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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 117 117
Rank change year-on-year -54 0 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 573 739 1,025
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.99% 2.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.39% 14.15% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 483 736
10th Percentile £145 £150 £148
25th Percentile £171 £188 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £230 £215
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +6.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £375 £383 £388
90th Percentile £538 £510 £539
UK excluding London median daily rate £218 £225 £205
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 47 56
10th Percentile £17.18 £14.83 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.44 £17.40
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £19.34
Median % change year-on-year - +13.77% +9.13%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £28.81
90th Percentile - £57.62 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.30 £22.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -3.18% +15.79% +11.76%

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 4,626 5,222 7,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.83% 14.09% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,945 3,207 5,015
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £275 £326 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £615
90th Percentile £653 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £449 £450
% change year-on-year -6.35% -0.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 240 357
10th Percentile £15.29 £16.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £22.19 £17.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £42.85 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.53 £55.65 £27.50
% change year-on-year -59.51% +102.36% +24.77%

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 21 October 2025.

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 21 October 2025.

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 21 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
England -33 522 £225 -6.25% 220
UK excluding London -27 409 £218 -3.33% 192
London -29 154 £250 +1.63% 64
South East -5 120 £250 -25.09% 76
South West +38 94 £300 +33.33% 22
Work from Home -30 81 £350 +29.63% 59
North of England -49 73 £175 -22.22% 39
Midlands -47 50 £175 -12.50% 25
North West -44 42 £175 -25.53% 25
East of England +5 39 £220 -4.35% 27
West Midlands -36 34 £175 -12.50% 8
Scotland -41 30 £200 - 4
Yorkshire -35 22 £165 -25.00% 11
East Midlands -18 16 £132 -29.42% 17
Wales -6 11 £275 +37.50% 3
North East +2 9 £200 -33.33% 3
Northern Ireland -14 1 £250 +56.25%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 75 (13.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (10.12%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.35%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 83 (14.49%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (2.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.35%) assyst
3 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Eikon
3 1 (0.17%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 291 (50.79%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (17.28%) Azure
3 46 (8.03%) Entra ID
4 44 (7.68%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.22%) AWS
6 5 (0.87%) GCP
6 5 (0.87%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.52%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.17%) IaaS
9 1 (0.17%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.17%) OCI
9 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 61 (10.65%) DNS
2 57 (9.95%) VPN
3 40 (6.98%) TCP/IP
4 39 (6.81%) DHCP
5 25 (4.36%) Firewall
6 24 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
7 20 (3.49%) LAN
7 20 (3.49%) WAN
8 13 (2.27%) VLAN
9 10 (1.75%) Skype
9 10 (1.75%) VoIP
9 10 (1.75%) Wireless
10 8 (1.40%) 4G
10 8 (1.40%) IP Telephony
10 8 (1.40%) PABX
11 7 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (1.05%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.87%) WAAS
14 4 (0.70%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 22 (3.84%) MSI
2 8 (1.40%) AdminStudio
2 8 (1.40%) JIRA
3 6 (1.05%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.17%) GitLab
4 1 (0.17%) Hudson
General
1 266 (46.42%) Social Skills
2 66 (11.52%) Finance
3 45 (7.85%) Public Sector
4 38 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.32%) Banking
8 17 (2.97%) Legal
9 10 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.22%) Law
11 6 (1.05%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.05%) Electronics
11 6 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.05%) Marketing
11 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.70%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.70%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.70%) Military
13 4 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 146 (25.48%) Support Engineer
2 115 (20.07%) IT Support
3 83 (14.49%) Analyst
4 78 (13.61%) IT Engineer
5 76 (13.26%) Desktop Support
6 66 (11.52%) Desktop Engineer
7 64 (11.17%) Deployment Engineer
8 57 (9.95%) IT Support Engineer
9 53 (9.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 51 (8.90%) Windows Engineer
11 46 (8.03%) 2nd Line Support
12 42 (7.33%) Support Analyst
13 35 (6.11%) Service Analyst
13 35 (6.11%) Service Desk Analyst
14 29 (5.06%) IT Analyst
15 25 (4.36%) IT Support Analyst
15 25 (4.36%) Technical Support
16 23 (4.01%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 23 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.87%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.35%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.17%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (3.32%) Driving Licence
2 19 (3.32%) Onboarding
3 17 (2.97%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.62%) iPhone
5 13 (2.27%) PKI
6 12 (2.09%) iPad
7 9 (1.57%) Smartphone
8 8 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.22%) Hedge funds
10 6 (1.05%) CMDB
10 6 (1.05%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.87%) Blackberry
11 5 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.70%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.70%) NHS
13 3 (0.52%) BYOD
13 3 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 573 (100.00%) Windows
2 49 (8.55%) Windows Server
3 44 (7.68%) Apple iOS
4 40 (6.98%) Windows 7
5 39 (6.81%) Android
6 38 (6.63%) Mac OS
7 29 (5.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (4.71%) Linux
9 17 (2.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (1.40%) AIX
11 8 (1.40%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (1.22%) Mac OS X
12 7 (1.22%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.35%) Solaris
14 2 (0.35%) VMS
14 2 (0.35%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (21.47%) Customer Service
2 105 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (16.58%) ITIL
4 70 (12.22%) Migration
5 53 (9.25%) ITSM
6 46 (8.03%) Service Management
7 33 (5.76%) Application Packaging
8 30 (5.24%) Asset Management
9 29 (5.06%) Service Delivery
10 28 (4.89%) Agile
10 28 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 26 (4.54%) Mobile Device Management
12 25 (4.36%) Inventory Management
13 22 (3.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (3.66%) Patch Management
14 21 (3.66%) Root Cause Analysis
15 20 (3.49%) Change Management
15 20 (3.49%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (3.49%) Ticket Management
15 20 (3.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 81 (14.14%) PowerShell
2 17 (2.97%) VBScript
3 11 (1.92%) SQL
4 8 (1.40%) C#
4 8 (1.40%) VB
5 5 (0.87%) Bash
5 5 (0.87%) Java
6 3 (0.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 157 (27.40%) Security Cleared
2 120 (20.94%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (5.76%) Degree
5 28 (4.89%) DV Cleared
6 20 (3.49%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 12 (2.09%) MCP
8 11 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.22%) MCSA
11 6 (1.05%) MCSE
12 5 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.87%) MCDST
13 4 (0.70%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.52%) Citrix Certification
14 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.35%) Dell Certification
15 2 (0.35%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.20%) SLA
2 16 (2.79%) GDPR
3 11 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.87%) QA
5 3 (0.52%) NCSC
6 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.35%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 291 (50.79%) Active Directory
2 38 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
5 13 (2.27%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.40%) vSphere
9 5 (0.87%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.87%) Firmware
9 5 (0.87%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.87%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.87%) XenApp
10 4 (0.70%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.17%) NFS
Systems Management
1 163 (28.45%) SCCM
2 98 (17.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.44%) vCenter Server
4 9 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (1.22%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (0.70%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 4 (0.70%) WSUS
8 3 (0.52%) OPNET
8 3 (0.52%) SmoothWall
8 3 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.35%) AppManager
9 2 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.35%) SCOM
9 2 (0.35%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.17%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.17%) Ansible
10 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 333 (58.12%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.44%) ServiceNow
3 55 (9.60%) VMware
4 41 (7.16%) Citrix
5 29 (5.06%) Apple
6 26 (4.54%) Cisco
7 20 (3.49%) Remedy
8 19 (3.32%) McAfee
9 16 (2.79%) Dell
10 12 (2.09%) HP
11 11 (1.92%) Oracle
12 10 (1.75%) Symantec
13 9 (1.57%) Ivanti
14 8 (1.40%) Reuters
14 8 (1.40%) Starlink
15 7 (1.22%) SAP
15 7 (1.22%) SolarWinds
15 7 (1.22%) Veeam
15 7 (1.22%) Wyse
16 6 (1.05%) iManage