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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 17 18 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 12.23% 12.95% 6.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 85.00% 58.06% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 7
10th Percentile £242 £183 £169
25th Percentile £320 £284 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £223
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +68.16% -44.25%
75th Percentile £484 £413 £378
90th Percentile £505 £465 £388
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £325 £375 £363
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% -9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile £15.12 - £10.76
25th Percentile - £12.75 £10.77
Median hourly rate £25.15 £13.50 £11.97
Median % change year-on-year +86.30% +12.83% -51.16%
75th Percentile - £14.26 £14.87
90th Percentile - £14.54 £17.95
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £13.51 £11.97
% change year-on-year +86.16% +12.91% -49.09%

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 20 31 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 14.39% 22.30% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 15
10th Percentile £188 £199 £163
25th Percentile £255 £363 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.69% +6.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £476 £503 £591
90th Percentile £498 £533 £650
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £450 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 6
10th Percentile £15.12 - £10.76
25th Percentile - £12.75 £11.37
Median hourly rate £25.15 £13.50 £16.58
Median % change year-on-year +86.30% -18.58% -29.45%
75th Percentile - £14.26 £57.50
90th Percentile - £14.54 £70.00
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £13.52 £16.58
% change year-on-year +86.02% -18.46% -26.31%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 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 19 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (5.88%) DHCP
1 1 (5.88%) DNS
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Retail
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Support Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Windows Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Windows Support Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Technical Support
3 5 (29.41%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Head of IT
5 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Floorwalker
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) IT Support
6 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Android
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Line Management
2 3 (17.65%) Coaching
2 3 (17.65%) Identity Management
2 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
2 3 (17.65%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (17.65%) Patch Management
2 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.76%) Time Management
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) HP
3 3 (17.65%) Samsung
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) VMware
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow