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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 86 91
Rank change year-on-year -23 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 23 34 43
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.10% 1.64% 1.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.45% 12.55% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 32
10th Percentile £181 £171 £140
25th Percentile £185 £211 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £275 £246
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +11.68% +29.78%
75th Percentile £453 £368 £450
90th Percentile £685 £586 £568
London median daily rate £250 £260 £250
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £19.63
25th Percentile - - £20.67
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £25.00
% change year-on-year -11.25% -3.28% +28.21%

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 171 271 340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.19% 13.09% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 188 246
10th Percentile £188 £219 £183
25th Percentile £313 £350 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% -10.89%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £630
90th Percentile £768 £696 £719
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £19.26 £39.40 -
25th Percentile £19.85 £66.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £22.27 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -80.12% +397.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £26.60 - £23.75
90th Percentile £28.34 - -
London median hourly rate £24.00 £26.54 £24.86
% change year-on-year -9.55% +6.76% -2.53%

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 11 February 2026.

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 11 February 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
City of London -24 19 £200 -27.27% 3
City of Westminster - 3 £475 - 1
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 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) VPN
1 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.35%) DHCP
2 1 (4.35%) DNS
2 1 (4.35%) LAN
2 1 (4.35%) NetScaler
2 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Support Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) IT Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) IT Support
3 8 (34.78%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) PowerShell Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Citrix Support
5 1 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Hedge funds
2 2 (8.70%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (4.35%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Android
2 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) User Experience
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Application Packaging
3 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
3 3 (13.04%) ITSM
3 3 (13.04%) Security Patching
3 3 (13.04%) Software Deployment
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (8.70%) Break/Fix
4 2 (8.70%) Configuration Management
4 2 (8.70%) Data Security
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (8.70%) Network Management
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Experience
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.35%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (4.35%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Java
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
1 3 (13.04%) Python
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) CCA
2 1 (4.35%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (56.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) XenApp
2 1 (4.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) SCCM
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (13.04%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (4.35%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Citrix
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 3 (13.04%) Altiris
3 3 (13.04%) Ivanti
3 3 (13.04%) Symantec
4 2 (8.70%) Apple
4 2 (8.70%) Remedy
4 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.35%) BMC
5 1 (4.35%) Dell
5 1 (4.35%) HP