Windows Contracts in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows 29 49 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 13.24% 21.21% 21.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.32% 66.22% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 37 43
10th Percentile £128 £178 £145
25th Percentile £130 £213 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £187 £300 £188
Median % change year-on-year -37.81% +60.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £388 £405 £227
90th Percentile £439 £486 £318
South East median daily rate £475 £388 £390
% change year-on-year +22.58% -0.64% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £16.03 - -
25th Percentile £16.06 - -
Median hourly rate £16.75 £18.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% -9.60% +26.10%
75th Percentile £18.06 - -
90th Percentile £18.48 £36.93 -
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year -37.14% +150.00% -

All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 74 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 17.35% 32.03% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 43 49
10th Percentile £128 £180 £145
25th Percentile £140 £213 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £330 £190
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +73.68% -29.30%
75th Percentile £388 £450 £248
90th Percentile £478 £568 £574
South East median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £16.08 - -
25th Percentile £16.19 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.76% -9.60% -39.27%
75th Percentile £49.06 - £48.75
90th Percentile £49.63 £36.93 -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.64% +214.29% -20.45%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Oxfordshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Oxford -4 10 £250 -23.08% 9
Abingdon -1 5 £145 -19.44% 1
Kidlington -5 2 £209 -42.33% 2
Bicester - 1 £375 - 3
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
3 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) SaaS
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.90%) IaaS
4 2 (6.90%) PaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) VPN
3 2 (6.90%) DNS
3 2 (6.90%) LAN
3 2 (6.90%) WAN
3 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.45%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Police
3 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory Technician
1 6 (20.69%) Hardware Technician
1 6 (20.69%) IT Technician
1 6 (20.69%) Support Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) IT Support
3 4 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) 1st Line Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) First Line Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
1 2 (6.90%) Life Science
2 1 (3.45%) LIMS
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows 10
2 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
1 5 (17.24%) Migration
2 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
3 2 (6.90%) Customer Experience
3 2 (6.90%) Information Security
3 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL
3 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
3 2 (6.90%) Patch Management
3 2 (6.90%) Server Management
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.45%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.45%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.45%) Test Scripting
4 1 (3.45%) Time Management
4 1 (3.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
1 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 14 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco
2 4 (13.79%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) Aruba
3 2 (6.90%) Google
3 2 (6.90%) HP
3 2 (6.90%) Meraki
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.90%) Sophos
4 1 (3.45%) Workday