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

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 318 431 695
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.81% 13.13% 13.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.56% 73.80% 70.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 300 461
10th Percentile £145 £145 £128
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 £550 £430
90th Percentile £675 £688 £538
England median daily rate £400 £450 £420
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 32 62
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.80 £12.58
25th Percentile £14.27 £14.18 £14.87
Median hourly rate £17.72 £17.61 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +0.62% -6.95% +24.10%
75th Percentile £20.50 £20.75 £22.75
90th Percentile £23.75 £27.40 £24.95
England median hourly rate £17.72 £22.57 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.47% +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 410 584 983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.22% 17.79% 19.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 392 655
10th Percentile £150 £158 £139
25th Percentile £200 £233 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +18.67% +3.59%
75th Percentile £538 £568 £500
90th Percentile £630 £690 £586
England median daily rate £471 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.10% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 34 70
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.80 £13.18
25th Percentile £14.27 £14.64 £14.87
Median hourly rate £17.86 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% +4.24% +13.33%
75th Percentile £23.31 £22.25 £22.63
90th Percentile £23.75 £36.43 £24.55
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.11% +72.73% +23.94%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 £363 -17.14% 150
East Midlands +4 134 £273 -16.15% 119
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 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (10.38%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.57%) CMS
3 5 (1.57%) JBoss
4 3 (0.94%) Apache
4 3 (0.94%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) WordPress
6 1 (0.31%) Confluence
6 1 (0.31%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.31%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) MFGPRO
1 1 (0.31%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.31%) RMDS
1 1 (0.31%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 103 (32.39%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (18.87%) Azure
3 26 (8.18%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.29%) AWS
5 19 (5.97%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (4.09%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.89%) Azure Functions
8 6 (1.89%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.89%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.89%) Serverless
8 6 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.57%) CloudFront
9 5 (1.57%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.94%) IaaS
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.63%) GitHub
11 2 (0.63%) PaaS
12 1 (0.31%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (15.72%) DNS
2 30 (9.43%) VPN
3 25 (7.86%) Firewall
4 24 (7.55%) TCP/IP
4 24 (7.55%) WAN
5 23 (7.23%) DHCP
6 21 (6.60%) LAN
6 21 (6.60%) Network Security
7 19 (5.97%) SAN
8 16 (5.03%) Fibre Channel
9 14 (4.40%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (3.14%) NetScaler
11 9 (2.83%) Internet
12 8 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.89%) Unified Communications
14 6 (1.89%) Wireless
15 5 (1.57%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.57%) VoIP
16 4 (1.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.35%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (4.09%) Big Data
4 11 (3.46%) Power BI
5 6 (1.89%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.89%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.63%) 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 (3.14%) JIRA
2 6 (1.89%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.89%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.57%) Bitbucket Server
3 5 (1.57%) CA Release Automation
3 5 (1.57%) Git
3 5 (1.57%) SonarQube
3 5 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.26%) GitLab
5 2 (0.63%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) Hudson
6 1 (0.31%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 77 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.69%) Public Sector
3 31 (9.75%) Finance
4 30 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.83%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.89%) Back Office
7 6 (1.89%) Legal
7 6 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.57%) Banking
8 5 (1.57%) Retail
8 5 (1.57%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.26%) Electronics
9 4 (1.26%) Marketing
10 3 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.94%) Games
10 3 (0.94%) Law
11 2 (0.63%) Advertising
11 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (15.41%) Support Engineer
2 46 (14.47%) Analyst
3 26 (8.18%) 2nd Line Support
3 26 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (6.92%) IT Engineer
5 21 (6.60%) IT Support
6 19 (5.97%) Architect
6 19 (5.97%) Service Analyst
6 19 (5.97%) Service Desk Analyst
6 19 (5.97%) Support Analyst
7 17 (5.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 15 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (4.72%) IT Technician
9 14 (4.40%) Deployment Engineer
9 14 (4.40%) Technical Support
10 13 (4.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 13 (4.09%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (4.09%) Windows Engineer
11 12 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.46%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.72%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (4.40%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (1.57%) OAuth
3 5 (1.57%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.57%) SAML
3 5 (1.57%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.26%) OpenAPI
4 4 (1.26%) RAML
4 4 (1.26%) RESTful
4 4 (1.26%) Swagger
5 2 (0.63%) LAMP
5 2 (0.63%) Middleware
5 2 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
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%) REST
6 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.09%) Cyber Defence
1 13 (4.09%) Distributed Applications
1 13 (4.09%) Driving Licence
1 13 (4.09%) Linux Command Line
2 12 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.46%) PKI
4 8 (2.52%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (1.89%) Digital Signage
5 6 (1.89%) HP Storage
6 5 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.57%) Clustering
6 5 (1.57%) Cyberattack
6 5 (1.57%) iPad
7 4 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.26%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.26%) Thin Client
8 3 (0.94%) AS400
8 3 (0.94%) CMDB
8 3 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 87 (27.36%) Windows Server
2 83 (26.10%) Windows 10
3 80 (25.16%) Linux
4 34 (10.69%) Windows 7
5 24 (7.55%) Unix
6 23 (7.23%) Apple iOS
7 20 (6.29%) Windows Vista
8 19 (5.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (5.03%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (5.03%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (4.72%) Android
11 15 (4.72%) Ubuntu
12 9 (2.83%) AIX
12 9 (2.83%) Solaris
13 8 (2.52%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.26%) CentOS
14 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.94%) VMS
16 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (14.78%) Customer Service
2 36 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (10.38%) ITIL
4 31 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 31 (9.75%) SIEM
5 27 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (6.29%) Data Pipeline
7 17 (5.35%) Analytics
7 17 (5.35%) Information Security
7 17 (5.35%) Security Operations
8 16 (5.03%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 16 (5.03%) Visualisation
9 15 (4.72%) CI/CD
9 15 (4.72%) Data Management
9 15 (4.72%) DevOps
9 15 (4.72%) Migration
9 15 (4.72%) Security Architecture
10 14 (4.40%) Service Delivery
11 13 (4.09%) Change Management
11 13 (4.09%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 48 (15.09%) PowerShell
2 18 (5.66%) SQL
3 11 (3.46%) C#
4 10 (3.14%) Java
5 8 (2.52%) Bash
5 8 (2.52%) Python
5 8 (2.52%) R
6 5 (1.57%) Perl
7 1 (0.31%) Bicep
7 1 (0.31%) Ruby
7 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 92 (28.93%) Security Cleared
2 55 (17.30%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.43%) DV Cleared
4 17 (5.35%) Degree
5 14 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.57%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.57%) MCITP
6 5 (1.57%) MCTS
7 4 (1.26%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.26%) MCSE
8 3 (0.94%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.63%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.63%) MCP
9 2 (0.63%) 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 (4.40%) SLA
2 13 (4.09%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (2.20%) NIST
4 5 (1.57%) ISO 9000
5 3 (0.94%) QA
6 2 (0.63%) GDPR
7 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 135 (42.45%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (5.03%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.40%) Hyper-V
6 12 (3.77%) Docker
7 11 (3.46%) VMware NSX
8 10 (3.14%) XenApp
8 10 (3.14%) XenDesktop
9 9 (2.83%) iptables
10 8 (2.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 7 (2.20%) vSphere
12 6 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (1.57%) VMware Server
14 4 (1.26%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
16 2 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
16 2 (0.63%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
17 1 (0.31%) Snort
Systems Management
1 45 (14.15%) SCCM
2 27 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (5.03%) Kibana
4 15 (4.72%) vCenter Server
5 10 (3.14%) logstash
6 9 (2.83%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (2.20%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.20%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.89%) Ansible
8 6 (1.89%) Autotask
8 6 (1.89%) HP Data Protector
8 6 (1.89%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.89%) SCOM
8 6 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.57%) SysTrack
9 5 (1.57%) Terraform
10 3 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.94%) SCSM
11 1 (0.31%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 107 (33.65%) Microsoft
2 48 (15.09%) VMware
3 23 (7.23%) Citrix
4 21 (6.60%) Cisco
5 17 (5.35%) Red Hat
6 16 (5.03%) Apple
7 14 (4.40%) Oracle
8 13 (4.09%) Splunk
9 11 (3.46%) EMC
10 10 (3.14%) SAP
11 9 (2.83%) NetApp
11 9 (2.83%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.52%) Brocade
12 8 (2.52%) HP
13 7 (2.20%) Veeam
14 6 (1.89%) Symantec
15 5 (1.57%) AppDynamics
15 5 (1.57%) FireEye
15 5 (1.57%) LogRhythm
15 5 (1.57%) New Relic