Windows 10 Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Windows 10
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 63 77 71
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 -15
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 16 19 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.73% 1.25% 2.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.43% 10.33% 16.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 36
10th Percentile £184 - £120
25th Percentile £189 £210 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £263 £303
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -13.22% +80.60%
75th Percentile £208 £287 £478
90th Percentile £238 £305 £500
North West median daily rate £188 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.65% +22.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.20 - £13.96
Median hourly rate £14.40 £17.72 £14.66
Median % change year-on-year -18.74% +20.87% -18.56%
75th Percentile £14.60 - £15.37
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £14.40 £10.95 £18.00
% change year-on-year +31.51% -39.17% +1.67%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 140 184 281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 15.12% 12.13% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 134 203
10th Percentile £174 £300 £196
25th Percentile £212 £350 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £513 £663 £619
90th Percentile £611 £850 £673
North West median daily rate £393 £438 £476
% change year-on-year -10.17% -7.99% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 11
10th Percentile - £17.14 £13.96
25th Percentile - £17.72 £26.00
Median hourly rate £13.00 £25.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.51% -8.18% +50.68%
75th Percentile £14.60 - £39.80
90th Percentile £23.24 £61.60 £47.50
North West median hourly rate £17.44 £16.00 £29.30
% change year-on-year +9.00% -45.39% +62.78%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in Manchester

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in Manchester

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in Manchester

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Bolton - 6 £190 -
Oldham - 2 £200 -
Windows 10
North West

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
4 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) VPN
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) DHCP
3 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
2 3 (18.75%) IT Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Service Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Support
3 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Field Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) NHS
2 2 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
2 2 (12.50%) RBAC
2 2 (12.50%) User Experience
2 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (6.25%) Disk Encryption
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) BitLocker
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (31.25%) SCCM
3 2 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix
3 2 (12.50%) CyberArk
3 2 (12.50%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) Zscaler
4 1 (6.25%) Dell
4 1 (6.25%) HP
4 1 (6.25%) Ivanti