Windows Contracts in Warwickshire

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire 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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 12 29
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing Windows 33 49 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 8.17% 11.72% 6.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.74% 79.03% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 15
10th Percentile £216 £150 £185
25th Percentile £235 £275 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £557 £675
Median % change year-on-year -19.21% -17.48% +128.81%
75th Percentile £530 £607 £744
90th Percentile £551 £665 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £300 £400 £406
% change year-on-year -25.00% -1.54% +35.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £16.11 £18.50 -
25th Percentile £17.59 £19.88 -
Median hourly rate £20.13 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +12.50% -1.26%
75th Percentile £22.59 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £24.04 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.83 £22.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -18.94% +14.29% +16.67%

All Operating Systems
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 43 62 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 10.64% 14.83% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 38 20
10th Percentile £220 £150 £185
25th Percentile £300 £406 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £573 £663
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% -13.58% +76.67%
75th Percentile £511 £635 £738
90th Percentile £548 £673 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £439 £450
% change year-on-year -8.83% -2.50% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile £16.11 £18.50 £17.75
25th Percentile £17.59 £19.88 £18.13
Median hourly rate £20.13 £22.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +18.42% -6.20%
75th Percentile £22.59 £23.75 £19.63
90th Percentile £24.04 - £19.85
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.83 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.74% +12.50% +21.21%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Warwickshire

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in Warwickshire

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in Warwickshire

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in Warwickshire

Windows
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Warwick -12 20 £450 -21.88% 8
Gaydon +5 6 £220 - 1
Rugby +2 4 £235 -
Stratford-upon-Avon -1 1 £200 -60.00% 2
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 1 (3.03%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) DNS
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) LAN
1 2 (6.06%) Telepresence
1 2 (6.06%) Unified Communications
1 2 (6.06%) WAN
1 2 (6.06%) Wireless
2 1 (3.03%) DHCP
2 1 (3.03%) NetScaler
2 1 (3.03%) SMTP
2 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Automotive
3 4 (12.12%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.03%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Support Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Deployment Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Desktop Support
2 4 (12.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Lead
3 3 (9.09%) Product Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Applications Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) SCCM Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) IT Support
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Apache Axis
2 2 (6.06%) Software Packaging
3 1 (3.03%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) CSOC
1 5 (15.15%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.06%) Replication
4 1 (3.03%) CCTV
4 1 (3.03%) Clustering
4 1 (3.03%) CMDB
4 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) PKI
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Windows 10
2 7 (21.21%) Linux
3 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 5 (15.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (15.15%) VMS
4 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (9.09%) Windows 7
5 3 (9.09%) Windows XP
6 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) ITIL
2 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.15%) Event Correlation
4 5 (15.15%) Project Management
4 5 (15.15%) SIEM
5 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
5 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.09%) Change Control
6 3 (9.09%) Design Patterns
6 3 (9.09%) Microservices
6 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 3 (9.09%) SOA
7 2 (6.06%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 2 (6.06%) Product Roadmap
7 2 (6.06%) Product Strategy
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) PowerShell
2 6 (18.18%) SQL
3 4 (12.12%) Python
4 3 (9.09%) C#
4 3 (9.09%) Java
4 3 (9.09%) Ruby
5 2 (6.06%) VBScript
6 1 (3.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) Degree
3 6 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (15.15%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (9.09%) CISSP
6 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) QA
3 2 (6.06%) PMO
3 2 (6.06%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (21.21%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.03%) vSphere
3 1 (3.03%) XenApp
3 1 (3.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.12%) SCCM
2 4 (12.12%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (3.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (24.24%) VMware
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco
4 6 (18.18%) ServiceNow
5 5 (15.15%) F5
5 5 (15.15%) Fortinet
5 5 (15.15%) Palo Alto
5 5 (15.15%) Red Hat
5 5 (15.15%) SolarWinds
5 5 (15.15%) Splunk
6 4 (12.12%) Broadcom
7 3 (9.09%) Apple
8 2 (6.06%) Dell
8 2 (6.06%) HP
9 1 (3.03%) Citrix
9 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
9 1 (3.03%) Oracle