Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Microsoft Windows 10
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 40 32 11
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 15.38% 14.04% 6.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.79% 43.84% 28.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 19 2
10th Percentile £133 £133 £243
25th Percentile £133 £143 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £170 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -65.13% +186.76%
75th Percentile £188 £213 £663
90th Percentile £238 £250 £753
North West median daily rate £175 £200 £255
% change year-on-year -12.50% -21.57% +39.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £15.08 -
25th Percentile - £16.31 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £17.22 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -6.92% +5.71%
75th Percentile - £17.44 £19.50
90th Percentile - - £19.80
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £17.44 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.20% -1.58% -7.52%

All Operating Systems
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 73 73 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 28.08% 32.02% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 35 16
10th Percentile £133 £143 £171
25th Percentile £134 £149 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £200 £270
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% -28.00%
75th Percentile £208 £384 £400
90th Percentile £302 £500 £513
North West median daily rate £358 £400 £438
% change year-on-year -10.50% -8.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 7
10th Percentile - £15.35 £16.25
25th Percentile - £16.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £20.75
90th Percentile - £24.06 £21.50
North West median hourly rate £20.73 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.77% +2.33% -18.36%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Liverpool +1 32 £138 -19.12% 11
Windows 10
North West

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 11 (27.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (32.50%) Azure
3 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) LAN
1 2 (5.00%) WAN
1 2 (5.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) InstallShield
1 1 (2.50%) MSI
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Legal
3 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) IT Support
2 11 (27.50%) Support Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) IT Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (15.00%) Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Support Technician
5 4 (10.00%) Service Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (5.00%) IT Technician
7 2 (5.00%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Desktop Support
8 1 (2.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) IT Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Site Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Technical Support
8 1 (2.50%) Technical Support Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (45.00%) Android
3 15 (37.50%) Apple iOS
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (77.50%) Customer Service
2 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.50%) ITIL
4 4 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (7.50%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.00%) High Availability
6 2 (5.00%) Service Management
6 2 (5.00%) Workflow
7 1 (2.50%) Application Packaging
7 1 (2.50%) Change Management
7 1 (2.50%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (2.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.50%) ITSM
7 1 (2.50%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (2.50%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (2.50%) Process Improvement
7 1 (2.50%) Service Desk Management
7 1 (2.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.50%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) MCP
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 15 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (42.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (12.50%) Bomgar
3 5 (12.50%) iManage
4 2 (5.00%) HP
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) Remedy
5 1 (2.50%) Sophos