Windows Contracts in Southampton

Microsoft Windows
Hampshire > Southampton

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 5 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 -12
Contract jobs citing Windows 64 24 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 37.87% 14.91% 9.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 90.14% 60.00% 54.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 20 20
10th Percentile £200 £221 £150
25th Percentile £250 £236 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £248 £459
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -46.05% +1.94%
75th Percentile £550 £370 £553
90th Percentile £575 £550 £629
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £500 £480
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% +15.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £66.50 £21.61 -
25th Percentile £68.75 £22.18 £16.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £23.79 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +215.26% +39.94% +30.77%
75th Percentile £78.75 £25.08 £17.50
90th Percentile £79.50 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £17.69 £28.90 £18.50
% change year-on-year -38.79% +56.22% +32.33%

All Operating Systems
Southampton

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 Southampton with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 71 40 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 42.01% 24.84% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 30
10th Percentile £200 £227 £292
25th Percentile £250 £240 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £552
90th Percentile £680 - £613
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £66.50 £21.61 -
25th Percentile £68.75 £22.18 £16.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £23.79 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +215.26% +39.94% +30.77%
75th Percentile £78.75 £25.08 £17.50
90th Percentile £79.50 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 £55.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year +8.60% +225.00% +21.52%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Southampton

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 3 (4.69%) Confluence
2 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 33 (51.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.56%) AWS
2 1 (1.56%) Azure
2 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.56%) IaaS
2 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Wireless
2 4 (6.25%) DHCP
2 4 (6.25%) LAN
2 4 (6.25%) WAN
3 3 (4.69%) DNS
4 2 (3.13%) SAN
4 2 (3.13%) VLAN
4 2 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.56%) MPLS
5 1 (1.56%) PBX
5 1 (1.56%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) CouchDB
2 2 (3.13%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.13%) MySQL
2 2 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Git
2 3 (4.69%) Bitbucket
2 3 (4.69%) JIRA
3 1 (1.56%) GitLab
3 1 (1.56%) MagicDraw
3 1 (1.56%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.56%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.56%) Subversion
General
1 25 (39.06%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 12 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.81%) French Language
4 2 (3.13%) Automotive
4 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.13%) Portuguese Language
4 2 (3.13%) Spanish Language
5 1 (1.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (15.63%) Senior
1 10 (15.63%) Senior Technician
2 8 (12.50%) IT Support
3 6 (9.38%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (9.38%) IT Technician
3 6 (9.38%) Support Technician
4 5 (7.81%) Administrator
4 5 (7.81%) IT Administrator
4 5 (7.81%) IT Systems Administrator
4 5 (7.81%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (4.69%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) Server Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) Systems Support
6 2 (3.13%) Systems Support Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) Node.js
1 3 (4.69%) React
2 2 (3.13%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.13%) CSS
2 2 (3.13%) HTML
2 2 (3.13%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.81%) Device Driver
2 2 (3.13%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (68.75%) Windows 10
2 27 (42.19%) Apple iOS
3 16 (25.00%) Linux
4 5 (7.81%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.13%) Android
5 2 (3.13%) Unix
5 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.56%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (7.81%) Customer Service
1 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (7.81%) SDLC
1 5 (7.81%) Software Distribution
2 4 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (4.69%) Agile
3 3 (4.69%) Full Stack Development
3 3 (4.69%) Migration
3 3 (4.69%) Software Engineering
4 2 (3.13%) Inventory Management
4 2 (3.13%) Kanban
4 2 (3.13%) Logistics
4 2 (3.13%) Patch Management
4 2 (3.13%) Scrum
4 2 (3.13%) Software Deployment
4 2 (3.13%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (3.13%) Web Development
5 1 (1.56%) Data Protection
5 1 (1.56%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (10.94%) VB
2 7 (10.94%) VBScript
3 5 (7.81%) Shell Script
4 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.13%) Bash
5 2 (3.13%) C#
5 2 (3.13%) C++
5 2 (3.13%) Java
6 1 (1.56%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.56%) C
6 1 (1.56%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.25%) MCSE
3 4 (6.25%) MCTS
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) IEC 61508
1 1 (1.56%) MISRA
1 1 (1.56%) MISRA C
1 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 36 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.13%) BitLocker
4 2 (3.13%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 23 (35.94%) SCCM
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (42.19%) Apple
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.94%) VMware
4 6 (9.38%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.56%) Compaq
5 1 (1.56%) Veeam