Windows Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Windows
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 2 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 19 31 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 11.24% 17.32% 11.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.33% 72.09% 58.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 17
10th Percentile £167 £155 -
25th Percentile £183 £157 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £189 £155
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% +21.77% -53.38%
75th Percentile £513 £438 £438
90th Percentile £575 £450 £455
UK median daily rate £410 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £12.64
25th Percentile - - £12.84
Median hourly rate £24.18 £17.72 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year +36.46% +23.31% -7.29%
75th Percentile - - £16.58
90th Percentile - - £17.20
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £24.62 £20.00
% change year-on-year -26.89% +23.10% +23.08%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 30 43 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.75% 24.02% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 29
10th Percentile £167 £156 -
25th Percentile £183 £173 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £400 £433
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -7.51% +0.35%
75th Percentile £513 £450 £500
90th Percentile £575 £635 £560
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - £12.64
25th Percentile £12.25 - £12.84
Median hourly rate £24.18 £17.72 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year +36.46% +23.31% -7.29%
75th Percentile £26.10 - £16.58
90th Percentile £31.88 - £17.20
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £45.06 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.06% +102.49% +27.14%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Northern Ireland

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Northern Ireland

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Northern Ireland

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Northern Ireland

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
County Antrim -5 19 £200 +15.11% 16
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) InfoPath
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (21.05%) GitHub
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) FTP
1 1 (5.26%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Maven
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
5 2 (10.53%) Electronics
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (15.79%) Deployment Engineer
1 3 (15.79%) IT Engineer
1 3 (15.79%) IT Support
1 3 (15.79%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (15.79%) IT Technician
1 3 (15.79%) Support Technician
2 2 (10.53%) Developer
2 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared Java Developer
2 2 (10.53%) Java Developer
3 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Service Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) REST
1 4 (21.05%) Software Packaging
1 4 (21.05%) Spring Boot
2 1 (5.26%) COM
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) iPhone
1 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.26%) BYOD
2 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) iPad
2 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) PDA
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows 10
2 2 (10.53%) Apple iOS
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Customer Service
2 5 (26.32%) Business Strategy
3 4 (21.05%) Break/Fix
3 4 (21.05%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
4 2 (10.53%) SDET
4 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Coaching
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.26%) OO
5 1 (5.26%) OOP
5 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
4 3 (15.79%) Degree
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Dell
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.26%) Apple
4 1 (5.26%) HP
4 1 (5.26%) Intel