Windows Contracts in Stevenage

Microsoft Windows
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 38 48 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 27.74% 10.11% 21.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 74.51% 68.57% 77.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 31 37
10th Percentile £460 £290 £264
25th Percentile £525 £488 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £435
Median % change year-on-year - +26.44% +171.88%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile - £650 £672
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £540 £425
% change year-on-year +1.85% +27.06% +58.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 7
10th Percentile £46.82 £49.82 £33.97
25th Percentile £54.06 - £54.38
Median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.19 - £69.38
90th Percentile £68.15 - £74.05
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £39.32 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -39.51% +4.00% +28.87%

All Operating Systems
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 51 70 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 37.23% 14.74% 27.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 37 50
10th Percentile £450 £290 £300
25th Percentile £506 £515 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +37.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £547
90th Percentile - £650 £635
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £550 £471
% change year-on-year -2.27% +16.71% +25.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 7
10th Percentile £51.63 £55.00 £33.97
25th Percentile £55.00 - £54.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.19 £65.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £87.50 - £74.05
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -10.42% -4.00% +8.70%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Stevenage

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Stevenage

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Stevenage over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Stevenage

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Stevenage over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 4 (10.53%) CMS
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.26%) WebSphere
4 1 (2.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.63%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 22 (57.89%) Cohesity
2 1 (2.63%) Azure
2 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (60.53%) DNS
2 20 (52.63%) SAN
3 4 (10.53%) Ethernet
3 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.89%) Skype
4 3 (7.89%) SMTP
4 3 (7.89%) SpaceWire
5 2 (5.26%) FTP
5 2 (5.26%) HTTP
5 2 (5.26%) SSL
6 1 (2.63%) Firewall
6 1 (2.63%) IMAP
6 1 (2.63%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Eclipse
1 5 (13.16%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.63%) MSI
General
1 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Military
4 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
4 3 (7.89%) Law
5 1 (2.63%) Aviation
5 1 (2.63%) Avionics
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) Analyst
2 4 (10.53%) C# Software Engineer
2 4 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
2 4 (10.53%) Software Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Senior
3 3 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (5.26%) Electrical Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) Information Analyst
4 2 (5.26%) Information Systems Analyst
4 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) Solutions Analyst
4 2 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.63%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.63%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (2.63%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (2.63%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (2.63%) Network Architect
5 1 (2.63%) Network Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Node.js
1 4 (10.53%) Web Services
2 2 (5.26%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 4 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (5.26%) Cyberattack
2 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.26%) Smartcard
2 2 (5.26%) YubiKey
3 1 (2.63%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.63%) CAN bus
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 24 (63.16%) Windows Server
2 19 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 19 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 12 (31.58%) Linux
4 5 (13.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Build Automation
1 19 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 19 (50.00%) Operations Management
1 19 (50.00%) SIEM
2 6 (15.79%) Validation
3 5 (13.16%) Digital Twin
3 5 (13.16%) Software Engineering
3 5 (13.16%) Synthetic Environment
4 4 (10.53%) Agile
4 4 (10.53%) CI/CD
4 4 (10.53%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.53%) Incident Response
4 4 (10.53%) Security Operations
4 4 (10.53%) TDD
4 4 (10.53%) Unit Testing
5 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (7.89%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (7.89%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.16%) C#
2 5 (13.16%) C++
3 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.89%) Bash
4 3 (7.89%) C
4 3 (7.89%) Java
4 3 (7.89%) Python
4 3 (7.89%) Tcl
4 3 (7.89%) VBA
5 2 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (86.84%) Security Cleared
2 22 (57.89%) DV Cleared
3 11 (28.95%) SC Cleared
4 5 (13.16%) Degree
System Software
1 24 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 20 (52.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 19 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (7.89%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (5.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (55.26%) SCCM
1 21 (55.26%) WSUS
2 19 (50.00%) Ansible
3 2 (5.26%) Nessus
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 23 (60.53%) Splunk
3 21 (55.26%) VMware
4 20 (52.63%) NetApp
5 4 (10.53%) Darktrace
5 4 (10.53%) FireEye
5 4 (10.53%) LogRhythm
6 2 (5.26%) EMC
6 2 (5.26%) IronPort
6 2 (5.26%) Oracle
6 2 (5.26%) Symantec
6 2 (5.26%) Tenable
7 1 (2.63%) Cisco
7 1 (2.63%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.63%) Twitter