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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 180 121
Rank change year-on-year -71 -59 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 574 538 740
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.63% 1.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.66% 12.01% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 355 482
10th Percentile £150 £150 £150
25th Percentile £181 £175 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.65%
75th Percentile £305 £350 £364
90th Percentile £465 £520 £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 64 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 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.05% +1.74% +14.70%
75th Percentile £41.55 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £72.04 - £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 5,387 4,480 5,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.81% 13.55% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,401 2,858 3,320
10th Percentile £193 £185 £200
25th Percentile £313 £281 £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 £663 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 297 254
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £16.08
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £21.85
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -52.10% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £69.45
90th Percentile £74.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.29 £25.15 £56.20
% change year-on-year +28.39% -55.25% +39.93%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -75 516 £230 +2.22% 126
UK excluding London -66 426 £210 -2.33% 101
London -89 138 £240 -4.00% 35
North of England -20 124 £230 +26.03% 12
North West +10 97 £250 +38.89% 10
South East -74 82 £273 +11.22% 17
South West -55 64 £225 -23.08% 15
Midlands -38 62 £213 +21.43% 21
Work from Home -83 56 £228 -36.00% 20
East of England -7 49 £175 -21.35% 21
West Midlands -37 36 £225 +28.57% 7
Scotland -19 34 £156 -21.88% 8
East Midlands -5 26 £150 +13.35% 13
Yorkshire -48 19 £200 +14.29% 2
Wales -15 9 £200 -27.27% 7
North East -37 8 £250 +28.21%
Northern Ireland +10 4 £175 -30.00% 1
Channel Islands -4 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 71 (12.37%) SharePoint
2 70 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (2.96%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.26%) 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 92 (16.03%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.52%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.35%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 339 (59.06%) Microsoft 365
2 152 (26.48%) Azure
3 129 (22.47%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.75%) 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 80 (13.94%) VPN
2 60 (10.45%) DNS
3 56 (9.76%) DHCP
4 52 (9.06%) TCP/IP
5 31 (5.40%) LAN
6 27 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (4.53%) Skype
8 18 (3.14%) WAN
9 12 (2.09%) Firewall
9 12 (2.09%) Wireless
10 11 (1.92%) VLAN
11 9 (1.57%) NetScaler
12 8 (1.39%) Network Security
13 7 (1.22%) Internet
14 5 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.52%) IPv4
15 3 (0.52%) IPv6
15 3 (0.52%) VoIP
16 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
16 2 (0.35%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.22%) Oracle Database
2 5 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.70%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (5.05%) JIRA
2 9 (1.57%) MSI
3 5 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.87%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 343 (59.76%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (6.97%) Finance
4 30 (5.23%) Legal
5 19 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.09%) Front Office
8 12 (2.09%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.57%) Banking
10 9 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.39%) Local Government
12 7 (1.22%) French Language
13 5 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.87%) Law
14 4 (0.70%) Marketing
14 4 (0.70%) Retail
15 3 (0.52%) Police
16 2 (0.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 197 (34.32%) Support Engineer
2 180 (31.36%) IT Support
3 160 (27.87%) IT Engineer
4 140 (24.39%) IT Support Engineer
5 66 (11.50%) Analyst
6 56 (9.76%) Desktop Engineer
7 48 (8.36%) Deployment Engineer
8 45 (7.84%) Desktop Support
9 38 (6.62%) 2nd Line Support
10 36 (6.27%) Support Analyst
11 30 (5.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 29 (5.05%) Service Analyst
12 29 (5.05%) Windows Engineer
13 27 (4.70%) IT Analyst
13 27 (4.70%) Service Desk Analyst
14 26 (4.53%) 1st Line Support
15 23 (4.01%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 23 (4.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 23 (4.01%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 20 (3.48%) 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 (12.72%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.70%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.48%) Blackberry
3 20 (3.48%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.14%) Smartphone
5 14 (2.44%) CMDB
6 13 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.57%) iPhone
9 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.39%) Data Centre
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
1 574 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (9.58%) Windows Server
3 54 (9.41%) Android
4 49 (8.54%) Apple iOS
5 47 (8.19%) Mac OS
6 42 (7.32%) Windows 7
7 30 (5.23%) Linux
8 14 (2.44%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.74%) CentOS
9 10 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.22%) Solaris
11 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.35%) Debian
13 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (34.49%) Customer Service
2 161 (28.05%) ITIL
3 139 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (15.68%) ITSM
5 74 (12.89%) Service Management
6 66 (11.50%) Migration
7 60 (10.45%) User Experience
8 54 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (8.01%) Asset Management
10 40 (6.97%) Service Delivery
11 37 (6.45%) Application Packaging
12 36 (6.27%) Root Cause Analysis
13 33 (5.75%) Incident Management
14 29 (5.05%) Customer Experience
15 28 (4.88%) Break/Fix
16 24 (4.18%) Mobile Device Management
17 23 (4.01%) Change Management
18 21 (3.66%) Inventory Management
18 21 (3.66%) Software Deployment
19 19 (3.31%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 101 (17.60%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.83%) VBScript
3 16 (2.79%) VB
4 8 (1.39%) 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
1 145 (25.26%) Security Cleared
2 122 (21.25%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.01%) Degree
4 31 (5.40%) DV Cleared
5 30 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (4.53%) A+ Certification
7 16 (2.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.57%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.39%) 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%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.80%) SLA
2 7 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (0.87%) 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
1 372 (64.81%) Active Directory
2 32 (5.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 26 (4.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (4.36%) BitLocker
5 15 (2.61%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.35%) KVM
10 2 (0.35%) vSphere
11 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 184 (32.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 141 (24.56%) SCCM
3 7 (1.22%) 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
1 392 (68.29%) Microsoft
2 133 (23.17%) ServiceNow
3 50 (8.71%) Apple
4 37 (6.45%) VMware
5 19 (3.31%) Citrix
6 18 (3.14%) HP
7 17 (2.96%) Cisco
8 16 (2.79%) Lotus
9 13 (2.26%) Remedy
10 10 (1.74%) Samsung
11 9 (1.57%) McAfee
12 8 (1.39%) iManage
12 8 (1.39%) Oracle
13 7 (1.22%) Bloomberg
13 7 (1.22%) Sophos
14 6 (1.05%) Atlassian
14 6 (1.05%) CyberArk
14 6 (1.05%) Google
14 6 (1.05%) Ivanti
14 6 (1.05%) Meraki