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.
Windows Embedded Compact
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Embedded Compact.
Windows Embedded Compact
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Embedded Compact.