Windows Contracts in Wokingham

Microsoft Windows
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham 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 4 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 34 15 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 19.21% 21.43% 18.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 79.07% 100.00% 54.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 15 8
10th Percentile £325 £275 £261
25th Percentile £375 £305 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -6.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £538 £400 £600
90th Percentile £575 £540 -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £523
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.13% +6.63%

All Operating Systems
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 43 15 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 24.29% 21.43% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 15 13
10th Percentile £325 £275 -
25th Percentile £400 £305 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £400 £538
90th Percentile £575 £540 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £514
% change year-on-year +17.65% -17.27% +4.31%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Wokingham

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 5 (14.71%) IIS
2 4 (11.76%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.94%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) IaaS
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) PaaS
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) DNS
2 11 (32.35%) DHCP
2 11 (32.35%) SMTP
3 6 (17.65%) FTP
3 6 (17.65%) Telnet
4 5 (14.71%) NetScaler
4 5 (14.71%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.94%) Firewall
5 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.94%) Network Security
5 1 (2.94%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) MSI
General
1 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (14.71%) Lead
1 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Architect
2 4 (11.76%) Tester
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (8.82%) SCADA Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Security Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Test Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Administrator
4 2 (5.88%) Applications Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Desktop Support
4 2 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 2 (5.88%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Coordinator
5 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Apache Axis
2 1 (2.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) PKI
2 7 (20.59%) SCADA
3 5 (14.71%) Clustering
3 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
4 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (11.76%) Product Ownership
5 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
6 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (58.82%) Linux
2 15 (44.12%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
5 3 (8.82%) Windows 7
5 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (26.47%) ITIL
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (14.71%) DevSecOps
4 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (11.76%) High Availability
5 4 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (11.76%) Test Assurance
5 4 (11.76%) Test Management
5 4 (11.76%) Test Strategy
5 4 (11.76%) Validation
5 4 (11.76%) Workflow
5 4 (11.76%) Workflow Management
6 3 (8.82%) Cartography
6 3 (8.82%) Project Management
6 3 (8.82%) Test Automation
6 3 (8.82%) Test Scripting
6 3 (8.82%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (5.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (26.47%) SQL
2 7 (20.59%) Perl
2 7 (20.59%) PL/SQL
2 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
3 6 (17.65%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.88%) C#
4 2 (5.88%) Java
4 2 (5.88%) Python
4 2 (5.88%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 19 (55.88%) SC Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) Degree
4 4 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (8.82%) CISSP
6 1 (2.94%) CCSK
6 1 (2.94%) CEH
6 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.94%) GIAC
6 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.94%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.65%) NFS
3 5 (14.71%) vSphere
3 5 (14.71%) XenApp
3 5 (14.71%) XenDesktop
4 4 (11.76%) Samba
5 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Clustering
2 5 (14.71%) WSUS
3 4 (11.76%) NetBackup
3 4 (11.76%) yum
4 3 (8.82%) SCCM
5 2 (5.88%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.94%) CASB
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) VMware
2 9 (26.47%) Dell
2 9 (26.47%) HP
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
4 5 (14.71%) Citrix
5 4 (11.76%) 3PAR
5 4 (11.76%) Red Hat
5 4 (11.76%) Veritas
6 2 (5.88%) BMC
7 1 (2.94%) Altiris
7 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
7 1 (2.94%) Forcepoint
7 1 (2.94%) Google
7 1 (2.94%) IBM
7 1 (2.94%) Intel
7 1 (2.94%) Oracle
7 1 (2.94%) Symantec