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 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 33 32 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 -16 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 46 30 82
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 6.35% 4.55% 8.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.51% 57.69% 75.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 24 61
10th Percentile £204 £181 £185
25th Percentile £260 £262 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% +54.55%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £550
90th Percentile £575 £550 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £290 £390 £400
% change year-on-year -25.64% -2.50% +56.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £18.57 £19.18
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.60 £19.44
Median hourly rate £27.50 £34.35 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +61.17% -
75th Percentile £28.75 £46.48 £21.97
90th Percentile - £52.34 £22.14
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.40 £34.35 £20.35
% change year-on-year -28.96% +68.75% -4.22%

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 146 52 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 20.17% 7.89% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 38 82
10th Percentile £278 £210 £205
25th Percentile £378 £351 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £575
90th Percentile £675 £614 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £18.57 £19.18
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.60 £19.44
Median hourly rate £27.50 £34.35 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +61.17% -24.64%
75th Percentile £28.75 £46.48 £21.97
90th Percentile - £52.34 £22.14
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.40 £34.35 £20.35
% change year-on-year -28.96% +68.75% -7.49%

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 7 November 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 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.35%) Confluence
3 1 (2.17%) Apache
3 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Azure
1 14 (30.43%) Entra ID
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.52%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) GCP
3 2 (4.35%) OCI
3 2 (4.35%) PaaS
4 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) GitHub
4 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.17%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (10.87%) DHCP
2 5 (10.87%) DNS
3 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.52%) Firewall
4 3 (6.52%) LAN
4 3 (6.52%) VoIP
4 3 (6.52%) WAN
5 2 (4.35%) VPN
6 1 (2.17%) Internet
6 1 (2.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) GitLab
2 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.17%) PVCS
General
1 24 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Finance
3 4 (8.70%) Legal
4 3 (6.52%) Retail
5 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Banking
5 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Electronics
5 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
5 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (28.26%) Support Manager
2 9 (19.57%) Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) IT Support
4 7 (15.22%) Support Engineer
5 6 (13.04%) IT Engineer
5 6 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Support Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Senior
9 2 (4.35%) Implementation Specialist
9 2 (4.35%) IT Manager
9 2 (4.35%) IT Support Manager
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Service Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Service Desk Analyst
10 1 (2.17%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Web Services
1 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.52%) iPhone
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Windows Server
2 9 (19.57%) Windows 10
3 8 (17.39%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.52%) Android
4 3 (6.52%) Linux
5 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (17.39%) Migration
2 7 (15.22%) ITIL
2 7 (15.22%) Mentoring
2 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 6 (13.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (10.87%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (6.52%) CI/CD
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (6.52%) Decision-Making
5 3 (6.52%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (6.52%) Security Hardening
6 2 (4.35%) Application Virtualisation
6 2 (4.35%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (4.35%) Runbook
6 2 (4.35%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (4.35%) Server Building
6 2 (4.35%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 14 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.52%) Python
3 2 (4.35%) Bash
4 1 (2.17%) C#
4 1 (2.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) ACSP
1 7 (15.22%) ACTC
2 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) COBIT
2 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (58.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.17%) Docker
4 1 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (13.04%) Terraform
3 5 (10.87%) Ansible
3 5 (10.87%) SCCM
4 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.35%) vRealize
4 2 (4.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (2.17%) Grafana
5 1 (2.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (28.26%) Apple
2 13 (28.26%) ServiceNow
3 8 (17.39%) HP
4 7 (15.22%) VMware
5 5 (10.87%) MobileIron
6 3 (6.52%) Computacenter
7 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.35%) Dell
7 2 (4.35%) Dynatrace
7 2 (4.35%) F5
7 2 (4.35%) Oracle
7 2 (4.35%) SAP
8 1 (2.17%) Google
8 1 (2.17%) Splunk