Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows 10
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 45 64
Rank change year-on-year -83 +19 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 29 51 53
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.02% 3.83% 2.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.39% 24.17% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 40 39
10th Percentile £128 £145 £150
25th Percentile £137 £158 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £190 £200
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £234 £210 £247
90th Percentile £481 £444 £543
England median daily rate £200 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £18.21 -
25th Percentile - £18.32 £13.89
Median hourly rate £21.46 £18.51 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% +26.87% -15.80%
75th Percentile - £21.59 £15.30
90th Percentile - £23.43 -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £23.80 £16.94
% change year-on-year -7.56% +40.54% -8.46%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

Windows 10 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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 309 211 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.83% 15.85% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 139 179
10th Percentile £197 £160 £175
25th Percentile £350 £200 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.12% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £537
90th Percentile £618 £638 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 19
10th Percentile £16.93 £15.65 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.03 £17.13
Median hourly rate £18.23 £18.32 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -16.73% +29.91%
75th Percentile £21.46 £22.16 £23.75
90th Percentile £71.49 £24.52 £33.50
England median hourly rate £22.58 £29.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -22.16% +31.82% -16.98%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 10 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 10.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the West Midlands

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 10.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 March 2026. 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
Birmingham -36 7 £150 -17.70% 1
Coventry -27 5 £475 +137.50%
Staffordshire -2 4 £180 +10.77% 4
Warwickshire -18 4 £215 -53.56%
Shropshire -44 2 £114 -45.71%
Herefordshire - 2 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 £160 -
West Bromwich - 1 £170 -
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.69%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) VPN
2 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.34%) LAN
3 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.90%) DHCP
4 2 (6.90%) DNS
5 1 (3.45%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) Skype
5 1 (3.45%) WAAS
5 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) InstallShield
1 4 (13.79%) MSI
2 2 (6.90%) JIRA
3 1 (3.45%) AdminStudio
3 1 (3.45%) REST Assured
General
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.45%) Legal
3 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Support Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) IT Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) IT Support
3 4 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Desktop Support
4 3 (10.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.90%) Desktop Migration Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
1 4 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.90%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.45%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Mac OS
3 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.45%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Customer Service
2 9 (31.03%) ITIL
3 8 (27.59%) Migration
4 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Application Packaging
6 3 (10.34%) Compatibility Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.34%) ITSM
7 2 (6.90%) Agile
7 2 (6.90%) Change Management
7 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.90%) Problem Management
7 2 (6.90%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.90%) Service Management
7 2 (6.90%) Ticket Management
7 2 (6.90%) Time Management
7 2 (6.90%) User Experience
7 2 (6.90%) Workflow
7 2 (6.90%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
2 4 (13.79%) VBScript
3 3 (10.34%) VB
4 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) MCSE
3 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.45%) MCDST
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (72.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.45%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (37.93%) SCCM
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.45%) AirWatch
3 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.34%) Citrix
4 2 (6.90%) Apple
4 2 (6.90%) Cisco
4 2 (6.90%) MobileIron
5 1 (3.45%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.45%) ConnectWise
5 1 (3.45%) iManage
5 1 (3.45%) Mitel
5 1 (3.45%) Remedy
5 1 (3.45%) VMware