Windows Contracts in Leicester

Microsoft Windows
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 27 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 10.39% 23.89% 14.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.06% 79.41% 69.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 13
10th Percentile £208 - £230
25th Percentile - £120 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £135 £350
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -61.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £536 £488 £388
90th Percentile £537 £569 -
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £134 £325
% change year-on-year +86.22% -58.69% +47.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £13.16
25th Percentile £21.25 - £13.85
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £15.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - £19.38
90th Percentile - - £22.00
Leicestershire median hourly rate £22.50 - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -65.39%

All Operating Systems
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 17 34 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 22.08% 30.09% 20.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 20
10th Percentile - £120 £302
25th Percentile - £128 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £338 £375
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -10.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £469 £558 £418
90th Percentile £522 £586 -
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £270 £350
% change year-on-year -7.41% -22.86% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £13.16
25th Percentile £21.25 - £13.85
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -66.67%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £19.38
90th Percentile - - £22.00
Leicestershire median hourly rate £22.50 - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -65.39%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Leicester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Leicester.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Leicester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Leicester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Leicester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Leicester.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Leicester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Law
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Build Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Build Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Biometrics
1 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (12.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Apple