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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 172 124
Rank change year-on-year -81 -48 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 572 537 739
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.64% 1.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.74% 12.12% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 353 479
10th Percentile £150 £150 £150
25th Percentile £181 £175 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £225 £230
Median % change year-on-year - -2.17% +6.98%
75th Percentile £300 £350 £364
90th Percentile £455 £523 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £215 £225
% change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 74 47
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.49 £14.10
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.38 £21.80
Median % change year-on-year +15.05% +2.67% +13.66%
75th Percentile £41.71 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £74.00 - £57.62
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £21.46 £21.00
% change year-on-year +19.99% +2.19% +10.53%

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 5,325 4,431 5,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.79% 13.50% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,357 2,828 3,368
10th Percentile £190 £185 £200
25th Percentile £313 £276 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £662 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 296 256
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £16.13
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £21.66
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -52.10% +14.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £69.77
90th Percentile £74.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.29 £25.15 £56.75
% change year-on-year +28.39% -55.68% +29.70%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -73 514 £228 +1.33% 125
UK excluding London -58 426 £210 -2.33% 104
London -90 137 £240 -4.00% 29
North of England -11 123 £220 +20.55% 18
North West +7 96 £240 +33.33% 16
South East -78 82 £273 +11.22% 18
Midlands -31 63 £213 +21.43% 24
South West -56 63 £225 -22.41% 13
Work from Home -73 55 £227 -35.29% 22
East of England -3 49 £175 -21.35% 19
West Midlands -44 36 £225 +28.57% 9
Scotland -24 34 £156 -21.88% 7
East Midlands -4 27 £150 +13.35% 14
Yorkshire -48 19 £200 +14.29% 2
Wales -14 10 £200 -27.27% 4
North East -38 8 £250 +28.21%
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 3
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 72 (12.59%) SharePoint
2 71 (12.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (2.97%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.27%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.22%) Confluence
6 5 (0.87%) Apache
6 5 (0.87%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 91 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.52%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.35%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 336 (58.74%) Microsoft 365
2 149 (26.05%) Azure
3 125 (21.85%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.77%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (0.87%) Mimecast
6 5 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.52%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.17%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 81 (14.16%) VPN
2 62 (10.84%) DNS
3 57 (9.97%) DHCP
4 52 (9.09%) TCP/IP
5 31 (5.42%) LAN
6 27 (4.72%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (4.55%) Skype
8 18 (3.15%) WAN
9 12 (2.10%) Firewall
9 12 (2.10%) VLAN
9 12 (2.10%) Wireless
10 9 (1.57%) NetScaler
10 9 (1.57%) Network Security
11 7 (1.22%) Internet
12 5 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.70%) IPv4
13 4 (0.70%) IPv6
14 3 (0.52%) VoIP
15 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
15 2 (0.35%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.22%) Oracle Database
2 5 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (5.07%) JIRA
2 7 (1.22%) MSI
3 5 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.87%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 346 (60.49%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (6.99%) Finance
4 30 (5.24%) Legal
5 19 (3.32%) Public Sector
6 17 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.10%) Front Office
8 12 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.57%) Banking
10 9 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.40%) Local Government
12 7 (1.22%) French Language
13 6 (1.05%) Law
14 5 (0.87%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.70%) Marketing
15 4 (0.70%) Retail
16 3 (0.52%) Police
17 2 (0.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 199 (34.79%) Support Engineer
2 181 (31.64%) IT Support
3 161 (28.15%) IT Engineer
4 141 (24.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 65 (11.36%) Analyst
6 57 (9.97%) Desktop Engineer
7 49 (8.57%) Deployment Engineer
8 46 (8.04%) Desktop Support
9 38 (6.64%) 2nd Line Support
10 36 (6.29%) Support Analyst
11 30 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 29 (5.07%) Windows Engineer
13 28 (4.90%) Service Analyst
14 27 (4.72%) IT Analyst
15 26 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
15 26 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
16 24 (4.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 23 (4.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 23 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 21 (3.67%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.22%) Software Packaging
2 5 (0.87%) Terraform
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.17%) .NET
4 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.17%) LDAP
4 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.17%) SAML
4 1 (0.17%) WinForms
4 1 (0.17%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.76%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.72%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.50%) Blackberry
3 20 (3.50%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.15%) Smartphone
5 14 (2.45%) CMDB
6 13 (2.27%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.10%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.57%) iPhone
10 8 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.22%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.05%) BYOD
12 6 (1.05%) Fat Client
12 6 (1.05%) iPad
12 6 (1.05%) Thin Client
13 5 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.87%) NHS
13 5 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 572 (100.00%) Windows
2 57 (9.97%) Windows Server
3 53 (9.27%) Android
4 47 (8.22%) Mac OS
5 45 (7.87%) Apple iOS
6 42 (7.34%) Windows 7
7 31 (5.42%) Linux
8 14 (2.45%) Ubuntu
9 11 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.75%) CentOS
11 7 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (1.22%) Solaris
12 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.35%) Debian
14 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (34.62%) Customer Service
2 161 (28.15%) ITIL
3 135 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (15.56%) ITSM
5 73 (12.76%) Service Management
6 67 (11.71%) Migration
7 57 (9.97%) User Experience
8 54 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (8.22%) Asset Management
10 39 (6.82%) Service Delivery
11 33 (5.77%) Root Cause Analysis
12 32 (5.59%) Application Packaging
12 32 (5.59%) Incident Management
13 29 (5.07%) Customer Experience
14 28 (4.90%) Break/Fix
15 23 (4.02%) Change Management
15 23 (4.02%) Mobile Device Management
16 21 (3.67%) Inventory Management
17 19 (3.32%) Computer Science
17 19 (3.32%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 96 (16.78%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.85%) VBScript
3 16 (2.80%) VB
4 8 (1.40%) Python
5 6 (1.05%) SQL
6 1 (0.17%) Bash
6 1 (0.17%) Bicep
6 1 (0.17%) C#
6 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 146 (25.52%) Security Cleared
2 123 (21.50%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.04%) Degree
4 31 (5.42%) DV Cleared
5 30 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (4.55%) A+ Certification
7 16 (2.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.57%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.22%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.35%) ACSP
14 2 (0.35%) MCSE
15 1 (0.17%) CCNA
15 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.17%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.66%) SLA
2 7 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.70%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.17%) GxP
6 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 369 (64.51%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.07%) Virtual Desktop
3 27 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (4.37%) BitLocker
5 15 (2.62%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (1.22%) XenApp
7 7 (1.22%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.05%) Firmware
8 6 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.35%) vSphere
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 180 (31.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 138 (24.13%) SCCM
3 8 (1.40%) WSUS
4 6 (1.05%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.87%) Packer
6 4 (0.70%) AirWatch
6 4 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.70%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.35%) SCOM
9 1 (0.17%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 388 (67.83%) Microsoft
2 133 (23.25%) ServiceNow
3 47 (8.22%) Apple
4 38 (6.64%) VMware
5 20 (3.50%) Citrix
6 18 (3.15%) Cisco
6 18 (3.15%) HP
7 16 (2.80%) Lotus
8 13 (2.27%) Remedy
9 10 (1.75%) McAfee
9 10 (1.75%) Samsung
10 8 (1.40%) iManage
10 8 (1.40%) Oracle
11 7 (1.22%) Bloomberg
11 7 (1.22%) Sophos
12 6 (1.05%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.05%) Dell
12 6 (1.05%) Google
12 6 (1.05%) Ivanti
12 6 (1.05%) Meraki