Windows Contract Job Trends in Slough

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough 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 3 11 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows 12 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 24.49% 5.13% 15.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.16% 44.44% 64.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 13
10th Percentile - - £241
25th Percentile £129 £188 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £220 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -45.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £488 £289 £425
90th Percentile £513 £378 £595
Berkshire median daily rate £275 £425 £370
% change year-on-year -35.29% +14.86% -17.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £24.34
Median hourly rate £19.83 - £25.12
75th Percentile £21.47 - £25.89
90th Percentile £22.69 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.83 £56.75 £54.56
% change year-on-year -65.05% +4.00% -0.80%

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 19 9 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 38.78% 11.54% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 21
10th Percentile £131 £188 £305
25th Percentile £311 £227 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.69% +3.63% +7.38%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £425
90th Percentile £484 £609 -
Berkshire median daily rate £417 £425 £405
% change year-on-year -1.91% +4.94% -20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £24.34
Median hourly rate £19.83 - £25.12
Median % change year-on-year - - +62.24%
75th Percentile £21.47 - £25.89
90th Percentile £22.69 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.83 £56.75 £54.56
% change year-on-year -65.05% +4.00% -39.38%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Slough

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Slough

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP MDG
1 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SAP HANA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Support
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) SAP MDG Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) HR Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Junior IT Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) BAPI
1 2 (16.67%) IDoc
1 2 (16.67%) SAP Basis
1 2 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) CMDB
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Architectural Design
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Data Validation
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Master Data Management
4 2 (16.67%) Model Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Commvault
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) VMware