Windows Contracts in the North East

Microsoft Windows
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 6 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows 28 23 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 9.27% 7.26% 9.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.00% 67.65% 44.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 24
10th Percentile £183 £187 £137
25th Percentile £200 £190 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £463 £238
Median % change year-on-year -35.14% +94.74% +9.20%
75th Percentile £488 £609 £448
90th Percentile £605 £650 £675
England median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £18.75 £17.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -46.15% +116.67%
75th Percentile £19.38 £18.75 £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.82 £18.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year +4.56% -23.40% +17.50%

All Operating Systems
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 40 34 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 13.25% 10.73% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 56
10th Percentile £188 £188 £195
25th Percentile £200 £190 £287
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £431 £525
Median % change year-on-year -24.59% -17.90% +27.27%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £747
90th Percentile £575 £650 £806
England median daily rate £466 £475 £505
% change year-on-year -1.95% -5.94% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £18.75 £17.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -46.15% +116.67%
75th Percentile £19.38 £18.75 £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -11.11% -47.06% +97.67%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North East

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Windows in the North East

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the North East over the 6 months to 6 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the North East

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the North East

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North East region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Tyne and Wear +2 22 £333 -31.79% 130
Durham +4 6 £275 +44.74% 18
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (17.86%) IaaS
3 5 (17.86%) PaaS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.57%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (35.71%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) VPN
3 2 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.57%) VoIP
4 1 (3.57%) WebEx
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Legal
3 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Deployment Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Active Directory Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 4 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Mobile Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
1 1 (3.57%) PKI
1 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows Server
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Android
3 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.29%) ITIL
2 3 (10.71%) Patch Management
2 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (10.71%) Service Management
3 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
3 2 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (7.14%) Software Deployment
3 2 (7.14%) Web Filtering
4 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (3.57%) Converged Infrastructure
4 1 (3.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (3.57%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (3.57%) ITSM
4 1 (3.57%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (3.57%) Migration
4 1 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (3.57%) Server Management
4 1 (3.57%) Server Migrations
4 1 (3.57%) System Testing
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 18 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) VxRail
2 1 (3.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) VMware
5 1 (3.57%) Apple
5 1 (3.57%) Bomgar
5 1 (3.57%) Dell
5 1 (3.57%) Google
5 1 (3.57%) Okta