Windows Contracts in Kent

Microsoft Windows
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 1 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +18
Contract jobs citing Windows 44 43 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 21.67% 19.63% 19.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 97.78% 100.00% 98.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 38 50
10th Percentile £195 £171 £135
25th Percentile - - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £205 £191
Median % change year-on-year - +7.19% +9.29%
75th Percentile £378 £234 £539
90th Percentile £391 £397 £593
South East median daily rate £425 £400 £403
% change year-on-year +6.25% -0.62% +0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.35
25th Percentile - - £16.71
Median hourly rate - - £17.56
75th Percentile - - £18.65
90th Percentile - - £19.16
South East median hourly rate £22.55 £28.95 £19.50
% change year-on-year -22.11% +48.46% +22.95%

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 45 43 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 22.17% 19.63% 20.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 38 51
10th Percentile £196 £171 £135
25th Percentile - - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £205 £193
Median % change year-on-year - +6.49% +10.00%
75th Percentile £378 £234 £522
90th Percentile £394 £397 £588
South East median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.35
25th Percentile - - £16.71
Median hourly rate - - £17.56
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.31%
75th Percentile - - £18.65
90th Percentile - - £19.16
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 Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Kent

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Kent 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
Sevenoaks 0 1 £275 -57.03% 2
Maidstone -1 1 £195 -44.29% 6
West Malling -3 1 £400 +185.71%
Sittingbourne - 1 £140 - 3
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.82%) OneDrive
3 2 (4.55%) Azure
4 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) DHCP
1 3 (6.82%) DNS
1 3 (6.82%) LAN
1 3 (6.82%) VLAN
1 3 (6.82%) VPN
1 3 (6.82%) WAN
1 3 (6.82%) WebEx
1 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (2.27%) Skype
2 1 (2.27%) Telepresence
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Cucumber
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
1 1 (2.27%) Selenium
General
1 17 (38.64%) Finance
2 16 (36.36%) Electronics
2 16 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 16 (36.36%) Marketing
2 16 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 16 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.55%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Banking
4 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 18 (40.91%) Desktop Engineer
2 18 (40.91%) Support Engineer
3 17 (38.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) Administrator
4 9 (20.45%) Systems Administrator
5 8 (18.18%) Mac Administrator
6 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 4 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (9.09%) Deskside Support
8 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Help Desk Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 1 (2.27%) IT Administrator
10 1 (2.27%) IT Support Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) Server Analyst
10 1 (2.27%) Server Support Analyst
10 1 (2.27%) Windows Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) XMPP
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.27%) REST
2 1 (2.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (36.36%) NHS
2 8 (18.18%) Blog
3 6 (13.64%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.27%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 9 (20.45%) Mac OS
3 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.55%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.27%) Android
5 1 (2.27%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.27%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
1 16 (36.36%) Digital Marketing
1 16 (36.36%) Programme Management
2 6 (13.64%) DevOps
2 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (11.36%) Customer Service
4 2 (4.55%) ITIL
4 2 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.27%) Agile
5 1 (2.27%) Application Packaging
5 1 (2.27%) Budget Responsibility
5 1 (2.27%) Data Management
5 1 (2.27%) ERP
5 1 (2.27%) ITSM
5 1 (2.27%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (2.27%) Supplier Management
5 1 (2.27%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (2.27%) Degree
1 1 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (18.18%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (6.82%) AppManager
3 3 (6.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 16 (36.36%) SAP
3 10 (22.73%) Apple
4 4 (9.09%) Cisco
4 4 (9.09%) Ivanti
5 3 (6.82%) VMware
6 1 (2.27%) Adobe
6 1 (2.27%) Oracle
6 1 (2.27%) Polycom