Windows Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 22 31
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 840 1,860 2,692
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.73% 7.58% 6.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 55.05% 56.36% 50.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 1,327 1,924
10th Percentile £182 £200 £193
25th Percentile £310 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £451
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.44% +1.12%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 60 97
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.09 £13.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.14 £16.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.78 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.69% +134.58% +12.50%
75th Percentile £17.69 £70.94 £56.00
90th Percentile £22.52 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% +24.11%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,526 3,300 5,332
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.41% 13.45% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 2,326 3,792
10th Percentile £225 £240 £300
25th Percentile £356 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £505
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +3.86% +9.19%
75th Percentile £590 £633 £613
90th Percentile £685 £727 £688
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 106 131
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.00 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.14 £25.71 £19.31
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +23.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £40.70 £67.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%

Windows
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows.

Windows daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Windows daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows.

Windows hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Windows hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 117 (13.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (6.43%) SharePoint
3 39 (4.64%) Confluence
4 24 (2.86%) IIS
5 15 (1.79%) SharePoint Server
6 14 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2007
7 12 (1.43%) Skype for Business
8 11 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2003
8 11 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (0.95%) JBoss
10 6 (0.71%) nginx
11 5 (0.60%) Apache
11 5 (0.60%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 5 (0.60%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 73 (8.69%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.60%) Trello
4 2 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.43%) Elite 3E
2 6 (0.71%) Shopify
3 3 (0.36%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.24%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.12%) assyst
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.12%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Relativity
5 1 (0.12%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 291 (34.64%) Azure
2 213 (25.36%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (12.02%) Entra ID
4 96 (11.43%) AWS
5 39 (4.64%) PaaS
6 32 (3.81%) SaaS
7 28 (3.33%) IaaS
8 25 (2.98%) Azure Storage
9 23 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.50%) OneDrive
11 15 (1.79%) Azure Stack
11 15 (1.79%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.67%) GCP
13 13 (1.55%) GitHub
13 13 (1.55%) OpenShift
14 11 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (1.07%) CloudFront
17 8 (0.95%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 150 (17.86%) Firewall
2 89 (10.60%) DNS
3 66 (7.86%) VPN
4 59 (7.02%) DHCP
5 42 (5.00%) SAN
6 41 (4.88%) TCP/IP
7 25 (2.98%) LAN
8 22 (2.62%) Network Security
9 19 (2.26%) WAN
10 17 (2.02%) BGP
10 17 (2.02%) NAS
11 15 (1.79%) Internet
11 15 (1.79%) VLAN
12 13 (1.55%) Skype
13 10 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.07%) Wireless
15 8 (0.95%) FTP
15 8 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
15 8 (0.95%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.14%) MySQL
3 15 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.31%) Hadoop
4 11 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.07%) RDBMS
6 8 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 8 (0.95%) Power BI
7 6 (0.71%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.60%) DB2
8 5 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.48%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.48%) Big Data
9 4 (0.48%) Tableau
10 3 (0.36%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.24%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (7.50%) JIRA
2 46 (5.48%) Git
3 40 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.50%) TeamCity
5 20 (2.38%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.79%) Bitbucket
7 14 (1.67%) Artifactory
8 8 (0.95%) MSI
8 8 (0.95%) Subversion
9 7 (0.83%) Maven
10 6 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.60%) Selenium
11 5 (0.60%) WiX
12 4 (0.48%) GitLab
12 4 (0.48%) IDA Disassembler
12 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.36%) CA Release Automation
General
1 235 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 166 (19.76%) Finance
3 75 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.86%) Public Sector
5 45 (5.36%) Banking
6 22 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.50%) Marketing
8 20 (2.38%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.79%) Front Office
12 14 (1.67%) Retail
13 12 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.19%) Legal
15 9 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.07%) Investment Banking
16 8 (0.95%) Electronics
17 7 (0.83%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 88 (10.48%) Senior
2 83 (9.88%) Analyst
3 82 (9.76%) Support Engineer
4 72 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 52 (6.19%) Architect
6 36 (4.29%) Consultant
7 35 (4.17%) IT Support
8 34 (4.05%) Applications Support
9 33 (3.93%) IT Engineer
9 33 (3.93%) Service Analyst
10 31 (3.69%) Service Desk Analyst
10 31 (3.69%) Windows Engineer
11 30 (3.57%) Administrator
12 26 (3.10%) Applications Engineer
13 25 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (2.98%) Security Engineer
14 24 (2.86%) Microsoft Engineer
15 23 (2.74%) Support Specialist
16 22 (2.62%) DBA
16 22 (2.62%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.71%) .NET
2 28 (3.33%) Middleware
3 21 (2.50%) ARM Templates
3 21 (2.50%) REST
4 19 (2.26%) LDAP
5 17 (2.02%) XML
6 14 (1.67%) ASP.NET
7 12 (1.43%) Node.js
8 11 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
8 11 (1.31%) JSON
9 10 (1.19%) SAML
10 9 (1.07%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.07%) HTML
10 9 (1.07%) SOAP
11 8 (0.95%) Entity Framework
11 8 (0.95%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.83%) OAuth
12 7 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (0.83%) Web Services
12 7 (0.83%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.43%) Data Centre
2 38 (4.52%) Replication
3 31 (3.69%) PKI
4 29 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.98%) Clustering
6 23 (2.74%) Video Conferencing
7 20 (2.38%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.26%) NHS
8 19 (2.26%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.79%) Private Cloud
10 12 (1.43%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.19%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.07%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.07%) Product Ownership
13 7 (0.83%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 244 (29.05%) Windows Server
2 224 (26.67%) Linux
3 146 (17.38%) Windows 10
4 75 (8.93%) Unix
5 65 (7.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 54 (6.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 42 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (4.17%) Apple iOS
9 32 (3.81%) Windows 7
10 29 (3.45%) Android
11 20 (2.38%) Mac OS
11 20 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
13 18 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 15 (1.79%) VMS
15 14 (1.67%) Solaris
16 7 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
17 6 (0.71%) AIX
18 5 (0.60%) Mac OS X
18 5 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (15.24%) DevOps
2 123 (14.64%) ITIL
3 120 (14.29%) Migration
4 111 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (12.74%) Agile
6 98 (11.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 87 (10.36%) Customer Service
8 84 (10.00%) CI/CD
9 57 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 56 (6.67%) Analytics
11 52 (6.19%) Service Management
12 48 (5.71%) High Availability
13 47 (5.60%) Infrastructure as Code
14 43 (5.12%) Computer Science
15 39 (4.64%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (4.40%) Release Management
17 36 (4.29%) Mobile Device Management
18 35 (4.17%) Vulnerability Management
19 34 (4.05%) Information Security
20 33 (3.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 165 (19.64%) PowerShell
2 136 (16.19%) SQL
3 77 (9.17%) Python
4 64 (7.62%) C#
5 31 (3.69%) Bash
6 29 (3.45%) C++
7 26 (3.10%) VB
8 25 (2.98%) VBScript
9 24 (2.86%) Java
10 19 (2.26%) Bicep
11 16 (1.90%) JavaScript
11 16 (1.90%) Perl
12 12 (1.43%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.07%) F#
15 8 (0.95%) C
15 8 (0.95%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.71%) VBA
17 4 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 171 (20.36%) Security Cleared
2 125 (14.88%) SC Cleared
3 107 (12.74%) Degree
4 63 (7.50%) DV Cleared
5 37 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 16 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.67%) MCSE
9 13 (1.55%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.43%) MCSA
11 10 (1.19%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.60%) CCNA
12 5 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.48%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.48%) GIAC
13 4 (0.48%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.19%) SLA
2 35 (4.17%) QA
3 15 (1.79%) GDPR
3 15 (1.79%) Government Security Classifications
4 12 (1.43%) NIST
5 11 (1.31%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) GLBA
10 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 330 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 72 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (3.45%) Hyper-V
5 28 (3.33%) Docker
5 28 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (2.98%) vSphere
7 17 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (1.90%) XenApp
9 15 (1.79%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (1.19%) XenDesktop
12 7 (0.83%) HDFS
12 7 (0.83%) NFS
13 5 (0.60%) Snort
13 5 (0.60%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.36%) VirtualBox
14 3 (0.36%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
16 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 124 (14.76%) SCCM
2 72 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 63 (7.50%) Ansible
4 59 (7.02%) Kubernetes
5 46 (5.48%) SCOM
6 45 (5.36%) Terraform
7 30 (3.57%) WSUS
8 21 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 20 (2.38%) Puppet
10 10 (1.19%) EMC NetWorker
10 10 (1.19%) Kibana
10 10 (1.19%) NetBackup
11 9 (1.07%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.95%) Tivoli
13 7 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.83%) Prometheus
14 6 (0.71%) Grafana
14 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
14 6 (0.71%) Nessus
Vendors
1 335 (39.88%) Microsoft
2 123 (14.64%) VMware
3 59 (7.02%) Citrix
4 55 (6.55%) Oracle
5 50 (5.95%) ServiceNow
6 43 (5.12%) Cisco
7 39 (4.64%) HP
8 33 (3.93%) Splunk
9 23 (2.74%) IBM
10 21 (2.50%) Atlassian
10 21 (2.50%) Qualys
11 20 (2.38%) Dell
12 19 (2.26%) SAP
13 18 (2.14%) CyberArk
14 17 (2.02%) EMC
15 16 (1.90%) Apple
15 16 (1.90%) Red Hat
15 16 (1.90%) Veeam
16 14 (1.67%) CheckPoint
16 14 (1.67%) Google