Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows 10
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 76 38
Rank change year-on-year -41 -38 +59
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 6 16 95
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.32% 1.38% 4.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.46% 9.58% 33.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 87
10th Percentile £173 £206 -
25th Percentile £192 £207 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £231 £215
Median % change year-on-year +10.27% +7.56% -63.40%
75th Percentile £265 £264 £575
90th Percentile £283 £269 £608
South East median daily rate £200 £250 £215
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.28% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.95
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -41.05% +156.76%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Windows 10 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 244 167 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.17% 14.43% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 109 201
10th Percentile £204 £232 £205
25th Percentile £350 £400 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +17.65% -17.48%
75th Percentile £494 £638 £575
90th Percentile £575 £700 £608
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 8
10th Percentile £20.79 - £45.06
25th Percentile £25.93 - £56.44
Median hourly rate £55.50 £24.66 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +125.06% -59.97% +8.31%
75th Percentile £78.00 - £62.45
90th Percentile £82.40 - £66.13
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year +69.64% -17.04% -30.27%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 10 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows 10.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in Berkshire

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows 10.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. 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
Reading -21 3 £260 +13.04% 1
Wokingham -30 2 £175 -33.33%
Windows 10
South East

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) 4G
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) BCP
2 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow