Windows Contract Job Trends in Northwich

Microsoft Windows
Cheshire > Northwich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northwich requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Northwich 45.45% - 20.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £165 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - -
75th Percentile £272 - -
90th Percentile £330 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £437 £380 £507
% change year-on-year +14.87% -25.05% +35.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £17.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - +33.74%

All Operating Systems
Northwich

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 Northwich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northwich 45.45% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £165 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - -
75th Percentile £272 - -
90th Percentile £330 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £452 £373 £450
% change year-on-year +21.21% -17.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £17.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - +26.57%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Northwich

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Northwich

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Northwich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northwich citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Northwich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Northwich over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Northwich

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Northwich

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northwich citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northwich 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) IT Operations Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (40.00%) Informatics
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Runbook
2 1 (20.00%) Server Migrations
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Bomgar
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow