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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 85 117 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 19.59% 18.66% 12.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.63% 70.48% 70.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 90 80
10th Percentile £209 £200 £199
25th Percentile £289 £358 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £538 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% +16.22% -9.76%
75th Percentile £603 £575 £588
90th Percentile £670 £613 £638
South West median daily rate £375 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -21.05% - +15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £61.50
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £65.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year -70.97% +15.56% +7.03%

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 97 166 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 22.35% 26.48% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 129 124
10th Percentile £213 £205 £200
25th Percentile £308 £463 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £494
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +8.86% -5.95%
75th Percentile £601 £575 £591
90th Percentile £669 £627 £655
South West median daily rate £435 £523 £520
% change year-on-year -16.75% +0.48% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +132.08%
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
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

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -1 33 £575 +4.55% 3
Swindon -3 16 £315 +50.00% 3
Salisbury +1 11 £653 +210.71% 3
Tidworth - 3 £153 -
Chippenham - 3 £250 - 3
Trowbridge - 1 £200 -
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.71%) Confluence
3 4 (4.71%) Skype for Business
4 2 (2.35%) Documentum
4 2 (2.35%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.06%) AWS
2 6 (7.06%) Azure
3 4 (4.71%) GCP
4 2 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.35%) IaaS
5 1 (1.18%) GitHub
5 1 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.94%) DNS
2 10 (11.76%) Network Security
3 9 (10.59%) Skype
4 6 (7.06%) Firewall
5 5 (5.88%) VSAN
6 3 (3.53%) DHCP
7 2 (2.35%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.18%) VPN
8 1 (1.18%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (7.06%) JIRA
2 4 (4.71%) Git
3 3 (3.53%) GitLab
4 2 (2.35%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (1.18%) AdminStudio
5 1 (1.18%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.18%) GoCD
5 1 (1.18%) InstallShield
5 1 (1.18%) Maven
General
1 14 (16.47%) Public Sector
1 14 (16.47%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (8.24%) Retail
3 4 (4.71%) Finance
3 4 (4.71%) Military
4 3 (3.53%) Legal
5 2 (2.35%) Electronics
5 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.35%) Marketing
5 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.18%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (17.65%) Administrator
2 14 (16.47%) Platform Manager
2 14 (16.47%) Systems Administrator
2 14 (16.47%) Systems Manager
2 14 (16.47%) Wintel Administrator
2 14 (16.47%) Wintel Systems Administrator
3 11 (12.94%) Platform Engineer
4 10 (11.76%) Windows Engineer
5 9 (10.59%) Build Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Implementation Specialist
7 6 (7.06%) Architect
7 6 (7.06%) Coordinator
8 5 (5.88%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (5.88%) Windows Build Engineer
9 4 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.71%) Migration Engineer
9 4 (4.71%) Security Architect
10 3 (3.53%) Deployment Engineer
10 3 (3.53%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.18%) .NET
3 1 (1.18%) Middleware
3 1 (1.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.71%) PKI
2 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.71%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (4.71%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.53%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.18%) CMDB
5 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.18%) FMCG
5 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (23.53%) Linux
2 15 (17.65%) Windows 10
3 14 (16.47%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.35%) Ubuntu
7 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.18%) Android
8 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.18%) Solaris
8 1 (1.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.65%) Migration
2 14 (16.47%) Network Management
3 11 (12.94%) Change Management
4 10 (11.76%) Configuration Management
4 10 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
4 10 (11.76%) Security Patching
5 9 (10.59%) Application Packaging
6 8 (9.41%) Project Management
7 7 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (8.24%) ITIL
7 7 (8.24%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (8.24%) Service Management
8 6 (7.06%) Agile
8 6 (7.06%) Deployment Automation
8 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (7.06%) Programme Management
9 5 (5.88%) Asset Management
9 5 (5.88%) NsoIT
9 5 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.94%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.41%) SQL
3 7 (8.24%) Python
4 4 (4.71%) Bash
5 2 (2.35%) Java
6 1 (1.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 66 (77.65%) Security Cleared
2 37 (43.53%) SC Cleared
3 30 (35.29%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.35%) MCSA
5 2 (2.35%) MCSE
5 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.18%) CCA
6 1 (1.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.71%) NCSC
2 3 (3.53%) GDPR
3 2 (2.35%) QA
System Software
1 20 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 15 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (4.71%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.71%) VMware NSX
6 3 (3.53%) vSphere
7 2 (2.35%) Docker
8 1 (1.18%) Firmware
8 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (12.94%) vCenter Server
2 10 (11.76%) Ansible
3 7 (8.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.24%) Terraform
4 5 (5.88%) SCCM
5 4 (4.71%) Kubernetes
5 4 (4.71%) OPNET
6 3 (3.53%) Puppet
6 3 (3.53%) WSUS
7 2 (2.35%) Nessus
7 2 (2.35%) Packer
7 2 (2.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.18%) AirWatch
8 1 (1.18%) FreeIPA
8 1 (1.18%) Grafana
8 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (1.18%) SCOM
8 1 (1.18%) vRealize
8 1 (1.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 24 (28.24%) Microsoft
2 23 (27.06%) VMware
3 8 (9.41%) Cisco
4 4 (4.71%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.71%) Veeam
5 3 (3.53%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.53%) Citrix
5 3 (3.53%) SAP
5 3 (3.53%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.35%) Dell
6 2 (2.35%) EMC
6 2 (2.35%) McAfee
6 2 (2.35%) Sophos
6 2 (2.35%) Splunk
7 1 (1.18%) Apple
7 1 (1.18%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.18%) HP
7 1 (1.18%) Juniper
7 1 (1.18%) Oracle
7 1 (1.18%) Red Hat