Windows Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Microsoft Windows
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 8 22
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 18.87% 13.33% 21.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 61.54% 84.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 21
10th Percentile £198 £155 £158
25th Percentile £218 £160 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £180 £200
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -10.00% -48.39%
75th Percentile £325 £325 £238
90th Percentile £370 £393 £340
Oxfordshire median daily rate £200 £180 £200
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - £18.08
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £83.32 - £18.08
% change year-on-year - - +14.43%

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 10 13 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 18.87% 21.67% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 24
10th Percentile £198 £160 £158
25th Percentile £218 £175 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £255 £200
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +27.50% -54.55%
75th Percentile £325 £391 £250
90th Percentile £370 £513 £385
Oxfordshire median daily rate £200 £305 £250
% change year-on-year -34.43% +22.00% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - £18.08
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.35%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £83.32 - £18.08
% change year-on-year - - +14.43%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Windows job vacancy trend in Oxford

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Oxford over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Oxford

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 (10.00%) IIS
1 1 (10.00%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 3 (30.00%) DHCP
2 3 (30.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Build Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Desktop Build Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Service Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) ITSM
2 3 (30.00%) Service Management
2 3 (30.00%) Time Management
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) A+ Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) DBS Check
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) VMware