Windows Contracts in Norfolk

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Norfolk 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 2 12 3
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 1 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Norfolk 22.58% 2.08% 21.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.50% 100.00% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 14
10th Percentile £125 - £158
25th Percentile £140 - £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £270
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.00%
75th Percentile £200 - £425
90th Percentile - - £464
East of England median daily rate £225 £295 £300
% change year-on-year -23.73% -1.67% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £10.93
25th Percentile - - £11.29
Median hourly rate £15.33 £12.86 £12.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% +0.45% -25.76%
75th Percentile - - £14.53
90th Percentile - - £15.03
East of England median hourly rate £39.32 £14.16 £17.00
% change year-on-year +177.68% -16.71% +8.01%

All Operating Systems
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 8 1 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Norfolk 25.81% 2.08% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 17
10th Percentile £125 - £168
25th Percentile £140 - £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £340
Median % change year-on-year - - +70.00%
75th Percentile £200 - £390
90th Percentile - - £453
East of England median daily rate £383 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +9.29% -17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £10.93
25th Percentile - - £11.29
Median hourly rate £15.33 £12.86 £12.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% +0.45% -25.76%
75th Percentile - - £14.53
90th Percentile - - £15.03
East of England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.18 £17.75
% change year-on-year +108.50% +41.86% -12.99%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Norfolk

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Norfolk

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Norfolk

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Norfolk

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Norfolk

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Norfolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Norfolk region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Norwich +5 3 £155 - 34
Great Yarmouth - 2 £170 -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Norfolk 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) A+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) ECDL
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Altiris