Windows Contracts in Fife

Microsoft Windows
Scotland > Fife

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Fife requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 3 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fife 44.44% 23.08% 54.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 88.89% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 23
10th Percentile - - £108
25th Percentile £115 - £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 - £213
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.46%
75th Percentile £140 - £475
90th Percentile - - £530
Scotland median daily rate £400 £464 £400
% change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% +77.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £49.60
25th Percentile £13.25 - £51.28
Median hourly rate £13.50 £59.03 £55.95
Median % change year-on-year -77.13% +5.51% -
75th Percentile £13.75 £66.39 £58.75
90th Percentile - £70.81 £59.31
Scotland median hourly rate £21.14 £19.06 £16.36
% change year-on-year +10.96% +16.47% +3.15%

All Operating Systems
Fife

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Fife.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9 4 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fife 50.00% 30.77% 54.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 23
10th Percentile - - £108
25th Percentile £115 £508 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £515 £213
Median % change year-on-year -72.82% +142.35% -50.00%
75th Percentile - £523 £475
90th Percentile £379 - £530
Scotland median daily rate £425 £515 £458
% change year-on-year -17.48% +12.45% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £49.60
25th Percentile £13.25 - £51.28
Median hourly rate £13.50 £59.03 £55.95
Median % change year-on-year -77.13% +5.51% -
75th Percentile £13.75 £66.39 £58.75
90th Percentile - £70.81 £59.31
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £19.18 £16.36
% change year-on-year +14.70% +17.24% +3.15%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Fife

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Fife

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Fife

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Fife

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Fife

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Fife region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Dunfermline +1 2 £140 -
Cowdenbeath - 2 £128 -
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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 6 (75.00%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) VPN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) A+ Certification
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
1 6 (75.00%) Dell Certification
1 6 (75.00%) MCP
1 6 (75.00%) MCSE
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Dell
1 6 (75.00%) Lotus
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow