Windows Contracts in Worcestershire

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 14 26 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 18.42% 23.42% 26.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.50% 89.66% 75.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 24
10th Percentile £161 £206 £116
25th Percentile £197 £315 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £198
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +178.48% +46.30%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £259
90th Percentile - £675 £338
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £428 £300
% change year-on-year -18.13% +42.50% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £25.63 - -
25th Percentile £32.19 £16.54 £10.68
Median hourly rate £46.25 £16.94 £11.86
Median % change year-on-year +173.10% +42.79% -
75th Percentile £62.19 £17.33 £14.40
90th Percentile £69.88 - £15.21
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.25 £16.71 £16.50
% change year-on-year +33.17% +1.26% +1.54%

All Operating Systems
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 16 29 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 21.05% 26.13% 34.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 32
10th Percentile £161 £206 £130
25th Percentile £197 £327 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £210
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +161.90% +42.37%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £291
90th Percentile - £675 £349
West Midlands median daily rate £420 £475 £410
% change year-on-year -11.58% +16.00% +10.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £34.38 - -
25th Percentile £54.06 £16.54 £10.68
Median hourly rate £70.00 £16.94 £11.86
Median % change year-on-year +313.35% +42.79% -
75th Percentile £73.13 £17.33 £14.40
90th Percentile £74.25 - £15.21
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.33 £16.50
% change year-on-year +29.85% +5.02% +1.54%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Worcestershire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Worcestershire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Worcestershire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Worcestershire

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in Worcestershire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Malvern +2 7 £550 -15.38% 2
Bromsgrove 0 2 £165 - 4
Worcester -1 2 £450 +28.57% 5
Redditch -4 1 £195 -2.50% 3
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 2 (14.29%) Apache
2 1 (7.14%) IIS
2 1 (7.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) DHCP
1 6 (42.86%) DNS
1 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Artifactory
1 2 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (42.86%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Support Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) IT Support
4 2 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.14%) Hedge funds
1 1 (7.14%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Linux
1 6 (42.86%) Unix
1 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 5 (35.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (7.14%) Android
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
1 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (42.86%) Virtual Environments
1 6 (42.86%) Visualisation
2 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Information Management
2 5 (35.71%) Security Hardening
2 5 (35.71%) Security Monitoring
2 5 (35.71%) SIEM
2 5 (35.71%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Server Management
4 1 (7.14%) Test Scripting
4 1 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C#
1 6 (42.86%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) SLA
3 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (35.71%) VMware NSX
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) SCCM
2 5 (35.71%) vCenter Server
3 2 (14.29%) Ansible
3 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 2 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
1 5 (35.71%) Veeam
1 5 (35.71%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow