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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 88 60
Rank change year-on-year -49 -28 +11
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 31 34 53
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.87% 1.85% 2.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.13% 12.41% 17.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 28 43
10th Percentile £123 £127 £131
25th Percentile £163 £150 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £175 £200
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £250 £210 £250
90th Percentile £459 £303 £339
England median daily rate £230 £225 £235
% change year-on-year +2.22% -4.26% +9.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £17.10 £16.25
25th Percentile £31.25 £20.06 £16.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +42.86% -23.08%
75th Percentile £33.75 £30.00 £18.63
90th Percentile - £33.00 £19.15
England median hourly rate £25.75 £21.38 £22.00
% change year-on-year +20.44% -2.82% +11.42%

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 306 274 298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.59% 14.88% 15.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 197 182
10th Percentile £210 £160 £185
25th Percentile £313 £220 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £450 £435
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +3.54% +14.00%
75th Percentile £538 £545 £575
90th Percentile £588 £625 £686
England median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 8
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.53 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.14 £17.88
Median hourly rate £27.50 £20.11 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +36.73% -6.84% -16.96%
75th Percentile £67.84 £27.50 £23.86
90th Percentile £70.33 £45.50 £39.43
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -58.08% +28.51%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -5 9 £250 +72.41% 2
Worcestershire - 4 £175 - 3
Solihull -13 3 £153 -72.27% 3
Coventry -21 3 £463 +68.18% 2
Warwickshire -24 3 £550 +214.29%
Staffordshire -12 2 £140 -28.21% 1
Shropshire - 2 £120 -
Wolverhampton -3 1 £250 +33.33%
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 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (83.87%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (41.94%) Entra ID
3 12 (38.71%) Azure
4 8 (25.81%) OneDrive
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (32.26%) VPN
2 7 (22.58%) DHCP
2 7 (22.58%) DNS
2 7 (22.58%) TCP/IP
3 5 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (9.68%) LAN
5 2 (6.45%) Firewall
5 2 (6.45%) Telepresence
5 2 (6.45%) Unified Communications
5 2 (6.45%) Wireless
6 1 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 24 (77.42%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Support Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) IT Support
4 5 (16.13%) 1st Line Support
4 5 (16.13%) IT Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Service Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) IT Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Support Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
7 2 (6.45%) Junior
7 2 (6.45%) Junior Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Consultant
8 1 (3.23%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) BYOD
3 1 (3.23%) iPad
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Mac OS
3 2 (6.45%) Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Ubuntu
3 2 (6.45%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.23%) Android
4 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Customer Service
2 13 (41.94%) ITIL
3 12 (38.71%) ITSM
4 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.90%) Ticket Management
6 2 (6.45%) Biometrics
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (6.45%) Problem Management
6 2 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Security Patching
6 2 (6.45%) Time Management
7 1 (3.23%) Application Packaging
7 1 (3.23%) Asset Management
7 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis
7 1 (3.23%) Deployment Automation
7 1 (3.23%) Identity Management
7 1 (3.23%) Migration
7 1 (3.23%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (3.23%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (3.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) A+ Certification
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (12.90%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) SLA
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (61.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (29.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (83.87%) Microsoft
2 11 (35.48%) ServiceNow
3 4 (12.90%) Apple
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco
4 2 (6.45%) Dell
4 2 (6.45%) HP
5 1 (3.23%) MobileIron