Windows Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 15 5
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 14 6 27
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 23.73% 4.80% 14.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 93.33% 50.00% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 22
10th Percentile £190 £134 £160
25th Percentile £200 £140 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £185 £388
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% -52.26% +103.95%
75th Percentile £220 £200 £494
90th Percentile £320 £308 £625
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £340 £350
% change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% -
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 - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £25.00
% change year-on-year -15.59% -13.64% +49.54%

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 15 12 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 25.42% 9.60% 15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 24
10th Percentile £190 £135 £160
25th Percentile £201 £151 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £193 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.79% -51.88% +100.00%
75th Percentile £261 £335 £500
90th Percentile £498 £434 £625
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £448 £375
% change year-on-year +6.03% +19.47% -22.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.63
25th Percentile - - £25.31
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.65%
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £26.00
% change year-on-year -15.59% -16.96% +55.53%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Windows

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Staffordshire

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Windows

Windows
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 13 October 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
Stafford +2 4 £190 -34.48% 2
Uttoxeter +1 3 £205 +26.15%
Stoke-on-Trent - 3 £220 - 6
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 - -
Leek - 1 - -
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Support
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Server Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
1 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
2 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Server Management
4 1 (7.14%) Change Management
4 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
4 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Ladder Logic
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
1 1 (7.14%) MCP
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Siemens