Windows Contracts in Devon

Microsoft Windows
South West > Devon

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 4 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows 39 21 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 15.60% 11.86% 12.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.98% 72.41% 59.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 18 19
10th Percentile £136 £125 £148
25th Percentile £143 £137 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £193 £230
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -16.30% -34.29%
75th Percentile £575 £375 £301
90th Percentile £600 £398 £421
South West median daily rate £500 £463 £355
% change year-on-year +8.11% +30.28% +11.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.36
25th Percentile - £47.50 £17.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £19.06
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +162.36% +15.50%
75th Percentile - £52.50 £20.51
90th Percentile - - £20.81
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £48.48
% change year-on-year -23.81% +8.29% +193.82%

All Operating Systems
Devon

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 Devon with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 47 29 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 18.80% 16.38% 21.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 24 33
10th Percentile £142 £126 £156
25th Percentile £150 £155 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £300 £408
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -26.47% +0.12%
75th Percentile £591 £516 £638
90th Percentile £600 £675 £674
South West median daily rate £501 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +0.25% +11.11% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.36
25th Percentile - £47.50 £17.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £19.06
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +162.36% +15.50%
75th Percentile - £52.50 £20.51
90th Percentile - - £20.81
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +189.02%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Devon

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Devon region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Exeter +12 18 £153 -4.38% 11
Plymouth -5 5 £405 +211.54% 6
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 12 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Azure
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (10.26%) OpenShift
4 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 3 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.69%) PowerApps
5 2 (5.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Firewall
1 4 (10.26%) SAN
2 2 (5.13%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.56%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 7 (17.95%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) IT Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Platform Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Test Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) IT Support
5 2 (5.13%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (5.13%) IT Technician
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Support Technician
5 2 (5.13%) Wintel Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
1 2 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Windows 10
2 4 (10.26%) Linux
2 4 (10.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) ITIL
2 11 (28.21%) Mobile Device Management
2 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.51%) DevOps
4 5 (12.82%) Identity Management
5 4 (10.26%) CI/CD
5 4 (10.26%) Containerisation
5 4 (10.26%) Data Migration
5 4 (10.26%) Mentoring
5 4 (10.26%) Migration
5 4 (10.26%) Non-Functional Testing
5 4 (10.26%) Requirements Management
5 4 (10.26%) Software Testing
6 3 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.69%) Coaching
6 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.69%) Line Management
6 3 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 3 (7.69%) Test Strategy
7 2 (5.13%) Desktop Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.90%) SC Cleared
3 11 (28.21%) Degree
4 6 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.64%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 30 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (10.26%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (10.26%) VMware NSX
4 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) SCCM
2 4 (10.26%) Ansible
2 4 (10.26%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) Citrix
3 6 (15.38%) VMware
4 4 (10.26%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.56%) BT