Windows 10 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows 10 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 10 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 98 97
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 788 1,182 1,910
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.15% 2.48% 2.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.52% 15.38% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 858 1,332
10th Percentile £150 £140 £130
25th Percentile £185 £170 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £215 £205
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +4.88% -6.82%
75th Percentile £400 £379 £375
90th Percentile £575 £540 £500
UK median daily rate £225 £215 £208
% change year-on-year +4.65% +3.61% -7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 72 151
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.57 £12.55
25th Percentile £11.01 £16.25 £14.63
Median hourly rate £16.25 £18.75 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +4.17% +16.13%
75th Percentile £22.00 £25.31 £22.25
90th Percentile £36.75 £56.54 £24.50
UK median hourly rate £16.86 £18.50 £17.91
% change year-on-year -8.86% +3.29% +15.55%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows 10 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 England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,078 7,684 10,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.83% 16.14% 15.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,468 5,415 7,566
10th Percentile £185 £194 £173
25th Percentile £300 £325 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 354 516
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.19
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.73 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +22.86%
75th Percentile £61.90 £65.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London -28 252 £263 +10.53% 77
South East 0 211 £225 +9.76% 72
North of England +19 150 £220 +10.00% 72
North West +21 96 £225 +4.65% 36
Midlands +9 87 £200 +5.26% 42
West Midlands +1 54 £200 -10.11% 19
South West -52 54 £225 -2.17% 53
Yorkshire +9 51 £190 +8.57% 35
East Midlands +5 33 £160 +31.15% 23
East of England -27 31 £225 +20.81% 27
North East +9 3 £150 -8.40% 1
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 89 (11.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (8.38%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.65%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.38%) IIS
6 2 (0.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 204 (25.89%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) LabWindows
1 4 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.38%) Eikon
3 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 400 (50.76%) Microsoft 365
2 152 (19.29%) Azure
3 68 (8.63%) Entra ID
4 37 (4.70%) OneDrive
5 17 (2.16%) AWS
6 14 (1.78%) OCI
7 10 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.51%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.38%) IaaS
9 3 (0.38%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.38%) SaaS
9 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.25%) BigCommerce
10 2 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.25%) GitHub
10 2 (0.25%) PaaS
10 2 (0.25%) Slack
11 1 (0.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 86 (10.91%) VPN
2 81 (10.28%) DNS
3 74 (9.39%) Firewall
4 52 (6.60%) DHCP
5 47 (5.96%) LAN
6 33 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (3.55%) TCP/IP
8 26 (3.30%) WAN
9 23 (2.92%) Wireless
10 21 (2.66%) SAN
11 20 (2.54%) Skype
11 20 (2.54%) VoIP
12 17 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (1.65%) NetScaler
14 11 (1.40%) VLAN
15 7 (0.89%) WAAS
15 7 (0.89%) WebEx
16 6 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
17 5 (0.63%) Internet
17 5 (0.63%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.25%) Power BI
3 1 (0.13%) DTS
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (1.78%) JIRA
2 7 (0.89%) MSI
3 6 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.63%) Git
4 5 (0.63%) InstallShield
4 5 (0.63%) Subversion
5 2 (0.25%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 328 (41.62%) Social Skills
2 95 (12.06%) Finance
3 67 (8.50%) Organisational Skills
4 62 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 43 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (2.79%) Telecoms
7 21 (2.66%) Manufacturing
8 19 (2.41%) Legal
8 19 (2.41%) Marketing
9 18 (2.28%) Banking
10 17 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.90%) Electronics
12 14 (1.78%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.65%) Retail
14 11 (1.40%) Law
15 9 (1.14%) French Language
16 8 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.76%) Mandarin Language
18 5 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 5 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 159 (20.18%) Support Engineer
2 137 (17.39%) Analyst
3 97 (12.31%) IT Support
4 93 (11.80%) Desktop Engineer
4 93 (11.80%) Desktop Support
5 75 (9.52%) Service Analyst
5 75 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
6 66 (8.38%) Windows Engineer
7 64 (8.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 61 (7.74%) IT Engineer
9 59 (7.49%) 2nd Line Support
10 52 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 51 (6.47%) Senior
12 49 (6.22%) Support Analyst
13 44 (5.58%) Deployment Engineer
14 41 (5.20%) IT Analyst
15 36 (4.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 33 (4.19%) IT Support Engineer
17 32 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 29 (3.68%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.65%) XMPP
2 4 (0.51%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.38%) .NET
3 3 (0.38%) WPF
4 2 (0.25%) MFC
4 2 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.25%) VML
4 2 (0.25%) WinForms
5 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.13%) JSON
5 1 (0.13%) LDAP
5 1 (0.13%) Middleware
5 1 (0.13%) OAuth
5 1 (0.13%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.13%) SAML
5 1 (0.13%) Web Services
5 1 (0.13%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.13%) XML
5 1 (0.13%) X-Windows
5 1 (0.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.33%) Driving Licence
2 32 (4.06%) Video Conferencing
3 28 (3.55%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.43%) iPhone
5 25 (3.17%) iPad
6 20 (2.54%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.41%) NHS
8 18 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.16%) Blackberry
10 15 (1.90%) BYOD
10 15 (1.90%) CMDB
11 13 (1.65%) Smartphone
12 10 (1.27%) Clustering
12 10 (1.27%) Hedge funds
13 9 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 9 (1.14%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.89%) Digital Signage
14 7 (0.89%) PKI
15 6 (0.76%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 787 (99.87%) Windows
2 160 (20.30%) Windows Server
3 112 (14.21%) Windows 7
4 73 (9.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 69 (8.76%) Apple iOS
6 63 (7.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 62 (7.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 53 (6.73%) Mac OS
9 37 (4.70%) Android
10 24 (3.05%) Linux
11 19 (2.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (2.28%) Windows XP
13 17 (2.16%) Windows NT
14 11 (1.40%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.89%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.51%) VMS
18 3 (0.38%) Unix
19 2 (0.25%) CentOS
19 2 (0.25%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (31.47%) Customer Service
2 175 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (21.32%) ITIL
4 63 (7.99%) Migration
5 56 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 49 (6.22%) Mobile Device Management
7 48 (6.09%) ITSM
8 47 (5.96%) Time Management
9 46 (5.84%) Service Management
10 36 (4.57%) Decision-Making
11 32 (4.06%) Asset Management
12 30 (3.81%) Service Delivery
13 29 (3.68%) Project Management
14 28 (3.55%) Proactive Monitoring
15 26 (3.30%) Software Deployment
16 24 (3.05%) Change Management
16 24 (3.05%) Disaster Recovery
16 24 (3.05%) Performance Monitoring
17 22 (2.79%) Break/Fix
17 22 (2.79%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (13.96%) PowerShell
2 33 (4.19%) SQL
3 12 (1.52%) VBScript
4 10 (1.27%) VB
5 7 (0.89%) C#
6 6 (0.76%) Python
7 5 (0.63%) C
8 3 (0.38%) C++
8 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.25%) C++/CLI
10 1 (0.13%) Bash
10 1 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 177 (22.46%) Security Cleared
2 97 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.53%) Degree
4 82 (10.41%) DV Cleared
5 39 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (2.92%) CCNA
6 23 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (2.03%) CCNP
7 16 (2.03%) MCSE
8 13 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.89%) A+ Certification
10 7 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.89%) MCSA
10 7 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.51%) MCTS
12 4 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (10.66%) SLA
2 26 (3.30%) Disclosure Scotland
2 26 (3.30%) QA
3 5 (0.63%) GDPR
4 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 433 (54.95%) Active Directory
2 78 (9.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (4.57%) Hyper-V
4 31 (3.93%) Firmware
5 23 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (2.66%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (2.03%) XenApp
8 13 (1.65%) BitLocker
8 13 (1.65%) XenDesktop
9 11 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (1.02%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.51%) vSphere
14 3 (0.38%) KVM
14 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.25%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
16 1 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 268 (34.01%) SCCM
2 122 (15.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (4.95%) WSUS
4 31 (3.93%) Jamf Pro
5 21 (2.66%) vCenter Server
6 18 (2.28%) SCOM
6 18 (2.28%) Sysprep
7 14 (1.78%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (1.78%) NetBackup
8 10 (1.27%) Autotask
9 9 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (1.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.76%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.38%) AppManager
11 3 (0.38%) OPNET
11 3 (0.38%) Terraform
12 2 (0.25%) logstash
12 2 (0.25%) Packer
12 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 454 (57.61%) Microsoft
2 98 (12.44%) Apple
2 98 (12.44%) VMware
3 87 (11.04%) ServiceNow
4 84 (10.66%) Citrix
5 59 (7.49%) HP
6 51 (6.47%) Cisco
7 27 (3.43%) Dell
8 22 (2.79%) SAP
9 19 (2.41%) Adobe
9 19 (2.41%) Symantec
10 18 (2.28%) Veeam
11 17 (2.16%) Oracle
12 15 (1.90%) Ivanti
12 15 (1.90%) Juniper
12 15 (1.90%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.78%) 3PAR
13 14 (1.78%) EMC
13 14 (1.78%) Extreme Networks
14 10 (1.27%) Bloomberg