Windows Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Windows
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 24 59 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 15.00% 27.44% 17.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 80.00% 77.63% 67.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 16
10th Percentile £175 £159 £151
25th Percentile £175 £160 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £500 £338
Median % change year-on-year -63.04% +48.15% +84.93%
75th Percentile £613 £611 £428
90th Percentile £769 £626 £550
South West median daily rate £498 £463 £350
% change year-on-year +7.57% +32.14% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 10
10th Percentile - £17.00 £40.93
25th Percentile - £17.19 £45.43
Median hourly rate £14.00 £21.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -56.59% +193.18%
75th Percentile - £56.49 £50.97
90th Percentile - £59.80 £56.00
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £51.50 £49.47
% change year-on-year -22.33% +4.10% +167.41%

All Operating Systems
Dorset

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 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% 35.35% 26.37%
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 £445
% change year-on-year -3.38% +16.29% +12.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 16
10th Percentile - £17.04 £42.79
25th Percentile - £17.31 £46.28
Median hourly rate £14.00 £51.13 £49.47
Median % change year-on-year -72.62% +3.36% +199.82%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £55.69
90th Percentile - £59.06 £57.10
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +141.76%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Dorset over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Dorset

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Dorset

Windows
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 within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 11 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 -2 15 £185 +15.18% 8
Windows
South West

Windows
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Azure
2 14 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) 4G
1 5 (20.83%) 5G
2 4 (16.67%) LAN
2 4 (16.67%) Network Security
2 4 (16.67%) VoIP
2 4 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (4.17%) Firewall
General
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (12.50%) Military
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Infrastructure Technician
2 5 (20.83%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Communications Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Systems Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (8.33%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) IT Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Network Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Requirements Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Requirements Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior
6 1 (4.17%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) System Verification Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (50.00%) NHS
2 4 (16.67%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) iPad
3 1 (4.17%) iPhone
3 1 (4.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows Server
2 8 (33.33%) Linux
3 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.17%) Android
4 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Network Management
2 12 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (16.67%) Agile
5 4 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (16.67%) Business Strategy
5 4 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 4 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 3 (12.50%) Security Hardening
6 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
7 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (8.33%) Information Assurance
7 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
7 2 (8.33%) SysML
7 2 (8.33%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) HND
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Def Stans
2 1 (4.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (50.00%) Veeam
2 12 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.33%) Sparx
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco
4 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.17%) Juniper
4 1 (4.17%) Splunk