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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 122 112
Rank change year-on-year -48 -10 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 613 727 989
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.99% 2.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.69% 14.10% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 473 700
10th Percentile £134 £155 £147
25th Percentile £171 £188 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £235 £215
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +9.30% -4.44%
75th Percentile £350 £400 £371
90th Percentile £550 £525 £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £215 £225 £210
% change year-on-year -4.67% +7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 46 52
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.74 £16.03
25th Percentile £18.97 £17.58 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.75 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +18.61% +8.24%
75th Percentile £25.00 £24.18 £28.81
90th Percentile £25.15 £57.62 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £23.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -6.70% +21.05% +10.63%

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 4,829 5,156 7,023
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 14.13% 15.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,118 3,160 4,769
10th Percentile £181 £200 £182
25th Percentile £270 £325 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
75th Percentile £573 £585 £610
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £405 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.27% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 372 220 350
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.63 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £35.92
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% +39.20% +43.68%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £51.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -54.15% +70.83% +33.33%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 -23 570 £220 -8.33% 274
UK excluding London -26 450 £215 -4.67% 211
London -48 159 £240 -4.00% 91
South East -12 118 £233 -29.01% 73
North of England -44 98 £200 -10.11% 39
South West +25 93 £325 +44.44% 39
Work from Home -49 92 £350 +40.00% 58
North West -30 62 £190 -14.61% 20
Midlands -35 61 £173 -13.75% 29
East of England 0 51 £220 -7.37% 20
West Midlands -43 38 £175 -12.50% 16
Scotland -31 28 £200 - 12
Yorkshire -40 27 £188 -14.43% 14
East Midlands -16 23 £132 -30.44% 13
Wales -7 10 £230 +15.00% 2
North East -2 9 £200 -33.33% 5
Northern Ireland -18 1 £250 +61.29% 3

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 83 (13.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (10.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.14%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 94 (15.33%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.82%) assyst
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Eikon
3 1 (0.16%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 301 (49.10%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (15.50%) Azure
3 51 (8.32%) Entra ID
4 48 (7.83%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.31%) AWS
6 6 (0.98%) Power Platform
7 5 (0.82%) GCP
8 2 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.33%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.16%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.16%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.16%) IaaS
9 1 (0.16%) OCI
9 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (10.60%) VPN
2 64 (10.44%) DNS
3 48 (7.83%) TCP/IP
4 45 (7.34%) DHCP
5 29 (4.73%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (4.08%) LAN
6 25 (4.08%) WAN
7 19 (3.10%) Skype
8 16 (2.61%) VLAN
9 14 (2.28%) Firewall
10 11 (1.79%) Wireless
11 9 (1.47%) 4G
12 8 (1.31%) IP Telephony
12 8 (1.31%) PABX
13 7 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (0.98%) NetScaler
15 5 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
15 5 (0.82%) VoIP
15 5 (0.82%) VSAN
15 5 (0.82%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (1.63%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.14%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.49%) 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 19 (3.10%) MSI
2 9 (1.47%) JIRA
3 8 (1.31%) AdminStudio
3 8 (1.31%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.16%) GitLab
4 1 (0.16%) Hudson
4 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 301 (49.10%) Social Skills
2 63 (10.28%) Finance
3 53 (8.65%) Public Sector
4 34 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.40%) Banking
6 23 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 18 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (2.77%) Legal
9 13 (2.12%) Electronics
9 13 (2.12%) Marketing
9 13 (2.12%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.14%) Law
11 6 (0.98%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.65%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.65%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.49%) Local Government
13 3 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.33%) French Language
Job Titles
1 165 (26.92%) Support Engineer
2 137 (22.35%) IT Support
3 102 (16.64%) IT Engineer
4 94 (15.33%) Analyst
5 77 (12.56%) Desktop Support
6 72 (11.75%) IT Support Engineer
7 70 (11.42%) Desktop Engineer
8 68 (11.09%) Deployment Engineer
8 68 (11.09%) Windows Engineer
9 58 (9.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 48 (7.83%) Support Analyst
11 43 (7.01%) 2nd Line Support
12 38 (6.20%) Service Analyst
12 38 (6.20%) Service Desk Analyst
13 33 (5.38%) IT Analyst
14 30 (4.89%) Windows Support Engineer
15 29 (4.73%) IT Support Analyst
16 23 (3.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 23 (3.75%) Technical Support
17 22 (3.59%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.65%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.16%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.73%) Driving Licence
2 24 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.94%) iPhone
4 18 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (2.12%) PKI
6 12 (1.96%) iPad
7 11 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
8 9 (1.47%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.14%) CMDB
9 7 (1.14%) Hedge funds
10 6 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.98%) NHS
10 6 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.65%) Blackberry
12 4 (0.65%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 605 (98.69%) Windows
2 53 (8.65%) Android
3 48 (7.83%) Apple iOS
4 45 (7.34%) Windows Server
5 44 (7.18%) Windows 7
6 34 (5.55%) Mac OS
7 31 (5.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (4.08%) Linux
9 16 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (1.96%) Windows Server 2003
10 12 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.79%) AIX
12 5 (0.82%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.65%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.49%) CentOS
15 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.33%) Unix
16 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (23.00%) Customer Service
2 104 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (16.64%) ITIL
4 84 (13.70%) Migration
5 68 (11.09%) ITSM
6 56 (9.14%) Service Management
7 35 (5.71%) Application Packaging
8 27 (4.40%) Asset Management
8 27 (4.40%) Mobile Device Management
8 27 (4.40%) User Experience
9 25 (4.08%) Agile
9 25 (4.08%) Service Delivery
10 24 (3.92%) Inventory Management
11 23 (3.75%) Change Management
11 23 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 23 (3.75%) Workflow
12 22 (3.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (3.43%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (3.26%) Logistics
15 19 (3.10%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 81 (13.21%) PowerShell
2 21 (3.43%) VBScript
3 11 (1.79%) SQL
4 10 (1.63%) VB
5 5 (0.82%) Bash
6 4 (0.65%) Java
7 3 (0.49%) C#
7 3 (0.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 184 (30.02%) Security Cleared
2 146 (23.82%) SC Cleared
3 43 (7.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (5.87%) Degree
5 30 (4.89%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.94%) A+ Certification
7 13 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.63%) MCP
9 8 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.31%) MCSE
10 7 (1.14%) MCSA
11 5 (0.82%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (0.82%) MCDST
12 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.33%) CBAP
14 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.33%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.71%) SLA
2 13 (2.12%) GDPR
3 11 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.49%) NCSC
5 3 (0.49%) QA
6 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 309 (50.41%) Active Directory
2 36 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.28%) Microsoft App-V
5 12 (1.96%) BitLocker
6 10 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.47%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.98%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.98%) vSphere
10 5 (0.82%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.65%) Firmware
11 4 (0.65%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.49%) XenApp
13 2 (0.33%) NFS
13 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 170 (27.73%) SCCM
2 102 (16.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.45%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.31%) WSUS
5 6 (0.98%) Norton AntiVirus
6 4 (0.65%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 3 (0.49%) OPNET
7 3 (0.49%) SCOM
7 3 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.16%) Ansible
8 1 (0.16%) AppManager
8 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 353 (57.59%) Microsoft
2 84 (13.70%) ServiceNow
3 47 (7.67%) VMware
4 45 (7.34%) Citrix
5 33 (5.38%) Apple
6 30 (4.89%) Cisco
7 20 (3.26%) Remedy
8 19 (3.10%) Dell
8 19 (3.10%) HP
9 18 (2.94%) McAfee
10 15 (2.45%) SAP
11 12 (1.96%) Oracle
12 9 (1.47%) Symantec
13 8 (1.31%) Reuters
13 8 (1.31%) Starlink
14 7 (1.14%) Ivanti
14 7 (1.14%) Veeam
15 6 (0.98%) Bloomberg
15 6 (0.98%) IBM
15 6 (0.98%) SolarWinds