Windows Contracts in Warrington

Microsoft Windows
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warrington 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 9 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 14 18 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 22.58% 21.95% 27.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 90.00% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 23
10th Percentile £250 £187 £178
25th Percentile £281 £219 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £313 £275
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% +54.93%
75th Percentile £372 £427 £463
90th Percentile £425 £466 £600
Cheshire median daily rate £389 £313 £325
% change year-on-year +24.56% -3.85% -

All Operating Systems
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14 20 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 22.58% 24.39% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 23
10th Percentile £250 £191 £178
25th Percentile £281 £256 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £275
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +54.93%
75th Percentile £372 £441 £463
90th Percentile £425 £473 £600
Cheshire median daily rate £389 £390 £326
% change year-on-year -0.19% +19.63% -18.50%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Warrington

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Warrington

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Warrington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Warrington over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Warrington

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Warrington

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warrington 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 3 (21.43%) IIS
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
2 7 (50.00%) DHCP
3 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
3 3 (21.43%) VPN
4 1 (7.14%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
1 1 (7.14%) MSI
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Administrator
1 6 (42.86%) VMWare Administrator
1 6 (42.86%) Wintel Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows Server
2 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (7.14%) Android
5 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (7.14%) Linux
5 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (7.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
1 7 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 7 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (42.86%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) ITSM
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) High Availability
4 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (21.43%) Resource Management
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Analytics
6 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.14%) DevOps
6 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (7.14%) Line Management
6 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) RBAC
6 1 (7.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (7.14%) Software Distribution
6 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) VB
2 1 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
3 1 (7.14%) MCP
3 1 (7.14%) MCSA
3 1 (7.14%) MCSE
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 6 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (21.43%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) vCenter Server
2 4 (28.57%) WSUS
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (21.43%) NetApp OnCommand
3 3 (21.43%) vMotion
4 2 (14.29%) SCCM
5 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Apple
4 1 (7.14%) Logitech
4 1 (7.14%) McAfee
4 1 (7.14%) Symantec