Windows 10 Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows 10
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Windows 10 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 10 over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 86 52
Rank change year-on-year +42 -34 +22
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 111 56 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.27% 2.00% 3.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.66% 12.99% 23.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 45 102
10th Percentile £180 £175 £133
25th Percentile £205 £185 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £246 £190
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +29.47% -41.54%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £300
90th Percentile £608 £593 £414
South East median daily rate £225 £205 £195
% change year-on-year +9.76% +5.13% -25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile - £18.80 £17.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £19.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.50% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.69 -
90th Percentile - £69.10 £20.90
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +150.00% +11.76% +11.48%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Windows 10 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 362 431 588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.93% 15.39% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 299 410
10th Percentile £193 £205 £149
25th Percentile £213 £350 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £570
90th Percentile £608 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £463 £466 £450
% change year-on-year -0.75% +3.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 22
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.08 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.40 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £38.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.74% +93.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £59.50 £62.97 £42.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.19 £66.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -13.64% +197.30% -7.50%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the Thames Valley

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in the Thames Valley

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the Thames Valley

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in the Thames Valley

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +44 84 £275 -38.89% 12
Buckinghamshire +21 20 £225 -18.18% 12
Oxfordshire +7 7 £225 +25.00% 10
Windows 10
South East

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (20.72%) Azure
3 14 (12.61%) OCI
4 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (18.02%) LAN
2 17 (15.32%) DHCP
2 17 (15.32%) DNS
3 14 (12.61%) Firewall
3 14 (12.61%) SAN
4 6 (5.41%) VoIP
5 5 (4.50%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (4.50%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.50%) WAN
6 4 (3.60%) RS-232
6 4 (3.60%) VPN
7 2 (1.80%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Subversion
1 4 (3.60%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.90%) MSI
General
1 81 (72.97%) Social Skills
2 35 (31.53%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (7.21%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.41%) Finance
5 2 (1.80%) Electronics
5 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.80%) Marketing
5 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.90%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (20.72%) Desktop Engineer
1 23 (20.72%) Support Engineer
2 21 (18.92%) Windows Engineer
3 19 (17.12%) Build Engineer
3 19 (17.12%) Desktop Support
3 19 (17.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 19 (17.12%) Windows Build Engineer
4 17 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (13.51%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
5 15 (13.51%) Hardware Engineer
6 10 (9.01%) Storage Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Break Fix Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Support Specialist
7 5 (4.50%) Technical Specialist
7 5 (4.50%) Technical Support
7 5 (4.50%) Technical Support Specialist
8 4 (3.60%) Developer
8 4 (3.60%) IT Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Server Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (28.83%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.61%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.21%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (5.41%) Video Editing
5 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.80%) NHS
6 2 (1.80%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.90%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 111 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 36 (32.43%) Windows 7
3 36 (32.43%) Windows Server 2012
3 36 (32.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 36 (32.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (17.12%) Windows NT
5 14 (12.61%) Linux
5 14 (12.61%) Windows XP
6 7 (6.31%) Apple iOS
7 6 (5.41%) Android
8 4 (3.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (63.06%) ITIL
2 58 (52.25%) Customer Service
3 48 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (18.02%) Release Management
5 19 (17.12%) Deployment Automation
5 19 (17.12%) Service Management
5 19 (17.12%) User Acceptance Testing
6 17 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (15.32%) Service Delivery
7 16 (14.41%) Software Deployment
8 15 (13.51%) Break/Fix
8 15 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
8 15 (13.51%) Hardware Maintenance
8 15 (13.51%) Software Testing
9 14 (12.61%) Converged Infrastructure
9 14 (12.61%) Performance Tuning
9 14 (12.61%) Proactive Monitoring
9 14 (12.61%) Project Management
9 14 (12.61%) Server Management
9 14 (12.61%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.51%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.60%) C
2 4 (3.60%) C#
Qualifications
1 73 (65.77%) Security Cleared
2 71 (63.96%) DV Cleared
3 34 (30.63%) Degree
4 18 (16.22%) SC Cleared
5 14 (12.61%) CCNA
5 14 (12.61%) CCNP
5 14 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.12%) QA
2 14 (12.61%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (49.55%) Active Directory
2 34 (30.63%) Firmware
3 14 (12.61%) Hyper-V
3 14 (12.61%) VMware ESXi
3 14 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.60%) XenApp
4 4 (3.60%) XenDesktop
5 2 (1.80%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 86 (77.48%) SCCM
2 33 (29.73%) WSUS
3 19 (17.12%) Sysprep
4 14 (12.61%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (12.61%) NetBackup
4 14 (12.61%) SCOM
4 14 (12.61%) vCenter Server
5 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.60%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 81 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 56 (50.45%) HP
3 18 (16.22%) Cisco
4 15 (13.51%) Dell
5 14 (12.61%) 3PAR
5 14 (12.61%) EMC
5 14 (12.61%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (12.61%) Juniper
5 14 (12.61%) Oracle
5 14 (12.61%) Palo Alto
5 14 (12.61%) Symantec
5 14 (12.61%) Veeam
5 14 (12.61%) VMware
6 12 (10.81%) Apple
7 11 (9.91%) ServiceNow
8 6 (5.41%) Citrix
9 5 (4.50%) SAP
10 4 (3.60%) F5
10 4 (3.60%) Planview
11 3 (2.70%) Ariba