Windows Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -17 -5 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows 886 849 1,186
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.46% 6.28% 6.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 56.87% 53.30% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 604 831
10th Percentile £178 £200 £181
25th Percentile £240 £300 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £440 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +10.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £550
90th Percentile £675 £738 £656
England median daily rate £425 £415 £425
% change year-on-year +2.39% -2.33% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 28 46
10th Percentile £19.25 £18.85 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £19.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -14.43%
75th Percentile £25.25 £24.81 £24.17
90th Percentile £27.00 £42.78 £28.19
England median hourly rate £25.76 £18.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +36.51% -5.65% -18.77%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,558 1,593 2,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 11.78% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 1,081 1,475
10th Percentile £200 £244 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -10.45%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
England median daily rate £460 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 40 65
10th Percentile £19.30 £18.87 £14.89
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.21 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +9.09% -56.18%
75th Percentile £27.00 £25.18 £27.00
90th Percentile £58.95 £50.68 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £24.86
% change year-on-year +44.44% -9.47% -41.52%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Windows job vacancy trend in London

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in London

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in London

Windows
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the London region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -24 108 £390 -9.83% 39
West London -9 37 £240 -4.00% 13
South London -15 13 £419 +60.90% 5
North London +3 6 £363 -34.09% 4
East London -8 6 £148 -63.80% 6
Windows
England

Windows
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:

Application Platforms
1 63 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 62 (7.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.50%) IIS
4 12 (1.35%) Confluence
5 9 (1.02%) nginx
5 9 (1.02%) Tomcat
6 8 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.56%) Appian
7 5 (0.56%) Camunda
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.23%) Apache
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.11%) CloudStack
11 1 (0.11%) MTS
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 45 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.13%) Finacle
2 6 (0.68%) OpenText MBPM
2 6 (0.68%) Oracle BPM
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 337 (38.04%) Azure
2 267 (30.14%) Microsoft 365
3 166 (18.74%) Entra ID
4 118 (13.32%) AWS
5 41 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (4.63%) SaaS
6 34 (3.84%) IaaS
7 33 (3.72%) PaaS
8 32 (3.61%) GitHub
8 32 (3.61%) OneDrive
9 29 (3.27%) GCP
10 25 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.14%) Datadog
13 18 (2.03%) Azure AKS
14 17 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (1.92%) Google Workspace
15 15 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
16 14 (1.58%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 132 (14.90%) DNS
2 102 (11.51%) Firewall
3 95 (10.72%) DHCP
4 70 (7.90%) VPN
5 60 (6.77%) TCP/IP
6 43 (4.85%) WAN
7 36 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
8 32 (3.61%) LAN
9 25 (2.82%) Internet
10 22 (2.48%) SAN
11 21 (2.37%) Network Security
12 17 (1.92%) Wireless
13 16 (1.81%) Kerberos
13 16 (1.81%) VLAN
14 15 (1.69%) VoIP
15 13 (1.47%) NAS
15 13 (1.47%) WebEx
16 11 (1.24%) Unified Communications
17 10 (1.13%) HTTPS
17 10 (1.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (12.30%) SQL Server
2 39 (4.40%) Oracle Database
3 18 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (1.24%) Db2
7 10 (1.13%) RDBMS
8 8 (0.90%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.79%) MySQL
10 6 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.68%) Power BI
11 5 (0.56%) Big Data
11 5 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.56%) GIS
11 5 (0.56%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.34%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.34%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.23%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 48 (5.42%) JIRA
2 25 (2.82%) Git
3 24 (2.71%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.03%) GitLab
5 16 (1.81%) MSI
6 11 (1.24%) Visual Studio
7 7 (0.79%) Chocolatey
8 5 (0.56%) Selenium
9 4 (0.45%) Maven
10 3 (0.34%) Android Studio
10 3 (0.34%) Appium
10 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.34%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.34%) JUnit
10 3 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.34%) TestNG
10 3 (0.34%) Xcode
11 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.23%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.23%) Vite
General
1 305 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 192 (21.67%) Finance
3 118 (13.32%) Banking
4 111 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
7 37 (4.18%) Front Office
8 33 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
9 30 (3.39%) Investment Banking
10 22 (2.48%) Legal
11 18 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.92%) Retail
13 16 (1.81%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.35%) Back Office
14 12 (1.35%) Local Government
14 12 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.02%) Spanish Language
16 8 (0.90%) Law
17 7 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 149 (16.82%) Support Engineer
2 91 (10.27%) IT Support
3 80 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 75 (8.47%) IT Engineer
5 71 (8.01%) Analyst
6 66 (7.45%) Senior
7 65 (7.34%) IT Support Engineer
8 57 (6.43%) Developer
9 44 (4.97%) Desktop Support
10 38 (4.29%) Desktop Engineer
11 37 (4.18%) Lead
12 35 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
13 34 (3.84%) 2nd Line Support
14 32 (3.61%) Architect
15 30 (3.39%) C# Developer
15 30 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
16 28 (3.16%) Technical Support
17 26 (2.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 25 (2.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 25 (2.82%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.11%) .NET
2 40 (4.51%) .NET Framework
3 26 (2.93%) LDAP
4 22 (2.48%) REST
4 22 (2.48%) SAML
5 16 (1.81%) Middleware
5 16 (1.81%) OAuth
6 15 (1.69%) WinForms
7 14 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
8 12 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (1.35%) WPF
9 10 (1.13%) JSON
10 9 (1.02%) CSS
11 8 (0.90%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.90%) jQuery
11 8 (0.90%) OpenID
11 8 (0.90%) Spring
11 8 (0.90%) Web Services
12 7 (0.79%) Bootstrap
12 7 (0.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 112 (12.64%) Onboarding
2 34 (3.84%) Data Centre
2 34 (3.84%) Video Conferencing
3 32 (3.61%) PKI
4 30 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (2.60%) Replication
6 22 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 22 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.26%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.81%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.69%) Clustering
10 14 (1.58%) CMDB
10 14 (1.58%) Hedge funds
10 14 (1.58%) iPhone
11 13 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.47%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
12 12 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.24%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 200 (22.57%) Windows Server
2 188 (21.22%) Linux
3 123 (13.88%) Windows 10
4 102 (11.51%) Mac OS
5 49 (5.53%) Android
5 49 (5.53%) Apple iOS
6 36 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 27 (3.05%) Unix
8 24 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (2.03%) Ubuntu
10 15 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (1.13%) VMS
11 10 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (1.02%) Solaris
12 9 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 7 (0.79%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.45%) Alpine Linux
17 3 (0.34%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
2 141 (15.91%) ITIL
2 141 (15.91%) Migration
3 121 (13.66%) DevOps
4 109 (12.30%) CI/CD
4 109 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 87 (9.82%) Customer Service
6 85 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 84 (9.48%) Change Management
7 84 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 76 (8.58%) Agile
9 74 (8.35%) Infrastructure as Code
10 73 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 63 (7.11%) Runbook
12 57 (6.43%) AI
12 57 (6.43%) ITSM
13 56 (6.32%) High Availability
13 56 (6.32%) Service Delivery
14 53 (5.98%) Service Management
15 47 (5.30%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 210 (23.70%) PowerShell
2 132 (14.90%) SQL
3 88 (9.93%) C#
4 73 (8.24%) Python
5 46 (5.19%) PL/SQL
6 38 (4.29%) T-SQL
7 35 (3.95%) Bash
8 31 (3.50%) Java
9 22 (2.48%) JavaScript
10 14 (1.58%) VBA
11 13 (1.47%) C++
12 12 (1.35%) VB
13 11 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (1.02%) Bicep
15 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.68%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.45%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
17 3 (0.34%) Swift
17 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 155 (17.49%) Security Cleared
2 116 (13.09%) Degree
3 110 (12.42%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (3.05%) Azure Certification
7 26 (2.93%) DV Cleared
8 25 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (2.26%) CISSP
10 15 (1.69%) CCNP
11 14 (1.58%) A+ Certification
12 13 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.35%) CCNA
14 11 (1.24%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.24%) CISM
14 11 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.90%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.90%) PMP
16 7 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 5 (0.56%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.30%) QA
2 45 (5.08%) SLA
3 36 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (2.93%) GDPR
5 23 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (2.03%) NIST
7 14 (1.58%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.90%) GRC
8 8 (0.90%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.79%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.68%) PMO
10 6 (0.68%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.56%) NCSC
11 5 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.45%) DICOM
12 4 (0.45%) HL7
13 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 346 (39.05%) Active Directory
2 82 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (3.72%) VMware ESXi
4 32 (3.61%) Docker
5 29 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 27 (3.05%) Hyper-V
6 27 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (2.48%) Microsoft App-V
8 19 (2.14%) vSphere
9 14 (1.58%) BitLocker
10 13 (1.47%) Firmware
11 6 (0.68%) NFS
11 6 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
12 5 (0.56%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.45%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.34%) Squid
14 3 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 145 (16.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (9.37%) Terraform
3 80 (9.03%) SCCM
4 62 (7.00%) Kubernetes
5 52 (5.87%) Ansible
6 28 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (2.48%) vCenter Server
8 17 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
8 17 (1.92%) Puppet
9 16 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 16 (1.81%) Prometheus
10 14 (1.58%) Grafana
11 12 (1.35%) Packer
12 9 (1.02%) FortiGate
12 9 (1.02%) WSUS
13 8 (0.90%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.90%) vMotion
14 6 (0.68%) ITRS Geneos
15 5 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
15 5 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 402 (45.37%) Microsoft
2 120 (13.54%) VMware
3 104 (11.74%) Citrix
4 97 (10.95%) ServiceNow
5 80 (9.03%) Oracle
6 49 (5.53%) Cisco
7 37 (4.18%) Apple
8 26 (2.93%) Google
9 25 (2.82%) Okta
9 25 (2.82%) Red Hat
9 25 (2.82%) Splunk
10 24 (2.71%) Bloomberg
11 22 (2.48%) CyberArk
12 18 (2.03%) IBM
12 18 (2.03%) Tenable
13 15 (1.69%) Dell
14 14 (1.58%) NetApp
14 14 (1.58%) Reuters
15 13 (1.47%) Zscaler
16 12 (1.35%) Qualys