Windows Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Microsoft Windows
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 87 79 133
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 11.95% 18.94% 14.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 83.65% 84.04% 73.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 75 118
10th Percentile £400 £215 £261
25th Percentile £512 £325 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £642 £606 £575
90th Percentile £720 £694 £641
South West median daily rate £450 £475 £490
% change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £18.31 £40.00
% change year-on-year +80.28% -54.24% -29.65%

All Operating Systems
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 104 94 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 14.29% 22.54% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 83 161
10th Percentile £443 £215 £300
25th Percentile £520 £339 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £600
90th Percentile £715 £721 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £12.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.66 - -
90th Percentile £25.15 - -
South West median hourly rate £42.50 £67.50 £52.05
% change year-on-year -37.04% +29.69% -19.93%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Wiltshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Windows

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Corsham -12 48 £550 -4.35% 3
Salisbury -4 7 £220 -39.31% 5
Swindon -5 5 £500 +138.10% 1
Chippenham - 4 £574 -
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.75%) Confluence
3 4 (4.60%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.60%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.75%) IaaS
2 4 (4.60%) Azure
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.30%) AWS
3 2 (2.30%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.30%) GCP
4 1 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (27.59%) DNS
2 19 (21.84%) Firewall
3 7 (8.05%) Skype
4 6 (6.90%) Network Security
5 1 (1.15%) DHCP
5 1 (1.15%) MQTT
5 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.15%) VLAN
5 1 (1.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Jenkins
1 5 (5.75%) JIRA
2 4 (4.60%) Git
3 3 (3.45%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.30%) GitLab
4 2 (2.30%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.15%) GoCD
5 1 (1.15%) Maven
5 1 (1.15%) MSI
General
1 40 (45.98%) Social Skills
2 24 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.64%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.30%) Military
6 1 (1.15%) Advertising
6 1 (1.15%) Finance
6 1 (1.15%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (31.03%) Architect
2 12 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (11.49%) Platform Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (6.90%) Technical Architect
6 5 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) VMware Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) Analyst
8 3 (3.45%) Service Desk Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) Wintel Engineer
9 2 (2.30%) 3rd Line Support
9 2 (2.30%) Administrator
9 2 (2.30%) Linux Engineer
9 2 (2.30%) Platform Manager
9 2 (2.30%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.30%) Systems Administrator
9 2 (2.30%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.24%) OAuth
1 15 (17.24%) OAuth2
1 15 (17.24%) OpenID
1 15 (17.24%) SAML
2 3 (3.45%) Keycloak
3 1 (1.15%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Blackberry
2 10 (11.49%) PKI
3 7 (8.05%) Private Cloud
3 7 (8.05%) Replication
4 6 (6.90%) Driving Licence
4 6 (6.90%) Social Media
5 4 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 37 (42.53%) Windows Server
2 28 (32.18%) Linux
3 18 (20.69%) Windows 10
4 14 (16.09%) Android
4 14 (16.09%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.60%) CentOS
5 4 (4.60%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (22.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (22.99%) Service Management
3 16 (18.39%) RBAC
4 14 (16.09%) Mobile Device Management
4 14 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (14.94%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (13.79%) ITIL
6 12 (13.79%) Load Balancing
7 11 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (11.49%) Change Management
8 10 (11.49%) Platform Engineering
8 10 (11.49%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (10.34%) Mentoring
10 8 (9.20%) Server Management
11 7 (8.05%) Critical Thinking
11 7 (8.05%) DevOps
11 7 (8.05%) Identity Management
11 7 (8.05%) System Testing
12 6 (6.90%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 28 (32.18%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.90%) Python
3 5 (5.75%) SQL
4 2 (2.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 76 (87.36%) Security Cleared
2 44 (50.57%) DV Cleared
3 41 (47.13%) SC Cleared
4 25 (28.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (8.05%) MCSE
6 6 (6.90%) DBS Check
7 5 (5.75%) Degree
7 5 (5.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (4.60%) MCSA
8 4 (4.60%) OCA
8 4 (4.60%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.15%) CCNP
10 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.15%) RHCA
10 1 (1.15%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 24 (27.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (10.34%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (9.20%) VMware NSX
5 4 (4.60%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.15%) Firmware
6 1 (1.15%) KVM
6 1 (1.15%) UAG
6 1 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (29.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 19 (21.84%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (13.79%) Ansible
5 9 (10.34%) vCenter Server
6 8 (9.20%) Terraform
7 6 (6.90%) WSUS
8 5 (5.75%) Kubernetes
9 4 (4.60%) Nessus
9 4 (4.60%) Packer
10 3 (3.45%) VxRail
11 2 (2.30%) PowerCLI
11 2 (2.30%) SCCM
12 1 (1.15%) FreeIPA
12 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
12 1 (1.15%) Puppet
12 1 (1.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 57 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 50 (57.47%) VMware
3 16 (18.39%) Citrix
4 14 (16.09%) MobileIron
5 10 (11.49%) Cisco
6 8 (9.20%) SolarWinds
6 8 (9.20%) Veeam
7 4 (4.60%) Dell
8 3 (3.45%) Atlassian
8 3 (3.45%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (3.45%) Oracle
8 3 (3.45%) Red Hat
8 3 (3.45%) Thales
9 1 (1.15%) Juniper
9 1 (1.15%) Remedy
9 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.15%) TOWER Software