Windows Contracts in Devon

Microsoft Windows
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 4 37 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 3.74% 13.45% 11.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.67% 86.05% 73.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 33 19
10th Percentile £180 £129 £125
25th Percentile £183 £143 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £162 £250
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% -35.20% +8.70%
75th Percentile £198 £435 £375
90th Percentile £199 £580 £480
South West median daily rate £538 £495 £450
% change year-on-year +8.59% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate £11.91 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +20.00% +176.01%
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £40.00 £52.21
% change year-on-year -53.73% -23.39% +7.69%

All Operating Systems
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6 43 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 5.61% 15.64% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 39 25
10th Percentile £184 £129 £126
25th Percentile £194 £143 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £175 £350
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -50.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £497 £575 £600
90th Percentile £604 £600 £675
South West median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate £11.91 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +20.00% +176.01%
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 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
Plymouth -3 3 £200 +13.48% 31
Exeter -2 1 £185 +20.92% 42
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Google