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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 157 107
Rank change year-on-year -93 -50 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 507 516 868
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.79% 2.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.61% 12.98% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 348 593
10th Percentile £133 £153 £150
25th Percentile £163 £195 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £234 £225
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +3.89% +4.65%
75th Percentile £280 £389 £375
90th Percentile £437 £538 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £215 £215
% change year-on-year -11.63% - +5.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 33 93
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.33 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.51 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £16.86
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% +42.35% -8.86%
75th Percentile £74.00 £28.00 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £29.68 £28.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.58 £22.50 £14.59
% change year-on-year +9.22% +54.22% -21.14%

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 4,779 3,975 5,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.77% 13.82% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,055 2,624 3,916
10th Percentile £188 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £467 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% -1.74% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 176 403
10th Percentile £15.30 £15.17 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -2.22% -47.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £54.06 £60.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.07 £19.14 £22.50
% change year-on-year +78.02% -14.96% -40.00%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -84 470 £200 -15.79% 86
UK excluding London -61 373 £190 -11.63% 84
London -92 126 £235 -18.26% 18
North of England -18 123 £175 -12.50% 27
North West +13 94 £173 -6.76% 20
Midlands -49 72 £190 - 8
Work from Home -43 66 £220 -12.00% 12
South East -92 56 £210 -16.00% 25
South West -41 50 £220 - 10
East of England -4 44 £200 -10.11% 9
East Midlands -4 38 £175 -7.89% 5
West Midlands -73 33 £190 - 3
Yorkshire -48 26 £190 -7.32% 5
Scotland -11 18 £150 -25.00% 4
Wales -15 8 £200 -38.46% 2
Northern Ireland +3 4 £175 +9.38% 1
North East -27 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 (15.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (11.64%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.37%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.58%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.39%) Confluence
5 2 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 92 (18.15%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (3.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.59%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 306 (60.36%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (24.65%) Azure
3 83 (16.37%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.16%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.58%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.99%) AWS
6 5 (0.99%) GCP
7 4 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.39%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.39%) SaaS
9 2 (0.39%) Slack
9 2 (0.39%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.20%) IaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 60 (11.83%) VPN
2 44 (8.68%) DNS
3 41 (8.09%) DHCP
4 36 (7.10%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (6.31%) LAN
6 28 (5.52%) Skype
7 22 (4.34%) WAN
8 17 (3.35%) Wireless
9 16 (3.16%) TCP/IP
10 15 (2.96%) VLAN
11 14 (2.76%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (1.58%) NetScaler
13 7 (1.38%) Firewall
14 6 (1.18%) IPv4
14 6 (1.18%) IPv6
14 6 (1.18%) VoIP
15 5 (0.99%) Network Security
16 4 (0.79%) WAAS
17 2 (0.39%) Internet
17 2 (0.39%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.37%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.59%) Power BI
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.94%) JIRA
2 4 (0.79%) MSI
3 3 (0.59%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.39%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 280 (55.23%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.28%) Finance
3 41 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.90%) Legal
5 28 (5.52%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.33%) Banking
7 23 (4.54%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (4.14%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.17%) Law
13 9 (1.78%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.58%) French Language
15 6 (1.18%) Marketing
16 5 (0.99%) Front Office
16 5 (0.99%) Local Government
16 5 (0.99%) Police
17 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 162 (31.95%) Support Engineer
2 146 (28.80%) IT Support
3 112 (22.09%) IT Engineer
4 98 (19.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 77 (15.19%) Analyst
6 49 (9.66%) Desktop Engineer
7 48 (9.47%) Desktop Support
8 42 (8.28%) 1st Line Support
9 41 (8.09%) Support Analyst
10 38 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support
11 33 (6.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 31 (6.11%) IT Analyst
13 30 (5.92%) Service Analyst
14 28 (5.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 28 (5.52%) Service Desk Analyst
15 26 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 24 (4.73%) Deployment Engineer
16 24 (4.73%) Windows Engineer
17 23 (4.54%) IT Support Analyst
18 22 (4.34%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.18%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.79%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.39%) Web Services
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.20%) EDI
5 1 (0.20%) WinForms
5 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.83%) Onboarding
2 30 (5.92%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (4.73%) Smartphone
4 20 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.97%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.97%) Virtual Team
6 9 (1.78%) Blackberry
7 8 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.38%) iPhone
9 5 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (0.99%) CMDB
9 5 (0.99%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (0.79%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.79%) iPad
11 2 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.39%) BYOD
11 2 (0.39%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 505 (99.61%) Windows
2 42 (8.28%) Mac OS
3 40 (7.89%) Windows 7
3 40 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 36 (7.10%) Apple iOS
5 35 (6.90%) Android
6 15 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.37%) Linux
7 12 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (1.58%) Mac OS X
8 8 (1.58%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.79%) Solaris
9 4 (0.79%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.59%) AIX
10 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (31.76%) Customer Service
2 113 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (20.32%) ITIL
4 70 (13.81%) ITSM
5 69 (13.61%) Migration
6 46 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (8.48%) Service Management
8 38 (7.50%) Asset Management
9 36 (7.10%) User Experience
10 32 (6.31%) Service Delivery
11 26 (5.13%) Application Packaging
12 24 (4.73%) Change Management
13 21 (4.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (3.94%) Computer Science
15 19 (3.75%) Incident Management
16 18 (3.55%) Customer Experience
17 16 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 16 (3.16%) Logistics
17 16 (3.16%) Time Management
18 15 (2.96%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 60 (11.83%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.16%) VBScript
3 12 (2.37%) VB
4 7 (1.38%) SQL
5 5 (0.99%) Bash
6 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.39%) Python
7 1 (0.20%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) C#
7 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 88 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.40%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.83%) Degree
4 31 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (4.34%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.96%) A+ Certification
7 13 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.17%) MCSE
9 9 (1.78%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.18%) CCA
11 6 (1.18%) Citrix Certification
11 6 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.99%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.59%) ACSP
14 2 (0.39%) HNC
14 2 (0.39%) HND
14 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.71%) SLA
2 7 (1.38%) GDPR
3 6 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.39%) GLP
5 2 (0.39%) GMP
5 2 (0.39%) QA
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 304 (59.96%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (3.16%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.17%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.18%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.79%) 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 Workstation
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 125 (24.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 105 (20.71%) SCCM
3 15 (2.96%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.58%) WSUS
5 5 (0.99%) AirWatch
6 4 (0.79%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.39%) WMI
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 332 (65.48%) Microsoft
2 95 (18.74%) ServiceNow
3 43 (8.48%) Citrix
4 32 (6.31%) Apple
5 26 (5.13%) VMware
6 20 (3.94%) HP
7 19 (3.75%) Cisco
8 18 (3.55%) Remedy
9 17 (3.35%) Bomgar
9 17 (3.35%) iManage
10 10 (1.97%) Dell
11 9 (1.78%) Oracle
12 8 (1.58%) Lotus
12 8 (1.58%) Starlink
13 7 (1.38%) Bloomberg
14 6 (1.18%) McAfee
15 5 (0.99%) Google
16 4 (0.79%) Qualys
17 3 (0.59%) MobileIron
17 3 (0.59%) Reuters