Windows 10 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows 10
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 174 122
Rank change year-on-year -76 -52 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 503 524 814
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.61% 1.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.93% 11.93% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 325 527
10th Percentile £135 £151 £150
25th Percentile £163 £185 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £230 £225
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £280 £388 £385
90th Percentile £435 £528 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £208 £220
% change year-on-year -3.61% -5.68% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 60 97
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.32 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.89 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +41.54% -14.47%
75th Percentile £66.38 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £39.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £15.00
% change year-on-year +2.39% +67.67% -21.05%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,065 4,391 5,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.53% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,231 2,833 3,828
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £319 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £577 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 239 437
10th Percentile £15.53 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.31 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.86
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -7.46% -41.52%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £21.59 £31.13
% change year-on-year +20.43% -30.63% +6.23%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
England -87 465 £205 -8.89% 110
UK excluding London -69 378 £200 -3.61% 111
North of England -18 121 £195 -2.50% 35
London -106 119 £235 -14.55% 18
North West +1 86 £195 - 18
Midlands -48 62 £190 +2.70% 13
South West -23 60 £225 +2.27% 12
South East -102 56 £250 +13.64% 37
Work from Home -86 53 £200 -20.00% 36
East of England -3 48 £175 -22.22% 7
West Midlands -69 35 £225 +18.42% 7
Yorkshire -45 29 £190 -1.94% 12
East Midlands -2 26 £131 -27.13% 6
Scotland -25 18 £150 -29.41% 11
Wales -5 11 £200 -27.27% 2
North East -35 6 £250 -16.67% 6
Northern Ireland +3 4 £175 +9.38% 1
Channel Islands +1 1 £535 -

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 69 (13.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (12.33%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.99%) HCL Notes
3 10 (1.99%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.80%) Confluence
5 2 (0.40%) Apache
5 2 (0.40%) IIS
5 2 (0.40%) nginx
6 1 (0.20%) CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 75 (14.91%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.40%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.40%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 289 (57.46%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (21.67%) Azure
3 75 (14.91%) Entra ID
4 23 (4.57%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.39%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (0.80%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.40%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.20%) IaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 55 (10.93%) VPN
2 46 (9.15%) DNS
3 44 (8.75%) DHCP
4 38 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (5.77%) TCP/IP
6 28 (5.57%) LAN
7 22 (4.37%) Skype
8 14 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
9 13 (2.58%) WAN
10 12 (2.39%) Wireless
11 10 (1.99%) VLAN
12 7 (1.39%) VoIP
13 6 (1.19%) Firewall
13 6 (1.19%) Internet
13 6 (1.19%) IPv4
13 6 (1.19%) IPv6
14 5 (0.99%) Network Security
15 4 (0.80%) WAAS
16 2 (0.40%) RS-232
16 2 (0.40%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.60%) Power BI
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.77%) JIRA
2 6 (1.19%) MSI
3 3 (0.60%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.40%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 299 (59.44%) Social Skills
2 44 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (7.75%) Legal
4 36 (7.16%) Finance
5 26 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.98%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (3.38%) Banking
9 15 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.98%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.39%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.39%) Law
11 6 (1.19%) French Language
12 5 (0.99%) Front Office
12 5 (0.99%) Local Government
12 5 (0.99%) Retail
13 4 (0.80%) Marketing
13 4 (0.80%) Police
14 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (34.99%) Support Engineer
2 161 (32.01%) IT Support
3 132 (26.24%) IT Engineer
4 120 (23.86%) IT Support Engineer
5 70 (13.92%) Analyst
6 49 (9.74%) Desktop Engineer
7 42 (8.35%) Desktop Support
8 36 (7.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 36 (7.16%) 2nd Line Support
9 34 (6.76%) Service Analyst
10 33 (6.56%) Service Desk Analyst
11 32 (6.36%) 1st Line Support
11 32 (6.36%) Deployment Engineer
12 30 (5.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 30 (5.96%) Support Analyst
13 28 (5.57%) IT Analyst
14 24 (4.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 24 (4.77%) IT Technician
14 24 (4.77%) Windows Engineer
15 23 (4.57%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.19%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.80%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.20%) WinForms
4 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (11.53%) Onboarding
2 23 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.58%) Blackberry
6 12 (2.39%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.39%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (1.99%) iPhone
7 10 (1.99%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.59%) iPad
9 6 (1.19%) BYOD
9 6 (1.19%) CMDB
9 6 (1.19%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
10 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
11 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.80%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.40%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 503 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (8.15%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.96%) Mac OS
4 33 (6.56%) Android
5 31 (6.16%) Windows 7
6 27 (5.37%) Apple iOS
7 14 (2.78%) Linux
8 13 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (1.59%) Mac OS X
10 7 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.99%) Solaris
11 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.40%) AIX
13 2 (0.40%) Debian
13 2 (0.40%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (30.62%) Customer Service
2 122 (24.25%) ITIL
3 115 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (11.33%) ITSM
4 57 (11.33%) Migration
5 48 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (7.95%) Service Management
7 39 (7.75%) Service Delivery
8 38 (7.55%) Asset Management
8 38 (7.55%) User Experience
9 25 (4.97%) Application Packaging
10 22 (4.37%) Customer Experience
10 22 (4.37%) Incident Management
11 18 (3.58%) Change Management
11 18 (3.58%) Computer Science
11 18 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 18 (3.58%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (3.18%) Break/Fix
12 16 (3.18%) Inventory Management
13 14 (2.78%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (11.33%) PowerShell
2 15 (2.98%) VBScript
3 10 (1.99%) VB
4 5 (0.99%) SQL
5 3 (0.60%) Python
6 1 (0.20%) Bicep
6 1 (0.20%) C#
6 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 91 (18.09%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.31%) SC Cleared
3 53 (10.54%) Degree
4 30 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (3.38%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.58%) A+ Certification
7 10 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 9 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.59%) MCSE
10 6 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.60%) ACSP
12 3 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.40%) HNC
13 2 (0.40%) HND
14 1 (0.20%) CCA
14 1 (0.20%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.15%) SLA
2 4 (0.80%) NCSC
3 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.60%) GDPR
3 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.40%) GLP
4 2 (0.40%) GMP
4 2 (0.40%) QA
5 1 (0.20%) GRC
5 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 310 (61.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.98%) BitLocker
4 13 (2.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.59%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.60%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) KVM
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 131 (26.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 99 (19.68%) SCCM
3 11 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.59%) WSUS
5 6 (1.19%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.40%) Packer
7 2 (0.40%) Terraform
7 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.40%) WMI
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 320 (63.62%) Microsoft
2 103 (20.48%) ServiceNow
3 35 (6.96%) Apple
4 24 (4.77%) Citrix
5 23 (4.57%) VMware
6 18 (3.58%) Cisco
6 18 (3.58%) HP
7 14 (2.78%) iManage
7 14 (2.78%) Remedy
8 12 (2.39%) Bomgar
9 10 (1.99%) Lotus
9 10 (1.99%) McAfee
10 9 (1.79%) Starlink
11 8 (1.59%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.59%) Oracle
12 7 (1.39%) Samsung
13 6 (1.19%) Dell
14 5 (0.99%) Reuters
15 4 (0.80%) Sophos
16 3 (0.60%) MobileIron