Windows Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Microsoft Windows
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 52 60 25
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 24.76% 31.75% 16.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 89.66% 89.55% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 31 9
10th Percentile £131 £133 £180
25th Percentile £134 £144 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £169 £175 £250
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -30.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile £195 £325 £275
90th Percentile £244 £500 £473
Merseyside median daily rate £159 £200 £250
% change year-on-year -20.63% -20.00% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 7
10th Percentile - £15.35 £16.25
25th Percentile - £16.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £20.75
90th Percentile - £24.06 £21.50
Merseyside median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%

All Operating Systems
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 58 67 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 27.62% 35.45% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 32 10
10th Percentile £132 £134 £182
25th Percentile £134 £144 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £175 £260
Median % change year-on-year - -32.69% -30.67%
75th Percentile £196 £400 £359
90th Percentile £301 £500 £559
Merseyside median daily rate £166 £208 £270
% change year-on-year -19.88% -23.15% -25.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 7
10th Percentile - £15.35 £16.25
25th Percentile - £16.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £20.75
90th Percentile - £24.06 £21.50
Merseyside median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Liverpool over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Liverpool

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 11 (21.15%) SharePoint
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.92%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (51.92%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (32.69%) Azure
3 3 (5.77%) AWS
4 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.85%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.92%) GCP
5 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.92%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) DNS
1 4 (7.69%) LAN
2 3 (5.77%) DHCP
2 3 (5.77%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.77%) WAN
2 3 (5.77%) Wireless
3 2 (3.85%) Firewall
3 2 (3.85%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.92%) Internet
4 1 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.92%) SSL
4 1 (1.92%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.92%) MSI
General
1 25 (48.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Legal
3 4 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Banking
4 2 (3.85%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.92%) Military
5 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (36.54%) IT Support
2 13 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 11 (21.15%) 2nd Line Support
3 11 (21.15%) Analyst
4 7 (13.46%) 1st Line Support
4 7 (13.46%) IT Engineer
4 7 (13.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) Support Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Service Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Deployment Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Desktop Support
8 3 (5.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) IT Analyst
9 2 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
10 1 (1.92%) 1st Line Engineer
10 1 (1.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.85%) Private Cloud
2 2 (3.85%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.92%) PKI
3 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.92%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 35 (67.31%) Windows 10
2 17 (32.69%) Android
3 13 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 8 (15.38%) Windows Server
5 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (65.38%) Customer Service
2 16 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (11.54%) ITIL
4 4 (7.69%) Incident Management
5 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (5.77%) Project Delivery
6 2 (3.85%) Business Continuity
6 2 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (3.85%) Data Entry
6 2 (3.85%) DevOps
6 2 (3.85%) High Availability
6 2 (3.85%) ITSM
6 2 (3.85%) Load Balancing
6 2 (3.85%) Logistics
6 2 (3.85%) Mentoring
6 2 (3.85%) Operational Stability
6 2 (3.85%) Process Improvement
6 2 (3.85%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (3.85%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.85%) Degree
1 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
1 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
2 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.77%) vSphere
3 2 (3.85%) Docker
3 2 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (7.69%) SCCM
2 2 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (36.54%) ServiceNow
3 6 (11.54%) Bomgar
3 6 (11.54%) iManage
4 4 (7.69%) VMware
5 2 (3.85%) F5
5 2 (3.85%) HP
5 2 (3.85%) Veeam
6 1 (1.92%) Citrix
6 1 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.92%) Dell
6 1 (1.92%) Google
6 1 (1.92%) Remedy
6 1 (1.92%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.92%) Sophos