Windows Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Windows
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 418 624 901
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 8.81% 11.44% 12.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.49% 71.07% 65.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 422 662
10th Percentile £150 £153 £139
25th Percentile £190 £200 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £394 £284
Median % change year-on-year -17.46% +38.77% -12.69%
75th Percentile £566 £538 £450
90th Percentile £825 £631 £580
England median daily rate £400 £450 £423
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.51% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 60 63
10th Percentile - £13.11 £12.47
25th Percentile £10.95 £16.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% +28.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £18.07 £38.75 £19.47
90th Percentile £19.05 £47.85 £23.71
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.40% +17.50% +21.21%

All Operating Systems
North 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 North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 691 878 1,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.57% 16.10% 19.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 606 994
10th Percentile £165 £167 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £548
90th Percentile £651 £675 £638
England median daily rate £475 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 63 78
10th Percentile - £13.16 £12.75
25th Percentile £10.95 £16.25 £15.42
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.50 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +23.29% +14.06%
75th Percentile £19.18 £41.49 £23.69
90th Percentile £48.00 £48.60 £71.50
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
North West -7 231 £350 -16.57% 187
Yorkshire -3 164 £325 -7.28% 136
North East -1 23 £463 +94.74% 31
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 38 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (6.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.44%) IIS
4 2 (0.48%) Apache
4 2 (0.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.48%) nginx
4 2 (0.48%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.24%) JBoss
5 1 (0.24%) Site Server
5 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 84 (20.10%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.24%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 139 (33.25%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (14.11%) Azure
3 23 (5.50%) AWS
4 18 (4.31%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.39%) IaaS
6 9 (2.15%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.67%) GCP
8 6 (1.44%) SaaS
9 5 (1.20%) PaaS
10 4 (0.96%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.72%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.24%) Amazon ECS
13 1 (0.24%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.24%) Azure App Service
13 1 (0.24%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.24%) Cohesity
13 1 (0.24%) OCI
13 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.70%) Firewall
2 73 (17.46%) VPN
3 26 (6.22%) LAN
4 21 (5.02%) VLAN
4 21 (5.02%) WAN
5 19 (4.55%) DNS
6 15 (3.59%) Wireless
7 14 (3.35%) DHCP
8 10 (2.39%) SAN
8 10 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.91%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.67%) Ethernet
10 7 (1.67%) OSPF
10 7 (1.67%) Wireless Security
11 6 (1.44%) Internet
11 6 (1.44%) SSL
12 4 (0.96%) VoIP
12 4 (0.96%) WAAS
13 3 (0.72%) NAS
13 3 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.20%) MongoDB
3 4 (0.96%) Big Data
3 4 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.96%) Power BI
4 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.72%) Data Hub
4 3 (0.72%) DB2
4 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.24%) MySQL
6 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
1 3 (0.72%) GitLab
1 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
1 3 (0.72%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.48%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.48%) MSI
3 1 (0.24%) Gradle
3 1 (0.24%) Hudson
3 1 (0.24%) Liquibase
3 1 (0.24%) Maven
3 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 128 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 40 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (7.42%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.94%) Finance
5 16 (3.83%) Legal
6 11 (2.63%) Banking
6 11 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.67%) Law
9 5 (1.20%) Local Government
9 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.20%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.96%) Automotive
11 3 (0.72%) Aviation
11 3 (0.72%) Retail
12 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.48%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.24%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 79 (18.90%) Analyst
2 62 (14.83%) Architect
3 59 (14.11%) IT Support
4 47 (11.24%) Service Analyst
4 47 (11.24%) Service Desk Analyst
5 43 (10.29%) Support Engineer
5 43 (10.29%) Technical Architect
6 41 (9.81%) Lead
7 33 (7.89%) Technical Leader
8 30 (7.18%) Lead Architect
9 27 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (5.50%) IT Engineer
10 23 (5.50%) IT Technician
11 21 (5.02%) 2nd Line Support
12 20 (4.78%) Support Analyst
13 19 (4.55%) Desktop Support
14 18 (4.31%) Senior
15 17 (4.07%) Deployment Engineer
16 15 (3.59%) 1st Line Support
16 15 (3.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.29%) Node.js
2 10 (2.39%) Kafka
3 7 (1.67%) Middleware
3 7 (1.67%) XML
4 6 (1.44%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (0.96%) .NET
5 4 (0.96%) XSLT
6 3 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.72%) HTML
6 3 (0.72%) J2EE
6 3 (0.72%) JSON
6 3 (0.72%) JSP
6 3 (0.72%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.72%) Web Services
7 2 (0.48%) ADSI
7 2 (0.48%) LDAP
7 2 (0.48%) React Native
7 2 (0.48%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.48%) XMPP
8 1 (0.24%) IBM Integration Bus
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.85%) Public Cloud
2 19 (4.55%) Replication
3 13 (3.11%) Clustering
3 13 (3.11%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.11%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.63%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.15%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (1.67%) EPoS
6 7 (1.67%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.20%) iPhone
8 4 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.96%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.96%) PKI
8 4 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.72%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.72%) Data Fabric
9 3 (0.72%) EMC VNX
9 3 (0.72%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 147 (35.17%) Windows 10
2 129 (30.86%) Windows Server
3 74 (17.70%) Linux
4 53 (12.68%) Apple iOS
5 50 (11.96%) Android
6 20 (4.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (3.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (3.35%) Unix
9 13 (3.11%) Mac OS
9 13 (3.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (2.15%) VMS
10 9 (2.15%) Windows 7
11 8 (1.91%) zOS
12 5 (1.20%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.72%) AIX
13 3 (0.72%) Debian
13 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.72%) Solaris
13 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (27.03%) Customer Service
2 88 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (16.27%) Mobile Device Management
4 53 (12.68%) Migration
5 52 (12.44%) CI/CD
6 46 (11.00%) Agile
6 46 (11.00%) ITIL
7 44 (10.53%) DevOps
7 44 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 44 (10.53%) Security Architecture
7 44 (10.53%) Zero Trust
8 42 (10.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 42 (10.05%) Threat Intelligence
9 35 (8.37%) Decision-Making
9 35 (8.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 29 (6.94%) Change Management
11 28 (6.70%) Design Patterns
11 28 (6.70%) Time Management
12 27 (6.46%) Service Delivery
13 24 (5.74%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.94%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.98%) SQL
3 10 (2.39%) JavaScript
3 10 (2.39%) Python
4 9 (2.15%) C++
5 7 (1.67%) Java
6 3 (0.72%) C
6 3 (0.72%) VB
7 2 (0.48%) Bash
7 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.24%) C#
8 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (20.10%) Security Cleared
2 74 (17.70%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.46%) Degree
4 24 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.59%) CCNA
5 15 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.11%) MCSE
7 8 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.44%) CEH
9 6 (1.44%) CREST Certified
9 6 (1.44%) GIAC
9 6 (1.44%) GPEN
9 6 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.44%) OSCP
10 5 (1.20%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.72%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.46%) Disclosure Scotland
2 25 (5.98%) SLA
3 9 (2.15%) NIST
4 4 (0.96%) QA
5 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 166 (39.71%) Active Directory
2 54 (12.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.46%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.67%) Docker
5 6 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.20%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.96%) vSphere
8 3 (0.72%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.72%) SRDF
9 2 (0.48%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) Firmware
10 1 (0.24%) NFS
10 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 49 (11.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (9.33%) SCCM
3 25 (5.98%) Ansible
4 18 (4.31%) NetBackup
5 17 (4.07%) Puppet
6 6 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.96%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.96%) Terraform
7 4 (0.96%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.72%) Autotask
8 3 (0.72%) EMC TimeFinder
8 3 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.48%) WSUS
9 2 (0.48%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.24%) Kibana
Vendors
1 188 (44.98%) Microsoft
2 70 (16.75%) VMware
3 34 (8.13%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.78%) Citrix
5 17 (4.07%) Apple
6 16 (3.83%) Veritas
7 15 (3.59%) Cisco
8 14 (3.35%) Oracle
9 9 (2.15%) Dell
9 9 (2.15%) IBM
10 8 (1.91%) Google
11 7 (1.67%) Veeam
12 6 (1.44%) F5
12 6 (1.44%) Solace
13 4 (0.96%) Brocade
13 4 (0.96%) EMC
13 4 (0.96%) Sophos
13 4 (0.96%) Symantec
14 3 (0.72%) HP
14 3 (0.72%) NetApp