Windows Contracts in Yorkshire

Microsoft Windows
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows 164 251 350
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 9.60% 11.53% 13.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.77% 77.71% 75.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 169 276
10th Percentile £145 £150 £138
25th Percentile £178 £193 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £351 £298
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% +17.82% -18.49%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £438
90th Percentile £574 £625 £541
England median daily rate £400 £450 £420
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 25
10th Percentile £13.57 £12.23 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.87 £13.16 £15.93
Median hourly rate £17.50 £19.39 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +9.89% +0.80%
75th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.25
90th Percentile £21.35 £22.45 £21.30
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.65 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.87% +18.23% +21.21%

All Operating Systems
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 323 323 464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 18.91% 14.84% 17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 220 364
10th Percentile £163 £154 £150
25th Percentile £275 £213 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £515 £578 £500
90th Percentile £588 £688 £588
England median daily rate £475 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 29
10th Percentile £13.69 £12.23 £12.56
25th Percentile £14.85 £13.16 £15.93
Median hourly rate £17.50 £19.39 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +4.78% +5.71%
75th Percentile £22.00 £22.00 £19.44
90th Percentile £23.75 £22.45 £25.78
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 Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Yorkshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Yorkshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Yorkshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Yorkshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Yorkshire -6 71 £375 -9.09% 56
South Yorkshire -1 53 £438 -12.50% 46
North Yorkshire -2 31 £160 -14.67% 16
East Yorkshire +1 5 £300 +62.16% 9
Humberside - 3 £300 -
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 24 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.66%) IIS
4 1 (0.61%) Apache
4 1 (0.61%) nginx
4 1 (0.61%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 30 (18.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 53 (32.32%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (14.02%) Azure
3 8 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.05%) AWS
5 4 (2.44%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.83%) Azure AKS
6 3 (1.83%) IaaS
7 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.61%) Akamai
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.61%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.61%) GCP
8 1 (0.61%) OCI
8 1 (0.61%) PaaS
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.37%) VLAN
2 15 (9.15%) VPN
3 13 (7.93%) Firewall
4 12 (7.32%) LAN
5 9 (5.49%) DNS
5 9 (5.49%) WAN
6 7 (4.27%) DHCP
6 7 (4.27%) SAN
6 7 (4.27%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (3.66%) SSL
8 5 (3.05%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.05%) Wireless
9 4 (2.44%) Internet
10 3 (1.83%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.22%) NAS
12 1 (0.61%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.61%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.61%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.44%) Big Data
1 4 (2.44%) Power BI
2 3 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.22%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.22%) GitLab
1 2 (1.22%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.61%) Maven
General
1 68 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.71%) Finance
4 10 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.88%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.27%) Law
7 4 (2.44%) Banking
7 4 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.83%) Legal
9 2 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.22%) Retail
9 2 (1.22%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Back Office
10 1 (0.61%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 33 (20.12%) IT Support
2 30 (18.29%) Analyst
3 24 (14.63%) Support Engineer
4 19 (11.59%) Service Analyst
4 19 (11.59%) Service Desk Analyst
5 14 (8.54%) IT Engineer
6 12 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (7.32%) Storage Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (6.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (6.71%) IT Technician
8 10 (6.10%) 1st Line Support
9 9 (5.49%) Support Analyst
10 8 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support
11 7 (4.27%) Data Protection Engineer
12 6 (3.66%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 6 (3.66%) Data Centre Engineer
12 6 (3.66%) Data Engineer
12 6 (3.66%) Support Technician
12 6 (3.66%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.27%) Kafka
2 6 (3.66%) ActiveMQ
3 5 (3.05%) XML
4 3 (1.83%) .NET
4 3 (1.83%) HTML
4 3 (1.83%) J2EE
4 3 (1.83%) JSP
5 2 (1.22%) ADSI
5 2 (1.22%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.22%) XMPP
5 2 (1.22%) XSLT
6 1 (0.61%) OAuth
6 1 (0.61%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.98%) Replication
2 9 (5.49%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.66%) Clustering
4 5 (3.05%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.44%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.44%) iPhone
5 4 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.83%) EMC VNX
6 3 (1.83%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.22%) BYOD
7 2 (1.22%) EPoS
7 2 (1.22%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.22%) NHS
7 2 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.61%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 50 (30.49%) Windows 10
2 43 (26.22%) Linux
3 42 (25.61%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (4.88%) VMS
6 7 (4.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (4.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.66%) Unix
8 5 (3.05%) Windows 7
9 4 (2.44%) Android
10 3 (1.83%) AIX
10 3 (1.83%) Solaris
11 2 (1.22%) Debian
11 2 (1.22%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.22%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.22%) zOS
12 1 (0.61%) CentOS
12 1 (0.61%) Fedora
12 1 (0.61%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.22%) Customer Service
2 29 (17.68%) Migration
3 24 (14.63%) Change Management
4 22 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (13.41%) Service Delivery
5 20 (12.20%) Data Protection
6 16 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (9.15%) ITIL
8 12 (7.32%) ITSM
9 10 (6.10%) DevOps
10 8 (4.88%) CI/CD
11 7 (4.27%) Agile
12 6 (3.66%) Computer Science
12 6 (3.66%) Server Virtualisation
12 6 (3.66%) Service Management
12 6 (3.66%) Waterfall
13 5 (3.05%) Cybersecurity
13 5 (3.05%) Kalman Filter
13 5 (3.05%) Mobile Device Management
13 5 (3.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.71%) SQL
2 7 (4.27%) C++
2 7 (4.27%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.05%) Java
3 5 (3.05%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.05%) Python
4 3 (1.83%) C
5 1 (0.61%) Bash
5 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (3.66%) Degree
1 6 (3.66%) Security Cleared
2 5 (3.05%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.44%) CCNA
3 4 (2.44%) CEH
3 4 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (2.44%) CREST Certified
3 4 (2.44%) GIAC
3 4 (2.44%) GPEN
3 4 (2.44%) OSCP
4 3 (1.83%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.22%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.61%) CCENT
6 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.44%) NIST
1 4 (2.44%) SLA
2 2 (1.22%) QA
3 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 78 (47.56%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.27%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.44%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.83%) SRDF
5 3 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.22%) KVM
7 1 (0.61%) Docker
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.61%) vSphere
7 1 (0.61%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 23 (14.02%) Ansible
2 17 (10.37%) NetBackup
2 17 (10.37%) Puppet
3 14 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.83%) EMC TimeFinder
4 3 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.83%) Terraform
5 2 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.22%) SCCM
5 2 (1.22%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.22%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.61%) Graylog
6 1 (0.61%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.61%) Nessus
6 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.61%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.61%) Rsyslog
6 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (42.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.46%) VMware
3 16 (9.76%) Veritas
4 13 (7.93%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.49%) Cisco
6 7 (4.27%) Citrix
6 7 (4.27%) Oracle
7 6 (3.66%) IBM
7 6 (3.66%) Solace
8 4 (2.44%) EMC
9 3 (1.83%) Brocade
9 3 (1.83%) Dell
9 3 (1.83%) Dell Compellent
9 3 (1.83%) EqualLogic
9 3 (1.83%) Isilon
10 2 (1.22%) Apple
10 2 (1.22%) NetApp
10 2 (1.22%) Symantec
10 2 (1.22%) Veeam
11 1 (0.61%) MEDITECH