Windows Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft Windows
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 36 18
Rank change year-on-year +21 -18 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows 59 45 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 9.90% 4.13% 7.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 56.73% 33.09% 59.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 70
10th Percentile £140 £173 £183
25th Percentile £200 £185 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £300 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -42.86% +61.54%
75th Percentile £594 £500 £675
90th Percentile £650 £588 £719
South West median daily rate £469 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -6.25% +8.11% +30.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 9
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.08 £15.63
25th Percentile £18.51 £57.94 £19.92
Median hourly rate £18.69 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.25% +116.67% -53.85%
75th Percentile £18.87 £73.64 £53.75
90th Percentile £37.50 £76.58 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.83% -23.81% +13.26%

All Operating Systems
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 104 136 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 17.45% 12.49% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 55 95
10th Percentile £180 £185 £190
25th Percentile £213 £220 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £439 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% -16.34% +23.53%
75th Percentile £569 £521 £675
90th Percentile £625 £581 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 58 37
10th Percentile £18.13 £52.50 £29.40
25th Percentile £18.51 £65.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +6.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £68.00 - £70.30
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £67.50 £65.25
% change year-on-year -72.04% +3.45% +24.16%

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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 7 June 2025.

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 7 June 2025.

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 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.69%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (54.24%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (11.86%) Azure
3 4 (6.78%) AWS
4 3 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.69%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Firewall
1 4 (6.78%) LAN
1 4 (6.78%) WAN
2 3 (5.08%) DNS
3 2 (3.39%) DHCP
3 2 (3.39%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.69%) VoIP
4 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.69%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.47%) Legal
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Law
5 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Military
6 1 (1.69%) Electronics
6 1 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.69%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.69%) Marketing
6 1 (1.69%) Police
6 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) IT Engineer
1 14 (23.73%) IT Support
2 12 (20.34%) Analyst
3 9 (15.25%) Support Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Service Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Field Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.08%) IT Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Server Specialist
6 3 (5.08%) Service Desk Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Windows Server Specialist
6 3 (5.08%) Windows Specialist
7 2 (3.39%) Cloud Specialist
7 2 (3.39%) Service Desk Support
7 2 (3.39%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Web Services
2 1 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (1.69%) Node.js
2 1 (1.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.08%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.39%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (1.69%) Clustering
3 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.69%) PKI
3 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.90%) Windows 10
1 20 (33.90%) Windows 7
2 9 (15.25%) Windows Server
3 8 (13.56%) Linux
4 3 (5.08%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (3.39%) Android
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Break/Fix
2 12 (20.34%) Customer Service
3 11 (18.64%) ITIL
4 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.17%) ITSM
5 6 (10.17%) Migration
6 5 (8.47%) User Experience
7 4 (6.78%) Agile
7 4 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.78%) DevOps
7 4 (6.78%) Incident Management
7 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (5.08%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 3 (5.08%) Roadmaps
8 3 (5.08%) Security Hardening
8 3 (5.08%) Ticket Management
8 3 (5.08%) Time Management
9 2 (3.39%) CI/CD
9 2 (3.39%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (3.39%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.69%) C#
2 1 (1.69%) C++
2 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.17%) DV Cleared
3 5 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.78%) A+ Certification
5 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.69%) Degree
6 1 (1.69%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) SLA
2 1 (1.69%) NIST
2 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 19 (32.20%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.39%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.39%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.69%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.78%) SCCM
3 2 (3.39%) Terraform
4 1 (1.69%) Ansible
4 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.69%) Nessus
4 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (64.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.64%) VMware
3 5 (8.47%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.08%) iManage
5 2 (3.39%) Citrix
5 2 (3.39%) Ivanti
6 1 (1.69%) Apple
6 1 (1.69%) Qualys
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.69%) SAP
6 1 (1.69%) Veritas