Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Windows 10
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 91 87
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +32
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 22 38 54
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.10% 1.63% 2.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.58% 13.15% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 40
10th Percentile £181 £159 £140
25th Percentile £186 £193 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £265 £281
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% -5.78% +6.13%
75th Percentile £481 £338 £496
90th Percentile £685 £545 £540
London median daily rate £225 £250 £245
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.16
25th Percentile - - £19.51
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £20.72
75th Percentile - - £22.55
90th Percentile - - £23.27
London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.30 £32.50
% change year-on-year -16.33% -19.09% +66.67%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 208 289 389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.36% 12.42% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 197 287
10th Percentile £200 £208 £184
25th Percentile £325 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £614 £594
90th Percentile £775 £696 £697
London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £19.46 - -
25th Percentile £20.33 - -
Median hourly rate £24.88 £112.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -77.78% +491.65% -7.66%
75th Percentile £28.94 - £21.34
90th Percentile £29.28 - £22.79
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Central London

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Central London over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in Central London

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. 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
City of London -20 17 £200 -24.53% 9
City of Westminster - 4 £475 -
Windows 10
London

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) VPN
2 3 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.55%) IP Telephony
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Automotive
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.55%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Support Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) IT Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) IT Support
3 7 (31.82%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) PowerShell Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Administrator
6 1 (4.55%) Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Field Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) IT Administrator
6 1 (4.55%) Rollout Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) SCCM Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.64%) Hedge funds
3 2 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (9.09%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Android
2 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) User Experience
2 4 (18.18%) ITSM
2 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
3 3 (13.64%) ITIL
3 3 (13.64%) Security Patching
3 3 (13.64%) Software Deployment
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (9.09%) Application Packaging
4 2 (9.09%) Break/Fix
4 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
4 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.09%) Data Security
4 2 (9.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (9.09%) Network Management
4 2 (9.09%) Service Management
5 1 (4.55%) Migration
5 1 (4.55%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.64%) Java
2 3 (13.64%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) SCCM
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (13.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) VMware
3 4 (18.18%) Citrix
4 3 (13.64%) Altiris
4 3 (13.64%) Ivanti
4 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
4 3 (13.64%) Symantec
5 2 (9.09%) Apple
5 2 (9.09%) Remedy
6 1 (4.55%) Bloomberg
6 1 (4.55%) BMC
6 1 (4.55%) Dell
6 1 (4.55%) HP
6 1 (4.55%) Reuters
6 1 (4.55%) Snow