Windows Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 347 393 708
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.43% 12.10% 14.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.46% 73.18% 70.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 270 474
10th Percentile £145 £150 £128
25th Percentile £188 £200 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £286
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +31.00% +4.09%
75th Percentile £550 £576 £438
90th Percentile £675 £694 £548
England median daily rate £400 £450 £424
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.19% +5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 63
10th Percentile £12.98 £11.80 £12.30
25th Percentile £14.27 £13.16 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.48 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% -8.44% +20.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.50 £22.50
90th Percentile £24.18 £26.89 £23.95
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.40% +17.50% +21.21%

All Operating Systems
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 Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 448 537 1,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.05% 16.53% 19.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 353 664
10th Percentile £150 £160 £133
25th Percentile £200 £228 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 £388
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.55% +7.04%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £500
90th Percentile £658 £694 £583
England median daily rate £475 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 30 66
10th Percentile £13.20 £11.80 £12.38
25th Percentile £14.27 £13.16 £14.53
Median hourly rate £19.00 £16.82 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.98% -1.07% +13.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.56 £21.82
90th Percentile £24.67 £40.25 £23.88
England median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +22.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
West Midlands +1 206 £390 -8.24% 147
East Midlands +5 139 £275 -15.38% 114
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 42 (12.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (10.66%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.02%) IIS
4 6 (1.73%) Apache
5 5 (1.44%) CMS
5 5 (1.44%) JBoss
6 2 (0.58%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 31 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) MFGPRO
1 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.29%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 112 (32.28%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (17.58%) Azure
3 27 (7.78%) Entra ID
4 20 (5.76%) OneDrive
5 19 (5.48%) AWS
6 15 (4.32%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.73%) Azure Functions
8 6 (1.73%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.73%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.73%) Serverless
8 6 (1.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.44%) CloudFront
9 5 (1.44%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.86%) IaaS
11 2 (0.58%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.58%) GitHub
11 2 (0.58%) PaaS
12 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (15.27%) DNS
2 29 (8.36%) VPN
3 26 (7.49%) DHCP
4 24 (6.92%) Firewall
4 24 (6.92%) TCP/IP
5 23 (6.63%) Network Security
5 23 (6.63%) WAN
6 20 (5.76%) SAN
7 19 (5.48%) LAN
8 17 (4.90%) Intrusion Detection
9 16 (4.61%) Fibre Channel
10 11 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
11 10 (2.88%) NetScaler
12 9 (2.59%) Internet
13 8 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.73%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.73%) Wireless
15 5 (1.44%) Kerberos
15 5 (1.44%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
3 16 (4.61%) Big Data
4 13 (3.75%) Power BI
5 6 (1.73%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.29%) MySQL
7 1 (0.29%) Redis
7 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (4.61%) Git
2 10 (2.88%) JIRA
3 6 (1.73%) GitLab
3 6 (1.73%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.73%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.44%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (1.44%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (1.44%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.29%) Hudson
7 1 (0.29%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 85 (24.50%) Social Skills
2 43 (12.39%) Public Sector
3 34 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.07%) Finance
5 9 (2.59%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.02%) Banking
6 7 (2.02%) Legal
7 5 (1.44%) Back Office
7 5 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.44%) Retail
7 5 (1.44%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.15%) Electronics
8 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.15%) Marketing
9 3 (0.86%) Games
10 2 (0.58%) Advertising
10 2 (0.58%) French Language
10 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 56 (16.14%) Support Engineer
2 50 (14.41%) Analyst
3 31 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (8.07%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (7.20%) IT Engineer
6 21 (6.05%) IT Support
6 21 (6.05%) Service Analyst
7 20 (5.76%) Support Analyst
8 19 (5.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 19 (5.48%) Service Desk Analyst
9 17 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 17 (4.90%) Architect
10 14 (4.03%) Deployment Engineer
10 14 (4.03%) Desktop Engineer
10 14 (4.03%) Windows Engineer
11 13 (3.75%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 13 (3.75%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (3.75%) Technical Support
12 12 (3.46%) IT Technician
13 11 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.19%) Apache NiFi
2 15 (4.32%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (3.17%) YAML
4 5 (1.44%) LDAP
4 5 (1.44%) OAuth
4 5 (1.44%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.44%) SAML
4 5 (1.44%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.15%) OpenAPI
5 4 (1.15%) RAML
5 4 (1.15%) RESTful
5 4 (1.15%) Swagger
6 2 (0.58%) LAMP
6 2 (0.58%) Middleware
6 2 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.58%) REST
7 1 (0.29%) Flash
7 1 (0.29%) JSON
7 1 (0.29%) OLE
7 1 (0.29%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.61%) Cyber Defence
1 16 (4.61%) Distributed Applications
1 16 (4.61%) PKI
2 15 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.75%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.75%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (2.31%) Replication
6 6 (1.73%) Digital Signage
6 6 (1.73%) HP Storage
7 5 (1.44%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.44%) Clustering
7 5 (1.44%) Cyberattack
7 5 (1.44%) iPad
8 4 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.15%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.15%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.86%) Grid Computing
9 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 92 (26.51%) Linux
2 90 (25.94%) Windows 10
3 88 (25.36%) Windows Server
4 38 (10.95%) Windows 7
5 29 (8.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (7.49%) Apple iOS
7 25 (7.20%) Unix
8 23 (6.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (6.63%) Windows Vista
9 19 (5.48%) Android
10 17 (4.90%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (4.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (4.32%) Ubuntu
13 10 (2.88%) Mac OS
14 9 (2.59%) AIX
14 9 (2.59%) Solaris
15 4 (1.15%) CentOS
15 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.86%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (14.70%) Customer Service
2 40 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 34 (9.80%) ITIL
3 34 (9.80%) SIEM
4 31 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (6.92%) Data Pipeline
6 22 (6.34%) Information Security
7 21 (6.05%) Security Operations
8 20 (5.76%) Analytics
8 20 (5.76%) Validation
9 19 (5.48%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (5.19%) DevOps
10 18 (5.19%) Infrastructure Monitoring
10 18 (5.19%) Security Architecture
11 17 (4.90%) Data Management
11 17 (4.90%) Migration
12 16 (4.61%) Data Engineering
12 16 (4.61%) Service Delivery
12 16 (4.61%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 66 (19.02%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.90%) SQL
3 11 (3.17%) C#
4 10 (2.88%) Java
5 9 (2.59%) Python
6 8 (2.31%) Bash
6 8 (2.31%) R
7 5 (1.44%) Perl
8 1 (0.29%) Bicep
8 1 (0.29%) Ruby
8 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 114 (32.85%) Security Cleared
2 70 (20.17%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.09%) DV Cleared
4 19 (5.48%) Degree
5 14 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.44%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.44%) MCITP
6 5 (1.44%) MCTS
6 5 (1.44%) OSCP
7 4 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.15%) MCSE
8 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.86%) MCP
9 2 (0.58%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.29%) MCDST
10 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.61%) Actionable Recommendations
2 14 (4.03%) SLA
3 8 (2.31%) NIST
4 5 (1.44%) ISO 9000
5 4 (1.15%) GDPR
5 4 (1.15%) QA
6 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 147 (42.36%) Active Directory
2 48 (13.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (5.48%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.75%) Hyper-V
7 11 (3.17%) Docker
7 11 (3.17%) VMware NSX
8 10 (2.88%) XenApp
8 10 (2.88%) XenDesktop
9 9 (2.59%) iptables
10 8 (2.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 7 (2.02%) vSphere
12 6 (1.73%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (1.44%) VMware Server
14 4 (1.15%) BitLocker
14 4 (1.15%) VMFS
15 2 (0.58%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 2 (0.58%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (13.83%) SCCM
2 28 (8.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.19%) Progress Chef
4 17 (4.90%) Ansible
5 16 (4.61%) Kibana
5 16 (4.61%) Terraform
6 14 (4.03%) vCenter Server
7 12 (3.46%) Puppet
8 11 (3.17%) Salt
9 10 (2.88%) logstash
10 9 (2.59%) EMC NetWorker
10 9 (2.59%) SCOM
11 7 (2.02%) Kubernetes
12 6 (1.73%) Autotask
12 6 (1.73%) HP Data Protector
12 6 (1.73%) NetBackup
12 6 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.44%) SysTrack
14 4 (1.15%) SCSM
15 3 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 116 (33.43%) Microsoft
2 66 (19.02%) VMware
3 33 (9.51%) Red Hat
4 26 (7.49%) Citrix
5 20 (5.76%) Cisco
6 17 (4.90%) Apple
7 13 (3.75%) Oracle
7 13 (3.75%) Splunk
8 12 (3.46%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.17%) EMC
10 9 (2.59%) NetApp
10 9 (2.59%) SaltStack
11 8 (2.31%) Brocade
11 8 (2.31%) HP
11 8 (2.31%) SAP
12 7 (2.02%) Veeam
13 6 (1.73%) Symantec
14 5 (1.44%) CA
14 5 (1.44%) LogRhythm
14 5 (1.44%) New Relic