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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 75 33 24
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 17.73% 21.15% 10.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 85.23% 91.67% 68.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 23 20
10th Percentile - £160 £141
25th Percentile £225 £185 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £250 £209
Median % change year-on-year - +19.58% -33.63%
75th Percentile £424 £269 £388
90th Percentile £592 £328 £456
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 1
10th Percentile £12.78 £39.72 -
25th Percentile £20.04 £71.00 -
Median hourly rate £47.54 £89.63 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.96% +460.19% -11.50%
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile £54.38 - -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £26.00
% change year-on-year +72.69% -27.62% -37.91%

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 88 36 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 20.80% 23.08% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 23 29
10th Percentile £225 £160 £143
25th Percentile £228 £185 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £250 £350
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £269 £456
90th Percentile £592 £328 £503
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 2
10th Percentile £12.78 £19.86 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.04 £33.39 £24.50
Median hourly rate £47.54 £83.32 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.94% +152.47% +82.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £89.63 £41.50
90th Percentile £54.38 - £46.60
South East median hourly rate £35.22 £18.87 £50.00
% change year-on-year +86.65% -62.26% -9.09%

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 24 July 2026.

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 24 July 2026.

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 24 July 2026. 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
Abingdon -4 16 £540 +48.90% 3
Wantage 0 11 £250 -9.09%
Kidlington +2 10 £244 +21.88% 3
Oxford -4 8 £350 +64.71% 10
Witney +1 4 - - 1
Carterton -6 1 - -
Banbury - 1 £190 -
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 6 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.00%) Entra ID
2 26 (34.67%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (25.33%) Azure
4 9 (12.00%) OneDrive
5 6 (8.00%) IaaS
5 6 (8.00%) PaaS
6 2 (2.67%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.67%) SaaS
7 1 (1.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.67%) SSH
2 7 (9.33%) VPN
3 6 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (6.67%) LAN
5 2 (2.67%) DHCP
5 2 (2.67%) DNS
5 2 (2.67%) Firewall
5 2 (2.67%) Kerberos
5 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (28.00%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (41.33%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.67%) Public Sector
3 15 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (13.33%) Marketing
5 7 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.33%) Military
7 3 (4.00%) Police
8 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (29.33%) IT Support
2 20 (26.67%) IT Engineer
2 20 (26.67%) Support Engineer
3 18 (24.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 12 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (10.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (10.67%) Security Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 7 (9.33%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (9.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 7 (9.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 7 (9.33%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (9.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) IT Security Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) Security Specialist
6 7 (9.33%) Security Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (37.33%) Onboarding
2 9 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 8 (10.67%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (6.67%) SCADA
5 2 (2.67%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (2.67%) CMDB
5 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.67%) Replication
6 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 34 (45.33%) Linux
2 32 (42.67%) Unix
3 22 (29.33%) Windows Server
4 14 (18.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (45.33%) SIEM
2 33 (44.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 27 (36.00%) ITSM
4 25 (33.33%) Runbook
5 24 (32.00%) Change Control
6 20 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (24.00%) Information Security
8 15 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 14 (18.67%) Customer Service
10 12 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (10.67%) Remediation Plan
12 8 (10.67%) Security Monitoring
12 8 (10.67%) Security Operations
13 7 (9.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 7 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (9.33%) RBAC
13 7 (9.33%) Risk Register
13 7 (9.33%) Security Architecture
13 7 (9.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 37 (49.33%) PowerShell
2 23 (30.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (37.33%) SC Cleared
3 22 (29.33%) Degree
4 8 (10.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (9.33%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (9.33%) CISM
5 7 (9.33%) CISSP
5 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (8.00%) CESG Certified Professional
6 6 (8.00%) CRISC
6 6 (8.00%) GIAC
7 5 (6.67%) SANS
8 4 (5.33%) GSEC
8 4 (5.33%) SSCP
9 1 (1.33%) CCNP
9 1 (1.33%) CCSP
9 1 (1.33%) CISA
9 1 (1.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (44.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 33 (44.00%) NIST
2 8 (10.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (8.00%) ISO 31000
4 2 (2.67%) GxP
4 2 (2.67%) NCSC
4 2 (2.67%) SLA
5 1 (1.33%) GDPR
5 1 (1.33%) GRC
System Software
1 60 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.33%) SCCM
3 1 (1.33%) Ansible
3 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (41.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (37.33%) BeyondTrust
3 23 (30.67%) CyberArk
4 15 (20.00%) Oracle
5 3 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.67%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.67%) Google
6 2 (2.67%) Veeam
6 2 (2.67%) VMware
7 1 (1.33%) Progress