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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 60 63
Rank change year-on-year -31 +3 +24
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 34 54 56
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.78% 2.89% 2.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.60% 18.31% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 44 49
10th Percentile £123 £131 £150
25th Percentile £145 £183 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £213 £263 £276
90th Percentile £288 £464 £378
England median daily rate £225 £240 £215
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.63% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.25 £18.58
25th Percentile £20.06 £16.63 £19.81
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -23.08% +32.96%
75th Percentile £30.00 £18.63 £25.81
90th Percentile £33.00 £19.15 £27.13
England median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £19.75
% change year-on-year -9.46% +11.88% +7.12%

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 293 295 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.30% 15.78% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 183 212
10th Percentile £163 £188 £163
25th Percentile £225 £266 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +20.00% -21.38%
75th Percentile £540 £582 £500
90th Percentile £604 £675 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 17
10th Percentile £16.94 £14.63 £16.54
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.88 £17.72
Median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% +7.95% +21.21%
75th Percentile £24.63 £23.86 £28.75
90th Percentile £38.50 £39.43 £37.25
England median hourly rate £23.00 £58.00 £44.42
% change year-on-year -60.34% +30.56% +77.68%

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 October 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the West Midlands

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 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
Warwickshire +4 12 £175 -58.82% 2
Birmingham -14 9 £145 -27.50% 2
Coventry -7 5 £275 +52.78%
Staffordshire +3 3 £195 +20.00% 2
Shropshire -28 1 £109 -6.84%
West Bromwich - 1 £170 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £188 -
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 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
3 1 (2.94%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) VPN
2 7 (20.59%) DHCP
2 7 (20.59%) DNS
2 7 (20.59%) Firewall
2 7 (20.59%) TCP/IP
3 5 (14.71%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (11.76%) Wireless
5 3 (8.82%) Telepresence
5 3 (8.82%) Unified Communications
6 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.94%) NAS
7 1 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.94%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) InstallShield
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
1 1 (2.94%) MSI
General
1 20 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 13 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.88%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Support Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 10 (29.41%) Desktop Support
3 10 (29.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 8 (23.53%) IT Support
5 6 (17.65%) Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) Deployment Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Windows Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 5 (14.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (14.71%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) IT Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) Support Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Windows Deployment Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (14.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (5.88%) PKI
3 1 (2.94%) CMDB
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Apple iOS
2 6 (17.65%) Mac OS
3 5 (14.71%) Android
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Customer Service
2 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (23.53%) ITIL
3 8 (23.53%) Migration
4 6 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (14.71%) Change Management
5 5 (14.71%) CRM
5 5 (14.71%) Disk Encryption
5 5 (14.71%) Problem Management
5 5 (14.71%) Service Delivery
5 5 (14.71%) Service Management
6 3 (8.82%) Application Packaging
6 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.82%) Information Management
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (2.94%) Antivirus Management
7 1 (2.94%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (2.94%) Inventory Management
7 1 (2.94%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) VB
2 1 (2.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (20.59%) MCP
3 5 (14.71%) MCDST
4 4 (11.76%) Degree
5 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.88%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.94%) CCNA
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.94%) MCSA
7 1 (2.94%) MCSE
7 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (73.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.82%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (5.88%) vSphere
4 1 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (50.00%) SCCM
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.88%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Cisco
2 5 (14.71%) iManage
2 5 (14.71%) Mitel
3 3 (8.82%) VMware
4 2 (5.88%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.88%) Citrix
4 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.94%) Apple
5 1 (2.94%) Bomgar
5 1 (2.94%) ConnectWise
5 1 (2.94%) Dell
5 1 (2.94%) Veeam