Windows 10 Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows 10
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Windows 10 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 10 over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 64 36
Rank change year-on-year +10 -28 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 81 120 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.96% 3.52% 4.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.24% 19.08% 24.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 69 148
10th Percentile £121 £116 £110
25th Percentile £150 £148 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £188 £185
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +1.62% -7.50%
75th Percentile £215 £250 £238
90th Percentile £323 £421 £338
England median daily rate £225 £220 £200
% change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 30
10th Percentile £14.94 £15.15 £12.32
25th Percentile £16.63 £16.54 £14.58
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +13.64% +5.60%
75th Percentile £19.50 £20.00 £23.38
90th Percentile £35.70 £40.25 £24.05
England median hourly rate £16.90 £18.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -8.66% - +17.83%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Windows 10 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 the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 421 629 1,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.40% 18.43% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 427 666
10th Percentile £145 £158 £136
25th Percentile £200 £250 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £463 £375
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +23.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £500
90th Percentile £606 £688 £581
England median daily rate £465 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.27% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 38 71
10th Percentile £12.98 £11.80 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.27 £14.64 £14.82
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.61 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% +3.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £23.75 £19.98 £22.50
90th Percentile - £30.61 £24.50
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.33% +70.45% +22.22%

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 4 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 4 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
West Midlands +10 48 £200 -9.09% 27
East Midlands +2 32 £160 +17.65% 26
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 16 (19.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (14.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.23%) Sage 200
1 1 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (64.20%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (20.99%) Azure
3 10 (12.35%) OneDrive
4 8 (9.88%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (6.17%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.23%) IaaS
7 1 (1.23%) PaaS
7 1 (1.23%) SaaS
7 1 (1.23%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 19 (23.46%) DNS
2 12 (14.81%) VPN
3 10 (12.35%) TCP/IP
4 8 (9.88%) NetScaler
4 8 (9.88%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (7.41%) Firewall
6 5 (6.17%) DHCP
6 5 (6.17%) LAN
6 5 (6.17%) VoIP
7 3 (3.70%) Ethernet
7 3 (3.70%) VLAN
7 3 (3.70%) WAN
8 2 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (2.47%) Wireless
9 1 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.23%) Internet
9 1 (1.23%) Network Security
9 1 (1.23%) PBX
9 1 (1.23%) PSTN
9 1 (1.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.23%) MS Access
2 1 (1.23%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 34 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (6.17%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (3.70%) Finance
4 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.47%) Legal
5 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (25.93%) Analyst
2 20 (24.69%) Support Engineer
3 17 (20.99%) Service Analyst
3 17 (20.99%) Service Desk Analyst
4 15 (18.52%) 2nd Line Support
5 12 (14.81%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 11 (13.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 11 (13.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (12.35%) Support Analyst
8 8 (9.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (9.88%) Deployment Engineer
9 7 (8.64%) 1st Line Support
9 7 (8.64%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (8.64%) Service Desk Support
9 7 (8.64%) Service Desk Support Analyst
10 6 (7.41%) Architect
11 5 (6.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
11 5 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 5 (6.17%) Citrix Engineer
11 5 (6.17%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.17%) iPad
3 3 (3.70%) Clustering
3 3 (3.70%) Fat Client
3 3 (3.70%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.47%) CMDB
4 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.23%) BYOD
5 1 (1.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.23%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.23%) iPhone
5 1 (1.23%) PDA
5 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.23%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 81 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (25.93%) Windows Server
3 11 (13.58%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (9.88%) Windows 7
5 7 (8.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (7.41%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.70%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.47%) Unix
9 1 (1.23%) Android
9 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (1.23%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.63%) Customer Service
2 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (12.35%) Change Management
4 8 (9.88%) Application Packaging
4 8 (9.88%) Patch Management
5 6 (7.41%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (4.94%) Asset Management
6 4 (4.94%) Digital Strategy
6 4 (4.94%) ITIL
6 4 (4.94%) Ticket Management
7 3 (3.70%) Data Protection
7 3 (3.70%) Decision-Making
7 3 (3.70%) Quality Management
7 3 (3.70%) Time Management
8 2 (2.47%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 2 (2.47%) Inventory Management
8 2 (2.47%) ITSM
8 2 (2.47%) Server Monitoring
9 1 (1.23%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.23%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (6.17%) Degree
2 4 (4.94%) MCSE
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) GDPR
2 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 49 (60.49%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (9.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 8 (9.88%) XenApp
3 8 (9.88%) XenDesktop
4 6 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (6.17%) Hyper-V
6 4 (4.94%) BitLocker
7 2 (2.47%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (17.28%) SCCM
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.41%) Autotask
4 3 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (49.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.81%) Apple
2 12 (14.81%) Citrix
3 8 (9.88%) NetApp
4 6 (7.41%) Cisco
4 6 (7.41%) VMware
5 5 (6.17%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.94%) Remedy
7 3 (3.70%) Datto
8 1 (1.23%) Ariba
8 1 (1.23%) Dell
8 1 (1.23%) HP
8 1 (1.23%) Intel
8 1 (1.23%) Oracle
8 1 (1.23%) Peregrine
8 1 (1.23%) Sage
8 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.23%) SAP