Windows 10 Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 170 205
Rank change year-on-year -19 +35 -49
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 156 376 582
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.04% 1.50% 1.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.02% 10.89% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 286 409
10th Percentile £160 £135 £150
25th Percentile £200 £182 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £250 £350
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £475 £487 £488
90th Percentile £604 £600 £588
UK median daily rate £225 £215 £205
% change year-on-year +4.65% +4.88% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 38
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.45 £12.50
25th Percentile £12.63 £15.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% -11.63% +19.44%
75th Percentile £17.29 £22.41 £23.75
90th Percentile £18.21 £30.41 £24.75
UK median hourly rate £16.25 £18.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -12.16% +2.78% +16.28%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,557 3,454 5,394
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.36% 13.75% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,092 2,433 3,815
10th Percentile £221 £250 £298
25th Percentile £350 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £682 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £470 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -7.84% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 101 158
10th Percentile £12.85 £19.00 £14.43
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £17.94
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £42.92
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +28.15% +15.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows 10
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows 10 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10.

Windows 10 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Windows 10 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10.

Windows 10 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 40 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.97%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.28%) Confluence
3 2 (1.28%) IIS
4 1 (0.64%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 32 (20.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.28%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Shopify
2 1 (0.64%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 99 (63.46%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (33.97%) Azure
3 43 (27.56%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.97%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.13%) AWS
6 2 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.28%) BigCommerce
6 2 (1.28%) GitHub
6 2 (1.28%) IaaS
6 2 (1.28%) SaaS
6 2 (1.28%) Slack
6 2 (1.28%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.64%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.64%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.64%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.64%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.54%) DNS
2 14 (8.97%) Firewall
2 14 (8.97%) VPN
3 9 (5.77%) DHCP
4 5 (3.21%) WAAS
5 4 (2.56%) VoIP
5 4 (2.56%) WebEx
6 3 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.28%) LAN
7 2 (1.28%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.64%) MQTT
8 1 (0.64%) NAS
8 1 (0.64%) RS-232
8 1 (0.64%) SAN
8 1 (0.64%) Skype
8 1 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.21%) JIRA
2 3 (1.92%) Git
3 2 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.64%) MSI
4 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.95%) Finance
3 13 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.56%) Legal
6 4 (2.56%) Marketing
6 4 (2.56%) Retail
7 3 (1.92%) Law
8 2 (1.28%) Banking
8 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.28%) French Language
9 1 (0.64%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.64%) Automotive
9 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.64%) German Language
9 1 (0.64%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.64%) Local Government
9 1 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (23.08%) Analyst
2 24 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
3 23 (14.74%) Service Analyst
4 13 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (8.33%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.05%) IT Support
6 10 (6.41%) IT Engineer
6 10 (6.41%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.77%) Consultant
8 8 (5.13%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (5.13%) Architect
8 8 (5.13%) Senior
9 7 (4.49%) Desktop Support
9 7 (4.49%) IT Analyst
10 6 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support
10 6 (3.85%) Security Engineer
11 5 (3.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 5 (3.21%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 5 (3.21%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (3.21%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.28%) .NET
1 2 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (1.28%) VML
1 2 (1.28%) WPF
2 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.64%) JSON
2 1 (0.64%) MFC
2 1 (0.64%) OAuth
2 1 (0.64%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.64%) SAML
2 1 (0.64%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.64%) Universal Windows Platform
2 1 (0.64%) WinForms
2 1 (0.64%) XML
2 1 (0.64%) X-Windows
2 1 (0.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.05%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (5.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 7 (4.49%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.49%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.21%) Blackberry
4 5 (3.21%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.92%) iPad
6 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.28%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.28%) IoT
6 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.64%) Clustering
7 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.64%) iPhone
7 1 (0.64%) NHS
7 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.64%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 156 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (16.03%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.90%) Windows 7
4 13 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (7.69%) Apple iOS
6 10 (6.41%) Mac OS
7 8 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.85%) Android
8 6 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (2.56%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (1.92%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.28%) Linux
11 2 (1.28%) Unix
11 2 (1.28%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (16.67%) ITIL
2 24 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 22 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (11.54%) Migration
5 15 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
7 9 (5.77%) Agile
7 9 (5.77%) Service Management
7 9 (5.77%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (5.13%) DDoS Mitigation
8 8 (5.13%) ITSM
9 7 (4.49%) Time Management
9 7 (4.49%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 6 (3.85%) Asset Management
11 5 (3.21%) Computer Science
11 5 (3.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (3.21%) Data Loss Prevention
11 5 (3.21%) DevOps
11 5 (3.21%) Service Delivery
11 5 (3.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (16.03%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.85%) SQL
3 5 (3.21%) VBScript
4 4 (2.56%) Python
5 2 (1.28%) C#
5 2 (1.28%) C++
6 1 (0.64%) Bash
6 1 (0.64%) C
6 1 (0.64%) C++/CLI
6 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 20 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.05%) Degree
4 7 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.21%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.92%) CCNA
7 3 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.28%) CCNP
8 2 (1.28%) MCSA
9 1 (0.64%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.90%) SLA
2 4 (2.56%) GDPR
2 4 (2.56%) QA
3 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.92%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.28%) NIST
5 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 103 (66.03%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.13%) XenApp
4 6 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.56%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.64%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.64%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.64%) KVM
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 50 (32.05%) SCCM
2 36 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.92%) AirWatch
5 2 (1.28%) Ansible
5 2 (1.28%) Kibana
5 2 (1.28%) logstash
5 2 (1.28%) Packer
5 2 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.28%) Terraform
5 2 (1.28%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.64%) QRadar
6 1 (0.64%) SCOM
6 1 (0.64%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 91 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.82%) Citrix
2 20 (12.82%) VMware
3 19 (12.18%) ServiceNow
4 12 (7.69%) Apple
5 9 (5.77%) CA
6 7 (4.49%) Qualys
7 6 (3.85%) Cisco
7 6 (3.85%) Dell
7 6 (3.85%) HP
8 5 (3.21%) Ivanti
8 5 (3.21%) Symantec
9 4 (2.56%) Adobe
9 4 (2.56%) Bloomberg
9 4 (2.56%) iManage
9 4 (2.56%) Reuters
10 3 (1.92%) F5
10 3 (1.92%) Planview
10 3 (1.92%) SAP
11 2 (1.28%) Sitecore