Windows Contracts in Oxford

Microsoft Windows
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 3 14 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 6.25% 13.46% 26.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.86% 70.00% 73.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 26
10th Percentile £189 £128 £173
25th Percentile £196 £198 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £300 £400
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% -25.00% +110.53%
75th Percentile £303 £388 £500
90th Percentile £354 £418 £545
Oxfordshire median daily rate £250 £225 £400
% change year-on-year +11.11% -43.75% +110.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year - -11.50% -9.60%
Oxfordshire median hourly rate - £17.50 £18.08
% change year-on-year - -3.21% -9.60%

All Operating Systems
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 7 20 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 14.58% 19.23% 35.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 32
10th Percentile £196 £154 £188
25th Percentile £245 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +136.84%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £528
90th Percentile £619 £563 £575
Oxfordshire median daily rate £275 £300 £400
% change year-on-year -8.33% -25.00% +110.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.85 - -
Median hourly rate £21.90 £16.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +36.88% -11.50% -9.60%
75th Percentile £22.95 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £21.90 £17.50 £18.08
% change year-on-year +25.14% -3.21% -9.60%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Oxford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Oxford.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Oxford

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Oxford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Oxford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Oxford.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Oxford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft