The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wakefield 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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 Wakefield.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
4
2
5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield
50.00%
6.90%
8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted
4
2
3
10th Percentile
£147
£173
-
25th Percentile
£194
£215
£105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£310
£300
£110
Median % change year-on-year
+3.33%
+172.73%
-35.29%
75th Percentile
£400
£395
£168
90th Percentile
-
£443
£199
West Yorkshire median daily rate
£500
£538
£500
% change year-on-year
-6.98%
+7.50%
+29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
1
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
-
-
£13.17
Median hourly rate
-
-
£13.49
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
-22.09%
75th Percentile
-
-
£13.80
90th Percentile
-
-
-
West Yorkshire median hourly rate
£200.00
£15.68
£18.50
% change year-on-year
+1175.51%
-15.24%
-1.07%
Windows Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.
Windows Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Wakefield.
Windows Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Wakefield.
Windows Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wakefield
For the 6 months to 19 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Windows also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wakefield region with a requirement for Windows.
Windows Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wakefield 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:
