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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 178 128
Rank change year-on-year -80 -50 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 561 514 721
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.56% 1.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.53% 11.53% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 324 482
10th Percentile £150 £153 £156
25th Percentile £180 £180 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £296 £375 £369
90th Percentile £438 £525 £524
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £220 £225
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 74 54
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.49 £13.62
25th Percentile £19.59 £18.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +9.29% +10.76%
75th Percentile £65.29 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £76.00 £28.00 £52.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £24.66 £19.00
% change year-on-year +4.42% +29.79% -

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 5,326 4,458 5,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.77% 13.51% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,359 2,851 3,485
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £313 £306 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £584
90th Percentile £675 £675 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £447 £450
% change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 388 266 280
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.19 £18.59 £19.91
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £48.03
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -47.64% +6.75%
75th Percentile £65.22 £58.75 £68.19
90th Percentile £74.43 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £51.25
% change year-on-year +3.38% -50.93% +18.84%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -67 503 £225 - 133
UK excluding London -58 421 £210 -4.55% 123
London -94 133 £239 -4.50% 37
North of England -2 131 £200 +3.23% 23
North West +12 102 £230 +15.00% 13
South West -45 68 £225 -18.18% 7
South East -86 68 £250 +13.64% 43
Midlands -41 64 £195 +11.43% 23
Work from Home -87 52 £200 -42.45% 26
East of England -20 42 £175 -22.22% 16
West Midlands -43 37 £213 +13.33% 15
Scotland -38 36 £163 -18.75% 9
East Midlands -4 27 £141 +5.57% 8
Yorkshire -45 21 £200 +7.38% 3
Wales -8 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -42 8 £250 - 7
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 5
Channel Islands -3 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 78 (13.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 71 (12.66%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.03%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.32%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.25%) Confluence
6 5 (0.89%) Apache
6 5 (0.89%) nginx
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 89 (15.86%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.53%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.36%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 329 (58.65%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (24.06%) Azure
3 114 (20.32%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.88%) OneDrive
5 5 (0.89%) Mimecast
5 5 (0.89%) Power Platform
6 4 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.53%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.18%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 73 (13.01%) VPN
2 66 (11.76%) DNS
3 63 (11.23%) DHCP
4 51 (9.09%) TCP/IP
5 34 (6.06%) LAN
6 32 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
7 27 (4.81%) Skype
8 20 (3.57%) WAN
9 14 (2.50%) VLAN
10 10 (1.78%) Wireless
11 8 (1.43%) Internet
11 8 (1.43%) Network Security
12 7 (1.25%) Firewall
12 7 (1.25%) NetScaler
13 6 (1.07%) IPv4
13 6 (1.07%) IPv6
14 5 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.53%) VoIP
15 3 (0.53%) WAAS
16 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.89%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 27 (4.81%) JIRA
2 7 (1.25%) MSI
3 5 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.89%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.36%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.36%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 343 (61.14%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (7.31%) Finance
4 35 (6.24%) Legal
5 20 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.14%) Front Office
10 11 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.78%) Banking
12 7 (1.25%) French Language
13 6 (1.07%) Law
13 6 (1.07%) Local Government
14 5 (0.89%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.89%) Retail
15 4 (0.71%) Marketing
16 3 (0.53%) Police
17 2 (0.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 198 (35.29%) Support Engineer
2 173 (30.84%) IT Support
3 160 (28.52%) IT Engineer
4 139 (24.78%) IT Support Engineer
5 71 (12.66%) Analyst
6 56 (9.98%) Desktop Engineer
7 49 (8.73%) Deployment Engineer
8 45 (8.02%) Desktop Support
9 41 (7.31%) Support Analyst
10 38 (6.77%) 2nd Line Support
11 33 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 31 (5.53%) 1st Line Support
12 31 (5.53%) Service Analyst
13 29 (5.17%) Service Desk Analyst
14 28 (4.99%) Windows Engineer
15 27 (4.81%) IT Analyst
16 26 (4.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 24 (4.28%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 23 (4.10%) Desktop Support Engineer
19 20 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.25%) Software Packaging
2 5 (0.89%) Terraform
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) WinForms
4 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.73%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.63%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.57%) Blackberry
3 20 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.39%) Smartphone
5 15 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.32%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.14%) CMDB
8 10 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.78%) iPhone
9 8 (1.43%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.07%) BYOD
11 6 (1.07%) Fat Client
11 6 (1.07%) iPad
11 6 (1.07%) Thin Client
12 5 (0.89%) Augmented Reality
12 5 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.89%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 561 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (9.98%) Windows Server
3 49 (8.73%) Android
4 43 (7.66%) Mac OS
4 43 (7.66%) Windows 7
5 40 (7.13%) Apple iOS
6 28 (4.99%) Linux
7 13 (2.32%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.60%) CentOS
10 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.89%) Solaris
12 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.36%) Debian
13 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (35.65%) Customer Service
2 159 (28.34%) ITIL
3 141 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (16.22%) ITSM
5 69 (12.30%) Service Management
6 57 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 56 (9.98%) User Experience
8 54 (9.63%) Migration
9 47 (8.38%) Asset Management
10 39 (6.95%) Service Delivery
11 33 (5.88%) Application Packaging
12 32 (5.70%) Incident Management
13 30 (5.35%) Customer Experience
14 29 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (4.46%) Break/Fix
16 23 (4.10%) Inventory Management
17 22 (3.92%) Mobile Device Management
18 21 (3.74%) Change Management
19 20 (3.57%) Computer Science
19 20 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (15.33%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.92%) VBScript
3 16 (2.85%) VB
4 8 (1.43%) Python
5 7 (1.25%) SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Bash
6 1 (0.18%) Bicep
6 1 (0.18%) C#
6 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 145 (25.85%) Security Cleared
2 120 (21.39%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.38%) Degree
4 31 (5.53%) DV Cleared
4 31 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (4.99%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 15 (2.67%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.07%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.53%) ACSP
14 2 (0.36%) MCSE
15 1 (0.18%) CCNA
15 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.18%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.41%) SLA
2 5 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (0.71%) NCSC
4 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) GLP
5 1 (0.18%) GMP
5 1 (0.18%) GxP
5 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 365 (65.06%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 27 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.92%) BitLocker
5 13 (2.32%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.07%) Firmware
7 6 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.89%) XenApp
8 5 (0.89%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.36%) vSphere
10 1 (0.18%) KVM
10 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 165 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 134 (23.89%) SCCM
3 10 (1.78%) WSUS
4 6 (1.07%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.89%) AirWatch
5 5 (0.89%) Packer
6 4 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.71%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.36%) SCOM
9 1 (0.18%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 372 (66.31%) Microsoft
2 132 (23.53%) ServiceNow
3 47 (8.38%) Apple
4 38 (6.77%) VMware
5 20 (3.57%) HP
6 19 (3.39%) Citrix
7 16 (2.85%) Cisco
7 16 (2.85%) Lotus
8 13 (2.32%) Remedy
9 12 (2.14%) McAfee
10 10 (1.78%) iManage
10 10 (1.78%) Samsung
11 7 (1.25%) Bloomberg
11 7 (1.25%) Bomgar
11 7 (1.25%) Sophos
12 6 (1.07%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.07%) Dell
12 6 (1.07%) Google
12 6 (1.07%) Ivanti
12 6 (1.07%) Oracle