Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 141 99
Rank change year-on-year -64 -42 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 509 479 831
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.29% 1.96% 2.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.54% 14.00% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 344 571
10th Percentile £131 £158 £148
25th Percentile £161 £200 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £294 £388 £385
90th Percentile £488 £573 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £225 £220
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 22 89
10th Percentile £19.54 £18.51 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.25 £11.07
Median hourly rate £22.20 £24.09 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% +42.25% -8.46%
75th Percentile £26.25 £28.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £33.22 £41.14
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £24.09 £16.90
% change year-on-year -8.36% +42.57% -8.66%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,059 3,421 5,115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.28% 13.97% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,691 2,346 3,487
10th Percentile £181 £200 £180
25th Percentile £306 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £669 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 144 375
10th Percentile £15.30 £16.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £14.72
Median hourly rate £35.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.93% +12.09% -24.91%
75th Percentile £67.84 £64.06 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.81 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £24.18 £22.00
% change year-on-year +34.41% +9.91% -29.60%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in England

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
North of England -14 145 £174 -13.13% 17
London -53 144 £244 -22.00% 13
North West +12 110 £165 -12.00% 9
Midlands -61 74 £180 -5.26% 20
South East -80 57 £190 -24.00% 17
East of England -2 49 £200 -11.11% 12
South West -47 41 £220 - 16
East Midlands -10 39 £175 -7.89% 11
West Midlands -80 34 £185 -1.33% 9
Yorkshire -45 32 £190 -18.28% 4
North East -15 3 £180 -40.00% 5
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 85 (16.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (11.79%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.96%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 88 (17.29%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (4.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.79%) assyst
3 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 302 (59.33%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (22.40%) Azure
3 75 (14.73%) Entra ID
4 20 (3.93%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.77%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.18%) AWS
7 5 (0.98%) GCP
8 4 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.59%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.39%) SaaS
10 2 (0.39%) Slack
10 2 (0.39%) Viva Engage
11 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.20%) IaaS
11 1 (0.20%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 57 (11.20%) VPN
2 47 (9.23%) DNS
3 45 (8.84%) DHCP
4 40 (7.86%) Wi-Fi
5 38 (7.47%) LAN
6 31 (6.09%) WAN
7 25 (4.91%) Skype
8 22 (4.32%) Wireless
9 21 (4.13%) TCP/IP
9 21 (4.13%) VLAN
10 12 (2.36%) NetScaler
11 9 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (1.38%) VoIP
13 5 (0.98%) Firewall
13 5 (0.98%) IPv4
13 5 (0.98%) IPv6
14 4 (0.79%) Network Security
14 4 (0.79%) WAAS
15 2 (0.39%) RS-232
15 2 (0.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.36%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.18%) Power BI
3 4 (0.79%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 19 (3.73%) JIRA
2 9 (1.77%) MSI
3 6 (1.18%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.59%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
General
1 266 (52.26%) Social Skills
2 49 (9.63%) Finance
3 41 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 36 (7.07%) Banking
5 33 (6.48%) Legal
6 30 (5.89%) Manufacturing
7 27 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (4.32%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.55%) Electronics
12 13 (2.55%) Marketing
13 12 (2.36%) Law
14 8 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.18%) French Language
16 5 (0.98%) Front Office
16 5 (0.98%) Local Government
17 4 (0.79%) Police
18 3 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 155 (30.45%) Support Engineer
2 139 (27.31%) IT Support
3 110 (21.61%) IT Engineer
4 86 (16.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 77 (15.13%) Analyst
6 51 (10.02%) Desktop Support
7 44 (8.64%) Desktop Engineer
8 41 (8.06%) Support Analyst
8 41 (8.06%) Windows Engineer
9 39 (7.66%) 1st Line Support
10 37 (7.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 36 (7.07%) 2nd Line Support
12 29 (5.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 28 (5.50%) Service Analyst
14 26 (5.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 25 (4.91%) IT Analyst
15 25 (4.91%) Service Desk Analyst
16 24 (4.72%) Support Technician
17 23 (4.52%) Migration Engineer
17 23 (4.52%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.18%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.79%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.39%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.02%) Onboarding
2 26 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (4.32%) Smartphone
4 20 (3.93%) Driving Licence
5 19 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.96%) iPhone
7 7 (1.38%) CMDB
7 7 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (0.98%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.98%) iPad
8 5 (0.98%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.79%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.79%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.59%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.59%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.59%) NHS
11 2 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.39%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.39%) PKI
11 2 (0.39%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 497 (97.64%) Windows
2 43 (8.45%) Android
2 43 (8.45%) Mac OS
3 38 (7.47%) Windows Server
4 37 (7.27%) Apple iOS
5 36 (7.07%) Windows 7
6 19 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.36%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (1.77%) Mac OS X
9 8 (1.57%) Linux
9 8 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.18%) AIX
10 6 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.79%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.39%) CentOS
13 1 (0.20%) Unix
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (32.61%) Customer Service
2 107 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (18.86%) ITIL
4 88 (17.29%) Migration
5 69 (13.56%) ITSM
6 43 (8.45%) Service Management
7 39 (7.66%) User Experience
8 37 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (6.29%) Asset Management
10 30 (5.89%) Application Packaging
11 29 (5.70%) Workflow
12 28 (5.50%) Logistics
13 27 (5.30%) Change Management
14 22 (4.32%) Incident Management
15 21 (4.13%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (4.13%) Workflow Management
16 19 (3.73%) Service Delivery
17 17 (3.34%) Business Intelligence
18 16 (3.14%) Time Management
19 15 (2.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 62 (12.18%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.14%) VBScript
3 11 (2.16%) VB
4 9 (1.77%) SQL
5 5 (0.98%) Bash
6 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 106 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 88 (17.29%) SC Cleared
3 56 (11.00%) Degree
4 28 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.75%) MCSE
7 10 (1.96%) A+ Certification
7 10 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.57%) CCA
8 8 (1.57%) Citrix Certification
9 7 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.39%) HNC
12 2 (0.39%) HND
13 1 (0.20%) CCNA
13 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.52%) SLA
2 6 (1.18%) GDPR
3 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.39%) GLP
5 2 (0.39%) GMP
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) NCSC
6 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 282 (55.40%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.75%) BitLocker
3 14 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.38%) XenDesktop
5 5 (0.98%) XenApp
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.20%) NFS
7 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 112 (22.00%) SCCM
2 104 (20.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.75%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (2.16%) WSUS
5 5 (0.98%) SCVMM
6 4 (0.79%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.39%) WMI
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
8 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 308 (60.51%) Microsoft
2 84 (16.50%) ServiceNow
3 48 (9.43%) Citrix
4 26 (5.11%) Apple
5 25 (4.91%) Cisco
6 23 (4.52%) HP
6 23 (4.52%) VMware
7 22 (4.32%) Remedy
8 17 (3.34%) Bomgar
8 17 (3.34%) iManage
9 16 (3.14%) Dell
10 14 (2.75%) SAP
11 8 (1.57%) McAfee
11 8 (1.57%) Starlink
12 6 (1.18%) Oracle
13 5 (0.98%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.98%) Google
14 4 (0.79%) IBM
15 3 (0.59%) MobileIron
15 3 (0.59%) Reuters