Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Windows 10
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 28 35
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 7 15 16
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.31% 4.25% 3.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.59% 26.79% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 9
10th Percentile - £140 £149
25th Percentile £230 £157 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £195 £165
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +18.18% -42.61%
75th Percentile £338 £261 £193
90th Percentile - £343 £608
Wales median daily rate £275 £200 £165
% change year-on-year +37.50% +21.21% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £15.02 - -
25th Percentile £15.05 - £152.00
Median hourly rate £16.22 - £154.00
75th Percentile £17.49 - £156.00
90th Percentile £17.59 - -
Wales median hourly rate £17.47 £22.50 £154.00
% change year-on-year -22.37% -85.39% +1084.62%

All Operating Systems
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 34 56 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 11.22% 15.86% 31.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 37 95
10th Percentile £159 £132 £146
25th Percentile £230 £161 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £250 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -50.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £300 £530 £623
90th Percentile £379 £550 £641
Wales median daily rate £290 £244 £463
% change year-on-year +18.97% -47.30% +23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 4
10th Percentile £15.04 £38.06 £12.81
25th Percentile £15.11 £46.25 £13.14
Median hourly rate £16.44 £47.50 £23.42
Median % change year-on-year -65.40% +102.86% +30.08%
75th Percentile £19.08 £50.00 £65.44
90th Percentile £19.93 £54.00 £119.78
Wales median hourly rate £18.75 £47.50 £23.42
% change year-on-year -60.53% +102.86% +61.48%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in South Wales

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Cardiff 0 7 £325 +91.18% 1
Windows 10
Wales

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) VoIP
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) IT Support
1 2 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITSM
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Break/Fix
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 3 (42.86%) Remedy
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) SAP