Windows Contracts in Portsmouth

Microsoft Windows
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 42 52 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 15.11% 21.05% 15.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.36% 77.61% 64.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 18
10th Percentile - £193 £138
25th Percentile £400 £200 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £231 £433
Median % change year-on-year +78.38% -46.53% -3.89%
75th Percentile £556 £513 £450
90th Percentile £564 £519 £527
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £485 £475
% change year-on-year +13.40% +2.11% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £60.25 £64.00 -
25th Percentile £60.63 £66.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +55.56% -31.30%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £50.00
90th Percentile £71.75 £73.00 £53.72
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.60 £60.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -62.34% +224.32% -7.50%

All Operating Systems
Portsmouth

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 55 67 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 19.78% 27.13% 23.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 42 23
10th Percentile £367 £200 £138
25th Percentile £400 £201 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £260 £450
Median % change year-on-year +58.65% -42.22% -7.69%
75th Percentile £556 £513 £613
90th Percentile £560 £550 £685
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +14.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 15
10th Percentile £61.48 £55.13 £12.50
25th Percentile £62.13 £56.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +36.11% -31.30%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £54.14
90th Percentile £72.63 £71.15 £74.22
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.25 £58.59 £17.00
% change year-on-year +6.25% +244.65% -15.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Portsmouth

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Portsmouth

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Portsmouth

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Portsmouth

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 16 (38.10%) Confluence
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.38%) nginx
4 1 (2.38%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.38%) GCP
3 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) DHCP
1 9 (21.43%) DNS
1 9 (21.43%) SNMP
1 9 (21.43%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (4.76%) Firewall
4 1 (2.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (38.10%) JIRA
2 10 (23.81%) Eclipse
2 10 (23.81%) Git
3 7 (16.67%) Bitbucket
3 7 (16.67%) GoogleTest
3 7 (16.67%) Robot Framework
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (21.43%) Military
3 9 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 6 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Software Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Developer
2 9 (21.43%) Test Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) Integration Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) IT Support
4 7 (16.67%) Java Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (14.29%) C++ Developer
6 4 (9.52%) Software Developer
7 3 (7.14%) IT Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Applications Support
8 2 (4.76%) Applications Support Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.05%) CSS
1 8 (19.05%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) PKI
2 9 (21.43%) CCTV
3 6 (14.29%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 21 (50.00%) Linux
2 11 (26.19%) Windows Server 2012
3 10 (23.81%) Windows 10
3 10 (23.81%) Windows Server
4 6 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 6 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.38%) Solaris
6 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (61.90%) Agile
2 19 (45.24%) Software Engineering
3 9 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
3 9 (21.43%) OCR
3 9 (21.43%) Refactoring
3 9 (21.43%) Regression Testing
3 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (21.43%) Test Scripting
4 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (19.05%) Prototyping
4 8 (19.05%) Scrum
4 8 (19.05%) SysML
4 8 (19.05%) UML
4 8 (19.05%) Validation
4 8 (19.05%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 7 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (14.29%) CRM
7 1 (2.38%) OOD
7 1 (2.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (45.24%) C++
2 16 (38.10%) SQL
3 11 (26.19%) Java
4 9 (21.43%) C#
5 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
6 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.19%) SC Cleared
3 9 (21.43%) MCSA
3 9 (21.43%) MCSE
3 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.76%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.38%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) ISO 9001
1 9 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (14.29%) SLA
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
2 12 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (19.05%) Firmware
4 2 (4.76%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.76%) SCCM
3 1 (2.38%) IBM BigFix
3 1 (2.38%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (28.57%) VMware
3 8 (19.05%) Google
4 7 (16.67%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.38%) Aruba
5 1 (2.38%) Cisco
5 1 (2.38%) Oracle
5 1 (2.38%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.38%) Remedy
5 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.38%) Veeam