Windows Contracts in Lancashire

Microsoft Windows
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -22 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 9 50 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.50% 20.58% 15.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.29% 79.37% 77.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 32
10th Percentile £174 £137 £155
25th Percentile £179 £140 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £213 £268
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -20.56% +21.59%
75th Percentile - £388 £659
90th Percentile £212 £535 £700
North West median daily rate £369 £420 £325
% change year-on-year -12.07% +29.08% -7.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 25 5
10th Percentile £19.89 £25.75 £10.00
25th Percentile £20.95 £29.30 £13.75
Median hourly rate £23.34 £42.50 £17.91
Median % change year-on-year -45.08% +137.30% +43.28%
75th Percentile £26.36 £47.83 £18.96
90th Percentile £27.79 £49.52 £38.45
North West median hourly rate £11.20 £26.50 £17.91
% change year-on-year -57.75% +47.96% +15.55%

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14 63 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.45% 25.93% 19.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 43
10th Percentile £174 £139 £155
25th Percentile £184 £143 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £231 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -48.61% +50.00%
75th Percentile £215 £536 £650
90th Percentile £435 £600 £700
North West median daily rate £438 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -7.89% - +24.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 25 5
10th Percentile £22.72 £25.75 £10.00
25th Percentile £31.44 £29.30 £13.75
Median hourly rate £48.00 £42.50 £17.91
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% +137.30% +43.28%
75th Percentile - £47.83 £18.96
90th Percentile £49.50 £49.52 £38.45
North West median hourly rate £14.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -49.09% +37.50% +25.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Blackpool +12 3 £200 -69.23% 1
Lancaster +1 1 £180 +16.13% 2
Accrington 0 1 - -
Skelmersdale - 1 - -
Burnley - 1 - -
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support
3 2 (22.22%) IT Technician
4 1 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Hardware Technician
4 1 (11.11%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Assistant
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Assistant
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Support Assistant
4 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Security Hardening
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (11.11%) Email Filtering
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) ESET