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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 182 126
Rank change year-on-year -75 -56 -11
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 521 509 732
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.54% 1.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.10% 11.56% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 319 487
10th Percentile £144 £150 £150
25th Percentile £163 £175 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £288 £356 £388
90th Percentile £425 £512 £553
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £220
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 70 82
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.64 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.56 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +42.06% -14.79%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £107.18 £28.00 £25.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £14.14
% change year-on-year +3.00% +76.80% -25.58%

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 5,158 4,403 5,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.67% 13.28% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,254 2,816 3,612
10th Percentile £192 £200 £200
25th Percentile £319 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £461 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% -2.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £662 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £450 £474
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.06% +5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 260 334
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.50 £12.44
25th Percentile £17.55 £18.13 £17.69
Median hourly rate £25.77 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -12.73% -35.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £67.10 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.33 £22.56 £45.00
% change year-on-year +16.71% -49.87% +53.58%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -69 475 £220 - 122
UK excluding London -59 388 £200 - 113
London -114 126 £240 -4.19% 28
North of England -5 117 £200 - 33
North West +8 84 £200 +11.11% 23
South West -26 67 £225 +2.27% 15
South East -97 66 £250 +17.65% 34
Midlands -41 58 £190 +13.10% 14
Work from Home -66 52 £200 -20.00% 19
East of England -6 41 £175 -17.65% 11
West Midlands -51 33 £225 +20.00% 8
Scotland -22 26 £150 -25.00% 10
East Midlands 0 25 £131 -18.02% 6
Yorkshire -36 25 £200 -0.37% 7
Wales -12 11 £200 -27.27%
North East -35 8 £250 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -14.63% 2
Channel Islands +2 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 73 (14.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 73 (14.01%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.50%) HCL Notes
3 9 (1.73%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.34%) Confluence
5 5 (0.96%) Apache
5 5 (0.96%) nginx
6 2 (0.38%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 70 (13.44%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.58%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.38%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 309 (59.31%) Microsoft 365
2 124 (23.80%) Azure
3 92 (17.66%) Entra ID
4 31 (5.95%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.15%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.96%) Mimecast
7 4 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.38%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.38%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.19%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 63 (12.09%) VPN
2 54 (10.36%) DNS
3 51 (9.79%) DHCP
4 37 (7.10%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (4.22%) LAN
7 18 (3.45%) Skype
8 10 (1.92%) Wireless
9 9 (1.73%) WAN
10 8 (1.54%) VLAN
11 7 (1.34%) Firewall
11 7 (1.34%) Internet
11 7 (1.34%) Network Security
12 6 (1.15%) IPv4
12 6 (1.15%) IPv6
12 6 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (1.15%) VoIP
13 3 (0.58%) WAAS
14 1 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.34%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.96%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (4.61%) JIRA
2 5 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (0.96%) Bitbucket
2 5 (0.96%) MSI
3 2 (0.38%) AdminStudio
3 2 (0.38%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 320 (61.42%) Social Skills
2 55 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (7.49%) Finance
4 38 (7.29%) Legal
5 27 (5.18%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.69%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.30%) Banking
11 8 (1.54%) Front Office
11 8 (1.54%) Law
12 7 (1.34%) French Language
13 5 (0.96%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.96%) Local Government
13 5 (0.96%) Retail
14 4 (0.77%) Marketing
14 4 (0.77%) Police
15 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (36.28%) Support Engineer
2 165 (31.67%) IT Support
3 144 (27.64%) IT Engineer
4 129 (24.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 68 (13.05%) Analyst
6 51 (9.79%) Desktop Engineer
7 45 (8.64%) Desktop Support
8 39 (7.49%) 2nd Line Support
9 38 (7.29%) Deployment Engineer
10 37 (7.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 33 (6.33%) Support Analyst
12 32 (6.14%) 1st Line Support
12 32 (6.14%) Service Analyst
13 31 (5.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 31 (5.95%) Service Desk Analyst
14 27 (5.18%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 26 (4.99%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 26 (4.99%) Windows Engineer
16 25 (4.80%) IT Analyst
17 22 (4.22%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.15%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.19%) .NET
3 1 (0.19%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.19%) WinForms
3 1 (0.19%) XMPP
3 1 (0.19%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.24%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.65%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.45%) Blackberry
3 18 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (3.07%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.30%) iPhone
7 11 (2.11%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.73%) CMDB
8 9 (1.73%) iPad
8 9 (1.73%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.15%) BYOD
9 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
10 5 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.96%) Fat Client
10 5 (0.96%) Thin Client
10 5 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
11 4 (0.77%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 521 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (9.79%) Windows Server
3 40 (7.68%) Android
4 38 (7.29%) Mac OS
5 29 (5.57%) Apple iOS
5 29 (5.57%) Windows 7
6 18 (3.45%) Linux
7 11 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.34%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.96%) Solaris
10 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.58%) CentOS
11 3 (0.58%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.38%) Debian
12 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.19%) AIX
13 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (34.17%) Customer Service
2 135 (25.91%) ITIL
3 128 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (12.67%) ITSM
5 60 (11.52%) Migration
6 54 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (9.21%) User Experience
8 46 (8.83%) Service Management
9 43 (8.25%) Service Delivery
10 41 (7.87%) Asset Management
11 30 (5.76%) Incident Management
12 28 (5.37%) Customer Experience
13 22 (4.22%) Application Packaging
14 21 (4.03%) Root Cause Analysis
15 20 (3.84%) Change Management
16 19 (3.65%) Break/Fix
16 19 (3.65%) Inventory Management
16 19 (3.65%) Mobile Device Management
17 18 (3.45%) Computer Science
17 18 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.71%) PowerShell
2 14 (2.69%) VBScript
3 8 (1.54%) VB
4 7 (1.34%) Python
5 6 (1.15%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) Bicep
6 1 (0.19%) C#
6 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 103 (19.77%) Security Cleared
2 86 (16.51%) SC Cleared
3 51 (9.79%) Degree
4 33 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (4.03%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.45%) A+ Certification
7 11 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.73%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.96%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.77%) MCSE
13 3 (0.58%) ACSP
14 1 (0.19%) CCNA
14 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.19%) HNC
14 1 (0.19%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (11.13%) SLA
2 4 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (0.77%) NCSC
3 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.38%) GDPR
4 2 (0.38%) GLP
4 2 (0.38%) GMP
5 1 (0.19%) GRC
5 1 (0.19%) GxP
5 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 331 (63.53%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.50%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.34%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.15%) Firmware
6 6 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 152 (29.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 105 (20.15%) SCCM
3 10 (1.92%) WSUS
4 6 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.15%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.96%) AirWatch
5 5 (0.96%) Packer
5 5 (0.96%) Terraform
6 3 (0.58%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.38%) SCOM
7 2 (0.38%) WMI
Vendors
1 336 (64.49%) Microsoft
2 114 (21.88%) ServiceNow
3 38 (7.29%) Apple
4 26 (4.99%) VMware
5 17 (3.26%) Cisco
5 17 (3.26%) Citrix
5 17 (3.26%) HP
6 15 (2.88%) Lotus
7 14 (2.69%) iManage
8 13 (2.50%) Remedy
9 12 (2.30%) McAfee
10 11 (2.11%) Bomgar
11 8 (1.54%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.54%) Samsung
11 8 (1.54%) Starlink
12 7 (1.34%) Oracle
12 7 (1.34%) Sophos
13 6 (1.15%) Dell
13 6 (1.15%) Tanium
14 5 (0.96%) Meraki