Windows Contracts in Stevenage

Microsoft Windows
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows 48 61 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 10.08% 21.18% 27.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.57% 77.22% 68.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 37 7
10th Percentile £290 £264 £134
25th Percentile £488 £363 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £435 £160
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% +171.88% -54.29%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £358
90th Percentile £650 £672 £400
Hertfordshire median daily rate £540 £425 £263
% change year-on-year +27.06% +61.90% -18.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 11
10th Percentile £49.82 £33.97 £20.00
25th Percentile - £54.38 £39.55
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile - £69.38 £55.00
90th Percentile - £74.05 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.87% +102.08%

All Operating Systems
Stevenage

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 Stevenage with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 70 79 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 14.71% 27.43% 40.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 50 13
10th Percentile £290 £300 £152
25th Percentile £515 £359 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £563
90th Percentile £650 £635 £708
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £475 £375
% change year-on-year +15.79% +26.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 27
10th Percentile £55.00 £33.97 £39.55
25th Percentile - £54.38 £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +39.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £74.05 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% +134.38%

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 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Stevenage

Windows
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 2024.

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 14 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (25.00%) CMS
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2000
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (4.17%) IIS
4 2 (4.17%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (29.17%) SMTP
2 7 (14.58%) TCP/IP
3 6 (12.50%) Ethernet
4 4 (8.33%) DNS
5 3 (6.25%) FTP
5 3 (6.25%) HTTP
5 3 (6.25%) SSL
6 2 (4.17%) SAN
7 1 (2.08%) DHCP
7 1 (2.08%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 6 (12.50%) Eclipse
General
1 9 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Military
2 6 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Analyst
1 12 (25.00%) Messaging Engineer
1 12 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
2 10 (20.83%) Storage Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) Senior
3 8 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) C# Software Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Junior
6 3 (6.25%) Junior Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Applications Support
7 2 (4.17%) Applications Support Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) IT Support
8 1 (2.08%) IT Technician
8 1 (2.08%) Service Desk Technician
8 1 (2.08%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.83%) Web Services
2 6 (12.50%) Node.js
3 3 (6.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) Cyberattack
2 11 (22.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 9 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.17%) BYOD
4 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (62.50%) Linux
2 11 (22.92%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.33%) Windows 2000
3 4 (8.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.17%) Android
4 2 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 9 (18.75%) Security Operations
3 8 (16.67%) Agile
3 8 (16.67%) Digital Twin
3 8 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 8 (16.67%) Synthetic Environment
4 6 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 6 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
4 6 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (12.50%) TDD
4 6 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 6 (12.50%) Validation
4 6 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (12.50%) Visualisation
5 4 (8.33%) Change Management
5 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.25%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.17%) Problem Management
7 2 (4.17%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) C#
1 8 (16.67%) C++
2 6 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.17%) SQL
4 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (45.83%) DV Cleared
3 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.33%) MCP
5 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (22.92%) MAILsweeper
2 2 (4.17%) SCCM
2 2 (4.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (25.00%) Darktrace
2 12 (25.00%) FireEye
2 12 (25.00%) LogRhythm
2 12 (25.00%) Splunk
3 11 (22.92%) Sophos
3 11 (22.92%) Trend Micro
3 11 (22.92%) VMware
4 10 (20.83%) NetApp
5 6 (12.50%) IronPort
6 3 (6.25%) Symantec
7 1 (2.08%) Sage