Windows Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 8 7
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 11 25
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 3.98% 10.38% 11.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.00% 100.00% 58.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 17
10th Percentile £219 £152 £183
25th Percentile £247 £168 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £183 £400
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -54.38% +100.00%
75th Percentile £325 £244 £538
90th Percentile £393 £338 £615
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £18.11
% change year-on-year -15.59% +19.22% +10.70%

All Operating Systems
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 25 11 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 14.20% 10.38% 20.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 31
10th Percentile £263 £152 £160
25th Percentile £290 £168 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £311 £183 £362
Median % change year-on-year +70.55% -49.52% +53.83%
75th Percentile £348 £244 £431
90th Percentile £443 £338 £563
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £448 £388
% change year-on-year +6.03% +15.61% -21.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.60
25th Percentile - - £21.50
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +88.00%
75th Percentile - - £26.00
90th Percentile - - £27.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.84 £21.59 £19.25
% change year-on-year -8.09% +12.16% +17.67%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Windows job vacancy trend in Coventry

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Coventry over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Coventry

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (28.57%) DB2
2 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) InstallShield
1 2 (28.57%) MSI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 2 (28.57%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Cognos Support
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall Support
3 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Platform Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Server Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Server Support
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (28.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Analytics
1 2 (28.57%) Application Packaging
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Compatibility Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (28.57%) ETL
1 2 (28.57%) High Availability
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) VB
1 2 (28.57%) VBScript
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
2 2 (28.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) Cognos
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) VMware