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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 54 69
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 39 53 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.13% 2.79% 2.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.93% 18.28% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 41 46
10th Percentile £132 £130 £159
25th Percentile £150 £158 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £200 £218
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -8.05% +6.10%
75th Percentile £223 £250 £325
90th Percentile £288 £344 £426
England median daily rate £225 £235 £220
% change year-on-year -4.26% +6.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.75 £18.58
25th Percentile £20.06 £17.88 £19.81
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -16.48% +37.88%
75th Percentile £30.00 £19.50 £25.81
90th Percentile £33.00 - £27.13
England median hourly rate £21.30 £21.05 £19.00
% change year-on-year +1.21% +10.76% +1.60%

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 280 290 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.30% 15.26% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 183 209
10th Percentile £160 £188 £165
25th Percentile £220 £266 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £449 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +12.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £584 £540
90th Percentile £605 £708 £678
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 13
10th Percentile £17.10 £14.63 £17.15
25th Percentile £20.06 £17.88 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -24.00% +52.63%
75th Percentile £30.00 £23.10 £28.75
90th Percentile £33.00 £39.13 £45.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £46.69
% change year-on-year -56.07% +22.62% +95.27%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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
Birmingham -7 17 £150 -25.00% 3
Warwickshire -2 11 £175 -44.88% 4
Coventry -6 4 £275 +52.78% 3
Staffordshire +5 2 £190 +15.15% 4
Solihull -4 1 £550 +292.86%
Worcestershire -7 1 £168 +13.90% 5
Wolverhampton - 1 £188 - 1
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (20.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.38%) Azure
3 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Firewall
2 5 (12.82%) DHCP
2 5 (12.82%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (10.26%) DNS
3 4 (10.26%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.26%) VPN
3 4 (10.26%) Wireless
4 3 (7.69%) Telepresence
4 3 (7.69%) Unified Communications
5 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.56%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.56%) Internet
6 1 (2.56%) NAS
6 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Finance
5 1 (2.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Support Engineer
2 11 (28.21%) Desktop Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) Desktop Support
3 10 (25.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) IT Support
4 7 (17.95%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Deployment Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) IT Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (10.26%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) Support Analyst
8 3 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Server Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (5.13%) PKI
4 1 (2.56%) CMDB
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (15.38%) Apple iOS
3 5 (12.82%) Android
3 5 (12.82%) Mac OS
4 3 (7.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 13 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.51%) ITIL
3 7 (17.95%) Migration
4 5 (12.82%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (12.82%) Service Management
5 3 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 3 (7.69%) Change Management
5 3 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 3 (7.69%) CRM
5 3 (7.69%) Disk Encryption
5 3 (7.69%) Information Management
5 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (7.69%) Problem Management
5 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.13%) Application Packaging
6 2 (5.13%) Time Management
7 1 (2.56%) Data Migration
7 1 (2.56%) Manual Testing
7 1 (2.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (10.26%) MCP
4 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.69%) Degree
4 3 (7.69%) MCDST
5 2 (5.13%) CCNA
5 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.56%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.56%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 19 (48.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.13%) vSphere
4 1 (2.56%) Firmware
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (30.77%) SCCM
2 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) Dell
3 6 (15.38%) HP
4 5 (12.82%) Cisco
5 3 (7.69%) iManage
5 3 (7.69%) Mitel
5 3 (7.69%) VMware
6 2 (5.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.56%) Bomgar
7 1 (2.56%) Citrix
7 1 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.56%) Symantec
7 1 (2.56%) Veeam