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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 154 107
Rank change year-on-year -85 -47 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 489 532 867
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.83% 2.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.54% 13.14% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 362 603
10th Percentile £133 £150 £148
25th Percentile £161 £185 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +4.65%
75th Percentile £275 £388 £381
90th Percentile £436 £538 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £211 £215
% change year-on-year -10.06% -1.74% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 35 87
10th Percentile £19.33 £17.23 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.51 £11.01
Median hourly rate £23.50 £24.18 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +48.80% -13.33%
75th Percentile £74.00 £28.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £29.36 £26.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £14.14
% change year-on-year +4.01% +71.00% -23.57%

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 4,638 4,048 5,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.73% 13.93% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,987 2,661 3,836
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £467 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -0.11% -7.24%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £658 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £443 £450
% change year-on-year -1.13% -1.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 177 390
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.24 £12.73
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.44 £15.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £22.88 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.65% +3.98% -43.59%
75th Percentile £67.25 £57.50 £60.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £21.95 £22.25
% change year-on-year +116.40% -1.35% -25.83%

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 15 May 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 15 May 2026.

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 15 May 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 -91 457 £200 -11.11% 98
UK excluding London -71 357 £190 -10.06% 93
North of England -20 128 £175 -10.26% 20
London -90 124 £235 -21.67% 16
North West +9 100 £173 -4.17% 16
Midlands -59 70 £190 - 19
Work from Home -37 69 £220 -12.00% 17
South East -94 50 £205 -18.00% 16
East of England -10 43 £200 -13.51% 9
South West -50 42 £220 - 24
East Midlands -10 35 £175 -7.89% 9
West Midlands -75 34 £190 +2.70% 10
Yorkshire -52 25 £190 -12.64% 4
Scotland -7 13 £163 -16.67% 3
Wales -9 8 £200 -38.46% 2
Northern Ireland -8 4 £175 +13.64% 2
North East -19 3 £180 -40.00%

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 78 (15.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (12.47%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.04%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.82%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 87 (17.79%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (3.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.61%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 301 (61.55%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (24.54%) Azure
3 79 (16.16%) Entra ID
4 18 (3.68%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.84%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.02%) AWS
6 5 (1.02%) GCP
7 4 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.41%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.41%) SaaS
8 2 (0.41%) Slack
8 2 (0.41%) Viva Engage
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.20%) IaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.20%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 57 (11.66%) VPN
2 41 (8.38%) DNS
3 39 (7.98%) DHCP
4 36 (7.36%) Wi-Fi
5 31 (6.34%) LAN
6 26 (5.32%) Skype
7 22 (4.50%) WAN
8 18 (3.68%) Wireless
9 15 (3.07%) TCP/IP
9 15 (3.07%) VLAN
10 14 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
11 8 (1.64%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.23%) Firewall
12 6 (1.23%) IPv4
12 6 (1.23%) IPv6
13 5 (1.02%) Network Security
14 4 (0.82%) VoIP
14 4 (0.82%) WAAS
15 2 (0.41%) Internet
15 2 (0.41%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.82%) Oracle Database
2 4 (0.82%) Power BI
3 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (3.68%) JIRA
2 6 (1.23%) MSI
3 5 (1.02%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.41%) AdminStudio
General
1 262 (53.58%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.59%) Finance
3 36 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.16%) Legal
5 34 (6.95%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.93%) Banking
7 23 (4.70%) Manufacturing
8 21 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (3.48%) Telecoms
11 15 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.86%) Law
13 8 (1.64%) French Language
13 8 (1.64%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.64%) Marketing
14 5 (1.02%) Electronics
14 5 (1.02%) Front Office
14 5 (1.02%) Local Government
15 4 (0.82%) Police
16 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (31.29%) Support Engineer
2 141 (28.83%) IT Support
3 106 (21.68%) IT Engineer
4 90 (18.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 75 (15.34%) Analyst
6 47 (9.61%) Desktop Engineer
6 47 (9.61%) Desktop Support
7 43 (8.79%) 1st Line Support
8 41 (8.38%) Support Analyst
9 38 (7.77%) 2nd Line Support
10 33 (6.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 29 (5.93%) IT Analyst
12 28 (5.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 28 (5.73%) Service Analyst
13 27 (5.52%) Windows Engineer
14 26 (5.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 25 (5.11%) Service Desk Analyst
16 22 (4.50%) IT Support Analyst
16 22 (4.50%) Senior
16 22 (4.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.23%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.82%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.41%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (11.86%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.73%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (4.91%) Smartphone
4 20 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.25%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.84%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.64%) iPhone
7 8 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.02%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (1.02%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.02%) CMDB
8 5 (1.02%) iPad
8 5 (1.02%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.02%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.02%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (0.82%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.41%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 484 (98.98%) Windows
2 47 (9.61%) Mac OS
3 37 (7.57%) Android
3 37 (7.57%) Apple iOS
3 37 (7.57%) Windows 7
4 34 (6.95%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (2.04%) Linux
6 10 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (1.84%) Mac OS X
8 8 (1.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.82%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.61%) AIX
11 3 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.61%) Solaris
12 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (31.90%) Customer Service
2 110 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (19.84%) ITIL
4 70 (14.31%) Migration
5 69 (14.11%) ITSM
6 41 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (8.38%) Service Management
7 35 (7.16%) User Experience
8 34 (6.95%) Asset Management
9 28 (5.73%) Application Packaging
10 27 (5.52%) Service Delivery
11 25 (5.11%) Change Management
12 20 (4.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (3.89%) Incident Management
13 19 (3.89%) Logistics
14 18 (3.68%) Computer Science
15 16 (3.27%) Customer Experience
15 16 (3.27%) Time Management
16 15 (3.07%) Decision-Making
16 15 (3.07%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.04%) PowerShell
2 14 (2.86%) VBScript
3 11 (2.25%) VB
4 6 (1.23%) SQL
5 5 (1.02%) Bash
6 2 (0.41%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 87 (17.79%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 57 (11.66%) Degree
4 29 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (4.50%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.86%) A+ Certification
7 13 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.25%) MCSE
9 9 (1.84%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.23%) CCA
11 6 (1.23%) Citrix Certification
11 6 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.61%) ACSP
13 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.41%) HNC
13 2 (0.41%) HND
13 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.13%) SLA
2 7 (1.43%) GDPR
3 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.41%) GLP
5 2 (0.41%) GMP
5 2 (0.41%) QA
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 292 (59.71%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.86%) BitLocker
5 8 (1.64%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.23%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.82%) XenApp
8 2 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 118 (24.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 105 (21.47%) SCCM
3 15 (3.07%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.64%) WSUS
5 5 (1.02%) AirWatch
6 4 (0.82%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.41%) WMI
8 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 320 (65.44%) Microsoft
2 84 (17.18%) ServiceNow
3 44 (9.00%) Citrix
4 34 (6.95%) Apple
5 24 (4.91%) VMware
6 23 (4.70%) Cisco
7 22 (4.50%) HP
8 19 (3.89%) Remedy
9 17 (3.48%) Bomgar
9 17 (3.48%) iManage
10 13 (2.66%) Dell
11 8 (1.64%) Starlink
12 7 (1.43%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.43%) Oracle
13 6 (1.23%) McAfee
14 5 (1.02%) Google
14 5 (1.02%) SAP
15 4 (0.82%) Lotus
15 4 (0.82%) Qualys
16 3 (0.61%) MobileIron