Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Windows 10
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 63 74
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 10 17 36
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.93% 1.47% 2.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.93% 16.83% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 30
10th Percentile £122 £214 £150
25th Percentile £140 £230 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £400 £245
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +63.27% +36.11%
75th Percentile £205 £438 £270
90th Percentile £244 £470 £330
North West median daily rate £175 £230 £225
% change year-on-year -23.91% +2.22% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £19.39 £17.35 £16.68
25th Percentile £20.17 £19.38 £17.70
Median hourly rate £21.46 £23.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +32.62% -4.22%
75th Percentile - £28.38 -
90th Percentile - £30.85 £73.46
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £17.44 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.20% -1.58% +1.26%

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 112 101 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 10.44% 8.71% 12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 63 147
10th Percentile £170 £237 £190
25th Percentile £270 £348 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £612 £566 £538
90th Percentile £650 £623 £638
North West median daily rate £365 £425 £438
% change year-on-year -14.12% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 22
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.70 £16.15
25th Percentile £15.94 £15.81 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.00 £16.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.89% -62.50%
75th Percentile £21.46 £24.25 £64.69
90th Percentile £40.88 £29.20 £78.63
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £18.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.08% -19.42% -44.55%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Manchester

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in Manchester

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Deployment Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) High Availability
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Apple
2 2 (20.00%) BMC
3 1 (10.00%) Ivanti
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow