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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 14 14 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 21.88% 18.42% 20.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 87.50% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 15
10th Percentile £250 £192 £175
25th Percentile £297 £300 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £380 £325
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +16.92% +62.50%
75th Percentile £361 £438 £500
90th Percentile £422 £483 £570
Cheshire median daily rate £393 £300 £375
% change year-on-year +31.00% -20.00% -6.95%

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 16 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 21.88% 21.05% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 15
10th Percentile £250 £200 £175
25th Percentile £297 £306 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £380 £325
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +16.92% +62.50%
75th Percentile £361 £444 £500
90th Percentile £422 £475 £570
Cheshire median daily rate £393 £365 £400
% change year-on-year +7.67% -8.75% -11.11%

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 31 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 4 (28.57%) IIS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) 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%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Administrator
1 7 (50.00%) VMWare Administrator
1 7 (50.00%) 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%) 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
1 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2016
1 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2019
2 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.14%) Android
4 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.14%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Patch Management
1 8 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (50.00%) ITIL
3 6 (42.86%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) High Availability
4 4 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (28.57%) Resource Management
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) ITSM
6 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 1 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (7.14%) Privileged Access Management
7 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
7 1 (7.14%) RBAC
7 1 (7.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
7 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) VB
2 1 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 12 (85.71%) 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 6 (42.86%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 7 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) vCenter Server
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (28.57%) NetApp OnCommand
2 4 (28.57%) vMotion
2 4 (28.57%) WSUS
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (14.29%) SCCM
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 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