3 2 (3.92%) PaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (9.80%) DHCP
2 5 (9.80%) DNS
3 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.88%) Firewall
4 3 (5.88%) LAN
4 3 (5.88%) VoIP
4 3 (5.88%) WAN
5 2 (3.92%) VPN
6 1 (1.96%) Internet
6 1 (1.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) PVCS
General
1 29 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Finance
3 4 (7.84%) Legal
3 4 (7.84%) Retail
4 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Banking
4 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Electronics
4 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.92%) Marketing
4 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.96%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Support Manager
2 10 (19.61%) Analyst
2 10 (19.61%) Support Engineer
3 8 (15.69%) IT Support
4 6 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 5 (9.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (9.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Mac Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) PC Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) PC Support
7 3 (5.88%) PC Support Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Software Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Technical Support
7 3 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) .NET
1 3 (5.88%) WebSockets
2 2 (3.92%) REST
3 1 (1.96%) Web Services
3 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (7.84%) iPhone
3 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) NHS
4 1 (1.96%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.53%) Mac OS
1 12 (23.53%) Windows Server
2 7 (13.73%) Windows 10
3 6 (11.76%) Linux
4 4 (7.84%) Android
5 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (15.69%) Migration
2 7 (13.73%) Customer Service
2 7 (13.73%) ITIL
2 7 (13.73%) Mentoring
2 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (9.80%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (7.84%) ITSM
6 3 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 3 (5.88%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (5.88%) Security Hardening
6 3 (5.88%) Software Engineering
7 2 (3.92%) Incident Response
7 2 (3.92%) Runbook
7 2 (3.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (3.92%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.84%) C#
3 3 (5.88%) Delphi
3 3 (5.88%) PHP
3 3 (5.88%) Python
3 3 (5.88%) SQL
4 2 (3.92%) Bash
5 1 (1.96%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) ACSP
1 7 (13.73%) ACTC
2 2 (3.92%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) COBIT
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.84%) Docker
2 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (11.76%) Terraform
3 5 (9.80%) Ansible
3 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.80%) SCCM
4 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.92%) vRealize
4 2 (3.92%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (1.96%) Grafana
5 1 (1.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (45.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (33.33%) Apple
3 16 (31.37%) ServiceNow
4 9 (17.65%) HP
5 7 (13.73%) VMware
6 5 (9.80%) MobileIron
7 3 (5.88%) Computacenter
8 2 (3.92%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.92%) Dell
8 2 (3.92%) Dynatrace
8 2 (3.92%) F5
8 2 (3.92%) Oracle
8 2 (3.92%) SAP
9 1 (1.96%) Google
9 1 (1.96%) Splunk