Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Windows 10
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 67 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 -36 +42
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 5 2 43
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.66% 0.31% 5.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.05% 2.20% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 26
10th Percentile - £277 £136
25th Percentile £205 £333 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £433 £200
Median % change year-on-year -51.45% +116.25% -20.40%
75th Percentile £215 £538 £240
90th Percentile £221 £598 £259
Scotland median daily rate £150 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £17.44
25th Percentile - - £18.13
Median hourly rate - - £20.29
75th Percentile - - £24.18
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - £25.15 £20.29
% change year-on-year - +23.98% +25.45%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 99 91 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.03% 14.24% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 50 97
10th Percentile £148 £220 £157
25th Percentile £208 £413 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £477 £340
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +40.29% -14.47%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £500
90th Percentile £600 £641 £603
Scotland median daily rate £400 £473 £400
% change year-on-year -15.34% +18.13% -13.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 16
10th Percentile - - £16.61
25th Percentile - - £18.10
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.10%
75th Percentile £36.66 - £24.18
90th Percentile £61.70 - £40.84
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £25.15 £20.29
% change year-on-year -37.14% +23.98% -39.37%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) A+ Certification
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow