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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -25 -1 +21
Contract jobs citing Windows 23 29 30
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 5.58% 16.11% 19.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.92% 87.88% 63.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 25
10th Percentile - £187 £191
25th Percentile £163 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £206 £300
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -31.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £450 £242 £475
90th Percentile £536 £375 £490
South East median daily rate £484 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -1.33% +8.89% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.50 £36.75
Median hourly rate £15.31 £18.82 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -51.12% -
75th Percentile - £20.69 £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £35.22 £18.87 £27.50
% change year-on-year +86.65% -31.38% -43.18%

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 48 33 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 11.65% 18.33% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 18 39
10th Percentile £163 £189 £199
25th Percentile £401 £200 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £213 £444
Median % change year-on-year +116.00% -52.14% +48.00%
75th Percentile £475 £243 £475
90th Percentile £525 £444 £588
South East median daily rate £484 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.79% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.50 £36.75
Median hourly rate £15.31 £18.82 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -51.12% -
75th Percentile - £20.69 £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £38.72 £18.87 £57.25
% change year-on-year +105.19% -67.04% +4.09%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -4 9 £401 +88.71% 2
Crawley -9 7 £200 - 8
Horsham -16 6 £200 -20.00% 1
Chichester -1 1 - - 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 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
4 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) VPN
1 2 (8.70%) Wireless
2 1 (4.35%) BIG-IP
2 1 (4.35%) DHCP
2 1 (4.35%) DNS
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) LAN
2 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) MSI
2 1 (4.35%) Toad
General
1 17 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) 1st Line Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) 1st Line Support
2 7 (30.43%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) IT Support
3 5 (21.74%) IT Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) SAP Test Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
6 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) IT Technician
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.35%) Device Driver
1 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Windows Server
2 6 (26.09%) Windows 10
3 5 (21.74%) Unix
4 1 (4.35%) Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
2 5 (21.74%) Project Management
3 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Break/Fix
4 3 (13.04%) Business Continuity
4 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 2 (8.70%) Defect Management
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (8.70%) ITIL
5 2 (8.70%) ITSM
5 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
5 2 (8.70%) Validation
6 1 (4.35%) Business Continuity Planning
6 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.35%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (4.35%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) ISEB
1 2 (8.70%) ISTQB
1 2 (8.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.35%) MCSE
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 12 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.35%) VMware NSX
3 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (17.39%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) Guidewire
3 2 (8.70%) Oracle
3 2 (8.70%) SAP
4 1 (4.35%) Apple
4 1 (4.35%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) Dell
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) Juniper
4 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) webMethods