Windows Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 20 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 42 98 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.52% 16.33% 14.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 85.71% 65.33% 72.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 47 81
10th Percentile £149 £150 £183
25th Percentile £200 £178 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £288 £370
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% -22.30% +13.85%
75th Percentile £460 £428 £438
90th Percentile £541 £500 £488
East of England median daily rate £290 £300 £325
% change year-on-year -3.33% -7.69% +10.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 35 32
10th Percentile £13.36 - £12.28
25th Percentile - £13.29 £14.19
Median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - +11.54%
75th Percentile £14.16 £18.50 £15.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £19.26 £16.20
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £17.00 £15.62
% change year-on-year -16.71% +8.83% -5.33%

All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 49 150 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.94% 25.00% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 78 106
10th Percentile £156 £150 £197
25th Percentile £200 £185 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £273 £363 £425
Median % change year-on-year -24.83% -14.71% +25.00%
75th Percentile £477 £484 £488
90th Percentile £629 £510 £538
East of England median daily rate £344 £419 £400
% change year-on-year -17.91% +4.69% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 41 34
10th Percentile £13.50 - £12.33
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.08 £14.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +0.62% +16.00%
75th Percentile £18.11 £18.88 £15.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £19.48
East of England median hourly rate £17.00 £17.75 £20.20
% change year-on-year -4.23% -12.13% +22.42%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Peterborough -15 22 £305 -26.06% 11
Cambridge -7 18 £240 +20.00% 41
Huntingdon -4 1 £200 -8.57% 8
Ely - 1 £120 - 1
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) VPN
2 2 (4.76%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.38%) MQTT
3 1 (2.38%) RS-232
3 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (21.43%) Git
2 7 (16.67%) Mercurial
3 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Multimedia
3 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Electronics
4 2 (4.76%) Finance
4 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.76%) Marketing
4 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Analyst
2 14 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 14 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 9 (21.43%) Technical Analyst
3 9 (21.43%) Technical Services Analyst
4 7 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Administrator
6 5 (11.90%) Customer Service Administrator
7 4 (9.52%) IT Support
7 4 (9.52%) Windows Support Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Data Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) IT Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Linux Support
8 3 (7.14%) Linux Support Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) NumPy
1 7 (16.67%) Pandas
1 7 (16.67%) React
1 7 (16.67%) SciPy
2 2 (4.76%) .NET
2 2 (4.76%) MFC
2 2 (4.76%) WinForms
2 2 (4.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Social Media
2 3 (7.14%) Clustering
3 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) NHS
3 2 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.81%) Windows 10
2 6 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.90%) Linux
4 1 (2.38%) Android
4 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 15 (35.71%) ITIL
3 9 (21.43%) ITSM
3 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 7 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (16.67%) Code Quality
4 7 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 7 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (16.67%) Data Collection
4 7 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
4 7 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 7 (16.67%) Signal Processing
4 7 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 6 (14.29%) Time Management
6 5 (11.90%) Problem Management
7 4 (9.52%) Incident Management
7 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
7 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) C#
1 9 (21.43%) Python
2 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.76%) C++
3 2 (4.76%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) Degree
2 13 (30.95%) MCP
3 9 (21.43%) CCNA
3 9 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.14%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.38%) CISSP
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.38%) MCDST
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (40.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (26.19%) SCCM
2 1 (2.38%) Autotask
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Citrix
2 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.29%) Cisco
4 4 (9.52%) NetApp
5 3 (7.14%) VMware
6 2 (4.76%) SAP
7 1 (2.38%) Remedy
7 1 (2.38%) SonicWALL
7 1 (2.38%) Splunk