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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Windows 13 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 6.70% 5.41% 6.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.22% 33.33% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 6
10th Percentile £200 £354 £143
25th Percentile £225 £453 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £488 £350
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% +39.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £494 £563 £406
90th Percentile £500 £615 £550
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £288 £488 £375
% change year-on-year -41.03% +30.00% -6.25%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 18 24 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 9.28% 16.22% 15.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 13
10th Percentile £200 £230 £186
25th Percentile £213 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £775
90th Percentile £575 £590 £835
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £325 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -23.53% -10.53% -5.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Windows

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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) IaaS
1 3 (23.08%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.69%) VoIP
2 1 (7.69%) WebEx
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Android
2 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
1 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (7.69%) Converged Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL
2 1 (7.69%) ITSM
2 1 (7.69%) Software Deployment
2 1 (7.69%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.69%) Bomgar
3 1 (7.69%) Dell
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) VMware