Windows Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Windows
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 11 6
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 34 32
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 3.19% 13.18% 15.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.45% 75.56% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 23 20
10th Percentile £376 £217 £186
25th Percentile £447 £392 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £220
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +81.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £490 £475 £245
90th Percentile £523 £520 £489
East Midlands median daily rate £200 £375 £225
% change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.87
25th Percentile - £23.10 £15.39
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +38.29% -1.24%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £21.24
90th Percentile - - £22.73
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +14.32%

All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 22 45 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.03% 17.44% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 32 24
10th Percentile £350 £327 £189
25th Percentile £410 £383 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £406 £225
Median % change year-on-year +7.77% +80.22% -23.40%
75th Percentile £488 £456 £488
90th Percentile £492 £500 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £368 £400 £275
% change year-on-year -8.13% +45.45% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.87
25th Percentile - £23.10 £15.39
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +38.29% -1.24%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £21.24
90th Percentile - - £22.73
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.01% +36.46% +6.80%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Northamptonshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Northampton -22 9 £475 +17.14% 8
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Azure
3 5 (50.00%) AWS
3 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Director
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (60.00%) Thought Leadership
2 6 (60.00%) User Experience
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 5 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 4 (40.00%) Budgeting
4 4 (40.00%) Business Transformation
4 4 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
5 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 1 (10.00%) ERP
6 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (50.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) GDPR
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) SCCM
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) SAP