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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Windows 21 17 24
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 6.38% 14.05% 17.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.76% 65.38% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 9
10th Percentile £125 £198 £194
25th Percentile £141 £286 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £395 £375
Median % change year-on-year -49.37% +5.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £369 £465 £388
90th Percentile £545 £500 £451
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £200 £395 £375
% change year-on-year -49.37% +5.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.12 £12.75
Median hourly rate £13.25 £25.15 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year -47.32% +76.24% -13.93%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £14.63
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.25 £25.15 £14.27
% change year-on-year -47.32% +76.24% -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 34 26 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 10.33% 21.49% 27.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 15
10th Percentile £125 £130 £172
25th Percentile £174 £325 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £438 £375
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £438 £500 £485
90th Percentile £545 - £506
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £200 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -55.56% +20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 13
10th Percentile £12.95 - -
25th Percentile £13.02 £15.12 £12.75
Median hourly rate £13.51 £25.15 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year -46.28% +76.24% -38.60%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £14.63
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.25 £25.15 £14.27
% change year-on-year -47.32% +76.24% -28.65%

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 17 June 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 (4.76%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) LAN
1 8 (38.10%) WLAN
2 1 (4.76%) Value-Added Service
Development Applications
1 9 (42.86%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) GitLab
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Law
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) IT Support
2 8 (38.10%) IT Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) IT Support Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) IT Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Site Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
6 1 (4.76%) IT Support Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Operations Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) ISPF
1 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Onboarding
1 8 (38.10%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.76%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 2 (9.52%) CentOS
2 2 (9.52%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.76%) MVS
3 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.76%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Customer Service
2 8 (38.10%) ITSM
3 5 (23.81%) Asset Management
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (9.52%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (9.52%) User Stories
6 1 (4.76%) Capacity Management
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (4.76%) Resource Management
6 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.76%) Service Management
6 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.76%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) JCL
2 1 (4.76%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Docker
3 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.76%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
2 2 (9.52%) Terraform
3 1 (4.76%) Control-M
3 1 (4.76%) SCCM
3 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) ServiceNow
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) BMC
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) VMware