Windows 10 Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows 10
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows 10 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 10 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 47 52 64
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 68 85 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.55% 3.08% 3.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.88% 20.29% 18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 62 68
10th Percentile £145 £120 £116
25th Percentile £160 £150 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £195
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +4.70%
75th Percentile £205 £221 £291
90th Percentile £288 £509 £422
England median daily rate £225 £225 £220
% change year-on-year - +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 17
10th Percentile £18.28 £15.73 £15.15
25th Percentile £18.51 £18.50 £16.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +1.33% +13.64%
75th Percentile £24.66 £19.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £24.95 £38.94 £40.25
England median hourly rate £24.00 £17.11 £18.50
% change year-on-year +40.27% -7.51% +2.13%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Windows 10 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 253 419 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.22% 15.20% 18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 268 433
10th Percentile £150 £145 £158
25th Percentile £200 £190 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £377 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -20.74% +26.67%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £558
90th Percentile £578 £612 £688
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 42 38
10th Percentile £15.16 £12.86 £11.80
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.27 £14.64
Median hourly rate £18.13 £18.50 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.05% +3.59%
75th Percentile £19.63 £23.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £24.21 - £30.61
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the Midlands

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in the Midlands

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the Midlands

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in the Midlands

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +14 51 £190 -5.00% 14
East Midlands -6 17 £190 +18.75% 8
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (16.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 34 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (16.18%) OneDrive
3 8 (11.76%) Azure
4 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.47%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.47%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.18%) VPN
2 5 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (5.88%) Firewall
3 4 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (2.94%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (2.94%) DHCP
4 2 (2.94%) Ethernet
4 2 (2.94%) Internet
4 2 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.47%) VLAN
General
1 29 (42.65%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Finance
3 3 (4.41%) Legal
3 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Electronics
4 2 (2.94%) Marketing
4 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (20.59%) Windows Engineer
2 11 (16.18%) Desktop Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) Analyst
4 9 (13.24%) Support Engineer
5 7 (10.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (10.29%) Service Analyst
5 7 (10.29%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (8.82%) Deployment Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Windows Deployment Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Desktop Support
9 3 (4.41%) Hardware Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Support Analyst
10 2 (2.94%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 2 (2.94%) Cisco Engineer
10 2 (2.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 2 (2.94%) Network Engineer
10 2 (2.94%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.94%) NHS
3 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.47%) iPhone
4 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.47%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 68 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (10.29%) Windows 7
3 4 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 4 (5.88%) Windows Vista
4 3 (4.41%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.94%) Android
5 2 (2.94%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.35%) Customer Service
2 19 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (13.24%) Asset Management
3 9 (13.24%) Time Management
4 7 (10.29%) Break/Fix
4 7 (10.29%) ITIL
5 5 (7.35%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (4.41%) Change Control
7 3 (4.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.94%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.94%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (2.94%) IT Asset Management
8 2 (2.94%) Migration
8 2 (2.94%) Patch Management
8 2 (2.94%) Process Improvement
8 2 (2.94%) Programme Management
9 1 (1.47%) Agile
9 1 (1.47%) Data Protection
9 1 (1.47%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 17 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.18%) Degree
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.94%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.94%) CCNA
4 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.94%) MCP
4 2 (2.94%) MCSE
5 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) QA
2 4 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (39.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.94%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 19 (27.94%) SCCM
2 16 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (48.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.18%) Cisco
3 9 (13.24%) Dell
3 9 (13.24%) HP
3 9 (13.24%) ServiceNow
4 8 (11.76%) Citrix
5 7 (10.29%) Nexthink
6 4 (5.88%) Apple
7 3 (4.41%) VMware
8 2 (2.94%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.94%) SAP
9 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (1.47%) Google
9 1 (1.47%) Symantec