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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 137 104
Rank change year-on-year -73 -33 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 562 583 931
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.28% 2.01% 2.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.89% 14.00% 15.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 422 642
10th Percentile £133 £155 £148
25th Percentile £163 £190 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £219
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.86% -0.57%
75th Percentile £316 £409 £384
90th Percentile £535 £556 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £215 £210
% change year-on-year -7.21% +2.38% +3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 28 87
10th Percentile £18.44 £18.13 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.03 £11.01
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +42.78% -7.79%
75th Percentile £24.52 £25.50 £20.38
90th Percentile £63.43 £30.01 £43.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £14.41
% change year-on-year -9.02% +67.80% -20.45%

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 4,728 4,163 5,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.75% 14.32% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 2,773 3,984
10th Percentile £181 £200 £180
25th Percentile £300 £325 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £461
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.98% -10.44%
75th Percentile £567 £600 £594
90th Percentile £657 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £422 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -6.17% +2.86% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 162 409
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.52 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.41 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.16 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +12.09% -24.14%
75th Percentile £61.81 £63.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £68.75 £69.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £24.66 £20.35
% change year-on-year -7.50% +21.16% -23.20%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -70 541 £200 -11.11% 113
UK excluding London -62 406 £200 -7.21% 103
London -57 147 £249 -17.43% 26
North of England -24 141 £175 -14.63% 23
North West -2 106 £170 -12.82% 17
Work from Home -52 86 £250 +7.53% 16
South East -63 83 £250 +0.10% 25
Midlands -64 68 £175 -7.89% 22
East of England +12 60 £200 -11.11% 11
South West -42 45 £275 +23.48% 16
East Midlands -16 35 £175 -7.89% 12
West Midlands -83 32 £170 -12.82% 10
Yorkshire -39 31 £190 -21.65% 5
Scotland -20 8 £205 +2.50% 6
Wales -18 5 £200 +2.56% 2
North East -12 4 £190 -36.67% 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 82 (14.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (11.39%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.78%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) SAS
4 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 94 (16.73%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.71%) assyst
3 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 326 (58.01%) Microsoft 365
2 121 (21.53%) Azure
3 75 (13.35%) Entra ID
4 30 (5.34%) OneDrive
5 11 (1.96%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.07%) AWS
7 5 (0.89%) GCP
8 4 (0.71%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.36%) SaaS
9 2 (0.36%) Slack
9 2 (0.36%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.18%) IaaS
10 1 (0.18%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (11.03%) VPN
2 50 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
3 45 (8.01%) DNS
4 41 (7.30%) DHCP
5 39 (6.94%) LAN
6 32 (5.69%) WAN
7 26 (4.63%) Skype
8 23 (4.09%) TCP/IP
9 22 (3.91%) Wireless
10 18 (3.20%) VLAN
11 12 (2.14%) NetScaler
12 9 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (1.42%) Firewall
14 7 (1.25%) VoIP
15 6 (1.07%) 4G
16 3 (0.53%) Internet
16 3 (0.53%) PABX
17 2 (0.36%) IPv4
17 2 (0.36%) IPv6
17 2 (0.36%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.42%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.07%) Power BI
5 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 19 (3.38%) JIRA
2 7 (1.25%) InstallShield
2 7 (1.25%) MSI
3 3 (0.53%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.18%) GitLab
4 1 (0.18%) Hudson
4 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
General
1 297 (52.85%) Social Skills
2 55 (9.79%) Finance
3 46 (8.19%) Public Sector
4 36 (6.41%) Banking
5 31 (5.52%) Manufacturing
6 30 (5.34%) Legal
7 29 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.38%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.31%) Electronics
12 13 (2.31%) Marketing
13 11 (1.96%) Law
14 6 (1.07%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.89%) French Language
15 5 (0.89%) Local Government
16 4 (0.71%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.71%) Police
17 3 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 171 (30.43%) Support Engineer
2 148 (26.33%) IT Support
3 115 (20.46%) IT Engineer
4 95 (16.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 86 (15.30%) Analyst
6 60 (10.68%) Desktop Support
7 51 (9.07%) Desktop Engineer
7 51 (9.07%) Windows Engineer
8 45 (8.01%) Support Analyst
9 44 (7.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 44 (7.83%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 42 (7.47%) 1st Line Support
11 32 (5.69%) Service Analyst
12 31 (5.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 29 (5.16%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 29 (5.16%) Deployment Engineer
13 29 (5.16%) Service Desk Analyst
14 25 (4.45%) IT Analyst
14 25 (4.45%) Migration Engineer
15 23 (4.09%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.07%) X-Windows
2 5 (0.89%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.36%) Web Services
4 1 (0.18%) EDI
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.54%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.63%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (4.45%) Driving Licence
3 25 (4.45%) Smartphone
4 19 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.14%) iPhone
6 11 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.25%) CMDB
7 7 (1.25%) iPad
8 5 (0.89%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (0.89%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.71%) PKI
9 4 (0.71%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.53%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.53%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.53%) NHS
10 3 (0.53%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 550 (97.86%) Windows
2 49 (8.72%) Android
3 44 (7.83%) Apple iOS
4 41 (7.30%) Mac OS
5 39 (6.94%) Windows Server
6 36 (6.41%) Windows 7
7 25 (4.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.67%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (1.78%) Linux
10 9 (1.60%) AIX
10 9 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.42%) Mac OS X
11 8 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.71%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.53%) CentOS
14 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.18%) Unix
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (30.96%) Customer Service
2 104 (18.51%) ITIL
3 102 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (17.08%) Migration
5 75 (13.35%) ITSM
6 46 (8.19%) Service Management
7 43 (7.65%) User Experience
8 37 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (5.69%) Asset Management
10 31 (5.52%) Change Management
11 30 (5.34%) Logistics
12 29 (5.16%) Workflow
13 27 (4.80%) Application Packaging
14 24 (4.27%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (4.09%) Service Delivery
16 22 (3.91%) Incident Management
17 21 (3.74%) Workflow Management
18 19 (3.38%) Agile
19 17 (3.02%) Business Intelligence
20 16 (2.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (12.63%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.20%) VBScript
3 12 (2.14%) VB
4 10 (1.78%) SQL
5 5 (0.89%) Bash
6 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.36%) Python
7 1 (0.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 124 (22.06%) Security Cleared
2 102 (18.15%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.96%) Degree
4 30 (5.34%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (2.67%) MCSE
7 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 8 (1.42%) A+ Certification
8 8 (1.42%) CCA
8 8 (1.42%) Citrix Certification
8 8 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.36%) HNC
11 2 (0.36%) HND
12 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.18%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.63%) SLA
2 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.07%) GDPR
4 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.36%) GLP
4 2 (0.36%) GMP
5 1 (0.18%) GRC
5 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 299 (53.20%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (2.31%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.25%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.07%) XenApp
7 3 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.36%) Firmware
8 2 (0.36%) NFS
8 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.36%) vSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 136 (24.20%) SCCM
2 112 (19.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.78%) WSUS
5 5 (0.89%) SCVMM
6 3 (0.53%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (0.53%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.36%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.36%) WMI
8 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.18%) Ansible
8 1 (0.18%) SCOM
8 1 (0.18%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 340 (60.50%) Microsoft
2 99 (17.62%) ServiceNow
3 53 (9.43%) Citrix
4 26 (4.63%) Cisco
5 25 (4.45%) Apple
5 25 (4.45%) VMware
6 23 (4.09%) HP
6 23 (4.09%) Remedy
7 18 (3.20%) Dell
8 17 (3.02%) iManage
9 16 (2.85%) Bomgar
10 14 (2.49%) SAP
11 11 (1.96%) Oracle
12 10 (1.78%) McAfee
13 8 (1.42%) Starlink
14 7 (1.25%) IBM
15 6 (1.07%) Qualys
16 5 (0.89%) Bloomberg
16 5 (0.89%) Google
17 4 (0.71%) Veeam