Windows Server Contracts in Wiltshire

Microsoft Windows Server
South West > Wiltshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 43 42
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 26 53 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.67% 4.96% 4.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.75% 26.24% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 40 25
10th Percentile £325 £403 £315
25th Percentile £406 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% +15.22%
75th Percentile £572 £588 £538
90th Percentile £693 £639 £655
South West median daily rate £501 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -8.86% +22.22% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £61.50 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year - -10.93% -
South West median hourly rate £72.75 £60.00 £44.53
% change year-on-year +21.25% +34.76% +11.79%

All Operating Systems
Wiltshire

Windows Server 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 Wiltshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 204 202 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 20.99% 18.90% 21.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 168 135
10th Percentile £400 £200 £177
25th Percentile £463 £263 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £647 £638
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £448
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.73% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 7
10th Percentile - £60.00 £15.53
25th Percentile - £60.38 £20.56
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year - +137.74% -47.00%
75th Percentile - £81.75 £48.40
90th Percentile - £100.00 £71.83
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £53.78
% change year-on-year -0.76% +21.80% +186.58%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Wiltshire

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Wiltshire

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Wiltshire

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Wiltshire

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Corsham -30 18 £538 -2.27% 7
Swindon +8 2 £375 +87.50% 8
Salisbury +11 1 £275 -53.19% 1
Windows Server
South West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 16 (61.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (34.62%) Confluence
3 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
4 2 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (3.85%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) DHCP
1 11 (42.31%) DNS
2 5 (19.23%) Skype
3 2 (7.69%) Firewall
3 2 (7.69%) LAN
3 2 (7.69%) SAN
3 2 (7.69%) SMTP
3 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.69%) WAN
4 1 (3.85%) FTP
4 1 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.85%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (3.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (34.62%) JIRA
General
1 18 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (42.31%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (42.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Test Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Integration Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Architect
6 2 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Security Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Enterprise Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) PKI
2 3 (11.54%) Clustering
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (23.08%) Windows 10
4 3 (11.54%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (7.69%) CentOS
5 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Agile
2 11 (42.31%) Critical Thinking
3 9 (34.62%) Regression Testing
3 9 (34.62%) Test Scripting
4 5 (19.23%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (19.23%) ITIL
4 5 (19.23%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Change Management
5 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (15.38%) Service Management
6 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security
6 2 (7.69%) ITSM
6 2 (7.69%) Matrix Management
6 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (7.69%) Problem Management
6 2 (7.69%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (7.69%) System Testing
6 2 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 17 (65.38%) SC Cleared
3 14 (53.85%) MCSE
3 14 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (42.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (34.62%) DV Cleared
5 9 (34.62%) MCSA
6 5 (19.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (80.77%) Active Directory
2 16 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (7.69%) vSphere
5 1 (3.85%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (3.85%) VMFS
5 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) SCCM
1 4 (15.38%) WSUS
2 3 (11.54%) vCenter Server
3 2 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (7.69%) OPNET
3 2 (7.69%) SCDPM
3 2 (7.69%) SCOM
3 2 (7.69%) SCVMM
4 1 (3.85%) Backup Exec
4 1 (3.85%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (3.85%) HP SIM
4 1 (3.85%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) VMware
2 19 (73.08%) Microsoft
3 4 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
4 2 (7.69%) Remedy
4 2 (7.69%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.85%) BEA
5 1 (3.85%) Citrix
5 1 (3.85%) Commvault
5 1 (3.85%) Okta
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle
5 1 (3.85%) Splunk
5 1 (3.85%) Symantec
5 1 (3.85%) Veritas