Windows Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 14 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 249 289 414
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.44% 10.10% 11.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.34% 64.94% 73.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 211 293
10th Percentile £175 £185 £142
25th Percentile £213 £300 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% +3.29%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £538
90th Percentile £608 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £388 £390
% change year-on-year +22.58% -0.64% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 17
10th Percentile £17.60 - £12.70
25th Percentile £20.25 £18.08 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £38.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.74% +121.14% +10.34%
75th Percentile £59.00 £58.13 £21.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £80.73 £41.25
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £48.40 £17.50
% change year-on-year -43.18% +176.57% -1.41%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 354 445 566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.42% 15.55% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 306 385
10th Percentile £203 £200 £147
25th Percentile £244 £350 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +6.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £608 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 21
10th Percentile £18.00 £18.08 -
25th Percentile £22.51 £18.29 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £59.00 £65.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.82 £67.50
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 the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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
Berkshire +4 174 £533 +2.01% 45
Buckinghamshire +4 47 £370 -20.82% 36
Oxfordshire -2 28 £187 -37.81% 29
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 33 (13.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.80%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 39 (15.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.61%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 76 (30.52%) Azure
2 53 (21.29%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (9.64%) Entra ID
4 20 (8.03%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (8.03%) Azure Storage
5 14 (5.62%) OCI
6 10 (4.02%) AWS
7 9 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.01%) PaaS
9 4 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.61%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.61%) IaaS
9 4 (1.61%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.61%) SaaS
9 4 (1.61%) Serverless
10 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.80%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.80%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.80%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 55 (22.09%) DNS
2 48 (19.28%) DHCP
3 47 (18.88%) Firewall
4 22 (8.84%) LAN
5 20 (8.03%) VPN
6 19 (7.63%) SAN
7 15 (6.02%) WAN
8 7 (2.81%) VoIP
9 6 (2.41%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.01%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.61%) NAS
11 4 (1.61%) Network Security
11 4 (1.61%) RS-232
12 3 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.80%) Broadband
13 2 (0.80%) WebEx
14 1 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.40%) HTTP
14 1 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (2.01%) MySQL
3 4 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.61%) Power BI
4 2 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.40%) GIS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.40%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (2.41%) JIRA
2 4 (1.61%) Git
2 4 (1.61%) MSI
2 4 (1.61%) Selenium
2 4 (1.61%) Subversion
2 4 (1.61%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.20%) InstallShield
3 3 (1.20%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.40%) CMake
General
1 119 (47.79%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.05%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.83%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.22%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.41%) Finance
7 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.80%) Automotive
8 2 (0.80%) Electronics
8 2 (0.80%) Marketing
9 1 (0.40%) Banking
9 1 (0.40%) Games
9 1 (0.40%) Law
9 1 (0.40%) Military
9 1 (0.40%) Police
9 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (18.47%) Support Engineer
2 31 (12.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (11.24%) Desktop Engineer
4 24 (9.64%) Senior
5 23 (9.24%) Desktop Support
5 23 (9.24%) Windows Engineer
6 22 (8.84%) Active Directory Support
6 22 (8.84%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 17 (6.83%) Build Engineer
7 17 (6.83%) Support Specialist
7 17 (6.83%) Windows Build Engineer
8 14 (5.62%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (5.62%) Analyst
8 14 (5.62%) Azure Specialist
8 14 (5.62%) Hardware Engineer
9 13 (5.22%) Administrator
9 13 (5.22%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 13 (5.22%) Systems Administrator
10 12 (4.82%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (4.02%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.03%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.41%) Itk
3 4 (1.61%) XML
4 2 (0.80%) Fluent Bit
4 2 (0.80%) Loki
5 1 (0.40%) .NET
5 1 (0.40%) CNTK
5 1 (0.40%) CSS
5 1 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.40%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.40%) OpenVINO
5 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.40%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.40%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.24%) Driving Licence
2 26 (10.44%) PKI
3 21 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.62%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.61%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.21%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.41%) Video Editing
8 5 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.61%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.61%) Smart Meter
9 4 (1.61%) Thin Client
10 3 (1.20%) NHS
11 2 (0.80%) Life Science
11 2 (0.80%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.80%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.80%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 102 (40.96%) Windows 10
2 101 (40.56%) Windows Server
3 78 (31.33%) Linux
4 69 (27.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 68 (27.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 40 (16.06%) Windows 7
7 35 (14.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (6.83%) Windows NT
9 14 (5.62%) Windows XP
10 11 (4.42%) Apple iOS
10 11 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (3.61%) Mac OS
12 8 (3.21%) Android
13 7 (2.81%) Unix
14 4 (1.61%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (36.95%) ITIL
2 70 (28.11%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (25.30%) Customer Service
4 45 (18.07%) Release Management
5 38 (15.26%) Service Management
6 37 (14.86%) DevOps
7 35 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 32 (12.85%) Agile
9 24 (9.64%) Analytics
10 22 (8.84%) CI/CD
10 22 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 20 (8.03%) Identity Management
11 20 (8.03%) Log Analytics
11 20 (8.03%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 20 (8.03%) Privileged Identity Management
11 20 (8.03%) RBAC
11 20 (8.03%) User Acceptance Testing
12 19 (7.63%) Proactive Monitoring
12 19 (7.63%) Project Management
13 18 (7.23%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 64 (25.70%) PowerShell
2 28 (11.24%) VBScript
3 27 (10.84%) C#
4 20 (8.03%) Bicep
4 20 (8.03%) VB
5 15 (6.02%) Python
6 10 (4.02%) SQL
7 8 (3.21%) C
8 5 (2.01%) C++
9 3 (1.20%) Bash
9 3 (1.20%) F#
10 2 (0.80%) Java
10 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 133 (53.41%) Security Cleared
2 110 (44.18%) DV Cleared
3 66 (26.51%) Degree
4 58 (23.29%) SC Cleared
5 20 (8.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (5.62%) CCNA
6 14 (5.62%) CCNP
6 14 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.40%) CEH
8 1 (0.40%) CISSP
8 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.64%) QA
2 18 (7.23%) SLA
3 5 (2.01%) ISO 9000
4 4 (1.61%) GDPR
5 3 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) COBIT
System Software
1 102 (40.96%) Active Directory
2 37 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (12.05%) Firmware
4 21 (8.43%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (8.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (8.03%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (6.83%) Hyper-V
7 7 (2.81%) XenApp
8 5 (2.01%) XenDesktop
9 4 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.80%) Docker
11 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 104 (41.77%) SCCM
2 57 (22.89%) WSUS
3 38 (15.26%) SCOM
4 31 (12.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (10.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 22 (8.84%) Kubernetes
7 19 (7.63%) vCenter Server
8 17 (6.83%) Sysprep
9 15 (6.02%) NetBackup
10 14 (5.62%) EMC NetWorker
11 9 (3.61%) Ansible
12 6 (2.41%) Nessus
13 5 (2.01%) AirWatch
14 4 (1.61%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (1.61%) Terraform
14 4 (1.61%) ZABBIX
15 3 (1.20%) Grafana
15 3 (1.20%) Prometheus
16 2 (0.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
16 2 (0.80%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 151 (60.64%) Microsoft
2 53 (21.29%) HP
3 42 (16.87%) VMware
4 32 (12.85%) Cisco
5 20 (8.03%) Oracle
6 18 (7.23%) Veeam
7 16 (6.43%) Apple
8 15 (6.02%) 3PAR
8 15 (6.02%) Dell
8 15 (6.02%) ServiceNow
9 14 (5.62%) EMC
9 14 (5.62%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (5.62%) Juniper
9 14 (5.62%) Palo Alto
9 14 (5.62%) Symantec
10 12 (4.82%) Splunk
11 11 (4.42%) Citrix
12 6 (2.41%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.61%) Planview
13 4 (1.61%) SAP