Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 | 10 | 13 | 4 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | -9 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 8.96% | 4.76% | 18.62% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 100.00% | 71.43% | 96.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £253 | £170 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £331 | £229 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £325 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +46.15% | +85.71% | +2.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £388 | £288 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £370 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £278 | £400 | £443 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.63% | -9.60% | +47.50% |
All Operating Systems
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 8.96% | 6.67% | 19.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £253 | £183 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £331 | £263 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £375 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.67% | +114.29% | +2.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £388 | £288 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £410 | £370 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £400 | £425 | £505 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -15.84% | +24.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows in Staffordshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows in Staffordshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Staffordshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent | - | 3 | £475 | - | 36 |
| Burton-upon-Trent | +2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Stafford | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Windows West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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: