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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 182 125
Rank change year-on-year -63 -57 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 571 521 731
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.58% 1.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.74% 11.68% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 332 486
10th Percentile £150 £150 £153
25th Percentile £180 £171 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.27%
75th Percentile £299 £370 £365
90th Percentile £450 £525 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £218 £225
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 74 52
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.49 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.46 £18.87 £16.75
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +9.29% +10.76%
75th Percentile £61.70 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £75.25 £25.22 £50.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £22.19 £19.00
% change year-on-year +16.04% +16.79% -

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 5,319 4,462 5,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.80% 13.55% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,352 2,854 3,463
10th Percentile £190 £188 £200
25th Percentile £313 £300 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £579
90th Percentile £675 £672 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 274 274
10th Percentile £14.21 £15.50 £15.53
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £20.07
Median hourly rate £26.66 £25.15 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -48.93% +5.48%
75th Percentile £65.22 £58.44 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.57 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +29.22% -52.10% +14.43%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -75 511 £226 +0.22% 203
UK excluding London -59 426 £210 -3.45% 154
London -100 136 £240 -4.00% 67
North of England -13 130 £200 +5.96% 27
North West +21 103 £230 +15.00% 19
South East -84 69 £250 +19.05% 47
South West -53 67 £225 -21.05% 14
Midlands -30 66 £195 +11.43% 35
Work from Home -73 54 £210 -41.05% 42
East of England -8 46 £175 -22.22% 21
West Midlands -52 38 £213 +21.43% 17
Scotland -19 36 £163 -18.75% 10
East Midlands +3 28 £141 +6.24% 18
Yorkshire -51 19 £200 +8.11% 3
Wales -8 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -37 8 £250 +31.58% 5
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 1
Channel Islands -5 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 79 (13.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.98%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.28%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.23%) Confluence
6 5 (0.88%) Apache
6 5 (0.88%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 91 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.53%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.35%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 334 (58.49%) Microsoft 365
2 142 (24.87%) Azure
3 118 (20.67%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.78%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (0.88%) Mimecast
6 5 (0.88%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.53%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.31%) VPN
2 66 (11.56%) DNS
3 61 (10.68%) DHCP
4 53 (9.28%) TCP/IP
5 33 (5.78%) LAN
6 29 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
7 27 (4.73%) Skype
8 19 (3.33%) WAN
9 14 (2.45%) VLAN
10 11 (1.93%) Wireless
11 10 (1.75%) Firewall
11 10 (1.75%) Network Security
12 8 (1.40%) Internet
12 8 (1.40%) NetScaler
13 7 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.05%) IPv4
14 6 (1.05%) IPv6
15 3 (0.53%) VoIP
15 3 (0.53%) WAAS
16 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.23%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.05%) Oracle Database
3 5 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 28 (4.90%) JIRA
2 7 (1.23%) MSI
3 5 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.88%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.35%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.35%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 349 (61.12%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (7.01%) Finance
4 35 (6.13%) Legal
5 20 (3.50%) Public Sector
6 17 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.10%) Front Office
10 11 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.58%) Banking
13 7 (1.23%) French Language
13 7 (1.23%) Local Government
14 6 (1.05%) Law
15 5 (0.88%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.70%) Marketing
16 4 (0.70%) Retail
17 3 (0.53%) Police
18 2 (0.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 195 (34.15%) Support Engineer
2 177 (31.00%) IT Support
3 159 (27.85%) IT Engineer
4 138 (24.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 72 (12.61%) Analyst
6 56 (9.81%) Desktop Engineer
7 48 (8.41%) Deployment Engineer
8 45 (7.88%) Desktop Support
9 42 (7.36%) Support Analyst
10 39 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support
11 33 (5.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 32 (5.60%) 1st Line Support
13 31 (5.43%) Service Analyst
14 29 (5.08%) Service Desk Analyst
15 28 (4.90%) IT Analyst
15 28 (4.90%) Windows Engineer
16 26 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 24 (4.20%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 23 (4.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
19 20 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.40%) Software Packaging
2 5 (0.88%) Terraform
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.18%) LDAP
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) SAML
4 1 (0.18%) WinForms
4 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 76 (13.31%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.50%) Blackberry
3 20 (3.50%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.33%) Smartphone
5 14 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.28%) CMDB
6 13 (2.28%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.28%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.58%) iPhone
9 8 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.23%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.05%) BYOD
11 6 (1.05%) Fat Client
11 6 (1.05%) iPad
11 6 (1.05%) Thin Client
12 5 (0.88%) Augmented Reality
12 5 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 571 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (9.63%) Windows Server
3 52 (9.11%) Android
4 46 (8.06%) Mac OS
5 43 (7.53%) Apple iOS
6 42 (7.36%) Windows 7
7 29 (5.08%) Linux
8 13 (2.28%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (1.58%) CentOS
11 6 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.05%) Solaris
11 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.35%) Debian
13 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (35.90%) Customer Service
2 161 (28.20%) ITIL
3 143 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (15.76%) ITSM
5 73 (12.78%) Service Management
6 58 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (10.16%) Migration
6 58 (10.16%) User Experience
7 46 (8.06%) Asset Management
8 38 (6.65%) Service Delivery
9 35 (6.13%) Application Packaging
10 33 (5.78%) Incident Management
11 29 (5.08%) Customer Experience
11 29 (5.08%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (4.73%) Break/Fix
13 24 (4.20%) Change Management
14 23 (4.03%) Inventory Management
15 22 (3.85%) Mobile Device Management
16 20 (3.50%) Computer Science
16 20 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 91 (15.94%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.85%) VBScript
3 16 (2.80%) VB
4 8 (1.40%) Python
5 6 (1.05%) SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Bash
6 1 (0.18%) Bicep
6 1 (0.18%) C#
6 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 146 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 122 (21.37%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.23%) Degree
4 31 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.25%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.90%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.58%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.05%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.53%) ACSP
14 2 (0.35%) MCSE
15 1 (0.18%) CCNA
15 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.18%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.86%) SLA
2 7 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.70%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.18%) GLP
6 1 (0.18%) GMP
6 1 (0.18%) GxP
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 367 (64.27%) Active Directory
2 30 (5.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 28 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.85%) BitLocker
5 14 (2.45%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.05%) Firmware
7 6 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.05%) XenApp
7 6 (1.05%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.35%) vSphere
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 170 (29.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 138 (24.17%) SCCM
3 10 (1.75%) WSUS
4 6 (1.05%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.88%) Packer
6 4 (0.70%) AirWatch
6 4 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.70%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.35%) SCOM
9 1 (0.18%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 382 (66.90%) Microsoft
2 136 (23.82%) ServiceNow
3 47 (8.23%) Apple
4 39 (6.83%) VMware
5 21 (3.68%) Citrix
6 18 (3.15%) HP
7 17 (2.98%) Cisco
8 16 (2.80%) Lotus
9 13 (2.28%) Remedy
10 11 (1.93%) McAfee
11 10 (1.75%) iManage
11 10 (1.75%) Samsung
12 7 (1.23%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.23%) Bomgar
12 7 (1.23%) Oracle
12 7 (1.23%) Sophos
13 6 (1.05%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.05%) Dell
13 6 (1.05%) Google
13 6 (1.05%) Ivanti