Windows 10 Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Windows 10
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Windows 10 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 10 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 27 14
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 10 1 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 10.20% 0.61% 10.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 52.63% 3.45% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 15
10th Percentile £204 - -
25th Percentile £211 £198 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £205 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -51.76% -2.86%
75th Percentile £423 £213 £494
90th Percentile £538 - £538
South West median daily rate £220 £225 £228
% change year-on-year -2.22% -1.10% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £17.19
25th Percentile - - £17.31
Median hourly rate - - £35.43
75th Percentile - - £59.11
90th Percentile - - £60.25
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £13.13 £17.50
% change year-on-year +41.03% -25.00% -30.00%

All Operating Systems
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 19 29 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 19.39% 17.58% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 48
10th Percentile £202 £175 £160
25th Percentile £223 £175 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £189 £450
Median % change year-on-year +65.07% -57.93% +20.00%
75th Percentile £539 £606 £603
90th Percentile £658 £769 £613
South West median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 14
10th Percentile - - £17.04
25th Percentile - - £17.31
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £51.13
Median % change year-on-year - -72.62% +4.90%
75th Percentile - - £57.25
90th Percentile - - £59.06
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in Dorset

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in Dorset

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in Dorset

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in Dorset

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Blandford Forum - 5 £525 -
Bournemouth +2 2 £200 -2.44% 2
Windows 10
South West

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Skype
1 4 (40.00%) VLAN
1 4 (40.00%) VoIP
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 3 (30.00%) DHCP
2 3 (30.00%) DNS
2 3 (30.00%) LAN
2 3 (30.00%) WAN
2 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (10.00%) NAS
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) SAN
4 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Build Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) VMS
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) NsoIT
1 4 (40.00%) Service Management
1 4 (40.00%) System Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Server Building
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
1 4 (40.00%) WSUS
2 3 (30.00%) AppManager
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (10.00%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) Ivanti