Windows Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 59 78 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 14.79% 11.98% 13.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.13% 82.98% 65.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 56 107
10th Percentile £187 £168 £165
25th Percentile £220 £204 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £385 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -25.24% +8.42%
75th Percentile £434 £500 £598
90th Percentile £473 £556 £650
South East median daily rate £430 £360 £405
% change year-on-year +19.44% -11.00% +7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 17
10th Percentile £15.55 £17.13 £12.70
25th Percentile £16.04 £18.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.64 £22.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.74% +43.55% +24.12%
75th Percentile £23.40 £24.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £31.41 £24.60 £19.50
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £43.95 £17.00
% change year-on-year +19.46% +158.51% +11.48%

All Operating Systems
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 92 94 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 23.06% 14.44% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 70 165
10th Percentile £201 £175 £167
25th Percentile £278 £206 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% -14.29% +6.06%
75th Percentile £477 £538 £578
90th Percentile £564 £588 £650
South East median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 18
10th Percentile £15.88 £17.13 £12.78
25th Percentile £16.32 £18.88 £13.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% +43.55% +21.81%
75th Percentile £36.37 £24.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £37.25 £24.60 £22.43
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +223.53% -2.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Buckinghamshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Milton Keynes -2 49 £406 +1.56% 18
High Wycombe +1 4 £150 -57.14% 6
Amersham - 1 £140 - 2
Bletchley - 1 - -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 24 (40.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (13.56%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.69%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 37 (62.71%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (54.24%) Azure
3 10 (16.95%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.39%) AWS
4 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.39%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.39%) PaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.39%) Slack
5 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) DHCP
1 6 (10.17%) DNS
2 2 (3.39%) LAN
2 2 (3.39%) WAN
3 1 (1.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Git
1 2 (3.39%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
General
1 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.17%) Finance
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (35.59%) Analyst
2 15 (25.42%) Senior
3 11 (18.64%) Service Analyst
3 11 (18.64%) Service Desk Analyst
4 10 (16.95%) Support Engineer
5 8 (13.56%) Hardware Engineer
5 8 (13.56%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (10.17%) Operations Analyst
6 6 (10.17%) Senior Operations Analyst
7 5 (8.47%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) IT Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) IT Support
7 5 (8.47%) Lead
8 4 (6.78%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (6.78%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Active Directory Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Support Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Fluent Bit
1 2 (3.39%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) Smartphone
2 5 (8.47%) PKI
2 5 (8.47%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (8.47%) YubiKey
3 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.69%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.69%) iPhone
4 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 40 (67.80%) Windows 10
2 22 (37.29%) Windows Server
3 9 (15.25%) Apple iOS
4 8 (13.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (11.86%) Mac OS
6 4 (6.78%) Linux
7 2 (3.39%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.69%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.69%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (45.76%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (23.73%) Critical Thinking
3 11 (18.64%) ITIL
4 8 (13.56%) Customer Service
5 7 (11.86%) Agile
6 6 (10.17%) Software Engineering
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (6.78%) Decision-Making
8 4 (6.78%) Incident Management
8 4 (6.78%) Problem Management
8 4 (6.78%) Release Management
9 3 (5.08%) Configuration Management
9 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Automation
9 3 (5.08%) Process Improvement
9 3 (5.08%) SDLC
10 2 (3.39%) CI/CD
10 2 (3.39%) Containerisation
10 2 (3.39%) DevOps
10 2 (3.39%) GitOps
10 2 (3.39%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.51%) SQL
2 9 (15.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.39%) Bash
3 2 (3.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (54.24%) Security Cleared
2 22 (37.29%) SC Cleared
3 19 (32.20%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.17%) Degree
5 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.08%) A+ Certification
6 3 (5.08%) MCP
7 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.69%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) SLA
2 1 (1.69%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (37.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.39%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.39%) Docker
3 2 (3.39%) Terminal Server
3 2 (3.39%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (13.56%) Ansible
3 4 (6.78%) AirWatch
4 3 (5.08%) SCCM
5 2 (3.39%) Argo
5 2 (3.39%) Grafana
5 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.39%) Kustomize
5 2 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.39%) Terraform
6 1 (1.69%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 38 (64.41%) Microsoft
2 15 (25.42%) Apple
3 7 (11.86%) HP
4 5 (8.47%) Cisco
4 5 (8.47%) Planview
4 5 (8.47%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.47%) VMware
5 4 (6.78%) F5
5 4 (6.78%) Remedy
6 2 (3.39%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (3.39%) Dell
6 2 (3.39%) Sophos
6 2 (3.39%) Veeam
7 1 (1.69%) Citrix
7 1 (1.69%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.69%) Lotus
7 1 (1.69%) Snow