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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 103 177 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 6.95% 9.46% 9.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.20% 63.21% 55.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 128 188
10th Percentile £248 £159 £139
25th Percentile £313 £313 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £475 £258
Median % change year-on-year +29.47% +84.47% +11.96%
75th Percentile £850 £550 £453
90th Percentile - £633 £641
North West median daily rate £350 £425 £275
% change year-on-year -17.65% +54.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 18
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.44 £11.30
25th Percentile £17.18 £15.84 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.86 £26.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.31% +42.47% +15.87%
75th Percentile £19.75 - £22.65
90th Percentile £42.50 £27.10 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £12.00 £28.70 £18.00
% change year-on-year -58.19% +59.44% +11.70%

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 174 280 465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 11.73% 14.96% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 202 352
10th Percentile £300 £200 £151
25th Percentile £375 £366 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +9.29% +22.00%
75th Percentile £778 £614 £613
90th Percentile £850 £661 £663
North West median daily rate £438 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 19
10th Percentile £17.07 £14.33 £11.31
25th Percentile £17.72 £23.93 £15.74
Median hourly rate £25.25 £26.75 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +44.59% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.94 £39.70 £22.26
90th Percentile £63.30 £46.75 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £18.00
% change year-on-year -45.39% +62.78% +8.34%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 May 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
Salford 0 3 £255 -52.56% 3
Bolton -1 2 £480 +156.00% 7
Cheadle +1 1 - - 1
Sale +1 1 £145 - 1
Wigan -6 1 £160 +14.29%
Oldham - 1 £350 -
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 10 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.97%) Apache
3 1 (0.97%) IIS
3 1 (0.97%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.97%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.30%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (22.33%) Azure
3 15 (14.56%) AWS
4 7 (6.80%) IaaS
5 4 (3.88%) PaaS
5 4 (3.88%) SaaS
6 3 (2.91%) GCP
7 2 (1.94%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.97%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.97%) Cohesity
8 1 (0.97%) Datadog
8 1 (0.97%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 55 (53.40%) VPN
2 49 (47.57%) Firewall
3 13 (12.62%) LAN
4 12 (11.65%) WAN
5 8 (7.77%) Wireless
6 7 (6.80%) Ethernet
6 7 (6.80%) OSPF
6 7 (6.80%) Wireless Security
7 3 (2.91%) VLAN
7 3 (2.91%) VoIP
7 3 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.94%) DHCP
8 2 (1.94%) DNS
8 2 (1.94%) SAN
8 2 (1.94%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.97%) H.323
9 1 (0.97%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.94%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.97%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.97%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.97%) DB2
3 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.97%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.91%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) Hudson
General
1 27 (26.21%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.71%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.77%) Finance
4 7 (6.80%) Legal
5 5 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.94%) Law
8 1 (0.97%) Advertising
8 1 (0.97%) Automotive
8 1 (0.97%) Banking
8 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.97%) Military
8 1 (0.97%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (47.57%) Architect
2 40 (38.83%) Technical Architect
3 32 (31.07%) Lead
4 31 (30.10%) Technical Leader
5 30 (29.13%) Lead Architect
6 10 (9.71%) Support Engineer
7 8 (7.77%) Senior
8 7 (6.80%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (6.80%) IT Support
8 7 (6.80%) Network Engineer
9 6 (5.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (4.85%) Digital Architect
10 5 (4.85%) Digital Technical Architect
11 4 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
11 4 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 4 (3.88%) Analyst
11 4 (3.88%) Service Analyst
11 4 (3.88%) Service Desk Analyst
11 4 (3.88%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (40.78%) Node.js
2 5 (4.85%) Middleware
3 3 (2.91%) Kafka
4 2 (1.94%) React Native
5 1 (0.97%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.97%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.04%) Public Cloud
2 9 (8.74%) Product Ownership
3 7 (6.80%) Mobile App
4 6 (5.83%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.85%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.88%) Clustering
6 4 (3.88%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.91%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.94%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.94%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.97%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.97%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.97%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.97%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.97%) IVR
9 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (60.19%) Windows Server
2 45 (43.69%) Android
2 45 (43.69%) Apple iOS
3 23 (22.33%) Linux
4 16 (15.53%) Windows 10
5 10 (9.71%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (3.88%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.88%) Unix
6 4 (3.88%) zOS
7 3 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.94%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.97%) Debian
9 1 (0.97%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (52.43%) Mobile Device Management
2 44 (42.72%) CI/CD
2 44 (42.72%) Risk Management
2 44 (42.72%) Security Architecture
2 44 (42.72%) Zero Trust
3 41 (39.81%) Agile
3 41 (39.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 41 (39.81%) Threat Intelligence
4 35 (33.98%) DevOps
5 27 (26.21%) Design Patterns
6 15 (14.56%) ITIL
7 14 (13.59%) Customer Service
7 14 (13.59%) Roadmaps
8 12 (11.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (11.65%) Microservices
8 12 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (11.65%) Product Strategy
8 12 (11.65%) Strategic Roadmap
8 12 (11.65%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (7.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.85%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.94%) Kotlin
2 2 (1.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (35.92%) Security Cleared
2 35 (33.98%) SC Cleared
3 13 (12.62%) Degree
4 11 (10.68%) CCNA
4 11 (10.68%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.80%) MCSE
6 5 (4.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.91%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.97%) CISSP
9 1 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.97%) MCSA
9 1 (0.97%) RHCE
9 1 (0.97%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.91%) NIST
2 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (1.94%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.97%) GDPR
3 1 (0.97%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.97%) NCSC
3 1 (0.97%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (19.42%) Active Directory
2 18 (17.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (11.65%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.97%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.97%) Docker
5 1 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.97%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.97%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (13.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.91%) Autotask
2 3 (2.91%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (2.91%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (2.91%) SCCM
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.97%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.97%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.97%) VxRail
Vendors
1 34 (33.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (20.39%) VMware
3 8 (7.77%) Apple
4 5 (4.85%) Google
5 4 (3.88%) Cisco
5 4 (3.88%) Dell
5 4 (3.88%) F5
5 4 (3.88%) Oracle
6 3 (2.91%) Datto
6 3 (2.91%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.94%) Adobe
7 2 (1.94%) Citrix
7 2 (1.94%) IBM
7 2 (1.94%) iManage
7 2 (1.94%) Splunk
8 1 (0.97%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.97%) Qualys
8 1 (0.97%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.97%) SolarWinds