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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 321 403 711
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.81% 12.41% 14.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.35% 73.54% 71.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 276 474
10th Percentile £145 £145 £130
25th Percentile £186 £200 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £375 £285
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +31.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £576 £437
90th Percentile £658 £694 £543
England median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 64
10th Percentile £13.09 £11.80 £12.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £14.18 £14.74
Median hourly rate £18.50 £17.61 £18.55
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -5.07% +23.67%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.75 £22.75
90th Percentile £24.18 £27.40 £24.50
England median hourly rate £18.00 £22.57 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.23% +12.83% +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 415 548 1,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.26% 16.88% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 362 665
10th Percentile £150 £151 £135
25th Percentile £200 £233 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £379 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% +18.67% +3.59%
75th Percentile £538 £585 £500
90th Percentile £612 £693 £586
England median daily rate £470 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 35 71
10th Percentile £13.32 £11.80 £12.66
25th Percentile £14.38 £14.76 £14.72
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +4.24% +13.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.38 £22.50
90th Percentile £24.59 £40.25 £24.50
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.80 £21.50
% change year-on-year -43.47% +85.12% +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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 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
West Midlands -1 182 £350 -18.13% 158
East Midlands +5 136 £270 -16.92% 124
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 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (10.90%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.56%) CMS
3 5 (1.56%) JBoss
4 4 (1.25%) Apache
5 3 (0.93%) IIS
6 2 (0.62%) WordPress
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.31%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) MFGPRO
1 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.31%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 105 (32.71%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (18.69%) Azure
3 26 (8.10%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.23%) OneDrive
5 18 (5.61%) AWS
6 14 (4.36%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (4.05%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.87%) Azure Functions
8 6 (1.87%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.87%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.87%) Serverless
8 6 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.56%) CloudFront
9 5 (1.56%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.93%) IaaS
11 2 (0.62%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.62%) GitHub
11 2 (0.62%) PaaS
12 1 (0.31%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (15.89%) DNS
2 30 (9.35%) VPN
3 25 (7.79%) Firewall
4 24 (7.48%) DHCP
4 24 (7.48%) TCP/IP
5 23 (7.17%) WAN
6 20 (6.23%) LAN
6 20 (6.23%) Network Security
7 19 (5.92%) SAN
8 16 (4.98%) Fibre Channel
9 13 (4.05%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (3.12%) NetScaler
11 9 (2.80%) Internet
12 8 (2.49%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.87%) Unified Communications
13 6 (1.87%) Wireless
14 5 (1.56%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.56%) VoIP
15 4 (1.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.30%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (3.74%) Big Data
4 11 (3.43%) Power BI
5 6 (1.87%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.87%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.31%) MySQL
7 1 (0.31%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (3.12%) JIRA
2 6 (1.87%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.87%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.56%) Bitbucket Server
3 5 (1.56%) CA Release Automation
3 5 (1.56%) Git
3 5 (1.56%) GitLab
3 5 (1.56%) SonarQube
3 5 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.93%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) Hudson
6 1 (0.31%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 79 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.84%) Public Sector
3 30 (9.35%) Finance
4 29 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.80%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.18%) Legal
7 6 (1.87%) Back Office
8 5 (1.56%) Banking
8 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.56%) Retail
8 5 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.25%) Electronics
9 4 (1.25%) Marketing
10 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Games
10 3 (0.93%) Law
11 2 (0.62%) Advertising
11 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 54 (16.82%) Support Engineer
2 47 (14.64%) Analyst
3 28 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (8.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (7.79%) IT Engineer
6 21 (6.54%) IT Support
7 19 (5.92%) Service Analyst
7 19 (5.92%) Service Desk Analyst
7 19 (5.92%) Support Analyst
8 18 (5.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 17 (5.30%) Architect
10 16 (4.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (4.36%) Deployment Engineer
11 14 (4.36%) IT Technician
11 14 (4.36%) Technical Support
11 14 (4.36%) Windows Engineer
12 13 (4.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 13 (4.05%) Desktop Engineer
12 13 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.67%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (4.36%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (1.56%) OAuth
3 5 (1.56%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.56%) SAML
3 5 (1.56%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.25%) OpenAPI
4 4 (1.25%) RAML
4 4 (1.25%) RESTful
4 4 (1.25%) Swagger
5 2 (0.62%) LAMP
5 2 (0.62%) Middleware
5 2 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.62%) REST
6 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.31%) Flash
6 1 (0.31%) JSON
6 1 (0.31%) Kafka
6 1 (0.31%) OLE
6 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.05%) Driving Licence
1 13 (4.05%) Linux Command Line
2 12 (3.74%) Cyber Defence
2 12 (3.74%) Distributed Applications
3 11 (3.43%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.43%) PKI
4 9 (2.80%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (1.87%) Digital Signage
5 6 (1.87%) HP Storage
6 5 (1.56%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.56%) Clustering
6 5 (1.56%) Cyberattack
6 5 (1.56%) iPad
7 4 (1.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.25%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.25%) Thin Client
8 3 (0.93%) AS400
8 3 (0.93%) CMDB
8 3 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (27.10%) Windows 10
2 86 (26.79%) Windows Server
3 77 (23.99%) Linux
4 37 (11.53%) Windows 7
5 23 (7.17%) Unix
5 23 (7.17%) Windows Vista
6 22 (6.85%) Apple iOS
7 20 (6.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (5.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (5.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (5.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (4.67%) Ubuntu
10 14 (4.36%) Android
11 9 (2.80%) AIX
11 9 (2.80%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.80%) Solaris
12 4 (1.25%) CentOS
12 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.93%) VMS
14 2 (0.62%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (14.95%) Customer Service
2 35 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (10.28%) ITIL
4 31 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 31 (9.66%) SIEM
5 27 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (6.23%) Data Pipeline
7 18 (5.61%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 17 (5.30%) Information Security
8 17 (5.30%) Migration
8 17 (5.30%) Security Operations
9 16 (4.98%) Analytics
9 16 (4.98%) Visualisation
10 15 (4.67%) CI/CD
10 15 (4.67%) DevOps
11 14 (4.36%) Data Management
11 14 (4.36%) Security Architecture
11 14 (4.36%) Service Delivery
12 13 (4.05%) Change Management
12 13 (4.05%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 52 (16.20%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.61%) SQL
3 11 (3.43%) C#
4 10 (3.12%) Java
5 9 (2.80%) Python
6 8 (2.49%) Bash
6 8 (2.49%) R
7 5 (1.56%) Perl
8 1 (0.31%) Bicep
8 1 (0.31%) Ruby
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 92 (28.66%) Security Cleared
2 54 (16.82%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.35%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.61%) Degree
5 14 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.56%) MCITP
6 5 (1.56%) MCTS
7 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.25%) MCSE
8 3 (0.93%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.62%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.62%) MCP
9 2 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.31%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.31%) MCDST
10 1 (0.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.36%) SLA
2 12 (3.74%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (2.49%) NIST
4 5 (1.56%) ISO 9000
5 4 (1.25%) QA
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 137 (42.68%) Active Directory
2 33 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (4.98%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.05%) Hyper-V
6 11 (3.43%) Docker
6 11 (3.43%) VMware NSX
7 10 (3.12%) XenApp
7 10 (3.12%) XenDesktop
8 9 (2.80%) iptables
9 8 (2.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 7 (2.18%) vSphere
11 6 (1.87%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (1.56%) VMware Server
13 4 (1.25%) BitLocker
13 4 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.62%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 2 (0.62%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.31%) Snort
Systems Management
1 45 (14.02%) SCCM
2 28 (8.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.98%) Kibana
4 14 (4.36%) vCenter Server
5 10 (3.12%) logstash
6 9 (2.80%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (2.18%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.18%) Progress Chef
7 7 (2.18%) SCOM
8 6 (1.87%) Ansible
8 6 (1.87%) Autotask
8 6 (1.87%) HP Data Protector
8 6 (1.87%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.56%) SysTrack
9 5 (1.56%) Terraform
10 3 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.93%) SCSM
11 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 109 (33.96%) Microsoft
2 48 (14.95%) VMware
3 25 (7.79%) Citrix
4 20 (6.23%) Cisco
5 17 (5.30%) Red Hat
6 16 (4.98%) Apple
7 14 (4.36%) Oracle
8 13 (4.05%) Splunk
9 11 (3.43%) EMC
10 10 (3.12%) SAP
10 10 (3.12%) ServiceNow
11 9 (2.80%) NetApp
12 8 (2.49%) Brocade
12 8 (2.49%) HP
13 7 (2.18%) Veeam
14 6 (1.87%) Symantec
15 5 (1.56%) AppDynamics
15 5 (1.56%) FireEye
15 5 (1.56%) LogRhythm
15 5 (1.56%) New Relic