Windows Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

Windows Specialist
England > London

The median Windows Specialist daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 359 400
Rank change year-on-year -17 +41 +160
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Specialist 4 10 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.066% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.071% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 1
10th Percentile £458 - -
25th Percentile £469 £248 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £285 £511
Median % change year-on-year +75.44% -44.23% +59.69%
75th Percentile £531 £525 £517
90th Percentile £543 £563 -
England median daily rate £503 £400 £478
% change year-on-year +25.63% -16.32% +49.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £60.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,283 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,798 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Windows Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Windows Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Windows Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Windows Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Specialist job vacancies in London

Windows Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Specialist job vacancies in London

Windows Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Windows Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Windows Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Data Discovery
4 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (25.00%) Disk Encryption
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) NAS
4 1 (25.00%) NetApp
4 1 (25.00%) Power BI
4 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (25.00%) Qualys
4 1 (25.00%) Regular Expression
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Secrets Management

Windows Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Regular Expression
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Data Discovery
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Disk Encryption
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) NetApp
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys
2 1 (25.00%) Varonis