Windows Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Microsoft Windows
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West End of London requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows 5 4 18
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 11.36% 8.16% 20.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 62.50% 100.00% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 15
10th Percentile £124 £143 £135
25th Percentile £151 £144 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £155 £190
Median % change year-on-year +38.71% -18.42% +1.33%
75th Percentile £241 £261 £374
90th Percentile £247 £427 £514
Central London median daily rate £413 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +5.88%

All Operating Systems
West End of London

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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 8 4 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 18.18% 8.16% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 17
10th Percentile £142 £143 £148
25th Percentile £198 £144 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £155 £220
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% -29.55% -60.71%
75th Percentile £650 £261 £500
90th Percentile - £427 £576
Central London median daily rate £500 £500 £500

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Windows job vacancy trend in West End of London

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in West End of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in West End of London over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in West End of London

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Westminster - 2 £250 - 1
Windows
Central London

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) IaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DKIM
1 1 (20.00%) DMARC
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) PSTN
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) ETRM
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) VMware