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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 184 128
Rank change year-on-year -69 -56 -15
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 552 509 722
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.55% 1.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.62% 11.58% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 318 472
10th Percentile £150 £150 £150
25th Percentile £178 £175 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £298 £375 £365
90th Percentile £438 £517 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £205 £220
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 73 79
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.45 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.87 £11.01
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +41.54% -14.88%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £27.45 £27.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £23.58 £14.41
% change year-on-year +9.20% +63.64% -24.16%

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 5,198 4,396 5,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.69% 13.43% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,291 2,795 3,559
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £313 £306 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £586
90th Percentile £668 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £447 £450
% change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 270 323
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.56 £12.43
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.51 £17.85
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.08 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% -16.42% -29.41%
75th Percentile £64.06 £57.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.69 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.84 £24.33 £39.25
% change year-on-year +6.21% -38.01% +27.02%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -68 498 £225 - 113
UK excluding London -50 412 £210 +2.44% 101
North of England +3 133 £200 +6.67% 22
London -89 133 £238 -5.19% 30
North West +19 103 £220 +22.22% 13
South West -32 70 £225 - 11
South East -90 65 £250 +25.00% 31
Midlands -48 60 £190 +7.04% 20
Work from Home -94 50 £193 -38.40% 22
East of England -15 39 £175 -22.22% 19
West Midlands -42 35 £225 +15.38% 14
Scotland -13 33 £150 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -7 25 £131 -1.50% 6
Yorkshire -37 23 £200 +3.23% 5
Wales -11 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -33 7 £250 - 5
Northern Ireland +2 4 £175 -14.63%
Channel Islands 0 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 84 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (13.41%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.08%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.36%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.27%) Confluence
6 5 (0.91%) Apache
6 5 (0.91%) nginx
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 83 (15.04%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 12 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.36%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 322 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 134 (24.28%) Azure
3 108 (19.57%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.98%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.09%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.91%) Mimecast
7 4 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.54%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.36%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 74 (13.41%) VPN
2 65 (11.78%) DNS
3 62 (11.23%) DHCP
4 47 (8.51%) TCP/IP
5 32 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (5.62%) LAN
7 28 (5.07%) Skype
8 17 (3.08%) WAN
9 14 (2.54%) VLAN
10 10 (1.81%) Wireless
11 9 (1.63%) Internet
12 8 (1.45%) Network Security
13 7 (1.27%) Firewall
14 6 (1.09%) IPv4
14 6 (1.09%) IPv6
15 5 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
16 4 (0.72%) NetScaler
16 4 (0.72%) VoIP
17 3 (0.54%) WAAS
18 1 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.91%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (4.53%) JIRA
2 6 (1.09%) MSI
3 5 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.91%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.36%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.36%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 333 (60.33%) Social Skills
2 63 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (7.61%) Finance
4 37 (6.70%) Legal
5 24 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.17%) Banking
10 11 (1.99%) Front Office
10 11 (1.99%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.27%) French Language
12 7 (1.27%) Law
12 7 (1.27%) Local Government
13 6 (1.09%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.91%) Retail
15 4 (0.72%) Marketing
15 4 (0.72%) Police
16 2 (0.36%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 195 (35.33%) Support Engineer
2 168 (30.43%) IT Support
3 153 (27.72%) IT Engineer
4 134 (24.28%) IT Support Engineer
5 71 (12.86%) Analyst
6 54 (9.78%) Desktop Engineer
7 47 (8.51%) Desktop Support
8 44 (7.97%) Deployment Engineer
9 39 (7.07%) 2nd Line Support
9 39 (7.07%) Support Analyst
10 34 (6.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 33 (5.98%) Service Analyst
12 31 (5.62%) 1st Line Support
12 31 (5.62%) Service Desk Analyst
13 28 (5.07%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 27 (4.89%) IT Analyst
15 26 (4.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 26 (4.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 26 (4.71%) Windows Engineer
16 21 (3.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.27%) Software Packaging
2 5 (0.91%) Terraform
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) WinForms
4 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 76 (13.77%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.53%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.62%) Blackberry
3 20 (3.62%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.26%) Smartphone
6 13 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.36%) iPhone
6 13 (2.36%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.17%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.63%) CMDB
8 9 (1.63%) iPad
9 7 (1.27%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.09%) BYOD
10 6 (1.09%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.09%) Fat Client
10 6 (1.09%) Thin Client
11 5 (0.91%) Augmented Reality
11 5 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.91%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 552 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (9.78%) Windows Server
3 46 (8.33%) Android
4 43 (7.79%) Mac OS
5 42 (7.61%) Windows 7
6 37 (6.70%) Apple iOS
7 24 (4.35%) Linux
8 11 (1.99%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.27%) CentOS
11 5 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.91%) Solaris
11 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.36%) Debian
13 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (34.96%) Customer Service
2 155 (28.08%) ITIL
3 145 (26.27%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (15.76%) ITSM
5 64 (11.59%) Service Management
6 59 (10.69%) User Experience
7 57 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 57 (10.33%) Migration
8 46 (8.33%) Asset Management
9 41 (7.43%) Service Delivery
10 34 (6.16%) Application Packaging
11 32 (5.80%) Incident Management
12 30 (5.43%) Root Cause Analysis
13 29 (5.25%) Customer Experience
14 25 (4.53%) Inventory Management
15 23 (4.17%) Break/Fix
16 21 (3.80%) Mobile Device Management
17 20 (3.62%) Change Management
17 20 (3.62%) Computer Science
18 19 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 83 (15.04%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.99%) VBScript
3 16 (2.90%) VB
4 8 (1.45%) Python
5 7 (1.27%) SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Bash
6 1 (0.18%) Bicep
6 1 (0.18%) C#
6 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 133 (24.09%) Security Cleared
2 112 (20.29%) SC Cleared
3 51 (9.24%) Degree
4 34 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (5.07%) DV Cleared
6 26 (4.71%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 11 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.63%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (1.09%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.54%) ACSP
15 3 (0.54%) MCSE
16 1 (0.18%) CCNA
16 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.18%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.59%) SLA
2 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (0.72%) NCSC
4 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) GLP
5 1 (0.18%) GMP
5 1 (0.18%) GRC
5 1 (0.18%) GxP
5 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 358 (64.86%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 23 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (3.80%) BitLocker
5 10 (1.81%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.27%) Firmware
7 6 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (0.72%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.54%) XenApp
10 1 (0.18%) KVM
10 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 163 (29.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 127 (23.01%) SCCM
3 10 (1.81%) WSUS
4 6 (1.09%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.91%) AirWatch
5 5 (0.91%) Packer
6 4 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.54%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.36%) SCOM
8 2 (0.36%) WMI
9 1 (0.18%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 370 (67.03%) Microsoft
2 128 (23.19%) ServiceNow
3 46 (8.33%) Apple
4 34 (6.16%) VMware
5 19 (3.44%) HP
6 17 (3.08%) Cisco
6 17 (3.08%) Citrix
7 16 (2.90%) Lotus
8 14 (2.54%) McAfee
9 13 (2.36%) Remedy
10 12 (2.17%) iManage
11 10 (1.81%) Samsung
12 9 (1.63%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.63%) Bomgar
12 9 (1.63%) Starlink
13 7 (1.27%) Sophos
14 6 (1.09%) Atlassian
14 6 (1.09%) CyberArk
14 6 (1.09%) Google
14 6 (1.09%) Meraki