Windows Consultant Contracts

Windows Consultant
UK

The median Windows Consultant daily rate in the UK is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 713 859
Rank change year-on-year +137 +146 -180
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Consultant 2 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.005% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.005% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £421 - -
25th Percentile £434 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £775 £475
Median % change year-on-year -40.32% +63.16% +15.15%
75th Percentile £484 - £506
90th Percentile £494 - £518
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Windows Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Windows Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Consultant in the UK

Windows Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Consultant in the UK

Windows Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Consultant in the UK

Windows Consultant
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
Work from Home +130 2 £463 -40.32%

Windows Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Windows Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Windows Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V

Windows Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware