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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 103 91
Rank change year-on-year -1 -12 +13
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 24 35 62
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.29% 1.49% 2.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.48% 11.86% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 47
10th Percentile £188 £149 £140
25th Percentile £199 £195 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £264 £270
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -2.31% -8.47%
75th Percentile £478 £328 £485
90th Percentile £685 £383 £534
London median daily rate £250 £246 £245
% change year-on-year +1.63% +0.41% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £19.36 - -
25th Percentile £20.09 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.69 - £22.50
75th Percentile £23.66 - £23.75
90th Percentile £24.61 - -
London median hourly rate £23.00 £23.08 £60.00
% change year-on-year -0.33% -61.54% +207.69%

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 209 295 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.20% 12.57% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 196 305
10th Percentile £201 £208 £176
25th Percentile £313 £350 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £661 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £720
London median daily rate £496 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.90% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £20.33 £24.29 £23.88
25th Percentile £22.53 £26.03 £27.81
Median hourly rate £26.00 £69.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.59% +91.72% +79.01%
75th Percentile £29.13 £112.00 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.80 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £43.84
% change year-on-year -27.63% -20.73% +75.36%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 -1 18 £250 -5.21% 11
City of Westminster - 4 £475 -
West End of London - 1 £215 -
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) VPN
2 3 (12.50%) LAN
2 3 (12.50%) WAN
2 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (8.33%) DHCP
3 2 (8.33%) DNS
3 2 (8.33%) IP Telephony
3 2 (8.33%) VLAN
4 1 (4.17%) Internet
4 1 (4.17%) Intranet
4 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Automotive
4 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Support Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) IT Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) IT Support
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) PowerShell Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.33%) SCCM Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Administrator
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Field Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Administrator
6 1 (4.17%) Rollout Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Hedge funds
1 3 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (8.33%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Android
2 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (8.33%) Mac OS X
2 2 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) ITIL
3 4 (16.67%) ITSM
4 3 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 3 (12.50%) Migration
4 3 (12.50%) Security Patching
4 3 (12.50%) Service Management
4 3 (12.50%) Software Deployment
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (8.33%) Application Packaging
5 2 (8.33%) Break/Fix
5 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (8.33%) Data Security
5 2 (8.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (8.33%) Network Management
5 2 (8.33%) Ticket Management
5 2 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.50%) Java
2 3 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) A+ Certification
2 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.17%) MCSA
2 1 (4.17%) MCSE
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) MOS
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (33.33%) SCCM
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (12.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) VMware
3 5 (20.83%) Citrix
4 3 (12.50%) Altiris
4 3 (12.50%) Apple
4 3 (12.50%) Ivanti
4 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 3 (12.50%) Symantec
5 2 (8.33%) Remedy
6 1 (4.17%) Adobe
6 1 (4.17%) Avaya
6 1 (4.17%) Bloomberg
6 1 (4.17%) BMC
6 1 (4.17%) Dell
6 1 (4.17%) HP
6 1 (4.17%) Polycom
6 1 (4.17%) Reuters
6 1 (4.17%) Snow
6 1 (4.17%) Wyse