Windows Contracts in County Antrim

Microsoft Windows
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 23 10 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 15.33% 7.63% 16.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.14% 41.67% 68.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 11
10th Percentile £148 £164 £155
25th Percentile £155 £226 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £400 £170
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +135.29% +9.68%
75th Percentile £325 £544 £230
90th Percentile - £575 £400
Northern Ireland median daily rate £200 £400 £170
% change year-on-year -50.00% +135.29% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.15
25th Percentile £22.50 - £14.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £17.61
75th Percentile - - £20.37
90th Percentile - - £20.90
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £24.18 - £17.61
% change year-on-year - - +29.30%

All Operating Systems
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 28 24 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 18.67% 18.32% 24.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 23
10th Percentile £150 £181 £156
25th Percentile £163 £245 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £469 £400
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +17.19% -3.03%
75th Percentile £325 £530 £425
90th Percentile £410 £575 £640
Northern Ireland median daily rate £263 £469 £400
% change year-on-year -44.00% +17.19% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile - - £14.15
25th Percentile £22.50 - £14.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £12.25 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year +97.39% -30.44% +29.30%
75th Percentile - £31.88 £20.37
90th Percentile - - £20.90
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £24.18 £12.25 £17.61
% change year-on-year +97.39% -30.44% +29.30%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in County Antrim

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in County Antrim

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in County Antrim over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in County Antrim

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in County Antrim

Windows
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Belfast +5 23 £200 -50.00% 30
Windows
Northern Ireland

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) VPN
2 4 (17.39%) DNS
2 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
3 3 (13.04%) DHCP
3 3 (13.04%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Ant
1 4 (17.39%) Git
1 4 (17.39%) Jenkins
1 4 (17.39%) Maven
1 4 (17.39%) Subversion
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Banking
3 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Front Office
4 4 (17.39%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
6 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Electronics
6 2 (8.70%) Legal
6 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 2 (8.70%) Marketing
6 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) IT Support
1 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) .NET Developer
2 4 (17.39%) .NET Software Developer
2 4 (17.39%) .NET Software Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) C# .NET Developer
2 4 (17.39%) C# Developer
2 4 (17.39%) C# Software Developer
2 4 (17.39%) C# Software Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Support Officer
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) BYOD
2 4 (17.39%) Derivative
2 4 (17.39%) Equities
2 4 (17.39%) Equity Derivative
2 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
3 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
4 1 (4.35%) Blockchain
4 1 (4.35%) iPhone
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows 10
2 8 (34.78%) Windows 7
3 4 (17.39%) Linux
3 4 (17.39%) Unix
4 3 (13.04%) Android
4 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Concurrent Programming
1 4 (17.39%) Customer Experience
1 4 (17.39%) Design Patterns
1 4 (17.39%) High Availability
1 4 (17.39%) OO
1 4 (17.39%) OOA/OOD
1 4 (17.39%) Patch Management
1 4 (17.39%) SDLC
1 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
2 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
3 2 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (8.70%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.70%) Programme Management
3 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (4.35%) Change Management
4 1 (4.35%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) HND
2 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) AirWatch
1 3 (13.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
3 4 (17.39%) Apple
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 2 (8.70%) Computacenter
5 2 (8.70%) SAP
6 1 (4.35%) Citrix
6 1 (4.35%) Dell
6 1 (4.35%) HP
6 1 (4.35%) Zscaler