Windows Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 12 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 186 323 456
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.72% 11.72% 13.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.52% 77.09% 71.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 208 312
10th Percentile £150 £140 £145
25th Percentile £181 £179 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £271 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% -6.67% +32.74%
75th Percentile £500 £539 £550
90th Percentile £582 £675 £688
England median daily rate £420 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 40 36
10th Percentile £15.16 £12.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £16.31 £14.27 £14.18
Median hourly rate £18.13 £17.86 £17.22
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +3.73% -10.79%
75th Percentile £19.63 £22.44 £19.94
90th Percentile £24.21 £23.75 £26.48
England median hourly rate £18.77 £17.72 £22.50
% change year-on-year +5.90% -21.24% +12.50%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 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
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
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 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 -1 144 £278 -30.63% 140
East Midlands -15 42 £206 +3.13% 115
Windows
England

Windows
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 12 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.08%) Confluence
4 1 (0.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.54%) IIS
4 1 (0.54%) JBoss
4 1 (0.54%) WebLogic
Applications
1 15 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.54%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.54%) QuarkXPress
3 1 (0.54%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 55 (29.57%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (18.82%) Azure
3 23 (12.37%) Entra ID
4 12 (6.45%) AWS
4 12 (6.45%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.69%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.61%) GCP
7 2 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.08%) GitHub
7 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.54%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.54%) Asana
8 1 (0.54%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.54%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.54%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.54%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.68%) VPN
2 12 (6.45%) Firewall
3 8 (4.30%) LAN
4 6 (3.23%) DHCP
4 6 (3.23%) SAN
5 5 (2.69%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (2.69%) DNS
5 5 (2.69%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.15%) NAS
6 4 (2.15%) SSL
6 4 (2.15%) WAN
7 3 (1.61%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.61%) Network Security
7 3 (1.61%) VLAN
8 2 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.08%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.08%) HTTP
8 2 (1.08%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.61%) Oracle Database
1 3 (1.61%) Power BI
1 3 (1.61%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.08%) Big Data
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.54%) MySQL
3 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.76%) Git
2 6 (3.23%) JIRA
2 6 (3.23%) MSI
3 5 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.61%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.08%) Maven
6 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.54%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.54%) GitLab
6 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.54%) Toad
General
1 72 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (5.91%) Finance
3 11 (5.91%) Legal
3 11 (5.91%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.69%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.08%) Electronics
7 2 (1.08%) Marketing
7 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.54%) Law
8 1 (0.54%) Police
8 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (10.75%) Desktop Engineer
1 20 (10.75%) Support Engineer
1 20 (10.75%) Windows Engineer
2 18 (9.68%) Analyst
3 17 (9.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (8.06%) Deployment Engineer
5 11 (5.91%) 1st Line Support
5 11 (5.91%) IT Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) Desktop Support
7 9 (4.84%) Lead
7 9 (4.84%) Service Analyst
7 9 (4.84%) Service Desk Analyst
8 8 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (4.30%) IT Support
9 7 (3.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 6 (3.23%) Administrator
10 6 (3.23%) IT Analyst
10 6 (3.23%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
11 5 (2.69%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.30%) Software Packaging
2 5 (2.69%) LDAP
3 3 (1.61%) Apache Axis
4 2 (1.08%) .NET
4 2 (1.08%) Middleware
4 2 (1.08%) YAML
5 1 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.54%) Kafka
5 1 (0.54%) REST
5 1 (0.54%) Spring
5 1 (0.54%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.91%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.30%) CSOC
3 8 (4.30%) NHS
3 8 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.76%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.61%) Industry 4.0
7 3 (1.61%) SCADA
7 3 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.08%) Device Driver
8 2 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.08%) Replication
9 1 (0.54%) Clustering
9 1 (0.54%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.54%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.54%) iPhone
9 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 68 (36.56%) Windows 10
2 38 (20.43%) Linux
3 27 (14.52%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.84%) Android
4 9 (4.84%) Mac OS
4 9 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (4.30%) VMS
6 7 (3.76%) Windows 7
7 5 (2.69%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.15%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.61%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.61%) CentOS
9 3 (1.61%) Mac OS X
9 3 (1.61%) Unix
9 3 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.61%) Windows XP
10 2 (1.08%) Debian
10 2 (1.08%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (19.35%) Customer Service
3 26 (13.98%) ITIL
4 19 (10.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (7.53%) Migration
6 13 (6.99%) SIEM
7 12 (6.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 11 (5.91%) Asset Management
9 10 (5.38%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (4.84%) Software Deployment
10 9 (4.84%) Time Management
11 8 (4.30%) Break/Fix
11 8 (4.30%) Event Correlation
11 8 (4.30%) Risk Management
11 8 (4.30%) Software Delivery
12 7 (3.76%) Agile
13 6 (3.23%) Microservices
13 6 (3.23%) Patch Management
13 6 (3.23%) Software Distribution
13 6 (3.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.20%) PowerShell
2 23 (12.37%) Python
3 10 (5.38%) Bash
4 7 (3.76%) SQL
5 4 (2.15%) Java
6 3 (1.61%) C#
6 3 (1.61%) Perl
6 3 (1.61%) Ruby
6 3 (1.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 49 (26.34%) SC Cleared
3 28 (15.05%) Degree
4 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.30%) CISSP
6 7 (3.76%) MCSE
7 5 (2.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.61%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.61%) CISA
9 3 (1.61%) CISM
9 3 (1.61%) GIAC
10 2 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.08%) CCNA
10 2 (1.08%) CCSP
10 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.08%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.53%) QA
2 6 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.23%) SLA
3 5 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.69%) NIST
4 3 (1.61%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.08%) GDPR
System Software
1 73 (39.25%) Active Directory
2 21 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.30%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.76%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.23%) BitLocker
5 6 (3.23%) Docker
6 4 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.08%) vSphere
8 1 (0.54%) Firmware
8 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.54%) XenApp
8 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (21.51%) SCCM
2 24 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (5.38%) Ansible
4 8 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.69%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.08%) CASB
7 2 (1.08%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.08%) Nessus
7 2 (1.08%) Puppet
7 2 (1.08%) SCOM
7 2 (1.08%) Terraform
8 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.54%) Podman
8 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.54%) QRadar
8 1 (0.54%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.54%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 1 (0.54%) WSUS
8 1 (0.54%) yum
Vendors
1 64 (34.41%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.74%) Cisco
3 27 (14.52%) VMware
4 23 (12.37%) ServiceNow
5 19 (10.22%) Dell
6 14 (7.53%) HP
7 13 (6.99%) Citrix
8 11 (5.91%) Nexthink
9 10 (5.38%) Palo Alto
9 10 (5.38%) SolarWinds
9 10 (5.38%) Splunk
10 9 (4.84%) Red Hat
11 8 (4.30%) Apple
11 8 (4.30%) F5
11 8 (4.30%) Fortinet
12 6 (3.23%) Oracle
12 6 (3.23%) Tanium
13 4 (2.15%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.61%) CyberArk
14 3 (1.61%) SAP