Windows Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 187 272 429
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.71% 11.43% 12.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.64% 65.86% 65.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 191 301
10th Percentile £178 £160 £133
25th Percentile £200 £217 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £443 £300
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +47.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £569 £609 £450
90th Percentile £745 £694 £575
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 35
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.32 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.17 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.25 £16.48 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.01% -0.12% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £17.52 £20.00
90th Percentile - £18.13 £23.15
England median hourly rate £17.72 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.24% +12.50% +17.65%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

Windows 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 244 413 653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.68% 17.35% 18.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 277 449
10th Percentile £185 £171 £150
25th Percentile £251 £350 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £505 £405
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% +24.69% +11.72%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £519
90th Percentile £698 £694 £600
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 36
10th Percentile £14.83 £14.71 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.25 £13.84
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.94 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% +2.64% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £48.13 £25.75 £23.00
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +19.44%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -5 56 £350 -12.50% 49
Warwickshire +13 27 £300 -31.82% 15
Coventry +4 26 £600 +10.34% 9
Herefordshire +4 23 £567 -12.85% 12
Worcestershire -1 13 £500 -13.04% 27
Shropshire +15 11 £206 -59.78% 11
Solihull -18 10 £200 -56.99% 4
Staffordshire -11 4 £375 +114.29% 27
Dudley -3 1 £425 +29.77% 3
Wednesbury - 1 £260 -
Windows
England

Windows
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 29 (15.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (12.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.14%) CMS
4 3 (1.60%) IIS
5 2 (1.07%) IBM Domino
5 2 (1.07%) WordPress
6 1 (0.53%) Apache
6 1 (0.53%) Confluence
6 1 (0.53%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (10.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) MFGPRO
1 1 (0.53%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.53%) Sage 50
1 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (37.43%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (28.88%) Azure
3 25 (13.37%) Entra ID
4 18 (9.63%) OneDrive
5 15 (8.02%) Power Platform
6 14 (7.49%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.81%) AWS
8 8 (4.28%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.21%) Azure Functions
9 6 (3.21%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.21%) Serverless
9 6 (3.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (2.67%) CloudFront
11 3 (1.60%) IaaS
11 3 (1.60%) PaaS
12 2 (1.07%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.07%) SaaS
13 1 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
13 1 (0.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 43 (22.99%) DNS
2 20 (10.70%) DHCP
2 20 (10.70%) Network Security
2 20 (10.70%) VPN
3 19 (10.16%) WAN
4 16 (8.56%) LAN
5 14 (7.49%) Firewall
5 14 (7.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 13 (6.95%) TCP/IP
7 8 (4.28%) NetScaler
8 7 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (3.21%) SAN
9 6 (3.21%) Unified Communications
10 5 (2.67%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.67%) Wireless
11 3 (1.60%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.60%) Internet
11 3 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.60%) VLAN
11 3 (1.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.95%) Big Data
2 11 (5.88%) Power BI
3 10 (5.35%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (3.21%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.53%) MS Access
5 1 (0.53%) MySQL
5 1 (0.53%) Redis
5 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
1 1 (0.53%) GitLab
1 1 (0.53%) Hudson
1 1 (0.53%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (0.53%) JIRA
1 1 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 57 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.63%) Finance
4 16 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.21%) Back Office
6 6 (3.21%) Legal
7 5 (2.67%) Retail
8 3 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Law
8 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.07%) Advertising
9 2 (1.07%) Games
9 2 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Automotive
10 1 (0.53%) Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.53%) Military
10 1 (0.53%) Police
10 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (14.44%) Analyst
2 20 (10.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 16 (8.56%) 2nd Line Support
4 16 (8.56%) Support Engineer
5 12 (6.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 11 (5.88%) Deployment Engineer
7 10 (5.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 10 (5.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (5.35%) Security Engineer
7 10 (5.35%) Service Analyst
7 10 (5.35%) Service Desk Analyst
7 10 (5.35%) SIEM Engineer
7 10 (5.35%) Technical Support
8 9 (4.81%) Architect
8 9 (4.81%) Service Desk Support
9 8 (4.28%) Desktop Engineer
9 8 (4.28%) IT Support
10 7 (3.74%) Technical Analyst
10 7 (3.74%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.49%) Apache NiFi
2 10 (5.35%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.67%) OAuth
3 5 (2.67%) OAuth2
3 5 (2.67%) SAML
4 2 (1.07%) LAMP
4 2 (1.07%) Middleware
5 1 (0.53%) .NET
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (0.53%) JSON
5 1 (0.53%) Kafka
5 1 (0.53%) LDAP
5 1 (0.53%) OLE
5 1 (0.53%) React
5 1 (0.53%) REST
5 1 (0.53%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.95%) Cyber Defence
1 13 (6.95%) Distributed Applications
1 13 (6.95%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (5.35%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.28%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.74%) PKI
4 7 (3.74%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (3.21%) Digital Signage
6 5 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.14%) AS400
7 4 (2.14%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.60%) Clustering
8 3 (1.60%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.60%) Replication
8 3 (1.60%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.07%) CMDB
9 2 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.07%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 54 (28.88%) Windows Server
2 53 (28.34%) Linux
3 49 (26.20%) Windows 10
4 24 (12.83%) Unix
5 17 (9.09%) Apple iOS
6 16 (8.56%) Android
6 16 (8.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (6.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (6.42%) Ubuntu
8 12 (6.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (4.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (3.74%) Mac OS
11 5 (2.67%) Windows 7
12 2 (1.07%) VMS
12 2 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.53%) CentOS
13 1 (0.53%) HPUX
13 1 (0.53%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.53%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (16.58%) SIEM
2 30 (16.04%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (15.51%) ITIL
4 26 (13.90%) Customer Service
5 23 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (10.70%) Data Pipeline
7 17 (9.09%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 17 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (8.56%) Analytics
8 16 (8.56%) Visualisation
9 15 (8.02%) Security Architecture
9 15 (8.02%) Security Operations
10 14 (7.49%) Data Management
10 14 (7.49%) Problem Management
11 13 (6.95%) Actionable Insight
11 13 (6.95%) Change Management
11 13 (6.95%) Data Engineering
11 13 (6.95%) Information Security
11 13 (6.95%) Kalman Filter
12 11 (5.88%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.28%) R
3 7 (3.74%) C#
4 6 (3.21%) Java
5 5 (2.67%) SQL
6 4 (2.14%) Python
7 1 (0.53%) Bash
7 1 (0.53%) Bicep
7 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 47 (25.13%) Security Cleared
2 20 (10.70%) DV Cleared
3 17 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.95%) Degree
5 5 (2.67%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.60%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.07%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.07%) MCP
8 2 (1.07%) MCSE
9 1 (0.53%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.53%) MCDST
9 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.95%) Actionable Recommendations
2 9 (4.81%) SLA
3 7 (3.74%) NIST
4 5 (2.67%) ISO 9000
5 2 (1.07%) QA
6 1 (0.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 85 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 16 (8.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 11 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (4.81%) iptables
5 8 (4.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (4.28%) XenApp
5 8 (4.28%) XenDesktop
6 6 (3.21%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.67%) Docker
7 5 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.60%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.60%) vSphere
9 2 (1.07%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.53%) Snort
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.53%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 33 (17.65%) SCCM
2 22 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (5.88%) Kibana
4 10 (5.35%) logstash
4 10 (5.35%) vCenter Server
5 6 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.67%) SysTrack
7 3 (1.60%) Autotask
7 3 (1.60%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.07%) Terraform
9 1 (0.53%) Ansible
9 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.53%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.53%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 68 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.04%) VMware
3 19 (10.16%) Citrix
4 11 (5.88%) Red Hat
5 9 (4.81%) NetApp
6 8 (4.28%) Cisco
7 7 (3.74%) Oracle
7 7 (3.74%) Veeam
8 6 (3.21%) Apple
8 6 (3.21%) SAP
8 6 (3.21%) Splunk
9 5 (2.67%) New Relic
9 5 (2.67%) OpenAI
10 4 (2.14%) Darktrace
10 4 (2.14%) FireEye
10 4 (2.14%) LogRhythm
10 4 (2.14%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.60%) Datto
11 3 (1.60%) Fujitsu
11 3 (1.60%) Sage