Microsoft Windows
Manchester > Bolton
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | +1 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows | 18 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton | 56.25% | 12.50% | 12.90% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £157 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £170 | - | £168 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £190 | £480 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -60.42% | +174.29% | -23.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £200 | - | £183 |
| 90th Percentile | £250 | - | - |
| Manchester median daily rate | £325 | £600 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.83% | +26.32% | +97.92% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £26.00 |
| Manchester median hourly rate | £13.00 | £17.72 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.64% | -31.85% | +42.47% |
All Operating Systems
Bolton
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 Bolton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 18 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton | 56.25% | 12.50% | 12.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £157 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £170 | - | £168 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £190 | £480 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -60.42% | +174.29% | -23.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £200 | - | £183 |
| 90th Percentile | £250 | - | - |
| Manchester median daily rate | £400 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.79% | -5.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +30.00% |
| Manchester median hourly rate | £13.00 | £25.25 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.51% | -8.18% | +50.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Bolton.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Bolton
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Bolton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Bolton.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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: