Windows Contracts in Sheffield

Microsoft Windows
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 22 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows 41 37 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 10.82% 8.15% 14.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.32% 59.68% 68.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 28 44
10th Percentile £185 £309 £121
25th Percentile £233 £500 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £525 £418
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% +25.75% +53.92%
75th Percentile £536 £675 £528
90th Percentile £559 £700 £676
South Yorkshire median daily rate £434 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -13.25% +25.00% +49.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £11.65 -
25th Percentile - £12.63 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £15.50 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +5.08% +25.21%
75th Percentile - £19.63 £18.00
90th Percentile - £21.35 £18.90
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.00 £15.50 £17.43
% change year-on-year +41.94% -11.07% -12.89%

All Operating Systems
Sheffield

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 Sheffield with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 107 62 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 28.23% 13.66% 21.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 43 65
10th Percentile £233 £340 £126
25th Percentile £412 £463 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £641 £556
90th Percentile £588 £698 £673
South Yorkshire median daily rate £430 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile - £11.65 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £12.63 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% +5.08% -40.14%
75th Percentile £23.75 £19.63 £18.00
90th Percentile - £21.35 £18.90
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £17.43
% change year-on-year +45.16% -11.07% -18.93%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Sheffield

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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Sheffield over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (17.07%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) VLAN
2 6 (14.63%) SSL
3 2 (4.88%) VPN
4 1 (2.44%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (2.44%) LAN
4 1 (2.44%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (60.98%) Analytical Skills
1 25 (60.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Law
3 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.44%) Banking
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Storage Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Support Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Data Protection Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (14.63%) Data Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) IT Support
5 4 (9.76%) Lead
6 3 (7.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Data Storage Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) NetBackup Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) ActiveMQ
1 6 (14.63%) Kafka
2 1 (2.44%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Replication
2 3 (7.32%) EMC VNX
3 2 (4.88%) Clustering
4 1 (2.44%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.44%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 27 (65.85%) Linux
2 10 (24.39%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.32%) AIX
3 3 (7.32%) Solaris
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Change Management
2 18 (43.90%) Service Delivery
3 17 (41.46%) Data Protection
4 8 (19.51%) Customer Service
4 8 (19.51%) ITIL
5 7 (17.07%) CI/CD
5 7 (17.07%) DevOps
6 6 (14.63%) ITSM
6 6 (14.63%) Migration
6 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.32%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (7.32%) Performance Analysis
7 3 (7.32%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (7.32%) Release Management
8 2 (4.88%) High Availability
8 2 (4.88%) Security Patching
9 1 (2.44%) Availability Management
9 1 (2.44%) Capacity Management
9 1 (2.44%) Project Delivery
9 1 (2.44%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.32%) SRDF
4 2 (4.88%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 22 (53.66%) Ansible
2 17 (41.46%) NetBackup
3 16 (39.02%) Puppet
4 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (7.32%) EMC TimeFinder
6 2 (4.88%) SCCM
7 1 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Veritas
2 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) VMware
3 6 (14.63%) IBM
3 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow
3 6 (14.63%) Solace
4 5 (12.20%) Oracle
5 4 (9.76%) Cisco
5 4 (9.76%) EMC
6 3 (7.32%) Brocade
6 3 (7.32%) Dell
6 3 (7.32%) Dell Compellent
6 3 (7.32%) EqualLogic
6 3 (7.32%) Isilon
7 2 (4.88%) Symantec
8 1 (2.44%) Citrix
8 1 (2.44%) NetApp