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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 125 104
Rank change year-on-year -68 -21 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 616 631 940
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 2.07% 2.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.90% 14.52% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 442 661
10th Percentile £133 £155 £143
25th Percentile £163 £190 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £203 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.65% -
75th Percentile £326 £418 £370
90th Percentile £550 £552 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £215 £210
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 31 65
10th Percentile £18.69 £15.22 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.32 £14.48
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +29.80% -4.22%
75th Percentile £24.29 £24.18 £23.00
90th Percentile £25.89 £33.75 £48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £22.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year -3.30% +30.00% -3.77%

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 4,777 4,347 6,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.51% 14.28% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,159 2,786 4,133
10th Percentile £178 £200 £180
25th Percentile £275 £317 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% -9.27%
75th Percentile £572 £589 £591
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £430 £430
% change year-on-year -3.49% - -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 149 394
10th Percentile £15.02 £16.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.18 £20.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.78 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year -23.65% +26.01% -7.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £61.31
90th Percentile £68.68 £69.00 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £28.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -18.54% +21.03% -12.70%

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 1 March 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 March 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 1 March 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 -36 591 £203 -10.00% 143
UK excluding London -44 458 £200 -6.98% 138
London -63 149 £250 -9.09% 27
North of England -23 146 £175 -18.60% 32
North West -10 103 £173 -13.75% 17
South East -49 96 £233 -11.43% 46
Work from Home -36 90 £255 +2.00% 33
Midlands -40 77 £175 -7.89% 17
South West -18 68 £300 +33.33% 17
East of England +14 61 £200 -15.79% 13
West Midlands -55 41 £175 -10.26% 13
East Midlands -6 35 £175 -7.89% 4
Yorkshire -55 33 £190 -22.45% 13
North East -6 10 £195 -35.00% 3
Scotland -26 10 £200 - 9
Wales -17 7 £200 - 4

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 89 (14.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (11.36%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.62%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 110 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (3.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.81%) assyst
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 346 (56.17%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (19.48%) Azure
3 67 (10.88%) Entra ID
4 44 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.46%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.14%) AWS
7 6 (0.97%) GCP
8 3 (0.49%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.32%) SaaS
9 2 (0.32%) Slack
9 2 (0.32%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.16%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.16%) IaaS
10 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 68 (11.04%) VPN
2 55 (8.93%) DNS
3 48 (7.79%) Wi-Fi
4 44 (7.14%) DHCP
5 39 (6.33%) LAN
6 34 (5.52%) WAN
7 31 (5.03%) TCP/IP
8 27 (4.38%) Skype
9 24 (3.90%) Wireless
10 17 (2.76%) VLAN
11 12 (1.95%) NetScaler
12 11 (1.79%) Firewall
13 9 (1.46%) 4G
13 9 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (1.30%) PABX
15 6 (0.97%) VoIP
16 5 (0.81%) Unified Communications
17 3 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
18 2 (0.32%) Internet
18 2 (0.32%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.30%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (0.81%) Power BI
5 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 21 (3.41%) JIRA
2 12 (1.95%) MSI
3 6 (0.97%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.32%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 319 (51.79%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.06%) Finance
3 43 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 35 (5.68%) Banking
5 34 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (4.87%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.55%) Legal
7 28 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.92%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.11%) Electronics
10 13 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.11%) Marketing
11 10 (1.62%) Law
12 7 (1.14%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.14%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.97%) French Language
14 3 (0.49%) International Banking
14 3 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 177 (28.73%) Support Engineer
2 157 (25.49%) IT Support
3 117 (18.99%) IT Engineer
4 95 (15.42%) IT Support Engineer
5 89 (14.45%) Analyst
6 74 (12.01%) Desktop Support
7 62 (10.06%) Windows Engineer
8 60 (9.74%) Desktop Engineer
9 51 (8.28%) 2nd Line Support
10 50 (8.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 47 (7.63%) Support Analyst
12 42 (6.82%) 1st Line Support
13 41 (6.66%) Deployment Engineer
14 33 (5.36%) Service Analyst
15 30 (4.87%) Service Desk Analyst
16 28 (4.55%) IT Analyst
17 27 (4.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 26 (4.22%) Windows Support Engineer
19 25 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
20 24 (3.90%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.97%) X-Windows
2 3 (0.49%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.32%) Web Services
4 1 (0.16%) EDI
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.31%) Onboarding
2 32 (5.19%) Driving Licence
3 29 (4.71%) Smartphone
4 22 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.46%) PKI
8 8 (1.30%) iPhone
9 7 (1.14%) CMDB
10 6 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.81%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.81%) Hedge funds
11 5 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.65%) iPad
12 4 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.65%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.65%) NHS
12 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.49%) Blackberry
13 3 (0.49%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 604 (98.05%) Windows
2 54 (8.77%) Android
3 52 (8.44%) Apple iOS
4 44 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 37 (6.01%) Windows 7
5 37 (6.01%) Windows Server
6 31 (5.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.76%) Linux
8 15 (2.44%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.46%) AIX
10 9 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.14%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.65%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.49%) CentOS
14 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.16%) Unix
14 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (30.19%) Customer Service
2 103 (16.72%) ITIL
3 102 (16.56%) Migration
4 101 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (13.15%) ITSM
6 57 (9.25%) Service Management
7 39 (6.33%) User Experience
8 33 (5.36%) Change Management
9 31 (5.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (4.87%) Application Packaging
10 30 (4.87%) Workflow
11 29 (4.71%) Service Delivery
12 28 (4.55%) Logistics
13 27 (4.38%) Asset Management
14 25 (4.06%) Mobile Device Management
15 23 (3.73%) Incident Management
16 22 (3.57%) Stakeholder Management
17 21 (3.41%) Workflow Management
18 19 (3.08%) Agile
18 19 (3.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 77 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 20 (3.25%) VBScript
3 12 (1.95%) VB
4 11 (1.79%) SQL
5 6 (0.97%) Bash
6 3 (0.49%) Python
7 2 (0.32%) Java
7 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 153 (24.84%) Security Cleared
2 118 (19.16%) SC Cleared
3 58 (9.42%) Degree
4 40 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (5.36%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.92%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 14 (2.27%) MCSE
9 8 (1.30%) CCA
9 8 (1.30%) Citrix Certification
9 8 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.81%) MCDST
12 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.32%) HNC
14 2 (0.32%) HND
15 1 (0.16%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.71%) SLA
2 11 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.46%) GDPR
4 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.16%) GLP
5 1 (0.16%) GMP
5 1 (0.16%) PMO
5 1 (0.16%) QA
System Software
1 322 (52.27%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.27%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.14%) XenDesktop
8 6 (0.97%) XenApp
9 5 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (0.81%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.81%) vSphere
10 3 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.32%) Firmware
11 2 (0.32%) NFS
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 163 (26.46%) SCCM
2 115 (18.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.95%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.62%) vCenter Server
5 9 (1.46%) WSUS
6 6 (0.97%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (0.81%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.49%) SCOM
10 2 (0.32%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.16%) Ansible
11 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.16%) TeamSite
11 1 (0.16%) WMI
Vendors
1 361 (58.60%) Microsoft
2 109 (17.69%) ServiceNow
3 52 (8.44%) Citrix
4 36 (5.84%) VMware
5 35 (5.68%) Cisco
6 26 (4.22%) Apple
6 26 (4.22%) HP
7 24 (3.90%) Remedy
8 19 (3.08%) Dell
8 19 (3.08%) iManage
9 15 (2.44%) Bomgar
9 15 (2.44%) SAP
10 11 (1.79%) Oracle
11 10 (1.62%) McAfee
12 7 (1.14%) IBM
12 7 (1.14%) Symantec
12 7 (1.14%) Veeam
13 6 (0.97%) Qualys
13 6 (0.97%) SolarWinds
14 5 (0.81%) Mitel