Windows Embedded Compact Contracts

Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact (formerly Windows Embedded CE, Windows CE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Windows Embedded Compact skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Embedded Compact over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 684
Rank change year-on-year - - +188
Contract jobs citing Windows Embedded Compact 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.002%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Embedded Compact 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,388 5,800 8,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.47% 13.74% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,830 3,790 6,092
10th Percentile £200 £190 £188
25th Percentile £313 £319 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £630
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £468 £450
% change year-on-year -3.76% +3.91% +3.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 422 394
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.75 £14.61
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.34 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -42.73% +88.89%
75th Percentile £54.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.70 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.90 £31.13 £29.65
% change year-on-year -29.64% +4.97% +48.25%

Windows Embedded Compact
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Embedded Compact as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Embedded Compact in the UK

Windows Embedded Compact
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Embedded Compact in the UK

Windows Embedded Compact
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Embedded Compact in the UK