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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 7 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 -14
Contract jobs citing Windows 33 18 23
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 14.73% 14.06% 9.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 94.29% 56.25% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 21
10th Percentile £185 £170 £193
25th Percentile £193 £186 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £200 £250
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -35.06%
75th Percentile £371 £350 £338
90th Percentile £488 £494 £488
South East median daily rate £333 £428 £360
% change year-on-year -22.22% +18.75% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.41 - -
75th Percentile £20.69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £52.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -64.06% +19.46% +158.51%

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 35 32 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 15.63% 25.00% 11.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 27
10th Percentile £185 £179 £188
25th Percentile £198 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £434 £290
Median % change year-on-year -51.04% +49.66% -26.58%
75th Percentile £431 £448 £481
90th Percentile £534 £542 £508
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -7.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.41 - -
75th Percentile £20.69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -69.81% +13.64% +223.53%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 11 £281 -33.82% 3
Burgess Hill +2 10 - - 2
Crawley -7 7 £200 - 1
Haywards Heath - 1 £213 - 1
Chichester - 1 £165 - 2
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 (3.03%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.03%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Google Workspace
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) Nutanix
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) DHCP
1 2 (6.06%) DNS
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) Toad
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Back Office
3 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Electronics
3 1 (3.03%) Front Office
3 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.03%) Marketing
3 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) 1st Line Support
2 8 (24.24%) Support Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) IT Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) IT Support
3 5 (15.15%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Service Desk Support
4 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Desktop Support
6 2 (6.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Deployment Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Nutanix Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Principal Developer
7 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Vulnerability Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Middleware
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) iPad
1 10 (30.30%) iPhone
2 5 (15.15%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
3 1 (3.03%) Replication
3 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 10 (30.30%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.03%) Android
4 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.03%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (36.36%) ITSM
3 11 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.15%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.06%) High Availability
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (6.06%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (6.06%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (6.06%) Roadmaps
6 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.06%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (3.03%) Architectural Patterns
7 1 (3.03%) Clean Code
7 1 (3.03%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (3.03%) Design Patterns
7 1 (3.03%) Runbook
7 1 (3.03%) SOLID
7 1 (3.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 1 (3.03%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) Java
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.06%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) C#
2 1 (3.03%) C++
2 1 (3.03%) Perl
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.03%) ISEB
1 1 (3.03%) ISTQB
1 1 (3.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (3.03%) VCAP
1 1 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (6.06%) vSphere
4 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) SCCM
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 10 (30.30%) Google
2 10 (30.30%) MobileIron
2 10 (30.30%) Nexthink
3 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 5 (15.15%) VMware
5 2 (6.06%) Oracle
5 2 (6.06%) Qualys
5 2 (6.06%) SAP
6 1 (3.03%) Atlassian
6 1 (3.03%) Citrix
6 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.03%) Dell
6 1 (3.03%) Rapid7
6 1 (3.03%) Veeam
6 1 (3.03%) webMethods
6 1 (3.03%) Zscaler