Windows Contracts in Stafford

Microsoft Windows
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stafford 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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Windows 3 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stafford 13.64% 17.65% 10.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £218 -
25th Percentile - £245 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £290 £450
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% -35.56% -
75th Percentile - £335 £475
90th Percentile - £362 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £250 £238 £175
% change year-on-year +5.26% +35.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.63
25th Percentile - - £25.31
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate - - £27.50
% change year-on-year - - +47.85%

All Operating Systems
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 13.64% 17.65% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £218 -
25th Percentile - £245 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £290 £450
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% -35.56% -
75th Percentile - £335 £475
90th Percentile - £362 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £373 £238 £175
% change year-on-year +56.84% +35.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.63
25th Percentile - - £25.31
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate - - £27.50
% change year-on-year - - +68.71%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Stafford

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Stafford

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Stafford

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens