Windows Server Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Windows Server
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 49 69
Rank change year-on-year -19 +20 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 74 135 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.66% 4.18% 3.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.02% 24.73% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 86 104
10th Percentile £210 £206 £128
25th Percentile £300 £363 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +53.85% -
75th Percentile £850 £567 £526
90th Percentile - £694 £663
England median daily rate £450 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 24 8
10th Percentile - £25.75 £14.77
25th Percentile - £29.15 £19.06
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year - +61.90% -44.44%
75th Percentile - £49.43 £32.11
90th Percentile - £51.35 £44.98
England median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +8.33% +33.33% -10.00%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 352 546 730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.67% 16.91% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 378 515
10th Percentile £172 £173 £153
25th Percentile £284 £313 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £476 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +11.88% +17.24%
75th Percentile £582 £575 £586
90th Percentile £825 £650 £650
England median daily rate £463 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -10.41% +3.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 48 41
10th Percentile - £14.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £10.95 £20.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.39% +62.78% +3.93%
75th Percentile £18.75 £44.56 £28.75
90th Percentile £38.90 £49.52 £43.75
England median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -37.14% +62.79% +20.99%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the North West

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the North West

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the North West

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the North West

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Manchester +24 63 £800 +52.39% 34
Cheshire -7 6 £130 -77.04% 13
Merseyside +10 3 £290 -22.67% 6
Cumbria -28 1 £528 +23.94% 4
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.35%) Apache
2 1 (1.35%) JBoss
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.35%) nginx
2 1 (1.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.97%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (12.16%) Azure
3 5 (6.76%) AWS
4 4 (5.41%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.35%) Cohesity
5 1 (1.35%) Datadog
5 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.35%) GCP
5 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 49 (66.22%) Firewall
2 47 (63.51%) VPN
3 4 (5.41%) DNS
3 4 (5.41%) LAN
3 4 (5.41%) WAN
4 3 (4.05%) DHCP
4 3 (4.05%) VLAN
4 3 (4.05%) VoIP
4 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.70%) SAN
6 1 (1.35%) Internet
6 1 (1.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.11%) Legal
4 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Aviation
5 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.70%) Finance
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (60.81%) Architect
2 40 (54.05%) Technical Architect
3 30 (40.54%) Lead
3 30 (40.54%) Lead Architect
3 30 (40.54%) Technical Leader
4 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) IT Support
4 8 (10.81%) Senior
5 7 (9.46%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (6.76%) Digital Architect
6 5 (6.76%) Digital Technical Architect
6 5 (6.76%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.05%) Desktop Support
8 3 (4.05%) IT Technician
8 3 (4.05%) Support Officer
8 3 (4.05%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (56.76%) Node.js
2 2 (2.70%) React Native
3 1 (1.35%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (1.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (41.89%) Public Cloud
2 9 (12.16%) Product Ownership
3 8 (10.81%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (9.46%) Mobile App
5 4 (5.41%) Clustering
5 4 (5.41%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.35%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.35%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.35%) iPad
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) NHS
6 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 74 (100.00%) Windows
2 46 (62.16%) Apple iOS
3 45 (60.81%) Android
4 12 (16.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (13.51%) Windows 10
6 4 (5.41%) Linux
7 3 (4.05%) Mac OS
7 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.70%) Unix
8 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (72.97%) Mobile Device Management
2 43 (58.11%) Risk Management
3 42 (56.76%) CI/CD
3 42 (56.76%) Security Architecture
3 42 (56.76%) Zero Trust
4 40 (54.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 40 (54.05%) Threat Intelligence
5 34 (45.95%) Agile
6 33 (44.59%) DevOps
7 27 (36.49%) Design Patterns
8 13 (17.57%) Roadmaps
9 12 (16.22%) Microservices
9 12 (16.22%) Product Strategy
9 12 (16.22%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (13.51%) ITIL
10 10 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (9.46%) Product Roadmap
12 7 (9.46%) User Experience
13 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.11%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.41%) SQL
3 2 (2.70%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.35%) Python
4 1 (1.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (36.49%) Security Cleared
2 25 (33.78%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (10.81%) Degree
5 6 (8.11%) MCSE
6 4 (5.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (4.05%) CCNA
7 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.35%) MCSA
8 1 (1.35%) RHCE
System Software
1 16 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.35%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.41%) SCCM
3 3 (4.05%) Autotask
3 3 (4.05%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (4.05%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.70%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.35%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.35%) Terraform
5 1 (1.35%) VxRail
5 1 (1.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.22%) VMware
3 8 (10.81%) Apple
4 5 (6.76%) Google
5 4 (5.41%) Cisco
5 4 (5.41%) Dell
6 3 (4.05%) Datto
7 2 (2.70%) Adobe
7 2 (2.70%) Citrix
7 2 (2.70%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.35%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.35%) Brocade
8 1 (1.35%) EMC
8 1 (1.35%) HP
8 1 (1.35%) IBM
8 1 (1.35%) NetApp
8 1 (1.35%) Oracle
8 1 (1.35%) Symantec
8 1 (1.35%) Temenos
8 1 (1.35%) Wyse