Windows 10 Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 78 95
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 22 50 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.36% 2.31% 2.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.59% 13.85% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 40 56
10th Percentile £154 £143 £136
25th Percentile £170 £179 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £200 £165
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +21.21% -2.94%
75th Percentile £238 £240 £230
90th Percentile £558 £307 £404
UK median daily rate £225 £225 £215
% change year-on-year - +4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £16.29 - £14.07
25th Percentile £16.34 - £15.44
Median hourly rate £17.63 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +2.31% -0.45%
75th Percentile £18.84 - -
90th Percentile £18.86 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £16.25 £18.75
% change year-on-year +48.80% -13.33% +4.17%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 334 361 509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.59% 16.67% 18.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 243 358
10th Percentile £190 £178 £160
25th Percentile £400 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £479
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -11.27% +6.44%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £575 £700 £723
UK median daily rate £467 £468 £504
% change year-on-year -0.11% -7.24% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 13
10th Percentile £16.33 £17.61 £15.14
25th Percentile £20.94 £18.17 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.00 £39.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.95% -25.24% +194.94%
75th Percentile £23.50 £60.75 £59.03
90th Percentile £24.43 £62.50 £65.36
UK median hourly rate £22.88 £22.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +3.98% -43.59% +73.33%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in Scotland

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in Scotland

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in Scotland

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in Scotland

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Glasgow -14 7 £200 - 11
Edinburgh -11 6 £205 +2.50% 5
Dundee +5 5 £193 +15.96% 1
West Lothian - 2 - -
Perthshire - 1 - -
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Acrobat
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (9.09%) Unified Communications
2 2 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) DHCP
3 1 (4.55%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) Internet
3 1 (4.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) German Language
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Desktop Support
3 4 (18.18%) Service Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 2 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Support
5 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Technician
5 2 (9.09%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Device Driver
1 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
1 2 (9.09%) iPad
2 1 (4.55%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.55%) CMDB
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.55%) PDA
2 1 (4.55%) Smartphone
2 1 (4.55%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
3 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (13.64%) Android
4 3 (13.64%) Linux
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
5 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
6 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (4.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) ITIL
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
2 7 (31.82%) Time Management
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) ITSM
5 2 (9.09%) Change Management
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience
5 2 (9.09%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.09%) Inventory Management
5 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 2 (9.09%) Service Management
5 2 (9.09%) Software Deployment
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.09%) Task Automation
6 1 (4.55%) Data Protection
6 1 (4.55%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.55%) Process Improvement
6 1 (4.55%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) A+ Certification
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) HNC
3 1 (4.55%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
2 1 (4.55%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (4.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Apple
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe
3 1 (4.55%) Bomgar
3 1 (4.55%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) HP
3 1 (4.55%) Peregrine
3 1 (4.55%) Remedy