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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 129 109
Rank change year-on-year -41 -20 -11
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 621 654 938
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.64% 2.07% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.09% 14.71% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 459 666
10th Percentile £133 £155 £148
25th Percentile £163 £190 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +4.65% -
75th Percentile £369 £400 £350
90th Percentile £554 £538 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £220 £210
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 33 50
10th Percentile £18.54 £15.58 £15.13
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.13 £16.51
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.80 £18.94
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +25.66% +2.38%
75th Percentile £24.28 £25.30 £31.56
90th Percentile £25.15 £57.62 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -4.35% +29.80% -2.18%

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 4,744 4,445 6,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.52% 14.09% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,146 2,764 4,298
10th Percentile £173 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £319 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £474
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.26% -8.01%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £695 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £409 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.87% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 160 358
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.03 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.54% +15.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £63.54
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.10 £72.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £31.79 £25.63
% change year-on-year -26.08% +24.06% +7.71%

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 25 January 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 25 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 16 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 25 January 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 -26 598 £212 -7.73% 201
UK excluding London -34 469 £200 -9.09% 195
London -53 145 £245 -10.09% 35
North of England -24 130 £175 -14.63% 40
South East -37 103 £250 - 59
North West 0 98 £173 -13.75% 21
Work from Home -34 98 £300 +17.65% 33
South West +5 93 £313 +38.89% 24
Midlands -32 79 £175 -7.89% 29
East of England +18 56 £203 -14.74% 32
West Midlands -50 42 £175 -12.50% 14
East Midlands -7 37 £175 -6.67% 15
Yorkshire -49 21 £170 -26.88% 16
North East -3 11 £200 - 3
Scotland -26 11 £200 +1.27% 8
Wales -19 6 £200 -4.76% 7

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 93 (14.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.77%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 106 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.81%) assyst
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 329 (52.98%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (20.13%) Azure
3 64 (10.31%) Entra ID
4 47 (7.57%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.45%) AWS
6 8 (1.29%) GCP
6 8 (1.29%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.32%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.32%) SaaS
7 2 (0.32%) Viva Engage
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.16%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.16%) OCI
8 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (11.11%) VPN
2 62 (9.98%) DNS
3 47 (7.57%) DHCP
4 36 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
5 33 (5.31%) LAN
5 33 (5.31%) TCP/IP
5 33 (5.31%) WAN
6 27 (4.35%) Skype
7 20 (3.22%) Wireless
8 17 (2.74%) VLAN
9 11 (1.77%) Firewall
9 11 (1.77%) NetScaler
10 9 (1.45%) 4G
11 8 (1.29%) PABX
12 6 (0.97%) WAAS
13 5 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.81%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.81%) VSAN
14 4 (0.64%) VoIP
15 3 (0.48%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (1.29%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.64%) Power BI
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (2.74%) MSI
2 13 (2.09%) JIRA
3 9 (1.45%) InstallShield
4 6 (0.97%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 325 (52.33%) Social Skills
2 68 (10.95%) Finance
3 52 (8.37%) Public Sector
4 37 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.31%) Banking
6 26 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (3.86%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.38%) Legal
9 20 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.06%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.58%) Electronics
11 16 (2.58%) Marketing
12 11 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.45%) Law
14 7 (1.13%) French Language
14 7 (1.13%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.97%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.48%) International Banking
18 2 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 169 (27.21%) Support Engineer
2 144 (23.19%) IT Support
3 103 (16.59%) IT Engineer
4 90 (14.49%) Analyst
5 85 (13.69%) Desktop Support
6 79 (12.72%) IT Support Engineer
7 70 (11.27%) Desktop Engineer
8 69 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
9 58 (9.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 55 (8.86%) Deployment Engineer
11 50 (8.05%) Support Analyst
12 46 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
13 36 (5.80%) 1st Line Support
14 35 (5.64%) Service Analyst
15 33 (5.31%) Service Desk Analyst
16 30 (4.83%) IT Analyst
17 28 (4.51%) Windows Support Engineer
18 25 (4.03%) IT Support Analyst
19 24 (3.86%) Migration Engineer
20 22 (3.54%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.48%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.32%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.32%) Web Services
2 2 (0.32%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.16%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.44%) Onboarding
2 32 (5.15%) Driving Licence
3 26 (4.19%) Smartphone
4 25 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.09%) PKI
7 12 (1.93%) iPhone
7 12 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (1.29%) iPad
8 8 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.97%) Hedge funds
10 5 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (0.81%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.64%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.64%) NHS
12 3 (0.48%) CMDB
12 3 (0.48%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 609 (98.07%) Windows
2 58 (9.34%) Apple iOS
3 55 (8.86%) Android
4 44 (7.09%) Mac OS
5 40 (6.44%) Windows 7
6 38 (6.12%) Windows Server
7 32 (5.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (3.70%) Linux
9 15 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (2.25%) Windows Server 2003
11 10 (1.61%) AIX
11 10 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (1.13%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.64%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.48%) CentOS
15 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (29.15%) Customer Service
2 109 (17.55%) ITIL
3 108 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (14.49%) Migration
5 76 (12.24%) ITSM
6 64 (10.31%) Service Management
7 36 (5.80%) User Experience
8 34 (5.48%) Application Packaging
9 33 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (4.99%) Change Management
10 31 (4.99%) Workflow
11 29 (4.67%) Mobile Device Management
12 27 (4.35%) Inventory Management
12 27 (4.35%) Logistics
13 26 (4.19%) Service Delivery
14 25 (4.03%) Agile
14 25 (4.03%) Asset Management
15 22 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 22 (3.54%) Workflow Management
16 21 (3.38%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (14.01%) PowerShell
2 25 (4.03%) VBScript
3 14 (2.25%) SQL
4 11 (1.77%) VB
5 8 (1.29%) Bash
6 4 (0.64%) Java
6 4 (0.64%) Python
7 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 183 (29.47%) Security Cleared
2 141 (22.71%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.70%) Degree
4 41 (6.60%) DV Cleared
4 41 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (3.06%) A+ Certification
6 13 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 12 (1.93%) MCP
8 11 (1.77%) MCSE
9 10 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.13%) CCA
11 7 (1.13%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (0.97%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.81%) MCDST
14 4 (0.64%) MCSA
15 3 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
16 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
17 1 (0.16%) BC Cleared
17 1 (0.16%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.15%) SLA
2 13 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.61%) GDPR
4 3 (0.48%) NCSC
5 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.16%) PMO
6 1 (0.16%) QA
System Software
1 324 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (2.74%) BitLocker
5 10 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.13%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.97%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.81%) XenApp
9 4 (0.64%) Firmware
9 4 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.64%) vSphere
9 4 (0.64%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.32%) NFS
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 174 (28.02%) SCCM
2 114 (18.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.42%) vCenter Server
4 11 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (1.29%) WSUS
6 6 (0.97%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (0.64%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 3 (0.48%) OPNET
8 3 (0.48%) SCOM
8 3 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.32%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.16%) Ansible
10 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 351 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 102 (16.43%) ServiceNow
3 49 (7.89%) Citrix
4 43 (6.92%) VMware
5 36 (5.80%) Cisco
6 31 (4.99%) Apple
7 26 (4.19%) HP
8 22 (3.54%) Dell
9 21 (3.38%) Remedy
10 18 (2.90%) SAP
11 17 (2.74%) McAfee
12 14 (2.25%) iManage
13 12 (1.93%) Oracle
14 10 (1.61%) Bomgar
15 9 (1.45%) Symantec
16 8 (1.29%) Starlink
16 8 (1.29%) Veeam
17 7 (1.13%) IBM
18 6 (0.97%) SolarWinds
19 5 (0.81%) Qualys