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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 23 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 847 1,878 2,686
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.72% 7.62% 6.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 55.14% 55.98% 50.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 1,339 1,914
10th Percentile £183 £200 £195
25th Percentile £310 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £667
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 61 107
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.19 £13.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £53.35 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.01% +117.76% +22.50%
75th Percentile £17.92 £67.50 £54.63
90th Percentile £22.71 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £22.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.46% +13.15% +23.08%

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 1,536 3,355 5,343
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 13.61% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 2,365 3,793
10th Percentile £225 £240 £300
25th Percentile £351 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £610
90th Percentile £680 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £469 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 103 148
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.00 £14.85
25th Percentile £14.27 £25.71 £19.66
Median hourly rate £17.69 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.30% +16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £46.39 £67.50 £60.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £67.72
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £39.05 £23.00
% change year-on-year -43.47% +69.78% +31.43%

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 16 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 16 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
1 124 (14.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (7.08%) SharePoint
3 41 (4.84%) Confluence
4 24 (2.83%) IIS
5 17 (2.01%) SharePoint Server
6 14 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2010
7 13 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2007
8 12 (1.42%) Skype for Business
9 11 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2003
9 11 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
10 8 (0.94%) JBoss
11 6 (0.71%) nginx
12 5 (0.59%) Apache
12 5 (0.59%) Oracle Self-Service HR
13 4 (0.47%) Tomcat
14 3 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.59%) 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 (1.42%) Elite 3E
2 6 (0.71%) Shopify
3 3 (0.35%) 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
1 294 (34.71%) Azure
2 220 (25.97%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (12.04%) Entra ID
4 97 (11.45%) AWS
5 38 (4.49%) PaaS
6 32 (3.78%) SaaS
7 28 (3.31%) IaaS
8 23 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (2.48%) Azure Storage
10 20 (2.36%) OneDrive
11 17 (2.01%) Azure Stack
12 15 (1.77%) GitHub
12 15 (1.77%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.65%) GCP
14 13 (1.53%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (1.06%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 150 (17.71%) Firewall
2 87 (10.27%) DNS
3 64 (7.56%) VPN
4 58 (6.85%) DHCP
5 44 (5.19%) SAN
6 40 (4.72%) TCP/IP
7 24 (2.83%) LAN
8 21 (2.48%) Network Security
9 19 (2.24%) BGP
10 18 (2.13%) NAS
10 18 (2.13%) WAN
11 15 (1.77%) Internet
11 15 (1.77%) VLAN
12 13 (1.53%) Skype
13 10 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.06%) Wireless
15 8 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
15 8 (0.94%) VoIP
16 7 (0.83%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.36%) MySQL
3 15 (1.77%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (1.30%) Hadoop
5 11 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.06%) RDBMS
7 8 (0.94%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (0.83%) Power BI
9 6 (0.71%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.59%) DB2
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.47%) Apache Hive
11 4 (0.47%) Big Data
11 4 (0.47%) Tableau
12 3 (0.35%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
13 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (7.79%) JIRA
2 46 (5.43%) Git
3 42 (4.96%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.36%) TeamCity
4 20 (2.36%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.65%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.53%) Artifactory
7 8 (0.94%) MSI
7 8 (0.94%) Subversion
8 7 (0.83%) Maven
9 6 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.59%) GitLab
10 5 (0.59%) Selenium
10 5 (0.59%) WiX
11 4 (0.47%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (0.47%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.35%) CA Release Automation
General
1 243 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 169 (19.95%) Finance
3 79 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.15%) Public Sector
5 46 (5.43%) Banking
6 24 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (2.60%) Marketing
9 21 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.77%) Front Office
12 12 (1.42%) Retail
13 11 (1.30%) Legal
14 10 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.18%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.06%) Electronics
16 7 (0.83%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (10.63%) Senior
2 87 (10.27%) Analyst
3 84 (9.92%) Support Engineer
4 73 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 46 (5.43%) Architect
6 38 (4.49%) Service Analyst
7 37 (4.37%) Service Desk Analyst
8 35 (4.13%) Consultant
9 34 (4.01%) Applications Support
10 33 (3.90%) IT Support
11 32 (3.78%) IT Engineer
11 32 (3.78%) Windows Engineer
12 30 (3.54%) Administrator
13 27 (3.19%) Security Engineer
14 26 (3.07%) Applications Engineer
14 26 (3.07%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.07%) Microsoft Engineer
15 24 (2.83%) DBA
16 23 (2.72%) Desktop Support
16 23 (2.72%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.55%) .NET
2 26 (3.07%) Middleware
3 21 (2.48%) ARM Templates
3 21 (2.48%) REST
4 19 (2.24%) LDAP
5 17 (2.01%) XML
6 14 (1.65%) ASP.NET
7 12 (1.42%) Node.js
8 11 (1.30%) JSON
9 10 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
9 10 (1.18%) SAML
10 9 (1.06%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.06%) HTML
10 9 (1.06%) SOAP
11 8 (0.94%) Entity Framework
11 8 (0.94%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.83%) OAuth
12 7 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (0.83%) Web Services
12 7 (0.83%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.49%) Data Centre
2 38 (4.49%) Replication
3 30 (3.54%) PKI
4 29 (3.42%) Management Information System
5 27 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.95%) Clustering
6 25 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
7 21 (2.48%) NHS
7 21 (2.48%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.24%) Public Cloud
9 17 (2.01%) Private Cloud
10 12 (1.42%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.94%) Product Ownership
14 7 (0.83%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.83%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 245 (28.93%) Windows Server
2 222 (26.21%) Linux
3 150 (17.71%) Windows 10
4 76 (8.97%) Unix
5 63 (7.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 54 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 39 (4.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (4.13%) Apple iOS
9 33 (3.90%) Windows 7
10 29 (3.42%) Android
11 22 (2.60%) Mac OS
12 20 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
13 19 (2.24%) Windows Server 2003
14 14 (1.65%) Solaris
15 13 (1.53%) VMS
16 7 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
17 6 (0.71%) AIX
17 6 (0.71%) Mac OS X
18 5 (0.59%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (15.58%) ITIL
2 131 (15.47%) DevOps
3 116 (13.70%) Migration
4 115 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (12.16%) Agile
6 100 (11.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 90 (10.63%) Customer Service
8 87 (10.27%) CI/CD
9 58 (6.85%) Disaster Recovery
10 54 (6.38%) Analytics
10 54 (6.38%) Service Management
11 49 (5.79%) High Availability
12 47 (5.55%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (4.84%) Computer Science
13 41 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
14 37 (4.37%) Mobile Device Management
14 37 (4.37%) Release Management
15 36 (4.25%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (4.13%) Vulnerability Management
17 34 (4.01%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 167 (19.72%) PowerShell
2 131 (15.47%) SQL
3 78 (9.21%) Python
4 63 (7.44%) C#
5 32 (3.78%) Bash
6 29 (3.42%) C++
7 25 (2.95%) Java
7 25 (2.95%) VB
8 24 (2.83%) VBScript
9 18 (2.13%) Bicep
10 17 (2.01%) JavaScript
10 17 (2.01%) Perl
11 11 (1.30%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.06%) F#
14 8 (0.94%) C
14 8 (0.94%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.71%) VBA
16 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
17 3 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 172 (20.31%) Security Cleared
2 124 (14.64%) SC Cleared
3 105 (12.40%) Degree
4 63 (7.44%) DV Cleared
5 37 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 16 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.65%) MCSE
9 12 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.42%) MCSA
10 10 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.59%) CCNA
11 5 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.47%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.49%) SLA
2 34 (4.01%) QA
3 17 (2.01%) Government Security Classifications
4 15 (1.77%) GDPR
5 12 (1.42%) NIST
6 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.12%) GLBA
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.12%) ISAE 3402
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 332 (39.20%) Active Directory
2 73 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (5.43%) Virtual Machines
4 28 (3.31%) Docker
4 28 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 28 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 25 (2.95%) vSphere
6 16 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.77%) VMware NSX
7 15 (1.77%) XenApp
8 10 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.06%) XenDesktop
10 7 (0.83%) HDFS
10 7 (0.83%) NFS
11 5 (0.59%) Snort
11 5 (0.59%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.35%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.35%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.12%) iptables
13 1 (0.12%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 124 (14.64%) SCCM
2 72 (8.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (7.56%) Ansible
4 58 (6.85%) Kubernetes
5 47 (5.55%) Terraform
6 46 (5.43%) SCOM
7 28 (3.31%) WSUS
8 21 (2.48%) Puppet
9 19 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (1.30%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 10 (1.18%) NetBackup
12 9 (1.06%) Kibana
12 9 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.94%) Tivoli
14 7 (0.83%) Prometheus
15 6 (0.71%) AirWatch
15 6 (0.71%) Grafana
15 6 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 334 (39.43%) Microsoft
2 123 (14.52%) VMware
3 60 (7.08%) Citrix
4 53 (6.26%) Oracle
5 52 (6.14%) ServiceNow
6 46 (5.43%) Cisco
7 40 (4.72%) HP
8 33 (3.90%) Splunk
9 24 (2.83%) Atlassian
10 23 (2.72%) IBM
11 21 (2.48%) Qualys
12 20 (2.36%) Dell
12 20 (2.36%) SAP
13 18 (2.13%) CyberArk
13 18 (2.13%) EMC
13 18 (2.13%) Red Hat
14 17 (2.01%) Apple
14 17 (2.01%) Veeam
15 15 (1.77%) CheckPoint
16 13 (1.53%) Google