Windows Server Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Windows Server
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 23 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 13 11 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 8.13% 5.14% 3.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.33% 14.47% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 5
10th Percentile - - £139
25th Percentile £175 £159 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £160 £198
Median % change year-on-year +15.51% -19.19% +10.00%
75th Percentile £194 £160 £388
90th Percentile - - £418
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +30.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
South West median hourly rate £72.75 £60.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year +21.25% -13.11% +73.36%

All Operating Systems
Dorset

Windows Server 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 Dorset with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 30 76 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 18.75% 35.51% 26.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 47 22
10th Percentile £175 £160 £161
25th Percentile £175 £200 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £475 £363
Median % change year-on-year -61.09% +31.03% -14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £447
90th Percentile £769 £619 £545
South West median daily rate £500 £518 £440
% change year-on-year -3.38% +17.61% +10.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 17
10th Percentile - £17.04 £33.40
25th Percentile - £17.31 £45.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £51.13 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -72.62% +4.90% +195.39%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £55.65
90th Percentile - £59.06 £57.02
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +141.76%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Dorset

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Dorset

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Dorset

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 10 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
Bournemouth -1 12 £185 +15.65% 3
Windows Server
South West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) Azure
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) 4G
1 1 (7.69%) 5G
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
General
1 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
1 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Infrastructure Technician
2 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Network Communications Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Network Integration Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Network Systems Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) System Verification Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Systems Integration Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Test and Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) NHS
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 12 (92.31%) Network Management
2 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
2 1 (7.69%) Change Management
2 1 (7.69%) Cryptography
2 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
2 1 (7.69%) Security Hardening
2 1 (7.69%) Service Management
2 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
1 12 (92.31%) Veeam
1 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
2 1 (7.69%) Juniper
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk