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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 32 14 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 22.38% 8.54% 18.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 84.21% 60.87% 65.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 36
10th Percentile £160 £159 £163
25th Percentile £185 £160 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £215 £200
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +7.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £288 £384 £400
90th Percentile £338 £407 £469
South East median daily rate £405 £430 £359
% change year-on-year -5.81% +19.78% -10.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £39.72 - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 £16.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +460.19% -11.50% +10.24%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.38% -43.18% +187.20%

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 38 23 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 26.57% 14.02% 28.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 48
10th Percentile £160 £160 £166
25th Percentile £185 £194 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £363 £340
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +6.62% -6.21%
75th Percentile £288 £474 £491
90th Percentile £338 £504 £640
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £413
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £39.72 - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 £16.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +460.19% -11.50% +10.24%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £56.75 £56.00
% change year-on-year -66.75% +1.33% +229.41%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -1 11 £220 +22.22% 8
Wantage - 3 £275 -
Witney - 3 £160 -
Abingdon - 3 £363 - 3
Carterton - 3 £153 -
Henley-on-Thames - 1 £325 -
Kidlington - 1 £200 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (3.13%) IIS
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (21.88%) Azure
3 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) DNS
1 6 (18.75%) Firewall
1 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
2 5 (15.63%) DHCP
2 5 (15.63%) VPN
2 5 (15.63%) Wireless
3 1 (3.13%) Internet
3 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.13%) IP Telephony
3 1 (3.13%) LAN
3 1 (3.13%) MPLS
3 1 (3.13%) NAS
3 1 (3.13%) NetScaler
3 1 (3.13%) SAN
3 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.13%) Skype
3 1 (3.13%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.13%) VLAN
3 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 21 (65.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Desktop Engineer
1 10 (31.25%) Support Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Desktop Support
3 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Deskside Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Deskside Support
4 4 (12.50%) Deskside Support Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Build Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Desktop Build Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Migration Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Service Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) JSON
1 1 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Driving Licence
1 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) iPad
2 1 (3.13%) iPhone
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Mac OS
1 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
2 4 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.25%) Linux
4 1 (3.13%) Rocky
4 1 (3.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 7 (21.88%) ITIL
4 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 6 (18.75%) Time Management
5 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (12.50%) ITSM
6 4 (12.50%) Service Management
7 3 (9.38%) Migration
7 3 (9.38%) Service Delivery
8 2 (6.25%) Logistics
8 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (6.25%) Ticket Management
8 2 (6.25%) Workflow
8 2 (6.25%) Workflow Management
9 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Monitoring
9 1 (3.13%) Network Segmentation
9 1 (3.13%) Security Operations
9 1 (3.13%) SIEM
9 1 (3.13%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Java
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) A+ Certification
3 6 (18.75%) Degree
3 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (12.50%) DBS Check
5 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.13%) MCP
6 1 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) GDPR
1 4 (12.50%) SLA
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (46.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.13%) vSphere
3 1 (3.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) SCCM
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Cisco
3 4 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 4 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 3 (9.38%) VMware
5 1 (3.13%) Citrix
5 1 (3.13%) F5
5 1 (3.13%) Red Hat