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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 23 12 10
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 11.33% 8.96% 6.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.14% 70.59% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile £190 - £190
25th Percentile £205 £185 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £213 £313
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -32.00% -26.04%
75th Percentile £423 £416 £373
90th Percentile £442 £423 £519
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £210 £213 £369
% change year-on-year -1.18% -42.37% -7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £11.12
25th Percentile - £14.65 £11.64
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.80 £12.51
Median % change year-on-year +69.93% +18.31% +13.73%
75th Percentile - £14.95 £13.38
90th Percentile - - £13.90
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £20.83 £65.90 £12.51
% change year-on-year -68.40% +426.78% +9.74%

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 28 17 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 13.79% 12.69% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 12
10th Percentile £190 £185 £106
25th Percentile £205 £201 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £408 £313
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +30.40% -29.78%
75th Percentile £429 £500 £409
90th Percentile £512 £527 £475
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £215 £408 £369
% change year-on-year -47.24% +10.51% -10.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £11.12
25th Percentile £12.95 £14.65 £11.64
Median hourly rate £13.08 £14.80 £12.51
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +18.31% +13.73%
75th Percentile £25.15 £14.95 £13.38
90th Percentile - - £13.90
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.50 £65.90 £12.51
% change year-on-year -74.96% +426.78% +9.74%

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 24 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 (4.35%) IIS
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.04%) AWS
5 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) LAN
1 3 (13.04%) WLAN
2 1 (4.35%) DHCP
2 1 (4.35%) DNS
2 1 (4.35%) VLAN
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Retail
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Technical Support
3 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Head of IT
4 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) IT Support
4 3 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Support Specialist
4 3 (13.04%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (13.04%) Technical Support Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Windows Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.35%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.35%) Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Support Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.35%) CSS
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
1 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
1 3 (13.04%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (13.04%) Android
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Customer Service
1 8 (34.78%) Line Management
2 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
4 3 (13.04%) Identity Management
4 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
4 3 (13.04%) ITSM
4 3 (13.04%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (13.04%) Patch Management
4 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (4.35%) ITIL
5 1 (4.35%) Migration
5 1 (4.35%) Server Management
5 1 (4.35%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
System Software
1 12 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
2 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) SCCM
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco
4 3 (13.04%) Samsung
4 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
5 2 (8.70%) HP