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 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 10 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 206 240 427
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.59% 10.73% 11.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.44% 72.29% 64.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 164 294
10th Percentile £158 £163 £133
25th Percentile £205 £224 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £425 £310
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +37.10% -3.13%
75th Percentile £584 £627 £459
90th Percentile £725 £700 £575
England median daily rate £400 £450 £424
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.19% +5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 39
10th Percentile £14.66 £13.16 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.20 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.00 £16.48 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% -0.12% +3.13%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.04 £20.00
90th Percentile - £22.25 £23.75
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.40% +17.50% +21.21%

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 266 332 665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.68% 14.84% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 209 442
10th Percentile £181 £172 £150
25th Percentile £256 £275 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £538
90th Percentile £688 £694 £600
England median daily rate £475 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 39
10th Percentile £14.99 £13.16 £11.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.25 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.94 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% +2.64% +3.13%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £32.75 £23.75
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 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 1 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
Birmingham -3 54 £350 -12.50% 37
Warwickshire +19 44 £570 -15.56% 28
Herefordshire +3 26 £583 -10.31% 5
Coventry +4 25 £650 +33.33% 10
Worcestershire -1 13 £525 +5.00% 15
Shropshire -3 11 £298 -25.50% 2
Solihull -17 9 £175 -41.67% 6
Staffordshire -7 5 £238 +35.71% 31
Dudley -1 1 £425 +29.77% 3
Wednesbury - 1 £260 - 1
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 28 (13.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (11.17%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.40%) IIS
4 5 (2.43%) CMS
5 4 (1.94%) Apache
6 2 (0.97%) WordPress
7 1 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.49%) Confluence
7 1 (0.49%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 17 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) MFGPRO
1 1 (0.49%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 72 (34.95%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (24.76%) Azure
3 22 (10.68%) Entra ID
4 19 (9.22%) OneDrive
5 15 (7.28%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.80%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.88%) AWS
8 6 (2.91%) Azure Functions
8 6 (2.91%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.91%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.91%) Serverless
8 6 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (2.43%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.97%) GitHub
10 2 (0.97%) IaaS
10 2 (0.97%) PaaS
11 1 (0.49%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.49%) Route 53
11 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (21.84%) DNS
2 23 (11.17%) DHCP
3 22 (10.68%) Network Security
4 19 (9.22%) WAN
5 17 (8.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 17 (8.25%) VPN
6 16 (7.77%) LAN
7 14 (6.80%) Firewall
8 12 (5.83%) TCP/IP
9 11 (5.34%) Remote Desktop
10 9 (4.37%) SAN
11 8 (3.88%) NetScaler
12 7 (3.40%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.91%) Unified Communications
14 5 (2.43%) Kerberos
14 5 (2.43%) SD-WAN
14 5 (2.43%) Wireless
15 4 (1.94%) Internet
16 3 (1.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.77%) Big Data
2 13 (6.31%) Power BI
3 10 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.94%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.49%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) Redis
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (5.34%) Git
2 3 (1.46%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.97%) GitLab
3 2 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.49%) Hudson
4 1 (0.49%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.49%) JIRA
4 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (10.19%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.25%) Finance
5 6 (2.91%) Legal
6 5 (2.43%) Back Office
6 5 (2.43%) Retail
7 4 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.46%) Banking
8 3 (1.46%) Games
9 2 (0.97%) Advertising
9 2 (0.97%) French Language
9 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Law
10 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.49%) Military
10 1 (0.49%) Police
10 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (16.50%) Analyst
2 22 (10.68%) Support Engineer
3 21 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (9.22%) Support Analyst
5 16 (7.77%) 2nd Line Support
6 13 (6.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 13 (6.31%) Service Analyst
7 11 (5.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 11 (5.34%) Service Desk Analyst
8 10 (4.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 10 (4.85%) SIEM Engineer
9 9 (4.37%) Applications Engineer
9 9 (4.37%) Architect
9 9 (4.37%) Deployment Engineer
9 9 (4.37%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (4.37%) Security Engineer
9 9 (4.37%) Senior
10 8 (3.88%) Technical Support
11 7 (3.40%) IT Support
11 7 (3.40%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.74%) Apache NiFi
2 11 (5.34%) YAML
3 10 (4.85%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.43%) LDAP
4 5 (2.43%) OAuth
4 5 (2.43%) OAuth2
4 5 (2.43%) SAML
5 2 (0.97%) LAMP
5 2 (0.97%) Middleware
5 2 (0.97%) REST
6 1 (0.49%) JSON
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) OLE
6 1 (0.49%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.77%) Cyber Defence
1 16 (7.77%) Distributed Applications
1 16 (7.77%) PKI
2 13 (6.31%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (5.83%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.37%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (3.88%) Replication
6 7 (3.40%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.91%) Digital Signage
8 5 (2.43%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.43%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.46%) Clustering
9 3 (1.46%) Fat Client
9 3 (1.46%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.46%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.97%) AS400
10 2 (0.97%) CMDB
10 2 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.97%) iPad
10 2 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (33.50%) Linux
2 56 (27.18%) Windows 10
3 53 (25.73%) Windows Server
4 25 (12.14%) Unix
5 21 (10.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (9.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (9.22%) Android
7 19 (9.22%) Apple iOS
8 15 (7.28%) Ubuntu
9 13 (6.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (5.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (3.40%) Mac OS
12 5 (2.43%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.94%) CentOS
14 3 (1.46%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.97%) VMS
15 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.49%) HPUX
16 1 (0.49%) Windows Vista
16 1 (0.49%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (19.42%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (16.50%) SIEM
3 28 (13.59%) Customer Service
4 25 (12.14%) ITIL
5 24 (11.65%) Data Pipeline
6 23 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (10.19%) Security Operations
8 20 (9.71%) Analytics
8 20 (9.71%) Validation
9 19 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (8.74%) Security Architecture
11 17 (8.25%) Information Security
12 16 (7.77%) Actionable Insight
12 16 (7.77%) Data Engineering
12 16 (7.77%) Data Management
12 16 (7.77%) Kalman Filter
12 16 (7.77%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 16 (7.77%) Visualisation
13 15 (7.28%) Infrastructure Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (25.24%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.88%) R
3 6 (2.91%) C#
3 6 (2.91%) Java
4 4 (1.94%) Bash
4 4 (1.94%) Python
5 3 (1.46%) SQL
6 1 (0.49%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 66 (32.04%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.08%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.62%) DV Cleared
4 13 (6.31%) Degree
5 5 (2.43%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.43%) OSCP
6 4 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.46%) MCP
8 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.97%) MCSE
9 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.49%) MCDST
9 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.77%) Actionable Recommendations
2 9 (4.37%) SLA
3 8 (3.88%) NIST
4 5 (2.43%) ISO 9000
5 3 (1.46%) QA
6 2 (0.97%) GDPR
6 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 92 (44.66%) Active Directory
2 33 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (8.74%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (8.25%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (7.77%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (4.85%) VMware NSX
7 9 (4.37%) iptables
8 8 (3.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 8 (3.88%) XenApp
8 8 (3.88%) XenDesktop
9 7 (3.40%) vSphere
10 6 (2.91%) Docker
10 6 (2.91%) Hyper-V
11 5 (2.43%) VMware Server
12 4 (1.94%) VMFS
13 3 (1.46%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.97%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.49%) Snort
15 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (16.99%) SCCM
2 20 (9.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (7.28%) Terraform
4 14 (6.80%) Ansible
5 13 (6.31%) vCenter Server
6 12 (5.83%) Progress Chef
6 12 (5.83%) Puppet
7 11 (5.34%) Kibana
7 11 (5.34%) Salt
8 10 (4.85%) logstash
9 6 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (2.43%) SysTrack
11 3 (1.46%) Autotask
11 3 (1.46%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
13 1 (0.49%) Nessus
13 1 (0.49%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.49%) Rancher
13 1 (0.49%) SCOM
Vendors
1 75 (36.41%) Microsoft
2 47 (22.82%) VMware
3 26 (12.62%) Red Hat
4 20 (9.71%) Citrix
5 9 (4.37%) NetApp
5 9 (4.37%) SaltStack
6 8 (3.88%) Cisco
7 7 (3.40%) Apple
7 7 (3.40%) Splunk
7 7 (3.40%) Veeam
8 6 (2.91%) Oracle
8 6 (2.91%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.43%) CA
9 5 (2.43%) Darktrace
9 5 (2.43%) FireEye
9 5 (2.43%) LogRhythm
9 5 (2.43%) New Relic
9 5 (2.43%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.94%) SAP
11 3 (1.46%) Fujitsu