Windows Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Microsoft Windows
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -31 +1 +19
Contract jobs citing Windows 12 26 38
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 3.43% 16.56% 15.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.29% 68.42% 51.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 34
10th Percentile £130 £190 £200
25th Percentile £239 £200 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £240 £450
Median % change year-on-year +103.13% -46.67% +80.00%
75th Percentile £500 £384 £475
90th Percentile £613 £386 £518
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
10th Percentile - £15.50 -
25th Percentile - £16.95 £36.75
Median hourly rate - £18.82 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year - -51.12% +234.78%
75th Percentile - £20.69 £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £22.58
% change year-on-year +72.69% -16.65% -54.84%

All Operating Systems
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 34 38 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 9.71% 24.20% 31.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 62
10th Percentile £275 - £224
25th Percentile £300 £193 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £220 £450
Median % change year-on-year +108.64% -51.11% +47.54%
75th Percentile £469 £386 £488
90th Percentile £500 £538 £586
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 1
10th Percentile - £15.50 -
25th Percentile - £16.95 £36.75
Median hourly rate - £18.82 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year - -51.12% +234.78%
75th Percentile - £20.69 £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £47.50
% change year-on-year +72.69% -60.38% -17.39%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Windows job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in West Sussex over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in West Sussex

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 18 June 2026. 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
Horsham -16 5 - - 4
Crawley -11 3 £500 +150.00% 4
Worthing -13 3 £403 +8.05% 1
Chichester 0 1 £170 +3.03% 1
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) BIG-IP
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) VPN
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) IT Support
2 2 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Data Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
1 3 (25.00%) WinForms
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows Server
2 5 (41.67%) Unix
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 3 (25.00%) SDLC
3 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) BCP
5 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
5 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability
5 1 (8.33%) Load Balancing
5 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Server Virtualisation
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C
1 3 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) MCSE
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Guidewire
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) F5
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) VMware