Windows Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microsoft Windows
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 11 37
Rank change year-on-year -8 +26 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows 17 17 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 7.62% 8.10% 4.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% 62.96% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 10
10th Percentile £181 £282 £134
25th Percentile £200 £463 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £550 £256
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +114.63% -15.64%
75th Percentile £459 £647 £585
90th Percentile £625 £650 £678
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £273 £475 £225
% change year-on-year -42.63% +111.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.50 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - £17.50 -

All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 34 27 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 15.25% 12.86% 18.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 17 46
10th Percentile £181 £328 £241
25th Percentile £206 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £688
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -27.27% +52.78%
75th Percentile £555 £638 £760
90th Percentile £625 £650 £842
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £340 £450 £625
% change year-on-year -24.44% -28.00% +47.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.50 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - £17.50 -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) IaaS
2 3 (17.65%) PaaS
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
4 1 (5.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (5.88%) VoIP
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) WebEx
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Military
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.88%) Active Directory Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Wintel Support
4 1 (5.88%) Wintel Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
1 1 (5.88%) PKI
1 1 (5.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) ITSM
1 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
2 2 (11.76%) Service Management
2 2 (11.76%) Storage Management
2 2 (11.76%) Time Management
3 1 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (5.88%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.88%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL
3 1 (5.88%) Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Server Management
3 1 (5.88%) Server Migrations
3 1 (5.88%) Software Deployment
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (5.88%) VxRail
2 1 (5.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) SolarWinds
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) VMware
4 1 (5.88%) Bomgar
4 1 (5.88%) Dell
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow