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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 186 128
Rank change year-on-year -68 -58 -14
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 553 503 720
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.54% 1.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.61% 11.43% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 314 469
10th Percentile £150 £150 £150
25th Percentile £180 £175 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £297 £374 £364
90th Percentile £438 £512 £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 5,214 4,399 5,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 13.43% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,300 2,796 3,545
10th Percentile £192 £190 £200
25th Percentile £313 £308 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £584
90th Percentile £668 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £449 £450
% change year-on-year +0.33% -0.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 270 321
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.56 £12.42
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.51 £17.69
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -8.55% -33.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.86 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.84 £24.83 £38.50
% change year-on-year +4.07% -35.51% +31.40%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -56 500 £225 - 123
UK excluding London -51 413 £210 +2.44% 86
London -85 134 £238 -5.00% 47
North of England +3 133 £200 +6.67% 16
North West +16 102 £223 +23.61% 11
South West -35 70 £225 - 9
South East -86 65 £250 +25.00% 25
Midlands -36 61 £190 +8.57% 20
Work from Home -90 50 £193 -35.83% 32
East of England -15 39 £175 -22.22% 15
West Midlands -44 35 £225 +21.62% 13
Scotland -16 33 £150 -25.00% 6
East Midlands -3 26 £131 -1.50% 7
Yorkshire -47 24 £200 +3.23% 3
Wales -11 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -36 7 £250 - 3
Northern Ireland +3 4 £175 -30.00%
Channel Islands -1 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 80 (14.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (13.20%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.07%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.35%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.27%) Confluence
6 5 (0.90%) Apache
6 5 (0.90%) nginx
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 86 (15.55%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.35%) 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 (58.23%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (24.05%) Azure
3 107 (19.35%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.97%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.08%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.90%) 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 1 (0.18%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.18%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 73 (13.20%) VPN
2 65 (11.75%) DNS
3 62 (11.21%) DHCP
4 47 (8.50%) TCP/IP
5 32 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (5.61%) LAN
7 28 (5.06%) Skype
8 17 (3.07%) WAN
9 14 (2.53%) VLAN
10 10 (1.81%) Wireless
11 9 (1.63%) Internet
12 8 (1.45%) Network Security
13 7 (1.27%) Firewall
14 6 (1.08%) IPv4
14 6 (1.08%) IPv6
15 5 (0.90%) NetScaler
15 5 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
16 4 (0.72%) VoIP
17 3 (0.54%) WAAS
18 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.90%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (4.52%) JIRA
2 7 (1.27%) MSI
3 5 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.36%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.36%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 334 (60.40%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (7.78%) Finance
4 35 (6.33%) Legal
5 23 (4.16%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.53%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.99%) Banking
9 11 (1.99%) Front Office
9 11 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.27%) French Language
11 7 (1.27%) Law
11 7 (1.27%) Local Government
12 5 (0.90%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.90%) Retail
13 4 (0.72%) Marketing
13 4 (0.72%) Police
14 2 (0.36%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 194 (35.08%) Support Engineer
2 168 (30.38%) IT Support
3 154 (27.85%) IT Engineer
4 134 (24.23%) IT Support Engineer
5 72 (13.02%) Analyst
6 56 (10.13%) Desktop Engineer
7 47 (8.50%) Desktop Support
8 45 (8.14%) Deployment Engineer
9 40 (7.23%) Support Analyst
10 39 (7.05%) 2nd Line Support
11 35 (6.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 33 (5.97%) Service Analyst
13 31 (5.61%) Service Desk Analyst
14 30 (5.42%) 1st Line Support
15 28 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 28 (5.06%) Windows Engineer
16 27 (4.88%) IT Analyst
17 26 (4.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 26 (4.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 21 (3.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.27%) Software Packaging
2 5 (0.90%) 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 78 (14.10%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.52%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.62%) Blackberry
3 20 (3.62%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.25%) Smartphone
5 13 (2.35%) iPhone
5 13 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.35%) Virtual Team
6 11 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.63%) CMDB
7 9 (1.63%) iPad
8 7 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.08%) BYOD
9 6 (1.08%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.08%) Fat Client
9 6 (1.08%) Thin Client
10 5 (0.90%) Augmented Reality
10 5 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.90%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 553 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (9.95%) Windows Server
3 46 (8.32%) Android
4 43 (7.78%) Mac OS
5 42 (7.59%) Windows 7
6 37 (6.69%) Apple iOS
7 25 (4.52%) Linux
8 11 (1.99%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.27%) CentOS
11 5 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.90%) Solaris
11 5 (0.90%) 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
1 195 (35.26%) Customer Service
2 156 (28.21%) ITIL
3 146 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (15.91%) ITSM
5 66 (11.93%) Service Management
6 58 (10.49%) User Experience
7 57 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (10.13%) Migration
9 46 (8.32%) Asset Management
10 40 (7.23%) Service Delivery
11 32 (5.79%) Incident Management
12 31 (5.61%) Application Packaging
12 31 (5.61%) Root Cause Analysis
13 29 (5.24%) Customer Experience
14 25 (4.52%) Inventory Management
15 24 (4.34%) Break/Fix
16 21 (3.80%) Change Management
16 21 (3.80%) Mobile Device Management
17 20 (3.62%) Computer Science
18 19 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 82 (14.83%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.98%) VBScript
3 16 (2.89%) 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
1 135 (24.41%) Security Cleared
2 114 (20.61%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.04%) Degree
4 33 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (5.06%) DV Cleared
6 26 (4.70%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.71%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (2.35%) 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 (1.08%) 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 (11.57%) SLA
2 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.90%) 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
1 357 (64.56%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 23 (4.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (3.80%) BitLocker
5 11 (1.99%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.08%) Firmware
6 6 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (0.72%) XenApp
8 4 (0.72%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 163 (29.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 127 (22.97%) SCCM
3 10 (1.81%) WSUS
4 6 (1.08%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.90%) AirWatch
5 5 (0.90%) Packer
6 4 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.54%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.36%) SCOM
9 1 (0.18%) MobiControl
9 1 (0.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 368 (66.55%) Microsoft
2 128 (23.15%) ServiceNow
3 46 (8.32%) Apple
4 34 (6.15%) VMware
5 20 (3.62%) HP
6 17 (3.07%) Cisco
6 17 (3.07%) Citrix
7 16 (2.89%) Lotus
8 14 (2.53%) McAfee
9 13 (2.35%) Remedy
10 11 (1.99%) iManage
11 10 (1.81%) Samsung
12 9 (1.63%) Starlink
13 8 (1.45%) Bloomberg
13 8 (1.45%) Bomgar
14 7 (1.27%) Sophos
15 6 (1.08%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.08%) CyberArk
15 6 (1.08%) Google
15 6 (1.08%) Meraki