BitLocker Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft BitLocker
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring BitLocker skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 310 394
Rank change year-on-year -67 +84 +45
Contract jobs citing BitLocker 17 59 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.35% 0.12%
As % of the System Software category 0.77% 2.65% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 13
10th Percentile £205 £150 £139
25th Percentile £234 £159 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £220 £250
Median % change year-on-year +34.09% -12.00% -43.44%
75th Percentile £300 £542 £388
90th Percentile - £567 £589
UK median daily rate £295 £425 £406
% change year-on-year -30.59% +4.62% -4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £16.58 - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £25.66 - -
UK median hourly rate £13.77 £23.80 -
% change year-on-year -42.14% - -

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

BitLocker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,216 2,229 3,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.31% 13.29% 15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 1,422 2,114
10th Percentile £190 £190 £173
25th Percentile £307 £340 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £572 £585 £588
90th Percentile £638 £660 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 75 211
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.40 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.33 £21.36 £17.75
Median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +33.33% +92.31%
75th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £91.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -45.00% +8.98% +95.23%

BitLocker
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BitLocker relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

BitLocker job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

BitLocker
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BitLocker.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BitLocker

BitLocker
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BitLocker in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BitLocker in the UK excluding London

BitLocker
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BitLocker.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BitLocker

BitLocker
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BitLocker in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for BitLocker in the UK excluding London

BitLocker
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BitLocker within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 2025. 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
Midlands - 9 £250 - 3
East Midlands - 7 £134 - 3
Wales - 5 £300 -
West Midlands - 2 £275 -
North of England -46 1 £275 -48.86%
Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
East of England - 1 £225 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
BitLocker
UK

BitLocker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (17.65%) PuTTY
2 3 (17.65%) SSH
2 3 (17.65%) Telnet
3 1 (5.88%) Broadband
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
1 7 (41.18%) Support Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Build Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Break Fix Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support Technician
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Technician
4 1 (5.88%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
3 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
3 3 (17.65%) Windows 8
4 1 (5.88%) Android
4 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (17.65%) Break/Fix
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
3 2 (11.76%) Line Management
4 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL
4 1 (5.88%) Logistics
4 1 (5.88%) Patch Management
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) MCTS
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Firmware
2 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) SCCM
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) McAfee
3 6 (35.29%) Apple
3 6 (35.29%) HP
3 6 (35.29%) MobileIron
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco
4 3 (17.65%) Dell
4 3 (17.65%) Draytek
5 1 (5.88%) BMC
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.88%) Toshiba