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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 16 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 41 56 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.96% 7.62% 8.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 74.55% 76.71% 76.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 37 45
10th Percentile £106 £189 £197
25th Percentile £150 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -12.50% +1.59%
75th Percentile £413 £521 £631
90th Percentile £689 £750 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £275 £363 £440
% change year-on-year -24.14% -17.61% +46.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £14.52 £15.44
25th Percentile - £15.47 £15.74
Median hourly rate £18.51 £17.50 £16.48
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +6.19% +3.00%
75th Percentile - £20.56 £17.74
90th Percentile - £22.48 £18.35
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.00 £16.71
% change year-on-year -17.59% +31.68% +1.26%

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 55 73 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.68% 9.93% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 49 51
10th Percentile £106 £190 £200
25th Percentile £150 £250 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £500 £521 £634
90th Percentile £693 £750 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £423 £475
% change year-on-year -11.24% -11.05% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £14.52 £15.54
25th Percentile - £15.47 £15.98
Median hourly rate £18.51 £17.50 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +0.06% +9.31%
75th Percentile - £20.56 £27.50
90th Percentile - £22.48 £43.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £17.33
% change year-on-year -19.42% +29.85% +5.02%

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

Windows
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 21 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 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.44%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (34.15%) Azure
3 13 (31.71%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.88%) AWS
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.44%) Asana
6 1 (2.44%) GitHub
6 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) DHCP
2 2 (4.88%) DNS
2 2 (4.88%) Firewall
2 2 (4.88%) VLAN
2 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (2.44%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.44%) HTTP
3 1 (2.44%) Internet
3 1 (2.44%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (2.44%) SAN
3 1 (2.44%) SMTP
3 1 (2.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) MSI
2 2 (4.88%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.44%) Maven
3 1 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Legal
4 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) 1st Line Support
1 6 (14.63%) Support Officer
2 4 (9.76%) Analyst
2 4 (9.76%) Support Engineer
3 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (7.32%) Service Analyst
3 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (7.32%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Desktop Support
4 2 (4.88%) IT Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Collaboration Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.44%) Kafka
2 1 (2.44%) LDAP
2 1 (2.44%) REST
2 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.88%) SCADA
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (43.90%) Windows 10
2 8 (19.51%) Android
3 6 (14.63%) Linux
4 2 (4.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.44%) CentOS
5 1 (2.44%) Debian
5 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Customer Service
2 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.95%) ITIL
4 5 (12.20%) Software Delivery
4 5 (12.20%) Software Deployment
4 5 (12.20%) Software Distribution
5 4 (9.76%) Migration
6 3 (7.32%) Asset Management
6 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (2.44%) Capacity Management
7 1 (2.44%) CI/CD
7 1 (2.44%) Data Protection
7 1 (2.44%) Deadline-Driven
7 1 (2.44%) Log Aggregation
7 1 (2.44%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (2.44%) Proactive Maintenance
7 1 (2.44%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.44%) Server Management
7 1 (2.44%) SIEM
7 1 (2.44%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 6 (14.63%) Python
3 5 (12.20%) Bash
4 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Security Cleared
2 14 (34.15%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) CCNA
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 13 (31.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Ansible
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.76%) SCCM
3 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.44%) logstash
3 1 (2.44%) Nessus
3 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.44%) Puppet
3 1 (2.44%) QRadar
3 1 (2.44%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) Dell
2 10 (24.39%) HP
3 5 (12.20%) Tanium
4 4 (9.76%) VMware
5 2 (4.88%) Cisco
5 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.44%) Apple
6 1 (2.44%) Foundry
6 1 (2.44%) Google
6 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.44%) Sophos