Windows Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Windows
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows 334 488 574
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 10.48% 13.53% 15.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.34% 67.97% 74.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 363 340
10th Percentile £150 £163 £145
25th Percentile £200 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% +20.00% +22.95%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £525
90th Percentile £625 £674 £638
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 54
10th Percentile £12.55 £15.50 £16.69
25th Percentile £14.00 £17.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £51.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +5.95% +162.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.41 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.80 £69.23 £75.00
England median hourly rate £18.00 £22.21 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.94% +11.03% +17.65%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 496 718 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 15.56% 19.90% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 517 458
10th Percentile £172 £175 £154
25th Percentile £256 £275 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% +10.14%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £545
90th Percentile £700 £690 £638
England median daily rate £465 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.27% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 84 76
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.16 £16.24
25th Percentile £40.00 £49.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £54.72
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.80% +140.51%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £22.08 £37.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.13% +70.45% +23.87%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the South West

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in the South West

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the South West

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the South West

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the South West

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Wiltshire +1 135 £550 +15.79% 51
Gloucestershire -9 51 £350 -22.22% 41
Bristol -18 46 £300 -40.00% 65
Devon +7 35 £162 -29.46% 17
Somerset +2 27 £185 -17.78% 34
Dorset -2 24 £185 -58.93% 17
Cornwall 0 7 £150 -25.00% 6
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 47 (14.07%) Confluence
2 46 (13.77%) SharePoint
3 41 (12.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (10.48%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.50%) Skype for Business
6 4 (1.20%) Apache
7 3 (0.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.30%) nginx
Applications
1 30 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.30%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 99 (29.64%) Azure
2 76 (22.75%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (10.18%) Azure Stack
4 15 (4.49%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.10%) AWS
6 6 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.80%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.20%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.90%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.60%) IaaS
10 2 (0.60%) SaaS
10 2 (0.60%) Serverless
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.30%) GitHub
11 1 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.30%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (17.37%) Firewall
2 35 (10.48%) BGP
3 30 (8.98%) DNS
4 27 (8.08%) LAN
5 26 (7.78%) DHCP
6 25 (7.49%) SAN
7 23 (6.89%) WAN
8 18 (5.39%) Network Security
9 13 (3.89%) TCP/IP
9 13 (3.89%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (2.99%) Skype
11 8 (2.40%) MPLS
12 6 (1.80%) FTP
12 6 (1.80%) VPN
13 5 (1.50%) 4G
13 5 (1.50%) 5G
13 5 (1.50%) VLAN
14 4 (1.20%) Ethernet
14 4 (1.20%) Internet
14 4 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 53 (15.87%) JIRA
2 5 (1.50%) Artifactory
2 5 (1.50%) GitLab
3 4 (1.20%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.20%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.90%) Git
5 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.30%) GoCD
6 1 (0.30%) MSI
6 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 135 (40.42%) Social Skills
2 27 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (5.39%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.09%) Finance
6 15 (4.49%) Military
7 12 (3.59%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.29%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.80%) Legal
9 6 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.50%) Electronics
10 5 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.50%) Marketing
11 3 (0.90%) Banking
11 3 (0.90%) Retail
12 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (15.57%) Administrator
2 45 (13.47%) Systems Administrator
2 45 (13.47%) Wintel Administrator
2 45 (13.47%) Wintel Systems Administrator
3 41 (12.28%) Support Engineer
4 39 (11.68%) Analyst
5 26 (7.78%) Desktop Support
6 23 (6.89%) Desktop Engineer
7 20 (5.99%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 19 (5.69%) IT Support
8 19 (5.69%) Technical Support
9 17 (5.09%) IT Analyst
9 17 (5.09%) Microsoft Engineer
10 16 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (4.79%) IT Engineer
11 15 (4.49%) Architect
12 13 (3.89%) Integration Engineer
13 12 (3.59%) IT Support Engineer
13 12 (3.59%) Service Analyst
13 12 (3.59%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.40%) REST
2 5 (1.50%) Middleware
3 4 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (1.20%) Node.js
3 4 (1.20%) Web Services
4 2 (0.60%) .NET
4 2 (0.60%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.60%) ADO
4 2 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.30%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 73 (21.86%) PKI
2 37 (11.08%) Private Cloud
3 18 (5.39%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.19%) Clustering
5 12 (3.59%) NHS
5 12 (3.59%) Replication
6 8 (2.40%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.40%) CMDB
6 8 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.50%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.20%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.90%) Blog
10 3 (0.90%) BYOD
10 3 (0.90%) iPhone
10 3 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.60%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 72 (21.56%) Windows Server
2 57 (17.07%) Linux
3 56 (16.77%) Windows 10
4 20 (5.99%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (3.89%) Unix
6 11 (3.29%) Windows 7
7 9 (2.69%) Mac OS
7 9 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.50%) Android
9 4 (1.20%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.90%) VMS
10 3 (0.90%) Windows 2000
10 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.90%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (24.85%) ITIL
2 61 (18.26%) Network Management
3 48 (14.37%) Service Management
4 44 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (12.57%) Capacity Management
6 39 (11.68%) ITSM
7 36 (10.78%) Security Monitoring
8 32 (9.58%) Customer Service
8 32 (9.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 30 (8.98%) Agile
10 28 (8.38%) Change Management
11 24 (7.19%) Migration
12 23 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (6.29%) DevOps
14 18 (5.39%) CI/CD
14 18 (5.39%) Data Migration
15 16 (4.79%) Decision-Making
15 16 (4.79%) Security Patching
16 15 (4.49%) Server Management
17 14 (4.19%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (13.47%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.99%) SQL
3 13 (3.89%) Python
4 8 (2.40%) Bash
5 6 (1.80%) C#
6 5 (1.50%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.20%) C
7 4 (1.20%) C++
7 4 (1.20%) Java
8 3 (0.90%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 194 (58.08%) Security Cleared
2 125 (37.43%) DV Cleared
3 71 (21.26%) SC Cleared
4 41 (12.28%) Degree
5 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.99%) MCSE
7 9 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.80%) MCSA
10 5 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.20%) HND
12 3 (0.90%) MCP
13 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.30%) CCNA
14 1 (0.30%) CCNP
14 1 (0.30%) CEH
14 1 (0.30%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.48%) Government Security Classifications
2 21 (6.29%) SLA
3 15 (4.49%) QA
4 5 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.20%) NIST
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
7 1 (0.30%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.30%) NCSC
7 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 111 (33.23%) Active Directory
2 41 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (6.29%) VMware NSX
5 13 (3.89%) Virtual Servers
6 11 (3.29%) vSphere
7 8 (2.40%) Docker
7 8 (2.40%) VMware Workstation
8 7 (2.10%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.90%) Firmware
10 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.60%) XenApp
11 2 (0.60%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.30%) NFS
12 1 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 44 (13.17%) SCCM
2 28 (8.38%) SCOM
3 21 (6.29%) Ansible
4 17 (5.09%) Kubernetes
5 16 (4.79%) vCenter Server
6 14 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (4.19%) Terraform
7 11 (3.29%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (2.69%) NetBackup
9 8 (2.40%) Nagios
10 7 (2.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (1.80%) Puppet
12 5 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.90%) Grafana
13 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
14 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 2 (0.60%) OPNET
14 2 (0.60%) WSUS
15 1 (0.30%) Packer
Vendors
1 147 (44.01%) Microsoft
2 73 (21.86%) VMware
3 43 (12.87%) Atlassian
4 23 (6.89%) Veeam
5 13 (3.89%) Citrix
6 11 (3.29%) Cisco
7 8 (2.40%) Hitachi
7 8 (2.40%) NetApp
8 7 (2.10%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.80%) CheckPoint
9 6 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.50%) Dell
10 5 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.50%) SAP
11 4 (1.20%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.20%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.20%) Juniper
11 4 (1.20%) Splunk
12 3 (0.90%) HP
12 3 (0.90%) SolarWinds