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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -22 -1 +22
Contract jobs citing Windows 28 30 24
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 6.47% 14.42% 17.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.67% 96.77% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 20
10th Percentile - £185 £168
25th Percentile £163 £193 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £208 £245
Median % change year-on-year +89.40% -15.31% -9.26%
75th Percentile £475 £363 £475
90th Percentile £538 £499 £500
South East median daily rate £478 £365 £425
% change year-on-year +30.82% -14.12% +17.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £15.62 - -
25th Percentile £16.09 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £16.88 £17.41 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% - -
75th Percentile £17.66 £20.69 -
90th Percentile £18.13 - -
South East median hourly rate £32.29 £18.87 £52.50
% change year-on-year +71.12% -64.06% +0.48%

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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 60 31 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 13.86% 14.90% 28.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 19 34
10th Percentile £163 £185 £176
25th Percentile £311 £196 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £213 £434
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -51.05% +47.16%
75th Percentile £469 £394 £473
90th Percentile £525 £537 £502
South East median daily rate £480 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +9.71% -2.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £15.62 - -
25th Percentile £16.09 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £16.88 £17.41 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% - -
75th Percentile £17.66 £20.69 -
90th Percentile £18.13 - -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £58.49
% change year-on-year +72.23% -67.74% +1.72%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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
Crawley -7 9 £200 - 8
Worthing -10 9 £400 +88.24% 1
Horsham -18 6 £200 - 3
Chichester -1 2 - - 7
Steyning - 1 £165 -
Windows
South East

Windows Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Windows Server28.6%8
2Windows 1025.0%7
3Unix17.9%5
4Linux14.3%4
5macOS3.6%1
5Red Hat Enterprise Linux3.6%1
5Windows Server 20123.6%1