Windows Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Windows
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 21 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 99 178 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 6.86% 9.96% 9.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.24% 66.42% 51.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 127 189
10th Percentile £232 £169 £140
25th Percentile £313 £300 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £450 £288
Median % change year-on-year +37.78% +56.52% +25.00%
75th Percentile £850 £544 £450
90th Percentile - £638 £638
North West median daily rate £338 £420 £325
% change year-on-year -19.55% +29.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 16
10th Percentile £13.60 £12.93 £13.30
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.99
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.72 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% -2.90% +14.06%
75th Percentile £42.50 £23.75 £23.90
90th Percentile £56.00 £26.00 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £11.20 £26.50 £17.91
% change year-on-year -57.75% +47.96% +15.55%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 170 268 489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 11.77% 14.99% 18.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 193 366
10th Percentile £300 £189 £159
25th Percentile £375 £357 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £476 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.99% -4.80% +28.62%
75th Percentile £800 £575 £625
90th Percentile £850 £650 £663
North West median daily rate £431 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -9.21% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 23
10th Percentile £18.40 £13.18 £15.25
25th Percentile - £15.88 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.89% -5.00% +23.23%
75th Percentile £48.00 £26.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £68.50 £35.26 £79.80
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Manchester 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
Bolton -2 2 £480 +156.00% 8
Cheadle +2 1 - -
Sale +1 1 £145 -
Wigan -6 1 £160 +14.29% 2
Oldham - 1 £350 - 1
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.01%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (21.21%) Azure
3 13 (13.13%) AWS
4 7 (7.07%) IaaS
5 5 (5.05%) GCP
6 4 (4.04%) PaaS
6 4 (4.04%) SaaS
7 2 (2.02%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.01%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.01%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 53 (53.54%) VPN
2 47 (47.47%) Firewall
3 12 (12.12%) LAN
4 11 (11.11%) WAN
5 7 (7.07%) Ethernet
5 7 (7.07%) OSPF
5 7 (7.07%) Wireless
5 7 (7.07%) Wireless Security
6 4 (4.04%) VLAN
7 3 (3.03%) DNS
7 3 (3.03%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.03%) VoIP
7 3 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.02%) DHCP
8 2 (2.02%) SAN
9 1 (1.01%) HTTP
9 1 (1.01%) HTTPS
9 1 (1.01%) IPsec
9 1 (1.01%) SNMP
9 1 (1.01%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.04%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.03%) BigQuery
3 3 (3.03%) Data Hub
3 3 (3.03%) DB2
3 3 (3.03%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.01%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.02%) AdminStudio
1 2 (2.02%) InstallShield
1 2 (2.02%) MSI
2 1 (1.01%) Hudson
2 1 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 24 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.10%) Finance
3 8 (8.08%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.06%) Legal
5 4 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.01%) Advertising
8 1 (1.01%) Automotive
8 1 (1.01%) Banking
8 1 (1.01%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.01%) Military
8 1 (1.01%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (49.49%) Architect
2 40 (40.40%) Technical Architect
3 34 (34.34%) Lead
4 33 (33.33%) Technical Leader
5 30 (30.30%) Lead Architect
6 9 (9.09%) Support Engineer
7 8 (8.08%) Senior
8 7 (7.07%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.07%) IT Support
8 7 (7.07%) Network Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Digital Architect
9 5 (5.05%) Digital Technical Architect
10 4 (4.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Analyst
10 4 (4.04%) Server Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Support Officer
11 3 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support
11 3 (3.03%) Service Analyst
11 3 (3.03%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (42.42%) Node.js
2 5 (5.05%) Middleware
3 3 (3.03%) Kafka
4 2 (2.02%) React Native
5 1 (1.01%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.01%) LDAP
5 1 (1.01%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 35 (35.35%) Public Cloud
2 9 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 7 (7.07%) Mobile App
4 5 (5.05%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (4.04%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.03%) Clustering
6 3 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.03%) Data Fabric
6 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.02%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.02%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.01%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.01%) EPoS
8 1 (1.01%) Fat Client
8 1 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (1.01%) Freedom of Information Act
8 1 (1.01%) Replication
8 1 (1.01%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 62 (62.63%) Windows Server
2 46 (46.46%) Apple iOS
3 45 (45.45%) Android
4 23 (23.23%) Linux
5 15 (15.15%) Windows 10
6 9 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (6.06%) zOS
8 4 (4.04%) Mac OS
8 4 (4.04%) Unix
9 3 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (2.02%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.02%) Windows 7
11 1 (1.01%) Debian
11 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (1.01%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (54.55%) Mobile Device Management
2 44 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 44 (44.44%) Security Architecture
2 44 (44.44%) Zero Trust
3 42 (42.42%) CI/CD
4 41 (41.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 41 (41.41%) Threat Intelligence
5 39 (39.39%) Agile
6 33 (33.33%) DevOps
7 27 (27.27%) Design Patterns
8 14 (14.14%) ITIL
8 14 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (14.14%) Roadmaps
9 12 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (12.12%) Microservices
9 12 (12.12%) Product Strategy
9 12 (12.12%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (10.10%) Customer Service
10 10 (10.10%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (8.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.08%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.04%) SQL
3 2 (2.02%) Kotlin
3 2 (2.02%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (35.35%) Security Cleared
2 33 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (12.12%) Degree
3 12 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (11.11%) CCNA
4 11 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.07%) MCSE
6 4 (4.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (3.03%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.01%) CISSP
8 1 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.01%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.01%) MCSA
8 1 (1.01%) RHCE
8 1 (1.01%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.03%) NIST
2 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (2.02%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.02%) QA
2 2 (2.02%) SLA
3 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.01%) GDPR
3 1 (1.01%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.01%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (20.20%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.01%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.01%) Docker
5 1 (1.01%) Firmware
5 1 (1.01%) NFS
5 1 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.06%) SCCM
3 4 (4.04%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (3.03%) Autotask
4 3 (3.03%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.01%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 29 (29.29%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.20%) VMware
3 8 (8.08%) Apple
4 6 (6.06%) F5
4 6 (6.06%) Oracle
5 5 (5.05%) Google
6 4 (4.04%) Cisco
7 3 (3.03%) Databricks
7 3 (3.03%) Datto
7 3 (3.03%) Dell
8 2 (2.02%) Adobe
8 2 (2.02%) IBM
8 2 (2.02%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.01%) Brocade
9 1 (1.01%) Qualys
9 1 (1.01%) Rapid7
9 1 (1.01%) SAP
9 1 (1.01%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.01%) Splunk