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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 166 122
Rank change year-on-year -88 -44 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 500 538 842
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.71% 1.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.06% 12.45% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 339 547
10th Percentile £133 £153 £150
25th Percentile £163 £194 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £230 £225
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £276 £388 £380
90th Percentile £433 £538 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £214 £215
% change year-on-year -6.43% -0.58% +5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 55 98
10th Percentile £19.33 £17.38 £10.95
25th Percentile £21.31 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +34.72% -10.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £37.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £24.83 £15.00
% change year-on-year +3.71% +65.53% -18.92%

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 4,971 4,322 5,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.70% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,182 2,798 3,884
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -2.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 222 433
10th Percentile £14.80 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.63 £17.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £22.53 £24.86
Median % change year-on-year +15.40% -9.35% -41.52%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.98 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.89 £19.27 £31.13
% change year-on-year +34.33% -38.09% -7.09%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -84 462 £203 -14.74% 116
UK excluding London -72 372 £200 -6.43% 105
London -105 121 £235 -18.26% 25
North of England -20 118 £190 -5.00% 30
North West +4 84 £190 - 15
Midlands -51 63 £190 - 17
Work from Home -77 55 £200 -20.00% 29
South East -101 55 £250 - 30
South West -34 54 £225 +2.27% 14
East of England -4 52 £175 -22.22% 11
West Midlands -69 36 £225 +18.42% 6
Yorkshire -46 29 £190 -1.94% 10
East Midlands -6 26 £131 -29.10% 11
Scotland -27 18 £150 -25.00% 7
Wales -13 10 £200 -33.33% 2
North East -32 5 £250 -16.67% 6
Northern Ireland +1 4 £175 +9.38% 3
Channel Islands +1 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 (14.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (11.00%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.40%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.80%) HCL Notes
5 3 (0.60%) Confluence
6 2 (0.40%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 81 (16.20%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.40%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 280 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
2 106 (21.20%) Azure
3 71 (14.20%) Entra ID
4 21 (4.20%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.60%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.60%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.40%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.20%) IaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.20%) SaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 56 (11.20%) VPN
2 43 (8.60%) DNS
3 40 (8.00%) DHCP
4 39 (7.80%) Wi-Fi
5 30 (6.00%) LAN
6 25 (5.00%) TCP/IP
7 24 (4.80%) Skype
8 17 (3.40%) WAN
9 14 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
10 12 (2.40%) VLAN
11 10 (2.00%) Wireless
12 7 (1.40%) VoIP
13 6 (1.20%) Internet
13 6 (1.20%) IPv4
13 6 (1.20%) IPv6
14 5 (1.00%) Firewall
14 5 (1.00%) Network Security
15 4 (0.80%) WAAS
16 2 (0.40%) NetScaler
16 2 (0.40%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.20%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.80%) Power BI
4 3 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.20%) JIRA
2 5 (1.00%) MSI
3 3 (0.60%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.40%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 296 (59.20%) Social Skills
2 48 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (7.20%) Finance
4 35 (7.00%) Legal
5 28 (5.60%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (3.40%) Banking
9 16 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.40%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.20%) French Language
12 5 (1.00%) Front Office
12 5 (1.00%) Law
12 5 (1.00%) Local Government
12 5 (1.00%) Police
12 5 (1.00%) Retail
13 4 (0.80%) Marketing
14 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (34.20%) Support Engineer
2 156 (31.20%) IT Support
3 127 (25.40%) IT Engineer
4 115 (23.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 72 (14.40%) Analyst
6 49 (9.80%) Desktop Engineer
7 41 (8.20%) Desktop Support
8 35 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 34 (6.80%) Service Analyst
10 33 (6.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 33 (6.60%) Service Desk Analyst
11 32 (6.40%) 1st Line Support
11 32 (6.40%) Support Analyst
12 29 (5.80%) Deployment Engineer
12 29 (5.80%) IT Analyst
13 28 (5.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 25 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 25 (5.00%) Windows Engineer
15 23 (4.60%) IT Technician
16 22 (4.40%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.20%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.80%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) WinForms
4 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.20%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.20%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.20%) Smartphone
4 11 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (2.00%) Blackberry
5 10 (2.00%) Virtual Team
6 8 (1.60%) iPhone
7 6 (1.20%) BYOD
7 6 (1.20%) CMDB
7 6 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.00%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.00%) iPad
8 5 (1.00%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.00%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.40%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 500 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (8.20%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.40%) Windows 7
4 35 (7.00%) Mac OS
5 32 (6.40%) Android
6 28 (5.60%) Apple iOS
7 14 (2.80%) Linux
8 13 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.60%) Mac OS X
10 8 (1.60%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.00%) Solaris
13 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.60%) AIX
14 3 (0.60%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.40%) Debian
16 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (30.20%) Customer Service
2 120 (24.00%) ITIL
3 115 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (11.80%) ITSM
5 58 (11.60%) Migration
6 47 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (8.80%) Service Management
8 38 (7.60%) Asset Management
9 37 (7.40%) Service Delivery
10 36 (7.20%) User Experience
11 24 (4.80%) Application Packaging
12 21 (4.20%) Customer Experience
13 20 (4.00%) Computer Science
13 20 (4.00%) Incident Management
14 19 (3.80%) Change Management
14 19 (3.80%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (3.60%) Inventory Management
16 15 (3.00%) Break/Fix
17 14 (2.80%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (11.40%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.40%) VBScript
3 12 (2.40%) VB
4 6 (1.20%) SQL
5 3 (0.60%) Python
6 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.20%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) C#
7 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 89 (17.80%) Security Cleared
2 78 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 55 (11.00%) Degree
4 32 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.60%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 10 (2.00%) MCSE
10 9 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.00%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.60%) ACSP
14 2 (0.40%) CCA
14 2 (0.40%) Citrix Certification
14 2 (0.40%) HNC
14 2 (0.40%) HND
14 2 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.40%) SLA
2 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.60%) GDPR
2 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.40%) GLP
3 2 (0.40%) GMP
3 2 (0.40%) QA
4 1 (0.20%) GRC
4 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.20%) NCSC
4 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 304 (60.80%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.40%) BitLocker
4 14 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.80%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.80%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.40%) XenApp
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 127 (25.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 99 (19.80%) SCCM
3 12 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.60%) WSUS
5 6 (1.20%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.40%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.40%) WMI
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
8 1 (0.20%) Terraform
8 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 319 (63.80%) Microsoft
2 94 (18.80%) ServiceNow
3 34 (6.80%) Apple
4 27 (5.40%) Citrix
5 23 (4.60%) VMware
6 19 (3.80%) HP
7 15 (3.00%) Cisco
8 12 (2.40%) Remedy
9 11 (2.20%) Bomgar
9 11 (2.20%) iManage
10 10 (2.00%) McAfee
11 9 (1.80%) Lotus
11 9 (1.80%) Oracle
11 9 (1.80%) Starlink
12 8 (1.60%) Bloomberg
13 7 (1.40%) Dell
13 7 (1.40%) Samsung
14 4 (0.80%) Reuters
15 3 (0.60%) MobileIron
15 3 (0.60%) Sophos