Windows Consultant Contract Job Trends

Windows Consultant
UK

The median Windows Consultant daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 527 593
Rank change year-on-year -57 +66 +199
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Consultant 2 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.024% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.025% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £440 £360 £334
25th Percentile £463 £404 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £478 £463
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% +3.24% +8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £551 £538
90th Percentile £610 £596 £605
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £330 £475
% change year-on-year +59.09% -30.53% -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,430 31,506 40,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,135 19,373 27,542
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 981 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.53 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Windows Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Windows Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Windows Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Windows Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Consultant over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Consultant in the UK

Windows Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Windows Consultant
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 21 December 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
UK excluding London -28 2 £525 +59.09% 1
Work from Home -8 1 £450 -28.00%
England -36 1 £600 +81.82% 1
South East - 1 £600 - 1
Wales - 1 £450 -

Windows Consultant Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Windows Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Windows Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10

Windows Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft