Windows Contracts in County Antrim

Microsoft Windows
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 30 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 7.81% 18.07% 16.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.67% 71.43% 64.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 20
10th Percentile £164 £155 -
25th Percentile £226 £156 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £170 £155
Median % change year-on-year +135.29% +9.68% -62.20%
75th Percentile £544 £230 £446
90th Percentile £575 £400 £465
Northern Ireland median daily rate £400 £170 £155
% change year-on-year +135.29% +9.68% -62.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £14.15 £11.10
25th Percentile - £14.74 £11.63
Median hourly rate - £17.61 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +35.46% -
75th Percentile - £20.37 £15.56
90th Percentile - £20.90 £16.79
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - £17.61 £13.00
% change year-on-year - +35.46% -7.14%

All Operating Systems
County Antrim

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 County Antrim with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 24 42 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 18.75% 25.30% 25.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 29
10th Percentile £181 £156 -
25th Percentile £245 £174 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% -5.88% -1.56%
75th Percentile £530 - £488
90th Percentile £575 £645 £508
Northern Ireland median daily rate £469 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +17.19% -5.88% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile - £14.15 £11.10
25th Percentile - £14.74 £11.63
Median hourly rate £12.25 £17.61 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.44% +35.46% -
75th Percentile £31.88 £20.37 £15.56
90th Percentile - £20.90 £16.79
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £12.25 £17.61 £13.00
% change year-on-year -30.44% +35.46% -7.14%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 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
Belfast -10 9 £400 +135.29% 16
Larne - 1 - -
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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) InfoPath
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (30.00%) GitHub
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) FTP
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Maven
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Administrator
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) REST
1 3 (30.00%) Software Packaging
1 3 (30.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (10.00%) COM
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) iPhone
1 2 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (10.00%) BYOD
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) iPad
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) PDA
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) SDET
2 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) OOP
3 1 (10.00%) PLM
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Apple
2 1 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Intel
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow