Windows 10 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 150 97 96
Rank change year-on-year -53 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 463 832 1,276
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.90% 2.24% 2.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.56% 16.40% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 572 912
10th Percentile £153 £148 £140
25th Percentile £196 £185 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £225 £220
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £369 £400 £375
90th Percentile £553 £575 £538
UK median daily rate £225 £225 £220
% change year-on-year - +2.27% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 90 89
10th Percentile £18.21 £10.95 £13.79
25th Percentile £18.51 £11.07 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £17.11 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.27% -7.51% +2.13%
75th Percentile £28.00 £21.50 £25.08
90th Percentile £32.68 £40.18 £53.11
UK median hourly rate £23.90 £16.94 £18.50
% change year-on-year +41.13% -8.46% +3.04%

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 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 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
London -42 150 £300 +14.29% 66
South East -36 86 £250 +16.28% 82
North of England -36 77 £200 -9.09% 69
Midlands +5 68 £190 -5.00% 37
South West +45 58 £220 -2.22% 47
North West -18 53 £188 -16.67% 37
West Midlands +14 51 £190 -5.00% 22
Yorkshire -26 21 £225 +18.42% 24
East of England +21 20 £225 +2.27% 41
East Midlands -6 17 £190 +18.75% 13
North East -2 3 £300 +100.00% 8
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 93 (20.09%) SharePoint
2 72 (15.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.38%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.08%) Confluence
5 3 (0.65%) CMS
5 3 (0.65%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.22%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 108 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.43%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 238 (51.40%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (21.38%) Azure
3 51 (11.02%) Entra ID
4 44 (9.50%) OneDrive
5 12 (2.59%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.30%) Yammer
7 4 (0.86%) AWS
7 4 (0.86%) IaaS
7 4 (0.86%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.65%) PaaS
9 2 (0.43%) Asana
9 2 (0.43%) GitHub
9 2 (0.43%) SaaS
9 2 (0.43%) Slack
9 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.22%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.22%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.22%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 83 (17.93%) VPN
2 49 (10.58%) DNS
3 45 (9.72%) Firewall
3 45 (9.72%) Wi-Fi
4 40 (8.64%) DHCP
5 28 (6.05%) LAN
6 25 (5.40%) VLAN
7 22 (4.75%) Skype
7 22 (4.75%) WAN
8 17 (3.67%) VoIP
9 15 (3.24%) Remote Desktop
10 13 (2.81%) TCP/IP
11 11 (2.38%) Wireless
12 6 (1.30%) VSAN
13 5 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (1.08%) NAS
13 5 (1.08%) Network Security
14 4 (0.86%) Softphone
14 4 (0.86%) SSL
14 4 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (2.16%) JIRA
2 7 (1.51%) MSI
3 3 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.22%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 191 (41.25%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.98%) Finance
3 42 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.86%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.75%) Banking
6 19 (4.10%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.24%) Legal
7 15 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.81%) Law
9 13 (2.81%) Marketing
10 12 (2.59%) Electronics
11 10 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.30%) Local Government
14 5 (1.08%) Military
14 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.65%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.43%) Publishing
16 2 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (26.78%) Support Engineer
2 77 (16.63%) Desktop Engineer
3 70 (15.12%) Analyst
4 67 (14.47%) Desktop Support
5 52 (11.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 49 (10.58%) IT Support
6 49 (10.58%) Windows Engineer
7 45 (9.72%) 2nd Line Support
7 45 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 44 (9.50%) IT Engineer
9 35 (7.56%) Service Analyst
9 35 (7.56%) Service Desk Analyst
10 34 (7.34%) IT Support Engineer
11 32 (6.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 29 (6.26%) Senior
13 28 (6.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 28 (6.05%) Deployment Engineer
14 26 (5.62%) Support Analyst
15 19 (4.10%) 1st Line Support
16 15 (3.24%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) Web Services
2 2 (0.43%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.22%) .NET
3 1 (0.22%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.22%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.62%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.18%) Video Conferencing
3 18 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.67%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.46%) NHS
5 16 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.24%) PKI
7 14 (3.02%) iPhone
8 12 (2.59%) iPad
9 11 (2.38%) Smartphone
10 7 (1.51%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.08%) CMDB
12 5 (1.08%) Life Science
13 4 (0.86%) Blackberry
13 4 (0.86%) Clustering
13 4 (0.86%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 463 (100.00%) Windows
2 75 (16.20%) Windows Server
3 32 (6.91%) Windows 7
4 30 (6.48%) Apple iOS
5 22 (4.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (4.54%) Mac OS
6 21 (4.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 20 (4.32%) Android
7 20 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (3.46%) Linux
9 8 (1.73%) Windows XP
10 6 (1.30%) Windows 8
10 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.86%) Windows Vista
13 3 (0.65%) Solaris
14 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.43%) VMS
15 1 (0.22%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (27.00%) Customer Service
2 109 (23.54%) ITIL
3 100 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (10.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (8.42%) Asset Management
5 39 (8.42%) ITSM
5 39 (8.42%) Service Management
6 33 (7.13%) Time Management
7 31 (6.70%) Migration
8 26 (5.62%) Service Delivery
9 19 (4.10%) User Experience
10 18 (3.89%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (3.89%) Incident Management
11 16 (3.46%) Break/Fix
11 16 (3.46%) Root Cause Analysis
12 15 (3.24%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (3.02%) Software Licensing
14 13 (2.81%) Antivirus Management
14 13 (2.81%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 12 (2.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 84 (18.14%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.67%) SQL
3 12 (2.59%) VBScript
4 6 (1.30%) VB
5 3 (0.65%) Python
6 1 (0.22%) Bash
6 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 118 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 93 (20.09%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.86%) DV Cleared
4 35 (7.56%) Degree
5 33 (7.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (4.54%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (3.24%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.59%) MCSE
9 5 (1.08%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.08%) MCP
9 5 (1.08%) MCSA
10 3 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.65%) CCNA
10 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.22%) GIAC
12 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.64%) SLA
2 11 (2.38%) QA
3 7 (1.51%) GDPR
4 3 (0.65%) NCSC
5 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
System Software
1 262 (56.59%) Active Directory
2 50 (10.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.67%) BitLocker
3 17 (3.67%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.38%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (1.94%) vSphere
8 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.65%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.43%) XenApp
12 1 (0.22%) NFS
12 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 123 (26.57%) SCCM
2 106 (22.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (3.02%) WSUS
4 13 (2.81%) AppManager
5 7 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.08%) SmoothWall
7 4 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.65%) OPNET
8 3 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.43%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.43%) Ansible
9 2 (0.43%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 2 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.43%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.43%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.22%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 268 (57.88%) Microsoft
2 68 (14.69%) ServiceNow
3 65 (14.04%) VMware
4 36 (7.78%) Cisco
5 31 (6.70%) Citrix
6 25 (5.40%) Dell
7 23 (4.97%) HP
8 16 (3.46%) McAfee
9 15 (3.24%) Apple
10 14 (3.02%) Ivanti
11 13 (2.81%) SAP
12 12 (2.59%) Google
12 12 (2.59%) Symantec
13 11 (2.38%) iManage
14 9 (1.94%) Remedy
14 9 (1.94%) Wyse
15 7 (1.51%) Meraki
15 7 (1.51%) Nexthink
15 7 (1.51%) Zscaler
16 6 (1.30%) SolarWinds