Windows Vista Contracts

Microsoft Windows Vista
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Windows Vista skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Vista over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 556 674
Rank change year-on-year +12 +118 +159
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 8 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.036% 0.016%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.18% 0.26% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 5
10th Percentile - £130 £159
25th Percentile - - £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £150 £190
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% +8.57%
75th Percentile £539 - £230
90th Percentile £653 - £362
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £150 £183
% change year-on-year +33.33% -17.81% +14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
10th Percentile - £17.00 £18.05
25th Percentile - £19.25 £18.54
Median hourly rate - £22.09 £19.86
Median % change year-on-year - +11.23% -47.04%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £21.68
90th Percentile - - £22.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £22.09 £19.86
% change year-on-year - +11.23% -47.04%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Vista 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 4,390 5,728 8,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.45% 13.86% 15.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,822 3,773 6,001
10th Percentile £200 £190 £188
25th Percentile £313 £324 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 401 390
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% -42.35% +88.89%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £64.88
90th Percentile £67.30 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.90 £31.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -29.35% +3.33% +50.00%

Windows Vista
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Vista in the UK

Windows Vista
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Vista in the UK

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Vista over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Vista in the UK

Windows Vista
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Vista in the UK

Windows Vista
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the UK over the 6 months to 21 July 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
England +28 8 £200 +33.33% 19
UK excluding London +18 8 £200 +33.33% 10
East Midlands -10 4 £200 +33.33%
Midlands -19 4 £200 +33.33%
South West - 4 £635 - 7

Windows Vista
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Implementation Specialist
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft