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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 23 14 21
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 7.82% 12.28% 16.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.67% 60.87% 80.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 7
10th Percentile £125 - £157
25th Percentile £190 £185 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £390 £210
Median % change year-on-year -47.44% +85.71% -44.00%
75th Percentile £423 £430 £363
90th Percentile £545 £500 £563
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £200 £390 £210
% change year-on-year -48.72% +85.71% -44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate £13.25 - £14.27
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £14.68
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.25 - £14.27
% change year-on-year - - -14.55%

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 30 23 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 10.20% 20.18% 20.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 11
10th Percentile £125 £152 £100
25th Percentile £190 £190 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £423 £210
Median % change year-on-year -50.30% +101.19% -44.00%
75th Percentile £471 £494 £431
90th Percentile £544 £500 £475
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £200 £425 £210
% change year-on-year -52.94% +102.38% -44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.95 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £13.08 - £14.27
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.25%
75th Percentile £13.21 - -
90th Percentile £13.24 - £14.68
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.25 - £14.27
% change year-on-year - - -14.55%

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 4 May 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SAS
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (34.78%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) LAN
1 6 (26.09%) WLAN
2 1 (4.35%) DHCP
2 1 (4.35%) DNS
2 1 (4.35%) Value-Added Service
2 1 (4.35%) VLAN
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) GitLab
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Law
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) IT Support
2 7 (30.43%) Support Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) IT Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) IT Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Support Specialist
5 3 (13.04%) Technical Specialist
5 3 (13.04%) Technical Support
5 3 (13.04%) Technical Support Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior
6 2 (8.70%) Site Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 1 (4.35%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support Consultant
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) ISPF
1 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
1 6 (26.09%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.35%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
2 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows Server
2 2 (8.70%) CentOS
2 2 (8.70%) Linux
2 2 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.35%) MVS
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Customer Service
2 6 (26.09%) ITSM
3 5 (21.74%) Asset Management
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
6 2 (8.70%) Analytics
6 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.70%) Data Analytics
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) User Stories
7 1 (4.35%) Capacity Management
7 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (4.35%) Line Management
7 1 (4.35%) People Management
7 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (4.35%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) JCL
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) REXX
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 17 (73.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Docker
4 1 (4.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (21.74%) SCCM
3 2 (8.70%) Ansible
3 2 (8.70%) Terraform
4 1 (4.35%) Control-M
4 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) ServiceNow
3 3 (13.04%) VMware
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco
5 1 (4.35%) BMC
5 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
5 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.35%) Splunk