Windows Contract Job Trends in Watford

Microsoft Windows
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Windows skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 13.46% 11.90% 12.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.67% 71.43% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 12
10th Percentile £182 £200 £142
25th Percentile £358 £226 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £255 £180
Median % change year-on-year +115.69% +41.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £409
90th Percentile - £553 £438
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.73
Median hourly rate - - £25.45
75th Percentile - - £26.18
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +27.27%

All Operating Systems
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 15 14 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 28.85% 16.67% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 15
10th Percentile £284 £213 £126
25th Percentile £463 £244 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £180
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +94.44% -17.24%
75th Percentile £575 £506 £419
90th Percentile - £538 £460
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.73
Median hourly rate - - £25.45
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.72%
75th Percentile - - £26.18
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +9.38%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Watford

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Watford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Watford over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Watford

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Windows

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 5 (71.43%) Apache
1 5 (71.43%) IIS
1 5 (71.43%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (71.43%) DB2
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Maximo Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Maximo Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) SOAP
1 5 (71.43%) Web Services
1 5 (71.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) CAFM
1 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
1 5 (71.43%) DevOps
1 5 (71.43%) Facilities Management
1 5 (71.43%) ITSM
1 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
1 5 (71.43%) Service Design
1 5 (71.43%) Service Management
1 5 (71.43%) System Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) IBM