Windows Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Microsoft Windows
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Windows skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 16 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 5.38% 9.76% 14.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.33% 53.33% 59.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 22
10th Percentile £331 £237 £170
25th Percentile £453 £262 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £328 £356
Median % change year-on-year +54.96% -8.07% -32.14%
75th Percentile £550 £419 £538
90th Percentile £585 £503 £599
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £488
% change year-on-year - +12.82% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £22.98
25th Percentile - - £25.56
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - £36.10
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year -8.55% -52.59% +163.64%

All Operating Systems
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12 30 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 9.23% 18.29% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 36
10th Percentile £419 £239 £223
25th Percentile £456 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £360 £525
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -31.43% -
75th Percentile £538 £450 £637
90th Percentile £550 £633 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.88% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £22.98
25th Percentile - - £25.56
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.63%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - £36.10
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £58.55
% change year-on-year -64.07% +19.57% +166.11%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Southampton over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Windows

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MSI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration and Release Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Release and Configuration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Release Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) CentOS
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Ubuntu
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Security Patching
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 2 (28.57%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) EMC