Windows Contracts in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Windows
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 41 47 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 17.75% 13.99% 9.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 97.62% 59.49% 72.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 32 62
10th Percentile £197 £228 £206
25th Percentile £325 £330 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £411 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -3.38% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £470 £519
90th Percentile £557 £579 £550
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £400 £380 £400
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 0
Median hourly rate £15.12 £20.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £18.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -21.11% -13.25% +40.68%

All Operating Systems
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 42 79 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.18% 23.51% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 59 85
10th Percentile £199 £272 £214
25th Percentile £325 £351 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -10.53% -1.81%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £550
90th Percentile £556 £566 £592
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £388 £418 £473
% change year-on-year -7.19% -11.64% -0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 0
Median hourly rate £15.12 £22.52 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £22.50 £20.75
% change year-on-year -36.89% +8.43% +33.87%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Milton Keynes

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Milton Keynes

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Milton Keynes

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Milton Keynes

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (19.51%) IBM Domino
3 3 (7.32%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (7.32%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (24.39%) Azure
3 8 (19.51%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) Firewall
2 8 (19.51%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (14.63%) SAN
4 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.44%) DNS
5 1 (2.44%) FTP
5 1 (2.44%) HTTP
5 1 (2.44%) MPLS
5 1 (2.44%) NAS
5 1 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) QARun
2 2 (4.88%) WinRunner
3 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 19 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Games
3 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
1 9 (21.95%) Test Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Platform Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Senior
4 6 (14.63%) Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Integration Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Integration Test Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Python Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Python Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (4.88%) Citrix Specialist
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (7.32%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) Middleware
2 3 (7.32%) Web Services
3 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.44%) EDI
4 1 (2.44%) JSON
4 1 (2.44%) MSMQ
4 1 (2.44%) REST
4 1 (2.44%) SOAP
4 1 (2.44%) WCF
4 1 (2.44%) XML
4 1 (2.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Data Centre
1 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Windows Server
2 9 (21.95%) Mac OS
3 8 (19.51%) Android
4 6 (14.63%) Linux
4 6 (14.63%) Windows 10
5 5 (12.20%) Debian
5 5 (12.20%) Ubuntu
5 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (9.76%) Unix
6 4 (9.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (24.39%) Agile
2 10 (24.39%) Logistics
3 9 (21.95%) Integration Testing
3 9 (21.95%) Migration
3 9 (21.95%) Software Testing
3 9 (21.95%) System Integration Testing
3 9 (21.95%) Test Planning
3 9 (21.95%) Waterfall
4 8 (19.51%) DevOps
4 8 (19.51%) E-Commerce
4 8 (19.51%) Test Automation
5 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
5 6 (14.63%) Data Migration
5 6 (14.63%) Defect Management
5 6 (14.63%) ITIL
5 6 (14.63%) SDLC
6 5 (12.20%) Data Modelling
6 5 (12.20%) Time Management
6 5 (12.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (31.71%) PowerShell
2 6 (14.63%) C#
2 6 (14.63%) VB
3 5 (12.20%) Python
4 4 (9.76%) SQL
5 1 (2.44%) ActionScript
5 1 (2.44%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) SCCM
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (63.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) Cisco
3 8 (19.51%) Citrix
3 8 (19.51%) Meraki
3 8 (19.51%) Splunk
4 7 (17.07%) VMware
5 5 (12.20%) Red Hat
6 4 (9.76%) ServiceNow
7 3 (7.32%) Dynatrace
7 3 (7.32%) IBM
8 2 (4.88%) F5
8 2 (4.88%) Remedy
9 1 (2.44%) Apple
9 1 (2.44%) Dell
9 1 (2.44%) HP
9 1 (2.44%) Isilon
9 1 (2.44%) NetApp
9 1 (2.44%) SAP
9 1 (2.44%) Tanium
9 1 (2.44%) Veeam