Windows Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 79 164 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.33% 21.55% 14.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.23% 72.57% 70.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 126 54
10th Percentile £251 £170 £160
25th Percentile £317 £240 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £263
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +61.90% -18.35%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £400
90th Percentile £650 £641 £470
East of England median daily rate £343 £300 £325
% change year-on-year +14.17% -7.69% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 20
10th Percentile £49.82 £16.76 £11.12
25th Percentile - £24.73 £20.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% +108.33%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £15.50 £16.50 £16.24
% change year-on-year -6.06% +1.63% -8.54%

All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 123 226 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 14.52% 29.70% 20.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 180 78
10th Percentile £258 £185 £163
25th Percentile £325 £260 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £466 £375
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% +24.33% -
75th Percentile £575 £631 £488
90th Percentile £675 £700 £581
East of England median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 35
10th Percentile £54.00 £16.76 £17.30
25th Percentile - £24.73 £47.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +129.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £60.00
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £18.26 £21.00
% change year-on-year +214.98% -13.07% +18.31%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Hertfordshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Hertfordshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Hertfordshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Hertfordshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Hertfordshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Stevenage -10 59 £550 +18.28% 25
Watford -2 7 £240 +25.65% 12
Hatfield -13 7 £350 -36.36%
Hemel Hempstead -8 2 £413 -34.00% 12
Welwyn Garden City +1 1 £165 -45.00% 1
Potters Bar - 1 £250 - 1
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 20 (25.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (15.19%) CMS
3 9 (11.39%) IIS
4 8 (10.13%) Tomcat
5 4 (5.06%) Apache
5 4 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.27%) PTC Creo
3 1 (1.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.53%) BigCommerce
3 1 (1.27%) Azure
3 1 (1.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (24.05%) SMTP
2 11 (13.92%) TCP/IP
3 8 (10.13%) HTTP
4 6 (7.59%) Ethernet
5 5 (6.33%) DNS
5 5 (6.33%) FTP
6 4 (5.06%) H.323
6 4 (5.06%) SSL
7 2 (2.53%) DHCP
7 2 (2.53%) SAN
8 1 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (1.27%) Firewall
8 1 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.27%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.27%) VLAN
8 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.59%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 15 (18.99%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.59%) Military
3 6 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.06%) Legal
4 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.53%) Marketing
6 2 (2.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (20.25%) Messaging Engineer
2 15 (18.99%) Analyst
3 14 (17.72%) Storage Engineer
4 12 (15.19%) SOC Analyst
5 10 (12.66%) Support Engineer
6 7 (8.86%) C# Software Engineer
6 7 (8.86%) Software Engineer
7 6 (7.59%) Senior
7 6 (7.59%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (6.33%) Applications Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Applications Support
8 5 (6.33%) Applications Support Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) C++ Software Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Technical Support
9 4 (5.06%) Windows Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Implementation Specialist
10 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Junior
10 3 (3.80%) Junior Analyst
11 2 (2.53%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.19%) Web Services
2 6 (7.59%) Node.js
3 5 (6.33%) LDAP
4 2 (2.53%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Cyberattack
2 9 (11.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 9 (11.39%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (5.06%) IVR
3 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.80%) BYOD
4 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (2.53%) iPad
5 2 (2.53%) iPhone
6 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (50.63%) Linux
2 22 (27.85%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.86%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (5.06%) Android
5 4 (5.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (5.06%) Windows 2000
5 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (2.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.27%) Unix
7 1 (1.27%) VMS
7 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (15.19%) Incident Response
3 10 (12.66%) Change Management
4 9 (11.39%) Security Operations
5 8 (10.13%) Agile
5 8 (10.13%) Digital Twin
5 8 (10.13%) Software Engineering
5 8 (10.13%) Synthetic Environment
6 6 (7.59%) CI/CD
6 6 (7.59%) Continuous Delivery
6 6 (7.59%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (7.59%) TDD
6 6 (7.59%) Unit Testing
6 6 (7.59%) Validation
6 6 (7.59%) Verification and Validation
6 6 (7.59%) Visualisation
7 5 (6.33%) Asset Management
7 5 (6.33%) Capacity Management
7 5 (6.33%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.13%) C#
1 8 (10.13%) C++
2 6 (7.59%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.33%) SQL
4 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (65.82%) Security Cleared
2 36 (45.57%) DV Cleared
3 9 (11.39%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) MCP
5 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (16.46%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.27%) HDFS
4 1 (1.27%) NFS
4 1 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (18.99%) MAILsweeper
2 5 (6.33%) SCCM
3 3 (3.80%) WSUS
4 1 (1.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.52%) Sophos
2 17 (21.52%) VMware
3 15 (18.99%) Trend Micro
4 14 (17.72%) NetApp
5 12 (15.19%) Darktrace
5 12 (15.19%) FireEye
5 12 (15.19%) LogRhythm
5 12 (15.19%) Splunk
6 7 (8.86%) IronPort
7 4 (5.06%) Avaya
7 4 (5.06%) Red Hat
7 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
7 4 (5.06%) Symantec
7 4 (5.06%) Verint
8 2 (2.53%) Adobe
8 2 (2.53%) Apple
8 2 (2.53%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.53%) SAP
8 2 (2.53%) Sitecore