Windows Server Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Windows Server
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 62 67
Rank change year-on-year +21 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 63 57 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.11% 3.00% 3.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.24% 20.21% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 44 68
10th Percentile £292 £308 £123
25th Percentile £504 £432 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £525 £350
Median % change year-on-year +52.39% +49.99% +7.69%
75th Percentile £850 £575 £575
90th Percentile - £700 £663
North West median daily rate £800 £500 £325
% change year-on-year +60.00% +53.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £13.30
25th Percentile - - £16.23
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £42.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year - +61.90% -44.44%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 184 282 447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 12.00% 14.87% 17.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 204 342
10th Percentile £300 £192 £150
25th Percentile £350 £385 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £663 £617 £606
90th Percentile £850 £671 £663
North West median daily rate £438 £476 £425
% change year-on-year -7.99% +11.88% +16.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 20
10th Percentile £17.14 £13.96 £11.36
25th Percentile £17.72 £26.00 £15.99
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.50 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +50.68% +13.25%
75th Percentile - £39.80 £21.63
90th Percentile £61.60 £47.50 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £18.00
% change year-on-year -45.39% +62.78% +5.88%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in Manchester

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in Manchester

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in Manchester

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in Manchester

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bolton - 1 £480 - 2
Windows Server
North West

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 7 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (11.11%) Azure
3 4 (6.35%) AWS
3 4 (6.35%) IaaS
4 1 (1.59%) Cohesity
4 1 (1.59%) Datadog
4 1 (1.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 47 (74.60%) Firewall
2 46 (73.02%) VPN
3 4 (6.35%) LAN
3 4 (6.35%) WAN
4 3 (4.76%) VLAN
4 3 (4.76%) VoIP
4 3 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (3.17%) DHCP
5 2 (3.17%) DNS
5 2 (3.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.52%) Legal
4 4 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Finance
7 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (71.43%) Architect
2 40 (63.49%) Technical Architect
3 30 (47.62%) Lead
3 30 (47.62%) Lead Architect
3 30 (47.62%) Technical Leader
4 7 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
4 7 (11.11%) Senior
5 5 (7.94%) Digital Architect
5 5 (7.94%) Digital Technical Architect
5 5 (7.94%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) IT Support
7 3 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Server Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Support Officer
8 2 (3.17%) Mobile Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (3.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 31 (49.21%) Public Cloud
2 9 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 7 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 5 (7.94%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (6.35%) Clustering
6 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.59%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.59%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.59%) NHS
7 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (71.43%) Android
2 45 (71.43%) Apple iOS
3 9 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 9 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (4.76%) Linux
4 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
4 3 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.59%) Unix
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (85.71%) Mobile Device Management
2 43 (68.25%) Risk Management
3 42 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 42 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 42 (66.67%) Zero Trust
4 40 (63.49%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 40 (63.49%) Threat Intelligence
5 34 (53.97%) Agile
6 33 (52.38%) DevOps
7 27 (42.86%) Design Patterns
8 13 (20.63%) Roadmaps
9 12 (19.05%) Microservices
9 12 (19.05%) Product Strategy
9 12 (19.05%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (15.87%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (14.29%) ITIL
12 7 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
12 7 (11.11%) User Experience
13 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure as Code
13 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.17%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.59%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (41.27%) Security Cleared
2 25 (39.68%) SC Cleared
3 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (12.70%) Degree
5 6 (9.52%) MCSE
6 4 (6.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (4.76%) CCNA
7 3 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.59%) MCSA
8 1 (1.59%) RHCE
System Software
1 10 (15.87%) Active Directory
1 10 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.59%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.76%) Autotask
2 3 (4.76%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.76%) SCCM
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (1.59%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.59%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.59%) VxRail
Vendors
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.46%) VMware
3 8 (12.70%) Apple
4 5 (7.94%) Google
5 3 (4.76%) Cisco
5 3 (4.76%) Datto
5 3 (4.76%) Dell
6 2 (3.17%) Adobe
6 2 (3.17%) Citrix
7 1 (1.59%) Brocade
7 1 (1.59%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.59%) EMC
7 1 (1.59%) HP
7 1 (1.59%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (1.59%) NetApp
7 1 (1.59%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.59%) Splunk