Windows Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Windows
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 15 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +20
Contract jobs citing Windows 208 360 355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 8.61% 9.51% 7.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.60% 63.94% 59.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 261 288
10th Percentile £149 £140 £161
25th Percentile £250 £200 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year - -3.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £572
90th Percentile £675 £656 £650
London median daily rate £400 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £20.75
75th Percentile £27.00 - £38.75
90th Percentile £28.43 - £75.88
London median hourly rate £22.00 £25.71 £23.91
% change year-on-year -14.43% +7.53% -1.81%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 322 563 596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.32% 14.87% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 403 463
10th Percentile £191 £160 £175
25th Percentile £289 £250 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +2.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £604
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 14
10th Percentile - £28.00 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.50 £14.34
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% +41.41% +76.79%
75th Percentile £27.00 £47.19 £39.88
90th Percentile £28.43 £69.13 £70.13
London median hourly rate £22.00 £36.17 £24.25
% change year-on-year -39.18% +49.15% -43.60%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Central London

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Central London

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Central London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Central London

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Central London

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Central London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
City of London +2 184 £400 -11.11% 52
City of Westminster -8 5 £400 +8.11% 3
West End of London -9 4 £147 -60.41% 2
Lambeth +2 1 £188 -1.32%
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - - 1
Windows
London

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 44 (21.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (8.17%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.81%) IIS
4 7 (3.37%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (2.40%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (1.92%) Apache
7 3 (1.44%) nginx
7 3 (1.44%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.96%) Confluence
8 2 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.96%) JBoss
8 2 (0.96%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.48%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (11.06%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.44%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.48%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.48%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.48%) Front Arena
2 1 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 73 (35.10%) Azure
2 66 (31.73%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (13.46%) AWS
4 25 (12.02%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (5.29%) Azure Storage
5 11 (5.29%) Mimecast
5 11 (5.29%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.33%) IaaS
6 9 (4.33%) PaaS
7 7 (3.37%) Azure Functions
7 7 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (3.37%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.37%) Serverless
8 6 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (2.88%) GitHub
9 5 (2.40%) GCP
10 4 (1.92%) WhatsApp
11 3 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 41 (19.71%) Firewall
2 17 (8.17%) SAN
3 16 (7.69%) DNS
4 12 (5.77%) VPN
5 10 (4.81%) WAN
6 8 (3.85%) Internet
7 7 (3.37%) LAN
8 5 (2.40%) FTP
8 5 (2.40%) Network Security
9 4 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (1.92%) DHCP
9 4 (1.92%) MPLS
9 4 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.92%) Wireless
10 3 (1.44%) H.323
10 3 (1.44%) NAS
10 3 (1.44%) Skype
10 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.90%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.33%) MongoDB
3 7 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.40%) MySQL
4 5 (2.40%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.92%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.92%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.96%) KDB
7 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.96%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.96%) Power BI
8 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.48%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.48%) Metadata
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.77%) Git
1 12 (5.77%) JIRA
2 10 (4.81%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.85%) TeamCity
4 5 (2.40%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.40%) GitLab
5 4 (1.92%) Hudson
6 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.96%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.96%) Subversion
8 1 (0.48%) AppScan
8 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.48%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.48%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.48%) Maven
8 1 (0.48%) Selenium
8 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 53 (25.48%) Finance
2 50 (24.04%) Social Skills
3 34 (16.35%) Banking
4 12 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.81%) Investment Banking
6 8 (3.85%) Front Office
7 7 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.88%) French Language
8 6 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.40%) Law
10 4 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.92%) Legal
10 4 (1.92%) Retail
11 2 (0.96%) Advertising
11 2 (0.96%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.48%) German Language
12 1 (0.48%) Korean Language
12 1 (0.48%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (20.19%) Support Engineer
2 34 (16.35%) Analyst
3 21 (10.10%) IT Support
4 17 (8.17%) Desktop Engineer
4 17 (8.17%) IT Engineer
5 16 (7.69%) Desktop Support
5 16 (7.69%) Developer
6 14 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (6.25%) IT Analyst
8 12 (5.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 11 (5.29%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (4.33%) Windows Engineer
11 7 (3.37%) Architect
11 7 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (3.37%) Full Stack Developer
11 7 (3.37%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.88%) Lead
12 6 (2.88%) Senior
12 6 (2.88%) Software Engineer
12 6 (2.88%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.62%) .NET
2 9 (4.33%) .NET Core
3 7 (3.37%) ASP.NET
3 7 (3.37%) Blazor
4 6 (2.88%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.88%) Web Services
5 4 (1.92%) LDAP
6 3 (1.44%) XML
7 2 (0.96%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.96%) HTML
7 2 (0.96%) HTML5
7 2 (0.96%) IBM Integration Bus
7 2 (0.96%) JSON
8 1 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.48%) OAuth
8 1 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.48%) TIBCO EMS
8 1 (0.48%) XSD
8 1 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.62%) Video Conferencing
2 13 (6.25%) Blackberry
2 13 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.37%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.88%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.40%) iPhone
6 5 (2.40%) Replication
7 4 (1.92%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.44%) Clustering
8 3 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.96%) IoT
9 2 (0.96%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 42 (20.19%) Windows Server
2 41 (19.71%) Linux
3 40 (19.23%) Windows 10
4 20 (9.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (9.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (7.21%) Unix
7 13 (6.25%) Android
8 12 (5.77%) Mac OS
9 9 (4.33%) Windows 7
10 8 (3.85%) Mac OS X
11 7 (3.37%) Apple iOS
12 6 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (1.92%) Windows 8
14 3 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (1.44%) VMS
15 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.48%) CentOS
16 1 (0.48%) OpenVMS
16 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (12.98%) DevOps
1 27 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (10.58%) Customer Service
2 22 (10.58%) Migration
3 20 (9.62%) Agile
4 19 (9.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (9.13%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (8.17%) CI/CD
5 17 (8.17%) SDLC
6 16 (7.69%) Information Security
6 16 (7.69%) ITIL
6 16 (7.69%) Software Engineering
7 13 (6.25%) Asset Management
8 12 (5.77%) Business Continuity
9 10 (4.81%) Analytics
9 10 (4.81%) Test Automation
10 9 (4.33%) Data Loss Prevention
10 9 (4.33%) Incident Management
11 8 (3.85%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (3.85%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.67%) PowerShell
2 33 (15.87%) SQL
3 32 (15.38%) Python
4 15 (7.21%) C#
5 12 (5.77%) C++
6 10 (4.81%) T-SQL
7 8 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.85%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.88%) Bash
8 6 (2.88%) Go
8 6 (2.88%) Java
9 5 (2.40%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.44%) VBScript
11 1 (0.48%) Perl
11 1 (0.48%) PHP
11 1 (0.48%) VB
11 1 (0.48%) VC++
11 1 (0.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 16 (7.69%) Degree
2 9 (4.33%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.40%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.92%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.44%) ISEB
6 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.96%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.96%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.96%) CCNA
7 2 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.96%) GCIA
7 2 (0.96%) GCIH
7 2 (0.96%) GIAC
7 2 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.48%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.77%) QA
2 4 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.92%) SLA
3 3 (1.44%) COBIT
3 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.96%) GDPR
4 2 (0.96%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.48%) MiFID
5 1 (0.48%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 82 (39.42%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.33%) Hyper-V
3 9 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.92%) Docker
4 4 (1.92%) HDFS
4 4 (1.92%) NFS
4 4 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.96%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) iptables
6 1 (0.48%) KVM
6 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (17.31%) SCCM
2 22 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (5.77%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.85%) Ansible
4 8 (3.85%) Terraform
5 5 (2.40%) Puppet
6 4 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.44%) CASB
7 3 (1.44%) Nessus
7 3 (1.44%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.96%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.96%) Grafana
8 2 (0.96%) Graylog
8 2 (0.96%) Nagios
8 2 (0.96%) Packer
8 2 (0.96%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.96%) QRadar
8 2 (0.96%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (37.02%) Microsoft
2 37 (17.79%) Citrix
3 26 (12.50%) Oracle
4 23 (11.06%) VMware
5 22 (10.58%) Cisco
6 16 (7.69%) HP
7 15 (7.21%) Apple
8 14 (6.73%) Avaya
9 13 (6.25%) ServiceNow
10 12 (5.77%) CheckPoint
10 12 (5.77%) EMC
11 10 (4.81%) Adobe
12 9 (4.33%) Bloomberg
13 7 (3.37%) IBM
13 7 (3.37%) Red Hat
14 6 (2.88%) MuleSoft
15 5 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
15 5 (2.40%) Ivanti
15 5 (2.40%) Okta
15 5 (2.40%) Reuters