Windows Contracts in Lancashire

Microsoft Windows
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 9 52 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.29% 21.67% 18.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.29% 76.47% 80.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 34
10th Percentile £170 £138 £155
25th Percentile £172 £140 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £191 £213 £268
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -20.56% +21.59%
75th Percentile £200 £363 £650
90th Percentile £210 £534 £700
North West median daily rate £325 £425 £323
% change year-on-year -23.53% +31.78% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 26 9
10th Percentile £19.89 £25.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £20.95 £29.30 £16.87
Median hourly rate £23.34 £42.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.08% +7.59% +203.85%
75th Percentile £26.36 £49.05 £43.75
90th Percentile £27.79 £50.83 £49.14
North West median hourly rate £12.00 £28.70 £18.00
% change year-on-year -58.19% +59.44% +12.50%

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14 68 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.67% 28.33% 22.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 22 43
10th Percentile £170 £140 £156
25th Percentile £177 £163 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £288 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -36.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £290 £550 £650
90th Percentile £545 £623 £700
North West median daily rate £425 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 26 9
10th Percentile £22.01 £25.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £26.25 £29.30 £16.87
Median hourly rate £48.00 £42.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% +7.59% +203.85%
75th Percentile - £49.05 £43.75
90th Percentile - £50.83 £49.14
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -45.39% +46.50% +25.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Blackpool +10 3 £200 -69.23% 2
Lancaster - 2 £180 - 3
Accrington 0 1 - -
Skelmersdale - 1 - - 1
Burnley - 1 - - 1
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) IT Technician
2 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Technician
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Hardware Technician
4 1 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Security Hardening
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Email Filtering
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) ESET