Windows Contracts in Sheffield

Microsoft Windows
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 16 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -15
Contract jobs citing Windows 38 41 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 11.91% 10.82% 8.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.29% 38.32% 59.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 26 28
10th Percentile - £185 £309
25th Percentile £150 £233 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £445 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% -15.19% +25.75%
75th Percentile £675 £536 £675
90th Percentile £780 £559 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £430 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% -14.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - - £11.65
25th Percentile £18.10 - £12.63
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +41.94% +5.08%
75th Percentile £18.41 - £19.63
90th Percentile £18.47 - £21.35
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -17.25% +41.94% -11.07%

All Operating Systems
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 62 107 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 19.44% 28.23% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 64 43
10th Percentile £150 £233 £340
25th Percentile £284 £412 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.55% -14.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £538 £641
90th Percentile £746 £588 £698
South Yorkshire median daily rate £538 £430 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile - - £11.65
25th Percentile £18.10 £21.25 £12.63
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.09% +45.16% +5.08%
75th Percentile £18.41 £23.75 £19.63
90th Percentile £18.47 - £21.35
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £22.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -19.09% +45.16% -11.07%

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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 1 May 2025.

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 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) GitHub
2 4 (10.53%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 4 (10.53%) Collibra
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.26%) AWS
4 2 (5.26%) Azure
5 1 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.05%) SMTP
2 5 (13.16%) NAS
3 4 (10.53%) DNS
3 4 (10.53%) SAN
4 2 (5.26%) SSL
5 1 (2.63%) HTTPS
5 1 (2.63%) SSH
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Git
1 4 (10.53%) GitLab
2 3 (7.89%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 21 (55.26%) Banking
3 11 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (2.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 9 (23.68%) Architect
3 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (13.16%) Windows Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Data Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) IT Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Systems Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Windows Support Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.05%) REST
2 4 (10.53%) Middleware
2 4 (10.53%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (13.16%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.26%) Robotics
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (36.84%) Linux
2 11 (28.95%) Apple iOS
3 5 (13.16%) Unix
3 5 (13.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Coaching
2 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (21.05%) ITSM
3 8 (21.05%) SIEM
4 5 (13.16%) Agile
4 5 (13.16%) Data Protection
5 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (10.53%) Data Governance
5 4 (10.53%) Kanban
5 4 (10.53%) Microservices
5 4 (10.53%) Migration
5 4 (10.53%) Monte Carlo Method
5 4 (10.53%) Observability
5 4 (10.53%) Scrum
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.26%) Cryptography
7 2 (5.26%) Data Security
7 2 (5.26%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (5.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.16%) Python
3 4 (10.53%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.26%) ActionScript
4 2 (5.26%) ActionScript 2.0
4 2 (5.26%) C
5 1 (2.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 18 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.53%) VMware NSX
2 4 (10.53%) vSphere
3 3 (7.89%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (31.58%) Ansible
2 4 (10.53%) Grafana
2 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.53%) Prometheus
2 4 (10.53%) vCenter Server
2 4 (10.53%) vRealize
3 1 (2.63%) Control-M
3 1 (2.63%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (2.63%) SCCM
3 1 (2.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Apple
1 11 (28.95%) Citrix
2 4 (10.53%) Splunk
2 4 (10.53%) VMware
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.89%) Veritas
4 2 (5.26%) Commvault
4 2 (5.26%) IBM
5 1 (2.63%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (2.63%) NetApp
5 1 (2.63%) Red Hat