Windows Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Microsoft Windows
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 9 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 22 11 10
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 13.50% 8.87% 6.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 91.67% 78.57% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 7
10th Percentile £205 £185 £186
25th Percentile £213 £190 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £301 £300
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% +0.42% -25.00%
75th Percentile £423 £417 £353
90th Percentile £450 £424 £551
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £223 £301 £363
% change year-on-year -26.14% -16.90% -9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £10.75
25th Percentile - £14.65 £10.76
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.80 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.93% +37.42% +3.86%
75th Percentile - £14.95 £12.51
90th Percentile - - £13.55
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £65.90 £10.77
% change year-on-year -61.84% +511.88% -2.09%

All Operating Systems
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 24 14 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 14.72% 11.29% 8.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 9
10th Percentile £205 £185 £100
25th Percentile £220 £201 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £393 £300
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% +30.83% -32.58%
75th Percentile £450 £438 £338
90th Percentile £516 £484 £460
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £225 £393 £325
% change year-on-year -42.68% +20.77% -26.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £10.75
25th Percentile - £14.65 £10.76
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.80 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.93% +37.42% +3.86%
75th Percentile - £14.95 £12.51
90th Percentile - - £13.55
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £65.90 £10.77
% change year-on-year -61.84% +511.88% -2.09%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Nottingham over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Nottingham

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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 (4.55%) IIS
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Azure
3 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.64%) AWS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DHCP
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) VLAN
1 1 (4.55%) VPN
1 1 (4.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Retail
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Technical Support
2 6 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Support Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Head of IT
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Support Specialist
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Support Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Developer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Support Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Smartphone
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 3 (13.64%) Android
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Line Management
2 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Identity Management
4 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (13.64%) Patch Management
4 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (4.55%) ITIL
5 1 (4.55%) ITSM
5 1 (4.55%) Migration
5 1 (4.55%) Server Management
5 1 (4.55%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) C#
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) HP
2 4 (18.18%) VMware
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco
3 3 (13.64%) Samsung
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow