Windows Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Windows
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 23 63 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 14.02% 29.03% 19.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 79.31% 80.77% 74.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 40 15
10th Percentile £175 £159 £150
25th Percentile £175 £160 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £450 £325
Median % change year-on-year -58.93% +38.46% +57.45%
75th Percentile £619 £610 £459
90th Percentile £769 £612 £550
South West median daily rate £495 £450 £398
% change year-on-year +10.00% +13.21% +22.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 11
10th Percentile - £17.00 £20.00
25th Percentile - £17.19 £44.13
Median hourly rate £14.00 £21.00 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -56.49% +257.56%
75th Percentile - £56.49 £50.49
90th Percentile - £59.80 £55.83
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £52.36 £48.61
% change year-on-year -23.60% +7.70% +162.76%

All Operating Systems
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 29 78 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 17.68% 35.94% 26.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 49 20
10th Percentile £175 £160 £158
25th Percentile £175 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £189 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year -57.93% +16.13% +3.33%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £458
90th Percentile £769 £613 £550
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £440
% change year-on-year - +13.64% +12.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 17
10th Percentile - £17.04 £33.40
25th Percentile - £17.31 £45.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £51.13 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -72.62% +4.90% +261.04%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £55.65
90th Percentile - £59.06 £56.60
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £54.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.80% +118.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bournemouth -2 14 £185 +15.18% 6
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (65.22%) Azure
2 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) 4G
1 5 (21.74%) 5G
2 4 (17.39%) LAN
2 4 (17.39%) Network Security
2 4 (17.39%) VoIP
2 4 (17.39%) WAN
3 1 (4.35%) Firewall
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Aerospace
3 3 (13.04%) Military
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Infrastructure Technician
2 5 (21.74%) Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Network Communications Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Network Systems Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (8.70%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) IT Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Requirements Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (47.83%) NHS
2 4 (17.39%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) iPad
3 1 (4.35%) iPhone
3 1 (4.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows Server
2 8 (34.78%) Linux
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.35%) Android
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Network Management
2 11 (47.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (26.09%) TOGAF
4 5 (21.74%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (17.39%) Business Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) IT Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.04%) Security Hardening
6 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
7 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
7 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (8.70%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
7 2 (8.70%) SysML
7 2 (8.70%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
1 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) HND
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Def Stans
2 1 (4.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 11 (47.83%) Veeam
2 11 (47.83%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) Sparx
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.35%) Juniper
4 1 (4.35%) Splunk