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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 8 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 91 95 116
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 18.65% 16.73% 14.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 92.86% 65.07% 72.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 71 84
10th Percentile £218 £205 £200
25th Percentile £480 £347 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £669 £588 £575
90th Percentile £715 £672 £664
South West median daily rate £425 £450 £465
% change year-on-year -5.56% -3.23% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60.15
25th Percentile - - £60.38
Median hourly rate £12.50 - £61.50
75th Percentile - - £63.38
90th Percentile £15.05 - £64.05
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -70.97% +25.26% -20.17%

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 98 146 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 20.08% 25.70% 19.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 111 123
10th Percentile £223 £208 £210
25th Percentile £478 £437 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £466
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +15.34% -11.24%
75th Percentile £662 £594 £588
90th Percentile £715 £688 £673
South West median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60.15
25th Percentile - - £60.38
Median hourly rate £12.50 - £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.50%
75th Percentile £18.87 - £63.38
90th Percentile £25.15 - £64.05
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -64.07% +7.69% -

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 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
Corsham 0 33 £575 - 6
Salisbury +1 11 £653 +196.59% 6
Swindon -9 9 £320 +52.38% 4
Tidworth - 3 £153 -
Chippenham - 2 £494 - 6
Trowbridge - 1 £200 -
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 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.49%) Confluence
2 5 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.40%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (2.20%) Documentum
5 1 (1.10%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.20%) AWS
2 2 (2.20%) Azure
2 2 (2.20%) GCP
2 2 (2.20%) IaaS
3 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.10%) GitHub
3 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.08%) DNS
2 14 (15.38%) Firewall
3 11 (12.09%) Network Security
3 11 (12.09%) Skype
4 3 (3.30%) VSAN
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.10%) DHCP
5 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.10%) VPN
5 1 (1.10%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Jenkins
1 5 (5.49%) JIRA
2 4 (4.40%) Bitbucket
2 4 (4.40%) Git
3 2 (2.20%) GitLab
3 2 (2.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.10%) AdminStudio
4 1 (1.10%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.10%) GoCD
4 1 (1.10%) InstallShield
4 1 (1.10%) Maven
4 1 (1.10%) MSI
General
1 23 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 10 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Finance
5 3 (3.30%) Legal
5 3 (3.30%) Military
5 3 (3.30%) Retail
6 1 (1.10%) Advertising
6 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.10%) Banking
6 1 (1.10%) Electronics
6 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.10%) Marketing
6 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (17.58%) Administrator
2 15 (16.48%) Platform Manager
2 15 (16.48%) Systems Administrator
2 15 (16.48%) Systems Manager
2 15 (16.48%) Wintel Administrator
2 15 (16.48%) Wintel Systems Administrator
3 12 (13.19%) Platform Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Architect
5 7 (7.69%) Implementation Specialist
6 6 (6.59%) Windows Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Deployment Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Migration Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Wintel Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Build Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Coordinator
9 3 (3.30%) Project Coordinator
9 3 (3.30%) Security Architect
10 2 (2.20%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.09%) OAuth
1 11 (12.09%) OAuth2
1 11 (12.09%) OpenID
1 11 (12.09%) SAML
2 2 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.20%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.10%) Middleware
3 1 (1.10%) REST
3 1 (1.10%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (26.37%) PKI
2 8 (8.79%) Private Cloud
3 6 (6.59%) Driving Licence
3 6 (6.59%) Social Media
4 5 (5.49%) Replication
5 3 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.10%) CMDB
6 1 (1.10%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.10%) FMCG
6 1 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (30.77%) Windows Server
2 23 (25.27%) Linux
3 19 (20.88%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.30%) CentOS
5 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.10%) Android
7 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.10%) Solaris
7 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.68%) Change Management
2 15 (16.48%) Network Management
3 13 (14.29%) Service Management
4 11 (12.09%) Migration
4 11 (12.09%) RBAC
4 11 (12.09%) Security Patching
5 10 (10.99%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (9.89%) Platform Engineering
7 8 (8.79%) ITIL
7 8 (8.79%) Load Balancing
7 8 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (6.59%) Line Management
9 6 (6.59%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.59%) Server Management
9 6 (6.59%) System Testing
10 5 (5.49%) Agile
10 5 (5.49%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.79%) SQL
3 7 (7.69%) Python
4 3 (3.30%) Bash
5 2 (2.20%) Java
6 1 (1.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 77 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 40 (43.96%) DV Cleared
3 35 (38.46%) SC Cleared
4 19 (20.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (7.69%) MCSE
6 6 (6.59%) DBS Check
7 4 (4.40%) Degree
7 4 (4.40%) MCSA
7 4 (4.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (3.30%) OCA
8 3 (3.30%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.10%) CCA
9 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) NCSC
2 2 (2.20%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (34.07%) Active Directory
2 19 (20.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (9.89%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (5.49%) VMware NSX
5 3 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.20%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.20%) vSphere
7 1 (1.10%) Docker
7 1 (1.10%) Firmware
7 1 (1.10%) UAG
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (21.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 13 (14.29%) vCenter Server
3 11 (12.09%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (9.89%) Ansible
5 7 (7.69%) Terraform
6 6 (6.59%) WSUS
7 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (4.40%) SCCM
8 3 (3.30%) OPNET
9 2 (2.20%) Kubernetes
9 2 (2.20%) Packer
9 2 (2.20%) PowerCLI
10 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
10 1 (1.10%) FreeIPA
10 1 (1.10%) Grafana
10 1 (1.10%) Nessus
10 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
10 1 (1.10%) Puppet
10 1 (1.10%) SCOM
10 1 (1.10%) vRealize
Vendors
1 38 (41.76%) Microsoft
2 28 (30.77%) VMware
3 11 (12.09%) Cisco
4 9 (9.89%) SolarWinds
4 9 (9.89%) Veeam
5 4 (4.40%) Atlassian
5 4 (4.40%) Oracle
5 4 (4.40%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.30%) Citrix
6 3 (3.30%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.20%) EMC
7 2 (2.20%) McAfee
7 2 (2.20%) SAP
7 2 (2.20%) Sophos
8 1 (1.10%) Apple
8 1 (1.10%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.10%) Dell
8 1 (1.10%) HP
8 1 (1.10%) Juniper
8 1 (1.10%) TOWER Software