Windows Contracts in Cambridge

Microsoft Windows
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 18 32 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 9.38% 10.77% 9.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% 46.38% 45.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 21
10th Percentile £168 £150 £188
25th Percentile £211 £156 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £200 £400
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -50.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £496 £274 £488
90th Percentile £549 £338 £500
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £240 £288 £370
% change year-on-year -16.52% -22.30% +13.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £14.90 £12.90
25th Percentile £58.75 £15.13 £13.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £16.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +290.63% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £66.38 £16.99 £16.38
90th Percentile £66.60 £17.28 £16.45
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +11.54%

All Operating Systems
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 24 69 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 12.50% 23.23% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 45 45
10th Percentile £163 £143 £280
25th Percentile £225 £150 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £250 £475
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -47.37% +26.67%
75th Percentile £535 £475 £538
90th Percentile £638 £506 £550
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £273 £363 £425
% change year-on-year -24.83% -14.71% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile - £15.35 £13.55
25th Percentile £58.75 £17.47 £15.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +223.08% +25.00%
75th Percentile £66.75 £53.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £83.70 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.08 £14.59 £14.50
% change year-on-year -3.50% +0.62% +16.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Cambridge over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
2 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.56%) MQTT
3 1 (5.56%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Git
2 7 (38.89%) Mercurial
3 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (38.89%) Multimedia
2 2 (11.11%) Electronics
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.11%) Marketing
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 6 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Data Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) IT Support
2 3 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Linux Support
2 3 (16.67%) Linux Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (38.89%) NumPy
1 7 (38.89%) Pandas
1 7 (38.89%) React
1 7 (38.89%) SciPy
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) MFC
2 2 (11.11%) WinForms
2 2 (11.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Social Media
2 3 (16.67%) Clustering
3 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) NHS
3 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Linux
1 5 (27.78%) Windows 10
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (38.89%) Code Quality
2 7 (38.89%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (38.89%) Computer Science
2 7 (38.89%) Continuous Integration
2 7 (38.89%) Data Collection
2 7 (38.89%) Data Pipeline
2 7 (38.89%) Machine Learning
2 7 (38.89%) Signal Processing
2 7 (38.89%) Test Automation
3 3 (16.67%) High Availability
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) Release Management
4 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C#
1 9 (50.00%) Python
2 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.11%) C++
3 2 (11.11%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 6 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.56%) CISSP
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.56%) MCDST
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Splunk