Windows Contracts in Slough

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough 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 16 14 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 5 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 7.04% 1.32% 5.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.74% 8.33% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile - - £194
25th Percentile £163 £183 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £194 £190 £275
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% -30.91% +83.33%
75th Percentile £219 £198 £350
90th Percentile - - £360
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £523
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.13% +6.63%

All Operating Systems
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 23 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 32.39% 15.79% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 16
10th Percentile £167 - £238
25th Percentile £206 £280 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £285 £350
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -18.57% +117.05%
75th Percentile - £291 £463
90th Percentile - £300 £525
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £514
% change year-on-year +17.65% -17.27% +4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £61.60 £55.00
% change year-on-year -59.97% +12.00% -16.03%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Slough

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Slough

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Slough

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) VMware