Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows 10
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 205 188
Rank change year-on-year -106 -17 -41
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 119 168 228
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.60% 1.24% 1.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.76% 10.50% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 111 145
10th Percentile £185 £180 £154
25th Percentile £200 £206 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £275 £265
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +3.77% +10.42%
75th Percentile £363 £400 £475
90th Percentile £464 £538 £650
England median daily rate £205 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -8.89% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 19
10th Percentile £23.85 £19.06 £15.90
25th Percentile £24.38 £22.00 £17.32
Median hourly rate £25.50 £23.00 £21.80
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% +5.50% -12.80%
75th Percentile £26.38 £23.50 £23.08
90th Percentile £26.75 £24.00 £32.00
England median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +11.96% +41.54% -14.47%

All Operating Systems
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,534 1,600 2,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.77% 11.83% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,086 1,452
10th Percentile £200 £240 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £499
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.20% -9.27%
75th Percentile £588 £636 £600
90th Percentile £688 £744 £738
England median daily rate £463 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -0.43% -2.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 40 65
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £14.89
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.11 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +9.09% -56.00%
75th Percentile £26.75 £25.18 £27.00
90th Percentile £58.30 £50.68 £60.00
England median hourly rate £31.75 £22.56 £24.68
% change year-on-year +40.74% -8.58% -41.94%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in London

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in London

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
West London -13 11 £226 -9.80% 3
Central London -25 11 £195 -32.17% 2
South London -14 3 £425 +69.66%
East London +2 1 £225 -35.71%
North London - 1 £325 -
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (10.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (67.23%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (31.09%) Azure
3 29 (24.37%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.72%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.68%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.84%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.84%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.84%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.92%) DNS
2 12 (10.08%) DHCP
3 10 (8.40%) TCP/IP
3 10 (8.40%) Wireless
4 9 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (5.04%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (4.20%) VoIP
7 3 (2.52%) Internet
7 3 (2.52%) VPN
8 2 (1.68%) Firewall
8 2 (1.68%) LAN
8 2 (1.68%) WAN
9 1 (0.84%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.84%) Intranet
9 1 (0.84%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.84%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.84%) VLAN
9 1 (0.84%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.84%) Power BI
1 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) JIRA
General
1 56 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.85%) Finance
3 11 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.40%) Banking
5 8 (6.72%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.88%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.20%) Front Office
7 5 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.20%) Local Government
8 4 (3.36%) French Language
8 4 (3.36%) Legal
9 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.68%) Retail
10 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.84%) Law
11 1 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (46.22%) Support Engineer
2 39 (32.77%) IT Support
3 31 (26.05%) IT Engineer
3 31 (26.05%) IT Support Engineer
4 13 (10.92%) Analyst
5 9 (7.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (6.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 8 (6.72%) Deployment Engineer
6 8 (6.72%) Senior
6 8 (6.72%) Windows Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Desktop Support
8 6 (5.04%) IT Support Technician
8 6 (5.04%) IT Technician
8 6 (5.04%) Mac Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Support Technician
9 5 (4.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) X-Windows
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.84%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.24%) Enterprise Software
1 11 (9.24%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (3.36%) iPhone
4 3 (2.52%) BYOD
4 3 (2.52%) iPad
5 2 (1.68%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.84%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.84%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.84%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.84%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.84%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.84%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.84%) Life Science
6 1 (0.84%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.84%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 119 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (13.45%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.40%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.72%) Apple iOS
5 7 (5.88%) Mac OS X
5 7 (5.88%) Windows 7
6 6 (5.04%) Android
7 3 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.68%) Linux
8 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.17%) ITIL
1 24 (20.17%) Migration
1 24 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (19.33%) Customer Service
3 15 (12.61%) User Experience
4 13 (10.92%) Asset Management
4 13 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (8.40%) Service Delivery
5 10 (8.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (6.72%) IT Asset Management
6 8 (6.72%) ITSM
6 8 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (5.88%) Change Management
8 6 (5.04%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (5.04%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (5.04%) Service Management
8 6 (5.04%) Workflow
9 5 (4.20%) Agile
9 5 (4.20%) Application Packaging
9 5 (4.20%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.97%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.68%) SQL
3 1 (0.84%) Bicep
3 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.84%) Python
3 1 (0.84%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (15.13%) Degree
2 9 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (5.04%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.36%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.68%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.84%) CCA
7 1 (0.84%) CCNA
7 1 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.84%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.08%) SLA
2 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.68%) GDPR
3 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.68%) NCSC
4 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 89 (74.79%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.52%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.52%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.84%) vSphere
4 1 (0.84%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (31.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (16.81%) SCCM
3 2 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.68%) WMI
4 1 (0.84%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.84%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (62.18%) Microsoft
2 26 (21.85%) ServiceNow
3 11 (9.24%) Apple
4 9 (7.56%) Citrix
5 8 (6.72%) VMware
6 6 (5.04%) Bloomberg
6 6 (5.04%) Cisco
6 6 (5.04%) Samsung
7 5 (4.20%) Reuters
8 3 (2.52%) Remedy
9 2 (1.68%) Charles River
9 2 (1.68%) Meraki
9 2 (1.68%) Qualys
10 1 (0.84%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.84%) Okta
10 1 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.84%) Snow
10 1 (0.84%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.84%) Tanium
10 1 (0.84%) Yealink