Windows Contract Job Trends in Yeovil

Microsoft Windows
Somerset > Yeovil

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 14 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yeovil 11.76% 10.34% 25.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 93.33% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £150 - -
25th Percentile £546 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £697 - -
75th Percentile £739 - -
90th Percentile £830 - -
Somerset median daily rate £475 £350 £219
% change year-on-year +35.71% +59.82% -56.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £91.91 £57.75 -
25th Percentile £98.82 £58.13 -
Median hourly rate £99.41 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.06% +56.25% -37.50%
75th Percentile £100.00 £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £71.25 -
Somerset median hourly rate £85.00 £62.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +36.00% +380.77% -78.38%

All Operating Systems
Yeovil

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 Yeovil.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 15 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yeovil 12.61% 10.34% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £150 - -
25th Percentile £546 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £697 - -
75th Percentile £739 - -
90th Percentile £830 - -
Somerset median daily rate £475 £350 £223
% change year-on-year +35.71% +57.30% -50.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £91.91 £57.75 -
25th Percentile £98.82 £58.13 -
Median hourly rate £99.41 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.06% +56.25% -37.50%
75th Percentile £100.00 £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £71.25 -
Somerset median hourly rate £85.00 £62.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% +135.85% -55.93%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Yeovil

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Yeovil

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Yeovil

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yeovil citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Yeovil

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Yeovil

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Yeovil

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yeovil citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yeovil

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Yeovil over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Yeovil

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yeovil 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) AWS
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) DHCP
1 13 (92.86%) DNS
1 13 (92.86%) Firewall
1 13 (92.86%) TCP/IP
2 8 (57.14%) VSAN
3 1 (7.14%) Internet
3 1 (7.14%) VPN
General
1 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (35.71%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior VMware Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) PKI
2 9 (64.29%) Data Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
4 1 (7.14%) Clustering
4 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Platform Engineering
1 12 (85.71%) Systems Engineering
1 12 (85.71%) Technical Leadership
2 11 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (78.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 11 (78.57%) Mentoring
3 10 (71.43%) DevSecOps
3 10 (71.43%) SIEM
4 9 (64.29%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (57.14%) CI/CD
5 8 (57.14%) Converged Infrastructure
5 8 (57.14%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (35.71%) Containerisation
8 5 (35.71%) IT Strategy
8 5 (35.71%) Privileged Access Management
8 5 (35.71%) Technology Strategy
9 4 (28.57%) Feasibility Study
10 3 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Bash
1 13 (92.86%) PowerShell
2 12 (85.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) DV Cleared
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) VCAP
3 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) AWS Certification
5 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 13 (92.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (85.71%) Active Directory
3 11 (78.57%) Hyper-V
4 9 (64.29%) Docker
5 8 (57.14%) VMware NSX
5 8 (57.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (92.86%) Ansible
2 12 (85.71%) Terraform
3 11 (78.57%) Kubernetes
4 8 (57.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) VMware
2 5 (35.71%) CyberArk
3 2 (14.29%) Thales
4 1 (7.14%) Dell