Windows Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Windows
North West > Cheshire

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 9 3
Rank change year-on-year -8 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 45 61 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.36% 12.01% 19.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.22% 64.89% 80.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 46 59
10th Percentile £126 £181 £158
25th Percentile £180 £213 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £350 £406
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -13.79% +6.84%
75th Percentile £492 £565 £539
90th Percentile £638 £606 £632
North West median daily rate £338 £420 £325
% change year-on-year -19.55% +29.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £14.00 £10.76 £20.36
25th Percentile £15.91 £11.08 £20.89
Median hourly rate £17.50 £13.25 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +32.09% -39.16% +14.63%
75th Percentile £17.72 £16.10 -
90th Percentile £17.74 £19.89 -
North West median hourly rate £11.20 £26.50 £17.91
% change year-on-year -57.75% +47.96% +15.55%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 69 94 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 12.83% 18.50% 23.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 69 70
10th Percentile £126 £198 £162
25th Percentile £288 £218 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £400 £456
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -12.33% +18.51%
75th Percentile £469 £565 £566
90th Percentile £615 £602 £630
North West median daily rate £431 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -9.21% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
10th Percentile £14.00 £10.83 £20.36
25th Percentile £15.91 £11.25 £20.89
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +25.02% -35.72% +14.63%
75th Percentile £17.72 £22.41 -
90th Percentile £17.74 £48.41 -
North West median hourly rate £15.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -45.45% +37.50% +25.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Cheshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Warrington 0 14 £380 +16.92% 16
Macclesfield -7 6 £122 - 1
Northwich - 6 - - 1
Runcorn - 3 £128 - 2
Chester +8 2 £225 -40.00% 9
Knutsford -17 2 £900 +59.07% 7
Winsford - 2 - - 1
Crewe -1 1 - - 1
Wilmslow -2 1 £200 -11.11%
Ellesmere Port - 1 £130 -
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.44%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (17.78%) Azure
3 7 (15.56%) OneDrive
4 5 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.44%) SaaS
6 1 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Stack
6 1 (2.22%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.22%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.56%) Firewall
2 6 (13.33%) WAAS
3 3 (6.67%) VPN
4 2 (4.44%) Internet
5 1 (2.22%) DNS
5 1 (2.22%) LAN
5 1 (2.22%) Skype
5 1 (2.22%) VSAN
5 1 (2.22%) WAN
5 1 (2.22%) Wireless
5 1 (2.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.11%) Legal
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Aviation
5 2 (4.44%) Automotive
5 2 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.22%) Finance
6 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 8 (17.78%) IT Engineer
3 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) PowerShell Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) SCCM Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Desktop Support
5 4 (8.89%) IT Support
5 4 (8.89%) Senior
5 4 (8.89%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (6.67%) Deployment Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Desktop Support Technician
6 3 (6.67%) Desktop Technician
6 3 (6.67%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (6.67%) IT Technician
6 3 (6.67%) Security Specialist
6 3 (6.67%) Support Technician
6 3 (6.67%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.44%) iPad
3 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.22%) PKI
3 1 (2.22%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (51.11%) Windows 10
2 7 (15.56%) Apple iOS
2 7 (15.56%) Mac OS
2 7 (15.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.22%) Linux
4 1 (2.22%) Unix
4 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 7 (15.56%) Migration
2 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (13.33%) Asset Management
3 6 (13.33%) Software Deployment
4 5 (11.11%) Change Control
4 5 (11.11%) Service Management
5 4 (8.89%) Customer Experience
5 4 (8.89%) Information Security
5 4 (8.89%) Inventory Management
6 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 3 (6.67%) ITIL
7 2 (4.44%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (4.44%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Automation
7 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (4.44%) RBAC
7 2 (4.44%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (24.44%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.44%) Python
3 1 (2.22%) Bash
3 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.78%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) Degree
4 1 (2.22%) MCSE
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (57.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (37.78%) SCCM
2 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (15.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.22%) Ansible
5 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.22%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (2.22%) Terraform
5 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (62.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) VMware
3 7 (15.56%) Apple
4 5 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 5 (11.11%) Veeam
5 3 (6.67%) Citrix
5 3 (6.67%) Dell
6 2 (4.44%) Autodesk
6 2 (4.44%) Cisco
6 2 (4.44%) Lotus
6 2 (4.44%) Wyse
7 1 (2.22%) Meraki
7 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.22%) Proofpoint
7 1 (2.22%) SAP
7 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.22%) Sophos
7 1 (2.22%) Symantec
7 1 (2.22%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.22%) Zscaler