Windows Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 157 313 366
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 8.11% 16.05% 14.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.86% 71.14% 67.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 209 220
10th Percentile £175 £160 £150
25th Percentile £221 £189 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £298 £325
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% -8.46% +30.00%
75th Percentile £575 £520 £438
90th Percentile £586 £631 £503
England median daily rate £400 £450 £424
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.19% +5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 43 62
10th Percentile £13.29 £13.00 £12.28
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.41 £16.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% - -9.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £24.62 £36.77
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.00 £53.75
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.40% +17.50% +21.21%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 228 440 541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 11.78% 22.56% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 303 308
10th Percentile £180 £163 £163
25th Percentile £240 £213 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £495
90th Percentile £650 £700 £628
England median daily rate £475 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 49 82
10th Percentile £13.43 £13.00 £13.13
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £14.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.26 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +214.98% -13.07% +18.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.75 £60.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +22.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hertfordshire -6 79 £550 +29.41% 65
Cambridgeshire -18 36 £233 -7.00% 45
Essex +8 18 £213 +1.19% 25
Bedfordshire -18 12 £250 +19.05% 4
Suffolk +16 11 £199 -11.67% 11
Norfolk -8 1 - - 16
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 34 (21.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.92%) CMS
2 14 (8.92%) IIS
3 13 (8.28%) SharePoint
4 9 (5.73%) Tomcat
5 5 (3.18%) Apache
6 4 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.27%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.64%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.64%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Shopify
2 1 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (18.47%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (14.65%) Azure
3 7 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.27%) BigCommerce
5 1 (0.64%) AWS
5 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.46%) SMTP
2 16 (10.19%) TCP/IP
3 8 (5.10%) HTTP
3 8 (5.10%) VPN
4 7 (4.46%) Ethernet
5 5 (3.18%) DNS
5 5 (3.18%) FTP
6 4 (2.55%) H.323
6 4 (2.55%) SSL
6 4 (2.55%) WAN
6 4 (2.55%) Wireless
6 4 (2.55%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.91%) Firewall
7 3 (1.91%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.91%) LAN
7 3 (1.91%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (1.27%) DHCP
8 2 (1.27%) SAN
9 1 (0.64%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (7.01%) Visual Studio
2 8 (5.10%) Git
3 6 (3.82%) Eclipse
4 4 (2.55%) Fiddler
4 4 (2.55%) Mercurial
5 2 (1.27%) JIRA
6 1 (0.64%) CMake
6 1 (0.64%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.64%) MSI
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 42 (26.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.37%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.73%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.10%) Marketing
6 6 (3.82%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.82%) Military
6 6 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.18%) Legal
7 5 (3.18%) Multimedia
8 4 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.91%) Electronics
9 3 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Finance
10 2 (1.27%) Retail
11 1 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (22.29%) Analyst
2 32 (20.38%) Support Engineer
3 16 (10.19%) Service Analyst
3 16 (10.19%) Service Desk Analyst
4 15 (9.55%) Messaging Engineer
5 14 (8.92%) SOC Analyst
6 13 (8.28%) Storage Engineer
6 13 (8.28%) Windows Engineer
7 12 (7.64%) IT Engineer
8 10 (6.37%) IT Support
8 10 (6.37%) Senior
8 10 (6.37%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (6.37%) Software Engineer
9 8 (5.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 8 (5.10%) Administrator
9 8 (5.10%) Desktop Engineer
9 8 (5.10%) Desktop Support
9 8 (5.10%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 7 (4.46%) C# Software Engineer
10 7 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.64%) Web Services
2 8 (5.10%) .NET
3 6 (3.82%) LDAP
3 6 (3.82%) Node.js
4 5 (3.18%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.55%) NumPy
5 4 (2.55%) Pandas
5 4 (2.55%) React
5 4 (2.55%) SAML
5 4 (2.55%) SciPy
6 3 (1.91%) WPF
7 2 (1.27%) MFC
7 2 (1.27%) VML
7 2 (1.27%) WinForms
8 1 (0.64%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.64%) GStreamer
8 1 (0.64%) Middleware
8 1 (0.64%) Silverlight
8 1 (0.64%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.64%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.28%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (7.64%) Cyberattack
3 11 (7.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (4.46%) iPad
4 7 (4.46%) iPhone
5 6 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.55%) IVR
7 4 (2.55%) NHS
7 4 (2.55%) Social Media
8 3 (1.91%) BYOD
8 3 (1.91%) Clustering
9 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.27%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.27%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.64%) MPEG
10 1 (0.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (31.21%) Linux
2 40 (25.48%) Windows Server
3 31 (19.75%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.18%) Android
4 5 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.55%) Windows 2000
5 4 (2.55%) Windows 7
5 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.91%) Unix
6 3 (1.91%) Windows 8
7 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.64%) AIX
8 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.64%) Solaris
8 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (17.20%) ITIL
2 23 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (14.01%) Customer Service
4 17 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (10.19%) Incident Response
5 16 (10.19%) Software Engineering
6 13 (8.28%) Security Operations
7 11 (7.01%) Computer Science
8 10 (6.37%) Agile
8 10 (6.37%) Change Management
8 10 (6.37%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (5.73%) Problem Management
10 8 (5.10%) Digital Twin
10 8 (5.10%) ITSM
10 8 (5.10%) Migration
10 8 (5.10%) Service Delivery
10 8 (5.10%) Synthetic Environment
11 7 (4.46%) DevOps
11 7 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (4.46%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.19%) C#
2 11 (7.01%) C++
2 11 (7.01%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.73%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.73%) Python
4 6 (3.82%) SQL
5 2 (1.27%) C++/CLI
6 1 (0.64%) C
6 1 (0.64%) Java
6 1 (0.64%) XAML
Qualifications
1 59 (37.58%) Security Cleared
2 34 (21.66%) DV Cleared
3 25 (15.92%) Degree
4 17 (10.83%) SC Cleared
5 14 (8.92%) CCNA
5 14 (8.92%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (8.92%) MCP
6 11 (7.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.46%) MCSA
9 4 (2.55%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.55%) MCSE
10 3 (1.91%) CCNP
10 3 (1.91%) ECDL
10 3 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.91%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.27%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.64%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.55%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (39.49%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.91%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.91%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.64%) HDFS
4 1 (0.64%) NFS
4 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (12.74%) SCCM
2 14 (8.92%) MAILsweeper
3 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.82%) SCOM
5 4 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.91%) WSUS
7 1 (0.64%) Autotask
7 1 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 61 (38.85%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.01%) VMware
3 16 (10.19%) NetApp
3 16 (10.19%) Sophos
4 15 (9.55%) Splunk
5 14 (8.92%) Darktrace
5 14 (8.92%) FireEye
5 14 (8.92%) LogRhythm
5 14 (8.92%) Trend Micro
6 11 (7.01%) Citrix
7 8 (5.10%) SAP
8 7 (4.46%) IronPort
9 6 (3.82%) Cisco
10 5 (3.18%) F5
11 4 (2.55%) Avaya
11 4 (2.55%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.55%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.55%) Symantec
11 4 (2.55%) Verint
12 3 (1.91%) Apple