Windows 10 Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows 10
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Windows 10 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 10 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 74 55
Rank change year-on-year +8 -19 -17
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 47 63 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.46% 2.70% 3.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.75% 16.28% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 40 93
10th Percentile £134 £159 £123
25th Percentile £150 £162 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £190
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -24.00%
75th Percentile £238 £378 £238
90th Percentile £344 £464 £427
England median daily rate £225 £220 £201
% change year-on-year +2.27% +9.32% -9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 18
10th Percentile £14.73 - £10.68
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £14.03
Median hourly rate £19.00 £16.94 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.19% +2.64% -
75th Percentile £19.50 £17.33 £21.82
90th Percentile - - £23.75
England median hourly rate £16.13 £18.50 £18.31
% change year-on-year -12.84% +1.05% +16.61%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

Windows 10 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 238 387 646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.47% 16.61% 18.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 258 437
10th Percentile £185 £168 £150
25th Percentile £250 £350 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £500 £405
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +23.46% +11.72%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £520
90th Percentile £702 £694 £600
England median daily rate £465 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.27% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 37
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.71 £11.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.94 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% +2.64% -1.49%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.25 £25.75 £23.75
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.42 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.21% +70.09% +23.80%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in the West Midlands

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 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the West Midlands

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend 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 7 May 2024. 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 +16 14 £200 - 8
Coventry +14 13 £725 +205.26% 1
Warwickshire +10 7 £150 -40.00% 5
Shropshire +25 4 £159 +9.31%
Solihull -14 4 £225 -41.94% 2
Staffordshire -3 2 £130 -25.71% 6
Worcestershire +5 1 £200 -2.44% 5
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 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (74.47%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (31.91%) Azure
3 9 (19.15%) OneDrive
4 8 (17.02%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (10.64%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.13%) IaaS
7 1 (2.13%) PaaS
7 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.91%) DNS
2 8 (17.02%) NetScaler
2 8 (17.02%) VPN
3 7 (14.89%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (10.64%) DHCP
4 5 (10.64%) Firewall
4 5 (10.64%) LAN
5 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.38%) VLAN
6 3 (6.38%) VoIP
6 3 (6.38%) WAN
7 2 (4.26%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.13%) Internet
8 1 (2.13%) Wireless
General
1 25 (53.19%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Finance
4 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.26%) Legal
5 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Service Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Service Desk Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Support Engineer
3 9 (19.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 9 (19.15%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (19.15%) Support Analyst
4 7 (14.89%) Deployment Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Service Desk Support
4 7 (14.89%) Service Desk Support Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Architect
6 5 (10.64%) Citrix Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (8.51%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (8.51%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.38%) Clustering
2 3 (6.38%) Fat Client
2 3 (6.38%) Thin Client
3 2 (4.26%) iPad
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.13%) CMDB
4 1 (2.13%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 47 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (36.17%) Windows Server
3 8 (17.02%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (10.64%) Mac OS
4 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (8.51%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.26%) Unix
6 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.13%) Android
7 1 (2.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Customer Service
2 10 (21.28%) Change Management
3 8 (17.02%) Application Packaging
3 8 (17.02%) Patch Management
4 6 (12.77%) Mobile Device Management
4 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (8.51%) ITIL
6 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making
6 3 (6.38%) Quality Management
7 2 (4.26%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.26%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (4.26%) Time Management
8 1 (2.13%) Analytics
8 1 (2.13%) Data Analysis
8 1 (2.13%) DevOps
8 1 (2.13%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (2.13%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.13%) ITSM
8 1 (2.13%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.26%) MCSE
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (68.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (19.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (17.02%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 8 (17.02%) XenApp
3 8 (17.02%) XenDesktop
4 5 (10.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (6.38%) BitLocker
5 3 (6.38%) Hyper-V
6 2 (4.26%) Terminal Services
6 2 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (21.28%) SCCM
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.38%) Autotask
3 3 (6.38%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (6.38%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (55.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.40%) Citrix
3 8 (17.02%) NetApp
4 5 (10.64%) Apple
4 5 (10.64%) VMware
5 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.38%) Datto
7 2 (4.26%) Cisco