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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 28
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows 29 29 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 15.51% 19.33% 5.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 96.67% 61.70% 58.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 18
10th Percentile £185 £176 £198
25th Percentile £189 £200 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £290 £283
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +2.65% -26.86%
75th Percentile £227 £475 £484
90th Percentile £350 £493 £503
South East median daily rate £410 £430 £360
% change year-on-year -4.65% +19.44% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £38.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% - -
75th Percentile £20.69 £40.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 £49.07
% change year-on-year -31.38% -43.95% +191.14%

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 30 47 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 16.04% 31.33% 9.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 39 31
10th Percentile £185 £193 £200
25th Percentile £190 £200 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £425 £300
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +41.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £250 £475 £394
90th Percentile £455 £520 £488
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £420
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £38.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% - -
75th Percentile £20.69 £40.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £56.75 £56.78
% change year-on-year -66.75% -0.06% +234.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 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 September 2025.

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 September 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
Burgess Hill - 12 - - 1
Crawley -9 8 £200 -18.37% 5
Worthing -6 5 £190 -57.78% 3
Horsham 0 2 £250 +25.00% 2
Chichester +5 1 £165 -14.60%
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Google Workspace
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) DHCP
1 2 (6.90%) DNS
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Back Office
2 1 (3.45%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) 1st Line Support
2 7 (24.14%) Support Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) IT Support
4 5 (17.24%) Service Desk Support
5 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Deployment Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Coordinator
7 2 (6.90%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support
7 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (6.90%) IT Technician
7 2 (6.90%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (6.90%) Support Technician
8 1 (3.45%) Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Architect
8 1 (3.45%) Service Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) iPad
1 12 (41.38%) iPhone
2 7 (24.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Apple iOS
2 6 (20.69%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.90%) Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
1 13 (44.83%) ITSM
2 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (24.14%) Proactive Maintenance
4 2 (6.90%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.45%) Agile
5 1 (3.45%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (3.45%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.45%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (3.45%) DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Fit Analysis
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.45%) Migration
5 1 (3.45%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (3.45%) Roadmaps
5 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.45%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.45%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) A+ Certification
1 2 (6.90%) MCSA
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) SCCM
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.90%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Google
1 12 (41.38%) MobileIron
1 12 (41.38%) Nexthink
1 12 (41.38%) ServiceNow
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) Dell
4 2 (6.90%) Ivanti
4 2 (6.90%) VMware
5 1 (3.45%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle
5 1 (3.45%) Veeam