Windows Contracts in Wales

Microsoft Windows
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 13 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 32 33 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 10.92% 8.35% 15.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 78.05% 55.00% 84.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 77
10th Percentile £185 £168 £135
25th Percentile £197 £200 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £288 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -28.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £438 £588 £538
90th Percentile £449 £667 £628
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £21.61 - £16.14
25th Percentile £26.25 £12.25 £18.84
Median hourly rate £37.50 £12.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -64.29% -1.75%
75th Percentile £41.25 £12.75 £49.69
90th Percentile - - £54.38
UK median hourly rate £18.82 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.56% -20.00% +12.50%

All Operating Systems
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 41 60 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 13.99% 15.19% 17.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 43 91
10th Percentile £180 £188 £140
25th Percentile £197 £266 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £438 £623 £538
90th Percentile £499 £700 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
10th Percentile £22.38 £12.67 £16.14
25th Percentile £28.13 £13.31 £18.84
Median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +161.14% -58.97% -1.75%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.18 £49.69
90th Percentile £49.38 £41.27 £54.38
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Wales

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Wales

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Wales

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Wales

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Wales

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Wales +7 28 £365 - 24
North Wales -1 2 - - 2
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Azure
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Stack
4 1 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) Firewall
2 7 (21.88%) VPN
3 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
4 4 (12.50%) DHCP
4 4 (12.50%) DNS
5 3 (9.38%) IPsec
5 3 (9.38%) VoIP
6 2 (6.25%) LAN
6 2 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (6.25%) SAN
6 2 (6.25%) Skype
6 2 (6.25%) WAN
6 2 (6.25%) Wireless
7 1 (3.13%) HTTP
7 1 (3.13%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Electronics
2 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Legal
3 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) IT Support
2 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) IT Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (15.63%) Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) Support Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Field Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Senior IT Support
5 3 (9.38%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Developer
6 2 (6.25%) IT Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) .NET
1 2 (6.25%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.25%) Anti-Spyware
4 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (28.13%) Windows 10
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2012
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (9.38%) Linux
4 3 (9.38%) Windows 7
5 2 (6.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.13%) Rocky
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Vista
6 1 (3.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) ITIL
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (34.38%) Customer Service
3 8 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (12.50%) Application Packaging
5 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.38%) Service Management
7 2 (6.25%) Agile
7 2 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (6.25%) IT Governance
7 2 (6.25%) ITSM
7 2 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (6.25%) OO
7 2 (6.25%) OOD
7 2 (6.25%) Patch Management
7 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.25%) Test Automation
7 2 (6.25%) Unit Testing
7 2 (6.25%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) A+ Certification
3 6 (18.75%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.13%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (21.88%) SCCM
3 5 (15.63%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (6.25%) AirWatch
4 2 (6.25%) XenMobile
5 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
5 1 (3.13%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) ServiceNow
3 5 (15.63%) VMware
4 4 (12.50%) Ivanti
5 2 (6.25%) Adobe
5 2 (6.25%) Apple
5 2 (6.25%) Cisco
5 2 (6.25%) MobileIron
5 2 (6.25%) Remedy
6 1 (3.13%) Citrix
6 1 (3.13%) Dell