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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 157 104
Rank change year-on-year -82 -53 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 503 520 898
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.78% 2.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.71% 12.73% 15.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 362 613
10th Percentile £132 £150 £148
25th Percentile £163 £188 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £280 £388 £375
90th Percentile £438 £550 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £210 £215
% change year-on-year -7.14% -2.33% +5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 32 93
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.78 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.51 £11.07
Median hourly rate £22.80 £23.90 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +41.13% -8.46%
75th Percentile £74.00 £25.86 £20.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.37 £36.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £23.00 £14.46
% change year-on-year -0.83% +59.11% -21.86%

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 4,696 4,085 5,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.85% 13.95% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,038 2,682 3,907
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £320 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% -6.84%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £655 £696 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -4.44% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 184 398
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.15 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.09 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +97.18% +9.13% -42.66%
75th Percentile £67.40 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.88 £22.50
% change year-on-year +107.65% +1.67% -24.11%

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 7 May 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 7 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 17 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 7 May 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 -74 473 £200 -11.11% 113
UK excluding London -70 362 £195 -7.14% 103
London -84 133 £235 -21.67% 24
North of England -9 132 £175 -12.50% 18
North West +8 103 £173 -6.76% 14
Midlands -66 74 £195 +2.50% 19
Work from Home -38 69 £220 -12.00% 15
South East -78 47 £200 -20.00% 24
East of England -8 45 £200 -11.11% 14
South West -47 42 £220 - 21
East Midlands -11 37 £175 -7.89% 10
West Midlands -76 36 £208 +10.67% 9
Yorkshire -46 26 £190 -15.56% 3
Scotland -12 11 £163 -16.67% 5
Wales -14 9 £200 -31.91% 1
Northern Ireland -6 3 £175 +13.64% 3
North East -16 3 £180 -40.00% 2

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 80 (15.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (12.33%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.79%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.40%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.40%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 85 (16.90%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (3.98%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.99%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 305 (60.64%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (23.46%) Azure
3 78 (15.51%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.18%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.39%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.99%) AWS
6 5 (0.99%) GCP
7 4 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.40%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.40%) SaaS
8 2 (0.40%) Slack
8 2 (0.40%) Viva Engage
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.20%) IaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.20%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 53 (10.54%) VPN
2 42 (8.35%) DNS
3 40 (7.95%) DHCP
4 34 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
5 31 (6.16%) LAN
6 24 (4.77%) Skype
7 22 (4.37%) WAN
7 22 (4.37%) Wireless
8 16 (3.18%) VLAN
9 15 (2.98%) TCP/IP
10 14 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
11 10 (1.99%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.19%) Firewall
12 6 (1.19%) IPv4
12 6 (1.19%) IPv6
13 5 (0.99%) Network Security
14 4 (0.80%) VoIP
14 4 (0.80%) WAAS
15 2 (0.40%) Internet
15 2 (0.40%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.80%) Power BI
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (3.58%) JIRA
2 7 (1.39%) MSI
3 6 (1.19%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.60%) AdminStudio
General
1 267 (53.08%) Social Skills
2 47 (9.34%) Finance
3 39 (7.75%) Public Sector
4 38 (7.55%) Legal
5 34 (6.76%) Banking
6 33 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.78%) Law
13 11 (2.19%) Marketing
14 9 (1.79%) Electronics
15 8 (1.59%) French Language
15 8 (1.59%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.99%) Front Office
16 5 (0.99%) Local Government
16 5 (0.99%) Police
17 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 152 (30.22%) Support Engineer
2 134 (26.64%) IT Support
3 104 (20.68%) IT Engineer
4 84 (16.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 76 (15.11%) Analyst
6 52 (10.34%) Desktop Support
7 51 (10.14%) Desktop Engineer
8 42 (8.35%) 1st Line Support
9 40 (7.95%) Support Analyst
10 38 (7.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 38 (7.55%) Windows Engineer
11 35 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
12 30 (5.96%) Service Analyst
13 27 (5.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 27 (5.37%) IT Analyst
13 27 (5.37%) Service Desk Analyst
14 25 (4.97%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 23 (4.57%) Deployment Engineer
15 23 (4.57%) Senior
16 22 (4.37%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.19%) X-Windows
2 5 (0.99%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.40%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.33%) Onboarding
2 29 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (4.77%) Smartphone
4 19 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.18%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.59%) iPhone
6 8 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.39%) CMDB
7 7 (1.39%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.19%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.99%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.99%) iPad
10 4 (0.80%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.80%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.80%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.60%) Blackberry
11 3 (0.60%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 494 (98.21%) Windows
2 47 (9.34%) Mac OS
3 37 (7.36%) Android
3 37 (7.36%) Windows 7
4 35 (6.96%) Windows Server
5 33 (6.56%) Apple iOS
6 16 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (2.19%) Linux
7 11 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (1.79%) Mac OS X
8 9 (1.79%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.80%) AIX
10 4 (0.80%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.60%) Solaris
12 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.20%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (31.41%) Customer Service
2 112 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (18.69%) ITIL
4 83 (16.50%) Migration
5 66 (13.12%) ITSM
6 41 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (8.15%) Service Management
7 35 (6.96%) Asset Management
7 35 (6.96%) User Experience
8 28 (5.57%) Application Packaging
8 28 (5.57%) Change Management
9 25 (4.97%) Workflow
10 23 (4.57%) Logistics
11 22 (4.37%) Service Delivery
12 19 (3.78%) Incident Management
12 19 (3.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (3.38%) Computer Science
14 16 (3.18%) Customer Experience
14 16 (3.18%) Workflow Management
15 15 (2.98%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.93%) PowerShell
2 15 (2.98%) VBScript
3 10 (1.99%) VB
4 9 (1.79%) SQL
5 5 (0.99%) Bash
6 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.40%) Python
Qualifications
1 102 (20.28%) Security Cleared
2 87 (17.30%) SC Cleared
3 58 (11.53%) Degree
4 30 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (4.77%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.78%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.39%) MCSE
8 9 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.39%) CCA
10 7 (1.39%) Citrix Certification
11 6 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.40%) ACSP
14 2 (0.40%) HNC
14 2 (0.40%) HND
15 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.77%) SLA
2 7 (1.39%) GDPR
3 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.40%) GLP
5 2 (0.40%) GMP
5 2 (0.40%) QA
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 292 (58.05%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.78%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.79%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.39%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.99%) XenApp
8 2 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 114 (22.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 107 (21.27%) SCCM
3 14 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.99%) WSUS
5 5 (0.99%) AirWatch
5 5 (0.99%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.40%) WMI
7 1 (0.20%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 317 (63.02%) Microsoft
2 81 (16.10%) ServiceNow
3 47 (9.34%) Citrix
4 32 (6.36%) Apple
5 25 (4.97%) Cisco
6 24 (4.77%) HP
6 24 (4.77%) VMware
7 21 (4.17%) Remedy
8 17 (3.38%) Bomgar
8 17 (3.38%) iManage
9 15 (2.98%) Dell
10 9 (1.79%) SAP
11 8 (1.59%) Oracle
11 8 (1.59%) Starlink
12 7 (1.39%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.39%) McAfee
13 5 (0.99%) Google
14 4 (0.80%) Qualys
15 3 (0.60%) MobileIron
15 3 (0.60%) Reuters