Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Windows 10
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 32 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +27
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 8 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 3.07% 0.49% 1.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.86% 3.57% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £191 - £166
25th Percentile £193 - £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 - £188
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.93%
75th Percentile £198 - £197
90th Percentile £199 - £199
North East median daily rate £200 £300 £188
% change year-on-year -33.33% +60.00% +33.93%

All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 35 28 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 13.41% 13.59% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 12
10th Percentile £116 £137 £147
25th Percentile £175 £178 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £333 £375
Median % change year-on-year -39.85% -11.33% -28.57%
75th Percentile £431 £402 £425
90th Percentile £560 £450 £470
North East median daily rate £200 £325 £350
% change year-on-year -38.46% -7.14% -34.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - +5.61%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows 10.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows 10.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 15 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -2 8 £195 - 1
Windows 10
North East

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) OneDrive
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Desktop Specialist
1 6 (75.00%) Desktop Support
1 6 (75.00%) Desktop Support Specialist
1 6 (75.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Technician
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Inventory Management
1 6 (75.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 6 (75.00%) Patch Management
1 6 (75.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft