Windows Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Microsoft Windows
North East > Northumberland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northumberland requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 66.67% - 14.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £189 £320 £183
% change year-on-year -41.02% +75.34% -46.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate - - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - -25.56%

All Operating Systems
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 66.67% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £188 £340 £190
% change year-on-year -44.85% +78.95% -65.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.22%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - -25.56%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Northumberland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Northumberland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VLAN
1 2 (50.00%) WebEx
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CCDP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft