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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows 22 19 23
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 8.84% 14.18% 10.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 81.48% 59.38% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 14 20
10th Percentile £185 £170 £142
25th Percentile £198 £186 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £200 £225
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -11.11% -41.56%
75th Percentile £488 £477 £372
90th Percentile £646 £738 £493
South East median daily rate £375 £403 £325
% change year-on-year -6.98% +24.04% -22.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £32.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -38.46% -26.05% +137.55%

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 27 32 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 10.84% 23.88% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 21 24
10th Percentile £185 £170 £143
25th Percentile £206 £200 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £413 £290
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +42.24% -28.83%
75th Percentile £500 £450 £478
90th Percentile £617 £738 £488
South East median daily rate £447 £435 £400
% change year-on-year +2.85% +8.65% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £58.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -64.69% +7.05% +195.30%

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 26 December 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 26 December 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
Worthing +3 13 £355 -11.25% 1
Crawley -11 4 £306 -10.58% 11
Burgess Hill -2 1 - - 2
Haywards Heath - 1 £213 -
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 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Nutanix
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.55%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) DHCP
1 4 (18.18%) DNS
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) BIG-IP
3 1 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) Toad
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Back Office
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Front Office
3 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Electronics
3 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.55%) Marketing
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Support Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) IT Support
4 2 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Windows Deployment Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Nutanix Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) iPad
2 1 (4.55%) iPhone
2 1 (4.55%) NHS
2 1 (4.55%) Replication
2 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows 10
1 6 (27.27%) Windows Server
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
4 2 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Android
5 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (13.64%) High Availability
3 3 (13.64%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (9.09%) Agile
4 2 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (9.09%) Capacity Management
4 2 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.09%) DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (9.09%) Fit Analysis
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (9.09%) ITSM
4 2 (9.09%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (9.09%) Waterfall
4 2 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Java
2 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Bash
3 1 (4.55%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) C++
3 1 (4.55%) Perl
3 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
1 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.55%) ISEB
1 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
1 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (4.55%) VCAP
1 1 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (9.09%) vSphere
5 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (45.45%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
1 7 (31.82%) VMware
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle
3 2 (9.09%) Citrix
3 2 (9.09%) Qualys
3 2 (9.09%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.55%) Dell
4 1 (4.55%) F5
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) MobileIron
4 1 (4.55%) Nexthink
4 1 (4.55%) Rapid7
4 1 (4.55%) Veeam
4 1 (4.55%) webMethods
4 1 (4.55%) Zscaler