Windows Contracts in Surrey

Microsoft Windows
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 5 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 44 59 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 14.77% 10.05% 15.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.19% 61.46% 69.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 45 80
10th Percentile £191 £158 £155
25th Percentile £195 £200 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £425 £235
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +80.85% -10.48%
75th Percentile £400 £563 £332
90th Percentile £545 £650 £553
South East median daily rate £500 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile £23.00 - £17.88
25th Percentile £26.50 £16.25 £18.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -12.50% +50.66%
75th Percentile - £34.38 £50.00
90th Percentile £30.30 £43.75 £59.00
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £22.55 £29.00
% change year-on-year -16.54% -22.24% +48.72%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 57 96 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 19.13% 16.35% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 73 111
10th Percentile £195 £164 £161
25th Percentile £218 £320 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £310
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +37.10% -14.48%
75th Percentile £525 £563 £568
90th Percentile £533 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £23.00 £16.25 £17.92
25th Percentile £26.50 £23.75 £18.59
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +42.86% -19.80%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £30.30 £80.00 £61.25
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -10.38% +165.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Surrey

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Surrey

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Surrey

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Surrey

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Guildford +4 15 £500 +150.00% 33
Woking +3 7 £550 +37.50% 32
Leatherhead +8 2 £195 +18.18% 3
Epsom +5 2 £218 +1.16% 2
Reigate 0 2 - - 1
Weybridge +7 1 £350 - 2
Staines - 1 - - 1
Tadworth - 1 £250 -
Warlingham - 1 £200 -
Horley - 1 £470 -
Camberley - 1 £525 - 1
Caterham - 1 £200 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.55%) Apache
2 2 (4.55%) IIS
2 2 (4.55%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.64%) Azure
3 4 (9.09%) Nutanix
4 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.82%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Akamai
5 1 (2.27%) AWS
5 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.27%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.27%) Serverless
5 1 (2.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.64%) WAN
2 5 (11.36%) LAN
3 4 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.82%) Firewall
4 3 (6.82%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (6.82%) Softphone
4 3 (6.82%) VPN
5 2 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.27%) DHCP
6 1 (2.27%) DNS
6 1 (2.27%) Network Security
6 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.55%) MySQL
3 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Electronics
4 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.09%) Marketing
4 4 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.55%) Korean Language
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) Windows Engineer
2 11 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 9 (20.45%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (18.18%) Deployment Engineer
4 8 (18.18%) IT Support
4 8 (18.18%) Windows Deployment Engineer
5 7 (15.91%) Desktop Support
6 6 (13.64%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Analyst
7 5 (11.36%) IT Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) Server Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) Windows Server Engineer
9 3 (6.82%) Architect
9 3 (6.82%) IT Technician
9 3 (6.82%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (6.82%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) Middleware
2 2 (4.55%) .NET
2 2 (4.55%) LAMP
3 1 (2.27%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) NHS
2 3 (6.82%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.27%) Clustering
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.27%) Replication
4 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (47.73%) Windows 10
2 6 (13.64%) Linux
2 6 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (6.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) ITIL
2 13 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.45%) Customer Service
4 8 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 6 (13.64%) Migration
6 4 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (9.09%) Programme Management
6 4 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (9.09%) Server Migrations
6 4 (9.09%) Service Management
7 3 (6.82%) Analytics
7 3 (6.82%) CI/CD
7 3 (6.82%) Data Science
7 3 (6.82%) Line Management
7 3 (6.82%) Ticket Management
8 2 (4.55%) Desktop Virtualisation
8 2 (4.55%) IT Strategy
8 2 (4.55%) Mentoring
8 2 (4.55%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) SQL
2 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.82%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.55%) PHP
3 2 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Degree
1 4 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (4.55%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) QA
1 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (29.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Docker
2 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) SCCM
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) SAP
3 3 (6.82%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.82%) VMware
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco
4 2 (4.55%) Citrix
4 2 (4.55%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.27%) Apple
5 1 (2.27%) Databricks
5 1 (2.27%) Dell
5 1 (2.27%) Dell KACE
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) HP
5 1 (2.27%) Meraki
5 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.27%) Ubiquiti