Windows Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft Windows
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 17 8
Rank change year-on-year -18 -9 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows 46 97 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 4.33% 8.34% 13.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.22% 58.79% 77.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 74 94
10th Percentile £174 £169 £152
25th Percentile £185 £203 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £525 £325
Median % change year-on-year -27.62% +61.54% +62.50%
75th Percentile £528 £675 £544
90th Percentile £598 £720 £630
South West median daily rate £500 £463 £355
% change year-on-year +8.11% +30.28% +11.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 21
10th Percentile £13.08 £16.09 £17.50
25th Percentile £57.94 £22.07 £20.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £41.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.58% -36.54% +309.84%
75th Percentile £73.64 £62.19 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.38 -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £48.48
% change year-on-year -23.81% +8.29% +193.82%

All Operating Systems
Bristol

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 127 165 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 11.96% 14.19% 17.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 103 126
10th Percentile £185 £188 £163
25th Percentile £225 £275 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.34% +23.53% +28.30%
75th Percentile £523 £675 £550
90th Percentile £584 £719 £625
South West median daily rate £501 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +0.25% +11.11% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 40 34
10th Percentile £50.25 £29.85 £19.18
25th Percentile £61.25 £59.12 £59.38
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +64.56%
75th Percentile - £70.30 -
90th Percentile - - £75.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +189.02%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Bristol

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Bristol over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Bristol over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (8.70%) Apache
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.52%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.17%) Confluence
3 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (34.78%) Azure
3 3 (6.52%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.17%) IaaS
5 1 (2.17%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.17%) PaaS
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (23.91%) Firewall
2 9 (19.57%) DNS
3 8 (17.39%) SAN
4 7 (15.22%) LAN
4 7 (15.22%) TCP/IP
5 6 (13.04%) DHCP
5 6 (13.04%) FTP
5 6 (13.04%) WAN
6 5 (10.87%) Ethernet
7 4 (8.70%) VPN
8 3 (6.52%) Skype
8 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (4.35%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (2.17%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (2.17%) NetScaler
10 1 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (2.17%) VLAN
10 1 (2.17%) VSAN
10 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Artifactory
1 5 (10.87%) Eclipse
1 5 (10.87%) Visual Studio
2 4 (8.70%) GitLab
2 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Military
4 4 (8.70%) Finance
4 4 (8.70%) Legal
4 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.35%) Electronics
5 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (15.22%) Network Engineer
1 7 (15.22%) Support Engineer
2 6 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (13.04%) Desktop Support
2 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (10.87%) C# Software Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Software Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) Node.js
1 5 (10.87%) Web Services
2 4 (8.70%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (8.70%) REST
3 2 (4.35%) 802.1X
4 1 (2.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Replication
2 4 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.70%) PKI
3 3 (6.52%) BYOD
4 2 (4.35%) CMDB
4 2 (4.35%) iPhone
4 2 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.17%) Clustering
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 17 (36.96%) Windows Server
2 15 (32.61%) Linux
3 11 (23.91%) Windows 10
4 5 (10.87%) Unix
5 4 (8.70%) Windows 7
6 3 (6.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (6.52%) VMS
6 3 (6.52%) Windows 2000
6 3 (6.52%) Windows XP
7 2 (4.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) ITIL
2 9 (19.57%) CI/CD
2 9 (19.57%) Customer Service
3 8 (17.39%) Agile
3 8 (17.39%) Change Management
4 7 (15.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (15.22%) Visualisation
5 6 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (13.04%) Software Engineering
5 6 (13.04%) TDD
6 5 (10.87%) Continuous Delivery
6 5 (10.87%) DevOps
6 5 (10.87%) Digital Twin
6 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (10.87%) ITSM
6 5 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.87%) Unit Testing
6 5 (10.87%) Validation
6 5 (10.87%) Verification and Validation
6 5 (10.87%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) PowerShell
2 7 (15.22%) C#
3 5 (10.87%) C++
3 5 (10.87%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.70%) Python
5 3 (6.52%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.26%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) Degree
5 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.17%) MCP
5 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) SLA
2 4 (8.70%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (26.09%) VMware ESXi
2 11 (23.91%) Active Directory
3 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (21.74%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.52%) vSphere
5 2 (4.35%) Docker
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (2.17%) XenApp
6 1 (2.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) vCenter Server
2 8 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 8 (17.39%) SCCM
2 8 (17.39%) Terraform
3 7 (15.22%) Ansible
4 5 (10.87%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.17%) Puppet
6 1 (2.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (54.35%) Microsoft
2 17 (36.96%) VMware
3 10 (21.74%) Veeam
4 8 (17.39%) Cisco
5 7 (15.22%) Palo Alto
6 6 (13.04%) CheckPoint
7 5 (10.87%) Dell
7 5 (10.87%) Red Hat
8 4 (8.70%) Citrix
8 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
9 3 (6.52%) Apple
9 3 (6.52%) Atlassian
9 3 (6.52%) Fortinet
9 3 (6.52%) Juniper
10 2 (4.35%) SAP
11 1 (2.17%) ArcSight
11 1 (2.17%) Ivanti
11 1 (2.17%) Veritas