Windows Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft Windows
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 33 15 7
Rank change year-on-year -18 -8 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows 46 117 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 4.41% 9.27% 14.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.20% 61.26% 77.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 84 102
10th Percentile £175 £163 £151
25th Percentile £185 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £500 £675 £534
90th Percentile £597 £719 £624
South West median daily rate £495 £450 £398
% change year-on-year +10.00% +13.21% +22.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 27
10th Percentile £12.75 £12.39 £17.50
25th Percentile £34.93 £17.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £40.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -38.46% +309.84%
75th Percentile £74.44 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £66.50 -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £52.36 £48.61
% change year-on-year -23.60% +7.70% +162.76%

All Operating Systems
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 109 191 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 10.46% 15.13% 18.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 115 133
10th Percentile £185 £163 £163
25th Percentile £215 £245 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £525 £388
Median % change year-on-year -24.95% +35.48% +19.23%
75th Percentile £500 £669 £538
90th Percentile £592 £719 £625
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £440
% change year-on-year - +13.64% +12.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 50 38
10th Percentile £48.00 £19.70 £18.43
25th Percentile £58.63 £53.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +62.50%
75th Percentile - £70.30 -
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £54.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.80% +118.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (10.87%) Skype for Business
2 4 (8.70%) Apache
3 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (47.83%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (43.48%) Azure
3 6 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.52%) AWS
4 3 (6.52%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.17%) IaaS
6 1 (2.17%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.17%) PaaS
6 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.26%) Firewall
2 9 (19.57%) DNS
2 9 (19.57%) LAN
3 8 (17.39%) SAN
3 8 (17.39%) WAN
4 6 (13.04%) DHCP
4 6 (13.04%) FTP
5 5 (10.87%) Skype
6 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
6 4 (8.70%) VPN
7 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (4.35%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (4.35%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.17%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.17%) NetScaler
9 1 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (2.17%) VLAN
9 1 (2.17%) VSAN
9 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Artifactory
2 4 (8.70%) GitLab
2 4 (8.70%) JIRA
3 2 (4.35%) Eclipse
3 2 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.70%) Finance
3 4 (8.70%) Legal
3 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Electronics
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
5 2 (4.35%) Military
6 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Support Engineer
2 7 (15.22%) IT Engineer
2 7 (15.22%) Network Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) IT Support
3 6 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 5 (10.87%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Architect
6 3 (6.52%) SCCM Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Test Leader
6 3 (6.52%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (8.70%) REST
2 2 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 2 (4.35%) Node.js
2 2 (4.35%) Web Services
3 1 (2.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Replication
2 4 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.70%) PKI
3 3 (6.52%) BYOD
3 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.35%) CMDB
4 2 (4.35%) iPhone
4 2 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.17%) Clustering
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 18 (39.13%) Windows Server
2 13 (28.26%) Windows 10
3 12 (26.09%) Linux
4 5 (10.87%) Unix
5 4 (8.70%) Windows 7
6 3 (6.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (6.52%) VMS
6 3 (6.52%) Windows 2000
6 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (6.52%) Windows XP
7 2 (4.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) ITIL
2 10 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 8 (17.39%) Change Management
4 7 (15.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (15.22%) ITSM
4 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.04%) Agile
5 6 (13.04%) CI/CD
6 5 (10.87%) DevOps
6 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (10.87%) Service Management
6 5 (10.87%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (8.70%) Data Protection
7 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.70%) Test Automation
7 4 (8.70%) User Experience
7 4 (8.70%) Visualisation
7 4 (8.70%) Workflow
8 3 (6.52%) Programme Management
8 3 (6.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.70%) C#
2 4 (8.70%) Python
3 3 (6.52%) Shell Script
4 2 (4.35%) C++
4 2 (4.35%) Java
4 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.26%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (6.52%) MCP
5 2 (4.35%) Degree
6 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) SLA
2 4 (8.70%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (32.61%) Active Directory
2 13 (28.26%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (21.74%) VMware NSX
5 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
5 3 (6.52%) vSphere
6 2 (4.35%) Docker
6 2 (4.35%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (4.35%) XenApp
6 2 (4.35%) XenDesktop
7 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) vCenter Server
2 10 (21.74%) SCCM
3 8 (17.39%) Kubernetes
3 8 (17.39%) Terraform
4 7 (15.22%) Ansible
5 5 (10.87%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.17%) Puppet
6 1 (2.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 19 (41.30%) VMware
3 11 (23.91%) Cisco
4 10 (21.74%) Veeam
5 7 (15.22%) Citrix
5 7 (15.22%) Palo Alto
6 6 (13.04%) CheckPoint
7 5 (10.87%) Dell
7 5 (10.87%) Red Hat
8 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
9 3 (6.52%) Apple
9 3 (6.52%) Atlassian
9 3 (6.52%) Fortinet
9 3 (6.52%) Juniper
10 2 (4.35%) SAP
11 1 (2.17%) ArcSight
11 1 (2.17%) Ivanti
11 1 (2.17%) Veritas