Windows Contracts in Birmingham

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 18 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 43 56 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.24% 7.24% 9.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 79.63% 76.71% 77.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 41 51
10th Percentile £111 £190 £185
25th Percentile £150 £200 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -12.50% +8.47%
75th Percentile £413 £519 £534
90th Percentile £689 £750 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £278 £400 £443
% change year-on-year -30.63% -9.60% +47.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £14.35 £15.44
25th Percentile - £15.04 £15.74
Median hourly rate £18.51 £16.80 £16.48
Median % change year-on-year +10.21% +1.91% -3.06%
75th Percentile - £18.45 £17.74
90th Percentile - £19.08 £18.35
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.25 £16.48
% change year-on-year -18.52% +35.01% -0.12%

All Operating Systems
Birmingham

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 54 73 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.34% 9.44% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 52 59
10th Percentile £116 £190 £185
25th Percentile £150 £250 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £394 £400
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -1.56% -5.88%
75th Percentile £490 £486 £563
90th Percentile £693 £733 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £505
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.84% +24.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £14.35 £15.54
25th Percentile - £15.04 £15.98
Median hourly rate £18.51 £16.80 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +10.21% -3.97% +2.88%
75th Percentile - £18.45 £27.50
90th Percentile - £19.08 £43.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £16.94
% change year-on-year -19.42% +32.86% +2.64%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Birmingham

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Birmingham

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 19 (44.19%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (30.23%) Azure
3 10 (23.26%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.65%) AWS
6 1 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.33%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.33%) Asana
6 1 (2.33%) GitHub
6 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) DHCP
1 2 (4.65%) Firewall
1 2 (4.65%) VLAN
1 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (2.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (2.33%) DNS
2 1 (2.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.33%) HTTP
2 1 (2.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.33%) OpenLDAP
2 1 (2.33%) SAN
2 1 (2.33%) SMTP
2 1 (2.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) MSI
2 2 (4.65%) JIRA
3 1 (2.33%) Git
3 1 (2.33%) GitLab
3 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.33%) Maven
3 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Legal
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (13.95%) Analyst
1 6 (13.95%) Support Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (9.30%) Service Analyst
2 4 (9.30%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (9.30%) Support Officer
3 2 (4.65%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 2 (4.65%) Collaboration Engineer
3 2 (4.65%) Desktop Support
3 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (4.65%) IT Analyst
3 2 (4.65%) IT Support
3 2 (4.65%) Support Analyst
3 2 (4.65%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Coordinator
4 1 (2.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.28%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.33%) Kafka
2 1 (2.33%) LDAP
2 1 (2.33%) REST
2 1 (2.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.65%) SCADA
3 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (48.84%) Windows 10
2 6 (13.95%) Android
2 6 (13.95%) Linux
3 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.65%) Mac OS X
4 1 (2.33%) CentOS
4 1 (2.33%) Debian
4 1 (2.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Customer Service
2 11 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (18.60%) ITIL
4 6 (13.95%) Asset Management
5 5 (11.63%) Software Delivery
5 5 (11.63%) Software Deployment
5 5 (11.63%) Software Distribution
6 3 (6.98%) Migration
7 2 (4.65%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (4.65%) Preventative Maintenance
7 2 (4.65%) Proactive Maintenance
7 2 (4.65%) Process Improvement
7 2 (4.65%) Security Patching
8 1 (2.33%) CI/CD
8 1 (2.33%) Deadline-Driven
8 1 (2.33%) Log Aggregation
8 1 (2.33%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.33%) Server Management
8 1 (2.33%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.26%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.95%) Python
3 5 (11.63%) Bash
4 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) Security Cleared
2 14 (32.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Degree
4 2 (4.65%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.65%) MCP
5 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.33%) CCNA
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 13 (30.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Ansible
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.30%) SCCM
3 1 (2.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.33%) logstash
3 1 (2.33%) Nessus
3 1 (2.33%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.33%) Puppet
3 1 (2.33%) QRadar
3 1 (2.33%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.26%) Dell
2 10 (23.26%) HP
3 5 (11.63%) Tanium
4 4 (9.30%) ServiceNow
5 3 (6.98%) VMware
6 2 (4.65%) Cisco
7 1 (2.33%) Apple
7 1 (2.33%) Foundry
7 1 (2.33%) Google
7 1 (2.33%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.33%) Sophos