Windows Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Windows
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 101 173 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 6.96% 9.48% 9.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.06% 64.07% 53.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 125 187
10th Percentile £249 £158 £139
25th Percentile £313 £308 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £463 £275
Median % change year-on-year +32.97% +68.18% +19.57%
75th Percentile £850 £538 £461
90th Percentile - £625 £643
North West median daily rate £350 £413 £324
% change year-on-year -15.31% +27.64% +7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 16
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.44 £13.30
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.84 £15.99
Median hourly rate £19.00 £26.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +42.47% +15.87%
75th Percentile £31.25 - £23.90
90th Percentile £51.50 £27.10 £28.75
North West median hourly rate £12.00 £29.00 £17.96
% change year-on-year -58.62% +61.51% +12.22%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 171 270 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 11.78% 14.79% 18.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 196 355
10th Percentile £300 £198 £157
25th Percentile £375 £363 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +26.67%
75th Percentile £800 £600 £613
90th Percentile £850 £650 £663
North West median daily rate £438 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 23
10th Percentile £16.50 £13.96 £15.25
25th Percentile £21.31 £21.86 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +30.00% +24.11%
75th Percentile £42.31 £39.55 £72.50
90th Percentile £66.75 £40.00 £79.80
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -45.39% +46.50% +23.23%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Manchester

Windows
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 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 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
Salford 0 2 £255 -52.56% 3
Bolton -1 2 £480 +156.00% 7
Cheadle +2 1 - - 1
Sale +1 1 £145 - 1
Wigan -6 1 £160 +14.29% 1
Oldham - 1 £350 -
Windows
North West

Windows
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 10 (9.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.99%) Apache
3 1 (0.99%) IIS
3 1 (0.99%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.99%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.78%) Azure
1 22 (21.78%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.85%) AWS
3 7 (6.93%) IaaS
4 4 (3.96%) GCP
4 4 (3.96%) PaaS
4 4 (3.96%) SaaS
5 2 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.99%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.99%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 53 (52.48%) VPN
2 48 (47.52%) Firewall
3 13 (12.87%) LAN
4 12 (11.88%) WAN
5 7 (6.93%) Ethernet
5 7 (6.93%) OSPF
5 7 (6.93%) Wireless
5 7 (6.93%) Wireless Security
6 4 (3.96%) DNS
6 4 (3.96%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.96%) VLAN
7 3 (2.97%) DHCP
7 3 (2.97%) VoIP
7 3 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.98%) HTTP
8 2 (1.98%) SAN
9 1 (0.99%) H.323
9 1 (0.99%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.99%) IPsec
9 1 (0.99%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.92%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.97%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.98%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.98%) Data Hub
3 2 (1.98%) DB2
3 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.99%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.99%) Hudson
General
1 27 (26.73%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.90%) Public Sector
3 9 (8.91%) Finance
4 7 (6.93%) Legal
5 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.96%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.99%) Advertising
7 1 (0.99%) Automotive
7 1 (0.99%) Banking
7 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.99%) Law
7 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.99%) Military
7 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (48.51%) Architect
2 40 (39.60%) Technical Architect
3 33 (32.67%) Lead
4 32 (31.68%) Technical Leader
5 30 (29.70%) Lead Architect
6 9 (8.91%) Support Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) Senior
8 7 (6.93%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (6.93%) IT Support
8 7 (6.93%) Network Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Digital Architect
9 5 (4.95%) Digital Technical Architect
10 4 (3.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 4 (3.96%) Analyst
10 4 (3.96%) Server Engineer
10 4 (3.96%) Service Analyst
10 4 (3.96%) Service Desk Analyst
10 4 (3.96%) Support Officer
11 3 (2.97%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (41.58%) Node.js
2 5 (4.95%) Middleware
3 3 (2.97%) Kafka
4 2 (1.98%) React Native
5 1 (0.99%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.99%) LDAP
5 1 (0.99%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (33.66%) Public Cloud
2 9 (8.91%) Product Ownership
3 7 (6.93%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.95%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.96%) Clustering
5 4 (3.96%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.98%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.98%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.99%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.99%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.99%) Freedom of Information Act
8 1 (0.99%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 62 (61.39%) Windows Server
2 45 (44.55%) Android
2 45 (44.55%) Apple iOS
3 25 (24.75%) Linux
4 14 (13.86%) Windows 10
5 10 (9.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (4.95%) zOS
7 4 (3.96%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.96%) Unix
8 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.98%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.98%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.99%) Debian
10 1 (0.99%) VMS
10 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (53.47%) Mobile Device Management
2 44 (43.56%) CI/CD
2 44 (43.56%) Risk Management
2 44 (43.56%) Security Architecture
2 44 (43.56%) Zero Trust
3 41 (40.59%) Agile
3 41 (40.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 41 (40.59%) Threat Intelligence
4 35 (34.65%) DevOps
5 27 (26.73%) Design Patterns
6 15 (14.85%) ITIL
7 14 (13.86%) Roadmaps
8 13 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (11.88%) Customer Service
9 12 (11.88%) Microservices
9 12 (11.88%) Product Strategy
9 12 (11.88%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (9.90%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (7.92%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.94%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.96%) SQL
3 2 (1.98%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 37 (36.63%) Security Cleared
2 35 (34.65%) SC Cleared
3 13 (12.87%) Degree
4 12 (11.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (10.89%) CCNA
5 11 (10.89%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.93%) MCSE
7 5 (4.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (2.97%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.99%) CISSP
9 1 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.99%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.99%) MCSA
9 1 (0.99%) RHCE
9 1 (0.99%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.97%) NIST
2 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (1.98%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.98%) SLA
3 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.99%) GDPR
3 1 (0.99%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.99%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (20.79%) Active Directory
2 18 (17.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (10.89%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.99%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.99%) Docker
5 1 (0.99%) Firmware
5 1 (0.99%) NFS
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.99%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (13.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.96%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.97%) Autotask
3 3 (2.97%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (2.97%) SCCM
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.99%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.99%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.99%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (29.70%) Microsoft
2 21 (20.79%) VMware
3 8 (7.92%) Apple
4 5 (4.95%) F5
4 5 (4.95%) Google
4 5 (4.95%) Oracle
5 4 (3.96%) Cisco
5 4 (3.96%) Dell
6 3 (2.97%) Datto
6 3 (2.97%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.98%) Adobe
7 2 (1.98%) Databricks
7 2 (1.98%) IBM
8 1 (0.99%) Avaya
8 1 (0.99%) Citrix
8 1 (0.99%) EMC
8 1 (0.99%) HP
8 1 (0.99%) NetApp
8 1 (0.99%) Sophos