Windows Contracts in Belfast

Microsoft Windows
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 14 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 23 9 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 15.65% 7.26% 16.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.14% 42.86% 67.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 11
10th Percentile £148 £164 £155
25th Percentile £155 £226 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £400 £170
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +135.29% +9.68%
75th Percentile £325 £544 £230
90th Percentile - £575 £400
County Antrim median daily rate £200 £400 £170
% change year-on-year -50.00% +135.29% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.15
25th Percentile £22.50 - £14.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £17.61
75th Percentile - - £20.37
90th Percentile - - £20.90
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 - £17.61
% change year-on-year - - +29.30%

All Operating Systems
Belfast

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 28 21 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 19.05% 16.94% 24.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 23
10th Percentile £150 £181 £156
25th Percentile £163 £245 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £469 £400
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +17.19% -3.03%
75th Percentile £325 £530 £425
90th Percentile £410 £575 £640
County Antrim median daily rate £263 £469 £400
% change year-on-year -44.00% +17.19% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - - £14.15
25th Percentile £22.50 - £14.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £12.25 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year +97.39% -30.44% +29.30%
75th Percentile - - £20.37
90th Percentile - - £20.90
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 £12.25 £17.61
% change year-on-year +97.39% -30.44% +29.30%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Belfast

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Belfast

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Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Belfast over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Belfast

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Belfast

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) VPN
2 4 (17.39%) DNS
2 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
3 3 (13.04%) DHCP
3 3 (13.04%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Ant
1 4 (17.39%) Git
1 4 (17.39%) Jenkins
1 4 (17.39%) Maven
1 4 (17.39%) Subversion
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Banking
3 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Front Office
4 4 (17.39%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
6 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Electronics
6 2 (8.70%) Legal
6 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 2 (8.70%) Marketing
6 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) IT Support
1 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) .NET Developer
2 4 (17.39%) .NET Software Developer
2 4 (17.39%) .NET Software Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) C# .NET Developer
2 4 (17.39%) C# Developer
2 4 (17.39%) C# Software Developer
2 4 (17.39%) C# Software Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Support Officer
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) BYOD
2 4 (17.39%) Derivative
2 4 (17.39%) Equities
2 4 (17.39%) Equity Derivative
2 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
3 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
4 1 (4.35%) Blockchain
4 1 (4.35%) iPhone
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows 10
2 8 (34.78%) Windows 7
3 4 (17.39%) Linux
3 4 (17.39%) Unix
4 3 (13.04%) Android
4 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Concurrent Programming
1 4 (17.39%) Customer Experience
1 4 (17.39%) Design Patterns
1 4 (17.39%) High Availability
1 4 (17.39%) OO
1 4 (17.39%) OOA/OOD
1 4 (17.39%) Patch Management
1 4 (17.39%) SDLC
1 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
2 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
3 2 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (8.70%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.70%) Programme Management
3 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 1 (4.35%) Generative AI
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) HND
2 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) AirWatch
1 3 (13.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
3 4 (17.39%) Apple
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 2 (8.70%) Computacenter
5 2 (8.70%) SAP
6 1 (4.35%) Citrix
6 1 (4.35%) Dell
6 1 (4.35%) HP
6 1 (4.35%) Zscaler