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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -25 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows 9 23 41
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 3.21% 15.44% 15.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.00% 57.50% 56.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 36
10th Percentile £144 £192 £168
25th Percentile £311 £214 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £373 £413
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% -9.70% +21.59%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £475
90th Percentile £725 £738 £513
South East median daily rate £473 £491 £410
% change year-on-year -3.67% +19.63% +0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - £16.17 -
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 £26.44 £18.82 £22.55
% change year-on-year +40.49% -16.54% -5.21%

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 20 40 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 7.14% 26.85% 27.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 59
10th Percentile £220 £193 £200
25th Percentile £275 £196 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £250 £450
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% -44.44% +29.50%
75th Percentile £500 £528 £488
90th Percentile £631 £705 £578
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
10th Percentile - £16.37 -
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 - £21.88 -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +69.64% -27.27% -25.96%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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
Worthing -8 5 £530 +42.28% 4
Crawley -12 3 £500 +6.50% 1
Chichester - 1 £170 - 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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Nutanix
2 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) BIG-IP
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Toad
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Back Office
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) WinForms
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) SDLC
2 3 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Scrum
2 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Defect Management
4 1 (11.11%) High Availability
4 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
4 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C
1 3 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) ISEB
3 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
3 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) F5
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (11.11%) webMethods