Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Windows 10
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.72% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £207 - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £310 - -
90th Percentile £319 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £300 £175 £220
% change year-on-year +71.43% -20.45% +22.22%

All Operating Systems
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 16 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 8.70% 4.11% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 0
10th Percentile £185 - -
25th Percentile £271 £660 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £670 -
Median % change year-on-year -53.73% - -
75th Percentile £425 £680 -
90th Percentile £495 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £400 £550 £275
% change year-on-year -27.27% +100.00% -35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.49
Median hourly rate £72.66 £41.94 £16.81
Median % change year-on-year +73.25% +149.57% -63.37%
75th Percentile - - £18.12
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £47.12 £18.87 £27.50
% change year-on-year +149.71% -31.38% -40.06%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Preston

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Preston over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in Preston

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) XenApp
2 3 (60.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Nexthink