Windows Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 11 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 30 9 43
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 16.76% 6.29% 20.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.18% 47.37% 69.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 36
10th Percentile £169 £153 £169
25th Percentile £190 - £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £160 £250
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% -36.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £345 £163 £400
90th Percentile £419 £223 £494
South East median daily rate £356 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -16.32% +21.43% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £19.54 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £87.97 - £18.75
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £44.33 £47.90
% change year-on-year -57.44% -7.44% +158.89%

All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 44 19 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 24.58% 13.29% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 52
10th Percentile £172 £160 £170
25th Percentile £190 £179 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £355 £375
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% -5.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £369 £509 £541
90th Percentile £415 £534 £625
South East median daily rate £435 £450 £415
% change year-on-year -3.33% +8.43% -12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £18.94 - -
25th Percentile £19.54 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.76%
75th Percentile £84.66 - £18.75
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.94% +10.00% +193.33%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxford +4 11 £300 +87.50% 10
Carterton - 5 £153 -
Banbury - 2 £190 -
Abingdon - 1 £363 - 5
Henley-on-Thames - 1 £325 -
Kidlington - 1 - - 4
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.67%) WordPress
2 1 (3.33%) IIS
2 1 (3.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) DNS
2 8 (26.67%) DHCP
3 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (20.00%) VPN
5 5 (16.67%) Firewall
6 4 (13.33%) Wireless
7 3 (10.00%) VLAN
8 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 17 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Support Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) IT Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) IT Support
3 5 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Build Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Desktop Migration Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Migration Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Build Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support
5 3 (10.00%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Service Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Service Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Service Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) JSON
1 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 5 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) iPad
3 1 (3.33%) iPhone
3 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 6 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.67%) Linux
4 1 (3.33%) Rocky
4 1 (3.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Customer Service
2 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) ITIL
3 6 (20.00%) Time Management
4 5 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (13.33%) Break/Fix
5 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (13.33%) Inventory Management
5 4 (13.33%) ITSM
5 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Service Management
5 4 (13.33%) Workflow
5 4 (13.33%) Workflow Management
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (6.67%) Project Management
6 2 (6.67%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 15 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 5 (16.67%) Degree
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.00%) DBS Check
5 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (13.33%) SCCM
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) CheckPoint
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco
2 4 (13.33%) Palo Alto
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 4 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (3.33%) Ariba
3 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.33%) SAP