Windows Contracts in Wokingham

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows 24 16 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 12.70% 19.28% 15.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 88.89% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 5
10th Percentile £325 £313 £222
25th Percentile £359 £319 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £330 £300
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +10.00% +96.72%
75th Percentile £500 £390 -
90th Percentile £541 £600 £315
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -

All Operating Systems
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 27 16 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 14.29% 19.28% 30.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 9
10th Percentile £328 £313 £274
25th Percentile £370 £319 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £330 £325
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +1.54% +78.08%
75th Percentile £500 £390 £425
90th Percentile £533 £600 £480
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -8.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Wokingham.

Daily rate trend for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Wokingham over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Wokingham.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 (4.17%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) DHCP
1 8 (33.33%) DNS
2 5 (20.83%) SAN
3 3 (12.50%) FTP
3 3 (12.50%) SMTP
3 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.50%) Telnet
4 2 (8.33%) VPN
5 1 (4.17%) Firewall
5 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Administrator
1 5 (20.83%) Backup Administrator
1 5 (20.83%) Storage Administrator
1 5 (20.83%) Storage and Backup Administrator
1 5 (20.83%) Support Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Tester
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Applications Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Coordinator
4 2 (8.33%) HP Storage Administrator
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Coordinator
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Project Coordinator
5 1 (4.17%) Deskside Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Deskside Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Support
5 1 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 4 (16.67%) SCADA
3 3 (12.50%) PKI
4 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.33%) HP Storage
4 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Linux
2 10 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 7 (29.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.17%) Android
6 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (45.83%) ITIL
3 7 (29.17%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (16.67%) Test Assurance
4 4 (16.67%) Test Management
4 4 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) Validation
5 3 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (12.50%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (8.33%) Migration
6 2 (8.33%) Operations Management
6 2 (8.33%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.33%) Workflow
6 2 (8.33%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Shell Script
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Perl
2 4 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.33%) C#
3 2 (8.33%) Java
3 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.33%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (12.50%) CISSP
5 2 (8.33%) Degree
5 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (4.17%) CCSK
6 1 (4.17%) CEH
6 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.17%) GIAC
6 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) NIST
2 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) NFS
3 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.17%) Samba
4 1 (4.17%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) NetBackup
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.33%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (4.17%) CASB
4 1 (4.17%) SCCM
4 1 (4.17%) yum
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) 3PAR
1 7 (29.17%) HP
1 7 (29.17%) Red Hat
1 7 (29.17%) Veritas
2 5 (20.83%) NetApp
2 5 (20.83%) Nimble Storage
3 4 (16.67%) Dell
3 4 (16.67%) VMware
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.33%) BMC
5 2 (8.33%) Intel
6 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
6 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
6 1 (4.17%) Google