Windows Contracts in Hampshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 6 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 257 365 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.08% 25.81% 15.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.72% 77.83% 62.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 222 158
10th Percentile £205 £200 £200
25th Percentile £402 £240 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% +15.32%
75th Percentile £675 £621 £600
90th Percentile £825 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £425 £400 £403
% change year-on-year +6.25% -0.62% +0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 54
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.75 £12.52
25th Percentile - £18.25 £13.63
Median hourly rate £17.69 £28.90 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.79% +56.22% +32.33%
75th Percentile £63.13 £68.75 £23.94
90th Percentile £76.50 £75.00 £62.15
South East median hourly rate £22.55 £28.95 £19.50
% change year-on-year -22.11% +48.46% +22.95%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

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 Hampshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 335 469 530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 20.96% 33.17% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 289 251
10th Percentile £250 £201 £275
25th Percentile £425 £281 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £675 £613 £618
90th Percentile £823 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 70
10th Percentile £14.37 £18.25 £12.73
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.54 £14.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.25 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% +225.00% +21.52%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.13 £24.19
90th Percentile £74.50 £75.00 £64.37
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -9.52% +162.50% +5.26%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Hampshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Hampshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Hampshire 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
Southampton +4 64 £338 +36.36% 12
Basingstoke -9 63 £650 +8.33% 17
Portsmouth -2 43 £413 +102.86% 19
Romsey -1 8 £650 +4.00% 2
Havant +3 7 £324 -42.44% 3
Hook +2 7 £580 -7.20% 1
Winchester -4 7 - - 4
Farnborough -19 4 £650 +52.94% 14
Eastleigh - 2 £500 - 1
Andover 0 1 £438 +4.17%
Fareham -5 1 - - 7
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 22 (8.56%) Confluence
2 12 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.72%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.39%) IIS
4 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.39%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 55 (21.40%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (6.23%) Azure
3 10 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.33%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.56%) AWS
6 3 (1.17%) GitHub
7 2 (0.78%) IaaS
7 2 (0.78%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.39%) SaaS
8 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.28%) DNS
2 16 (6.23%) DHCP
3 15 (5.84%) Wireless
4 10 (3.89%) Software-Defined Radio
5 9 (3.50%) SNMP
5 9 (3.50%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.72%) Firewall
7 6 (2.33%) LAN
7 6 (2.33%) SAN
7 6 (2.33%) WAN
8 4 (1.56%) VSAN
9 2 (0.78%) VLAN
10 1 (0.39%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.39%) MPLS
10 1 (0.39%) PBX
10 1 (0.39%) Skype
10 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.39%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.17%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.17%) MySQL
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.78%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Robot Framework
2 24 (9.34%) JIRA
3 15 (5.84%) Git
4 14 (5.45%) Bitbucket
4 14 (5.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 13 (5.06%) MSI
6 10 (3.89%) Eclipse
7 8 (3.11%) GoogleTest
8 4 (1.56%) GitLab
9 3 (1.17%) Selenium
10 1 (0.39%) Hudson
10 1 (0.39%) MagicDraw
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 44 (17.12%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.89%) Public Sector
3 25 (9.73%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.50%) Military
6 6 (2.33%) Retail
7 5 (1.95%) French Language
8 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.17%) Finance
9 2 (0.78%) Automotive
9 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.78%) Portuguese Language
9 2 (0.78%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 63 (24.51%) Architect
2 49 (19.07%) Infrastructure Architect
3 24 (9.34%) Integration Engineer
3 24 (9.34%) IT Support
4 14 (5.45%) Support Engineer
5 12 (4.67%) Security Architect
5 12 (4.67%) Software Engineer
6 11 (4.28%) Senior
6 11 (4.28%) Support Technician
7 10 (3.89%) Administrator
7 10 (3.89%) Developer
7 10 (3.89%) Senior Technician
7 10 (3.89%) Test Engineer
8 9 (3.50%) C++ Software Engineer
8 9 (3.50%) Consultant
8 9 (3.50%) IT Support Technician
8 9 (3.50%) IT Technician
8 9 (3.50%) Test and Integration Engineer
9 8 (3.11%) IT Administrator
9 8 (3.11%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.28%) CSS
1 11 (4.28%) HTML
2 3 (1.17%) Node.js
2 3 (1.17%) React
3 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.78%) Vue
4 1 (0.39%) .NET
4 1 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.39%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.39%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.51%) PKI
2 13 (5.06%) Client/Server
3 9 (3.50%) CCTV
4 6 (2.33%) Digital Signage
5 5 (1.95%) Device Driver
6 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.56%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.17%) Clustering
7 3 (1.17%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.39%) CMDB
9 1 (0.39%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.39%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Replication
9 1 (0.39%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 87 (33.85%) Linux
2 74 (28.79%) Windows Server
3 72 (28.02%) Windows 10
4 33 (12.84%) Apple iOS
5 29 (11.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (10.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 24 (9.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (3.11%) Unix
8 8 (3.11%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.78%) Android
10 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.39%) CentOS
11 1 (0.39%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.39%) Solaris
11 1 (0.39%) VMS
11 1 (0.39%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (29.57%) Agile
2 57 (22.18%) Prototyping
3 24 (9.34%) Customer Service
4 22 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (8.56%) Scrum
4 22 (8.56%) Software Engineering
5 19 (7.39%) Test Automation
6 16 (6.23%) Patch Management
7 14 (5.45%) Service Management
8 13 (5.06%) DevOps
8 13 (5.06%) SIEM
9 12 (4.67%) Deployment Automation
10 11 (4.28%) Application Packaging
10 11 (4.28%) Application Virtualisation
10 11 (4.28%) ITIL
10 11 (4.28%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (3.89%) Migration
11 10 (3.89%) Test Scripting
11 10 (3.89%) UML
12 9 (3.50%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 77 (29.96%) PowerShell
2 30 (11.67%) Python
3 21 (8.17%) C++
4 19 (7.39%) SQL
5 18 (7.00%) VBScript
6 13 (5.06%) Java
7 12 (4.67%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.28%) C#
9 7 (2.72%) VB
10 6 (2.33%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.17%) Bash
12 1 (0.39%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.39%) C
12 1 (0.39%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 139 (54.09%) Security Cleared
2 72 (28.02%) DV Cleared
3 30 (11.67%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.06%) MCSE
4 13 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.50%) MCSA
5 9 (3.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (1.56%) MCTS
7 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.78%) Degree
7 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.89%) ISO 9001
1 10 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.11%) SLA
3 7 (2.72%) RMADS
4 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.39%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.39%) MISRA
5 1 (0.39%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.39%) QA
System Software
1 117 (45.53%) Active Directory
2 64 (24.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.89%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.50%) Firmware
5 6 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.95%) vSphere
7 2 (0.78%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.78%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.39%) UAG
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (13.62%) SCCM
2 18 (7.00%) Ansible
3 17 (6.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (6.61%) Terraform
3 17 (6.61%) WSUS
4 15 (5.84%) WMI
5 5 (1.95%) IBM BigFix
5 5 (1.95%) Tivoli
6 4 (1.56%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.17%) Nessus
7 3 (1.17%) vRealize
8 2 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.78%) SCOM
8 2 (0.78%) VxRail
9 1 (0.39%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.39%) Packer
Vendors
1 108 (42.02%) Microsoft
2 71 (27.63%) VMware
3 27 (10.51%) Apple
4 13 (5.06%) ArcSight
5 10 (3.89%) Atlassian
5 10 (3.89%) MobileIron
6 9 (3.50%) Google
7 8 (3.11%) Oracle
8 6 (2.33%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.95%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.95%) Remedy
10 4 (1.56%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.17%) Dell
11 3 (1.17%) Veeam
12 2 (0.78%) EMC
12 2 (0.78%) NetApp
13 1 (0.39%) Compaq
13 1 (0.39%) Juniper
13 1 (0.39%) McAfee
13 1 (0.39%) Veritas