Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Windows 10
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 70 71
Rank change year-on-year -36 +1 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 109 95 123
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 2.31% 2.64% 2.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.03% 18.23% 18.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 51 82
10th Percentile £131 £143 £131
25th Percentile £134 £163 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - +18.42%
75th Percentile £238 £294 £288
90th Percentile £450 £438 £489
England median daily rate £211 £240 £215
% change year-on-year -11.98% +11.63% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 16
10th Percentile £18.42 £14.54 £16.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.42 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.09 £17.44 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -3.70% -7.13%
75th Percentile £21.34 £23.14 £20.00
90th Percentile £21.46 £24.18 £27.13
England median hourly rate £22.00 £23.15 £19.00
% change year-on-year -4.97% +21.84% +2.70%

All Operating Systems
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 725 521 669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.34% 14.50% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 293 430
10th Percentile £150 £163 £171
25th Percentile £200 £243 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £374 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £538
90th Percentile £612 £646 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 32 50
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £16.51
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.19 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.46 £21.30 £21.16
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +0.66% -5.98%
75th Percentile £56.42 £25.39 £45.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £55.73 £65.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year -56.07% +76.15% +30.00%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the North of England

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows 10.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the North of England

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows 10.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
North West -18 78 £175 -12.50% 19
Yorkshire -46 21 £170 -29.17% 11
North East +3 10 £200 - 5
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 23 (21.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (16.51%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (28.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.92%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 68 (62.39%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (27.52%) Azure
3 15 (13.76%) OneDrive
4 13 (11.93%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.75%) AWS
5 3 (2.75%) GCP
6 2 (1.83%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.92%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.68%) VPN
2 13 (11.93%) DHCP
2 13 (11.93%) DNS
2 13 (11.93%) LAN
2 13 (11.93%) WAN
3 9 (8.26%) Skype
4 7 (6.42%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.42%) VLAN
4 7 (6.42%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.67%) Wireless
6 3 (2.75%) VoIP
7 1 (0.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.92%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.92%) MSI
General
1 62 (56.88%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.76%) Public Sector
3 14 (12.84%) Finance
4 7 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.50%) Legal
6 4 (3.67%) Banking
6 4 (3.67%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.75%) Electronics
7 3 (2.75%) Marketing
7 3 (2.75%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (26.61%) IT Support
2 25 (22.94%) Support Engineer
3 17 (15.60%) IT Engineer
4 15 (13.76%) 1st Line Support
4 15 (13.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (11.93%) Analyst
6 11 (10.09%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (10.09%) Desktop Support
7 10 (9.17%) Windows Engineer
8 9 (8.26%) Deployment Engineer
9 8 (7.34%) Service Analyst
10 7 (6.42%) Service Desk Analyst
10 7 (6.42%) Support Technician
11 6 (5.50%) Architect
11 6 (5.50%) Desktop Specialist
11 6 (5.50%) Desktop Support Specialist
11 6 (5.50%) Support Specialist
12 5 (4.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 5 (4.59%) Desktop Engineer
12 5 (4.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.92%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.67%) NHS
3 3 (2.75%) iPhone
4 2 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.92%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 109 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (22.02%) Android
3 20 (18.35%) Apple iOS
4 9 (8.26%) Windows Server
5 8 (7.34%) Mac OS
6 6 (5.50%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.92%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.95%) Customer Service
2 21 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (15.60%) Service Management
4 16 (14.68%) ITSM
5 12 (11.01%) Migration
6 11 (10.09%) ITIL
7 10 (9.17%) Mobile Device Management
8 9 (8.26%) Inventory Management
9 7 (6.42%) Patch Management
10 6 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (5.50%) User Experience
11 5 (4.59%) Application Packaging
11 5 (4.59%) Application Security
11 5 (4.59%) Cloud Security
11 5 (4.59%) Customer Experience
11 5 (4.59%) Disk Encryption
11 5 (4.59%) Security Operations
11 5 (4.59%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 5 (4.59%) Vulnerability Management
12 4 (3.67%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.02%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.59%) VB
2 5 (4.59%) VBScript
3 3 (2.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (17.43%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.84%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.59%) Degree
3 5 (4.59%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.83%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.83%) MCP
5 1 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.75%) GDPR
1 3 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.83%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (45.87%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (4.59%) BitLocker
4 4 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (23.85%) SCCM
2 17 (15.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.59%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (2.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 66 (60.55%) Microsoft
2 27 (24.77%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.34%) Citrix
4 7 (6.42%) Remedy
5 6 (5.50%) Apple
6 5 (4.59%) McAfee
6 5 (4.59%) Symantec
6 5 (4.59%) VMware
7 4 (3.67%) Bomgar
7 4 (3.67%) Cisco
7 4 (3.67%) iManage
8 3 (2.75%) Google
8 3 (2.75%) SAP
9 2 (1.83%) BMC
9 2 (1.83%) Computacenter
9 2 (1.83%) HP
10 1 (0.92%) Dell
10 1 (0.92%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.92%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.92%) Sophos