Windows Contract Job Trends in Luton

Microsoft Windows
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 6.49% 6.93% 9.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 77.78% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £419 £414 £151
25th Percentile £439 £416 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -20.45% +185.71%
75th Percentile £522 £466 -
90th Percentile £584 £471 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £450 £363 £200
% change year-on-year +24.14% +81.25% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £59.00 £55.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £59.00 £55.65 -
% change year-on-year +6.02% - -

All Operating Systems
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 6.49% 8.91% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 12
10th Percentile £419 £414 £183
25th Percentile £439 £416 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -10.26% +153.25%
75th Percentile £522 £466 £550
90th Percentile £584 £471 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £463 £375 £363
% change year-on-year +23.33% +3.45% +51.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £59.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £59.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year +2.61% - -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Luton

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Luton over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Luton

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
1 5 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 5 (50.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) AdminStudio
2 1 (10.00%) InstallShield
2 1 (10.00%) MSI
2 1 (10.00%) WiX
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) ICT Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) ICT Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (10.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 5 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 5 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 5 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 5 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 4 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Software Rationalisation
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Business Case
4 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CBAP
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) GDPR
1 5 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow