Windows Contract Job Trends in St Helens

Microsoft Windows
Merseyside > St Helens

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in St Helens requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in St Helens 50.00% 100.00% 100.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £204 - -
25th Percentile £224 £165 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £170 £140
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% +21.43% -
75th Percentile £334 £180 £145
90th Percentile £359 £188 -
Merseyside median daily rate £175 £200 £270
% change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% -28.95%

All Operating Systems
St Helens

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 St Helens.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in St Helens 50.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £204 - -
25th Percentile £224 £165 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £170 £140
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% +21.43% -
75th Percentile £334 £180 £145
90th Percentile £359 £188 -
Merseyside median daily rate £175 £213 £325
% change year-on-year -17.65% -34.62% -16.13%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in St Helens

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

Windows job vacancy trend in St Helens

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in St Helens

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in St Helens citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in St Helens citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in St Helens

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in St Helens over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in St Helens

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in St Helens

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in St Helens citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in St Helens citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Helens 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft