Windows Contracts in Shropshire

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 25 18 35
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 11 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 5.38% 8.21% 15.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.75% 39.29% 27.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 23
10th Percentile £204 £117 £196
25th Percentile - £165 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £206 £501
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -58.79% +15.32%
75th Percentile - £260 £538
90th Percentile £325 £320 £550
West Midlands median daily rate £278 £400 £443
% change year-on-year -30.63% -9.60% +47.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.25 £16.48
% change year-on-year -18.52% +35.01% -0.12%

All Operating Systems
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 16 28 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 12.31% 20.90% 56.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 79
10th Percentile - £168 £420
25th Percentile £210 £230 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £358 £540
Median % change year-on-year +28.49% -33.70% +9.09%
75th Percentile £476 £480 -
90th Percentile £534 £536 £558
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £505
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.84% +24.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £16.94
% change year-on-year -19.42% +32.86% +2.64%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Shropshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Shropshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Shropshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Shropshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Shropshire 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
Shrewsbury -1 4 £210 +5.00% 28
Telford -4 2 £402 +243.27% 31
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) Intranet
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Toad
General
1 4 (57.14%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Animation
1 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
1 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
2 2 (28.57%) Software Deployment
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Typography
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) webMethods