Windows Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Windows
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 10 8 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 57 83 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 11.38% 15.40% 18.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 79.17% 71.55% 77.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 65 61
10th Percentile £126 £188 £158
25th Percentile £168 £200 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £325 £363
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.34% -4.61%
75th Percentile £522 £560 £538
90th Percentile £582 £611 £630
North West median daily rate £350 £425 £275
% change year-on-year -17.65% +54.55% -1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 1
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.08 -
25th Percentile £16.54 £13.31 -
Median hourly rate £17.72 £16.41 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% -17.95% +15.47%
75th Percentile - £19.72 -
90th Percentile £17.73 £21.33 -
North West median hourly rate £12.00 £28.10 £18.00
% change year-on-year -57.30% +56.11% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 72 116 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 14.37% 21.52% 24.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 88 73
10th Percentile £126 £200 £163
25th Percentile £200 £214 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £350 £406
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -13.92% +8.27%
75th Percentile £497 £561 £538
90th Percentile £582 £606 £630
North West median daily rate £438 £476 £425
% change year-on-year -7.99% +11.88% +16.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.35 -
25th Percentile £16.54 £14.00 -
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% -5.90% +15.47%
75th Percentile - £22.41 -
90th Percentile £17.73 £48.41 -
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £18.00
% change year-on-year -45.39% +62.78% +5.88%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cheshire 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
Warrington -2 17 £325 - 13
Knutsford 0 11 £566 +1.07% 1
Macclesfield - 9 £122 - 4
Northwich -7 6 - - 3
Runcorn - 3 £128 - 2
Chester +4 2 £200 -11.11% 10
Winsford - 2 - -
Wilmslow -4 1 £200 -11.11% 4
Ellesmere Port - 1 £130 -
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.51%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (45.61%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (26.32%) Azure
3 10 (17.54%) AWS
4 8 (14.04%) OneDrive
5 6 (10.53%) SaaS
6 4 (7.02%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.51%) GitHub
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.75%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.75%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) Firewall
2 7 (12.28%) DSL
2 7 (12.28%) WAAS
3 4 (7.02%) VPN
4 2 (3.51%) DMZ
5 1 (1.75%) Broadband
5 1 (1.75%) DNS
5 1 (1.75%) Internet
5 1 (1.75%) LAN
5 1 (1.75%) Skype
5 1 (1.75%) VSAN
5 1 (1.75%) WAN
5 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.75%) Wireless
5 1 (1.75%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) JIRA
2 8 (14.04%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.75%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) GitLab
General
1 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 7 (12.28%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Aviation
5 3 (5.26%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Banking
7 1 (1.75%) French Language
7 1 (1.75%) German Language
7 1 (1.75%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.75%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (17.54%) Windows Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) IT Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (8.77%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Desktop Support
5 5 (8.77%) Developer
5 5 (8.77%) IT Support
5 5 (8.77%) PowerShell Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Python Developer
5 5 (8.77%) SCCM Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (7.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Support Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (5.26%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) Django
1 4 (7.02%) FastAPI
1 4 (7.02%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Public Cloud
2 7 (12.28%) Virtual Team
3 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.75%) iPad
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.75%) Life Science
4 1 (1.75%) PKI
4 1 (1.75%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (40.35%) Windows 10
2 12 (21.05%) Unix
3 10 (17.54%) Apple iOS
3 10 (17.54%) Linux
4 9 (15.79%) Mac OS
5 6 (10.53%) Windows Server
6 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Customer Service
2 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (19.30%) CI/CD
4 10 (17.54%) Software Deployment
5 9 (15.79%) DevOps
6 8 (14.04%) Asset Management
6 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
6 8 (14.04%) Server Building
7 7 (12.28%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (12.28%) Platform Engineering
7 7 (12.28%) Service Management
8 6 (10.53%) Customer Experience
8 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Automation
8 6 (10.53%) Inventory Management
9 5 (8.77%) Change Control
9 5 (8.77%) Information Security
9 5 (8.77%) Observability
10 4 (7.02%) ITIL
10 4 (7.02%) Migration
10 4 (7.02%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.28%) Python
2 7 (12.28%) Ruby
3 1 (1.75%) Bash
3 1 (1.75%) C
3 1 (1.75%) C++
3 1 (1.75%) Go
3 1 (1.75%) Java
3 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.51%) Degree
3 2 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.30%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (45.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (33.33%) SCCM
2 12 (21.05%) Ansible
2 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (21.05%) Progress Chef
3 9 (15.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (12.28%) CFEngine
4 7 (12.28%) PowerBroker
4 7 (12.28%) Puppet
5 5 (8.77%) Terraform
6 3 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (1.75%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (56.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.79%) Apple
2 9 (15.79%) VMware
3 8 (14.04%) ServiceNow
4 7 (12.28%) Atlassian
5 5 (8.77%) Veeam
6 2 (3.51%) Cisco
6 2 (3.51%) Dell
6 2 (3.51%) Lotus
7 1 (1.75%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.75%) Meraki
7 1 (1.75%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.75%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.75%) SAP
7 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.75%) Sophos
7 1 (1.75%) Symantec
7 1 (1.75%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.75%) Wyse