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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 154 108
Rank change year-on-year -100 -46 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 489 541 867
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.83% 1.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.24% 13.13% 14.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 351 574
10th Percentile £133 £153 £150
25th Percentile £163 £195 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £230 £225
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £280 £388 £375
90th Percentile £433 £538 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £215 £213
% change year-on-year -11.63% +1.18% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 47 95
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.48 £10.95
25th Percentile £21.29 £18.69 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £16.86
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% +42.35% -10.94%
75th Percentile £74.00 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.80 £40.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £14.59
% change year-on-year +1.99% +69.02% -20.61%

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 4,777 4,120 5,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.55% 13.96% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,043 2,694 3,894
10th Percentile £188 £200 £188
25th Percentile £316 £313 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 198 413
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.19 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.36 £15.76
Median hourly rate £27.94 £21.95 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.29% -4.57% -50.80%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.93 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.07 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £18.87 £24.18
% change year-on-year +45.73% -21.96% -40.43%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -99 454 £200 -13.51% 112
UK excluding London -73 357 £190 -11.63% 102
London -92 125 £248 -12.00% 25
North of England -18 115 £190 -5.00% 27
North West 0 85 £188 -3.85% 18
Midlands -54 65 £185 -2.63% 15
Work from Home -86 60 £210 -16.00% 23
South East -103 53 £250 - 34
South West -33 49 £220 - 15
East of England -4 48 £183 -18.89% 10
West Midlands -67 33 £190 - 6
East Midlands -5 31 £175 -5.41% 9
Yorkshire -47 26 £190 -1.94% 7
Scotland -28 17 £150 -25.00% 3
Wales -15 8 £200 -38.46%
Northern Ireland +2 4 £175 +9.38% 2
North East -33 4 £225 -25.00% 3

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 75 (15.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (10.63%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.45%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.64%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 85 (17.38%) 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 14 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.41%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 286 (58.49%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (23.11%) Azure
3 74 (15.13%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.48%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.64%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.41%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.41%) Slack
8 2 (0.41%) Viva Engage
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.20%) IaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (11.66%) VPN
2 41 (8.38%) DNS
3 38 (7.77%) DHCP
4 34 (6.95%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (5.93%) LAN
6 26 (5.32%) Skype
7 21 (4.29%) TCP/IP
8 19 (3.89%) WAN
9 14 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
9 14 (2.86%) Wireless
10 12 (2.45%) VLAN
11 8 (1.64%) NetScaler
12 7 (1.43%) VoIP
13 6 (1.23%) Firewall
13 6 (1.23%) IPv4
13 6 (1.23%) IPv6
14 5 (1.02%) Network Security
15 4 (0.82%) WAAS
16 2 (0.41%) Internet
16 2 (0.41%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.23%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.82%) Power BI
4 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (4.29%) JIRA
2 4 (0.82%) MSI
3 3 (0.61%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.41%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 276 (56.44%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (7.98%) Finance
4 34 (6.95%) Legal
5 25 (5.11%) Banking
5 25 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.89%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.45%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.84%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.43%) French Language
11 7 (1.43%) Law
12 5 (1.02%) Front Office
12 5 (1.02%) Local Government
12 5 (1.02%) Police
13 4 (0.82%) Marketing
14 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 159 (32.52%) Support Engineer
2 145 (29.65%) IT Support
3 114 (23.31%) IT Engineer
4 103 (21.06%) IT Support Engineer
5 73 (14.93%) Analyst
6 49 (10.02%) Desktop Engineer
7 43 (8.79%) Desktop Support
8 37 (7.57%) 1st Line Support
9 36 (7.36%) Support Analyst
10 33 (6.75%) 2nd Line Support
11 31 (6.34%) Service Analyst
12 30 (6.13%) Service Desk Analyst
13 28 (5.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 28 (5.73%) IT Analyst
14 27 (5.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 24 (4.91%) Support Technician
15 24 (4.91%) Windows Engineer
16 23 (4.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 23 (4.70%) Deployment Engineer
16 23 (4.70%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.23%) X-Windows
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.61%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.41%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) WinForms
4 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (11.04%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.27%) Smartphone
5 10 (2.04%) Virtual Team
6 9 (1.84%) Blackberry
7 8 (1.64%) iPhone
8 7 (1.43%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.23%) CMDB
9 6 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.02%) Augmented Reality
10 5 (1.02%) iPad
10 5 (1.02%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.02%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.02%) Virtual Reality
11 4 (0.82%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.41%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.41%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.41%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 489 (100.00%) Windows
2 42 (8.59%) Windows Server
3 40 (8.18%) Windows 7
4 35 (7.16%) Android
4 35 (7.16%) Apple iOS
5 33 (6.75%) Mac OS
6 13 (2.66%) Linux
6 13 (2.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.64%) Mac OS X
7 8 (1.64%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.02%) Solaris
9 4 (0.82%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.61%) AIX
10 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (30.27%) Customer Service
2 115 (23.52%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (20.65%) ITIL
4 64 (13.09%) ITSM
5 62 (12.68%) Migration
6 43 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (8.59%) Service Management
8 40 (8.18%) Asset Management
9 30 (6.13%) Service Delivery
9 30 (6.13%) User Experience
10 24 (4.91%) Application Packaging
11 23 (4.70%) Change Management
12 19 (3.89%) Computer Science
12 19 (3.89%) Customer Experience
13 18 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 17 (3.48%) Incident Management
15 15 (3.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (3.07%) Time Management
16 14 (2.86%) Logistics
16 14 (2.86%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 57 (11.66%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.27%) VBScript
3 12 (2.45%) VB
4 7 (1.43%) SQL
5 2 (0.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.41%) Python
6 1 (0.20%) Bicep
6 1 (0.20%) C#
6 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 83 (16.97%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.93%) SC Cleared
3 56 (11.45%) Degree
4 32 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (3.68%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.45%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.25%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.25%) MCSE
8 9 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.23%) CCA
10 6 (1.23%) Citrix Certification
10 6 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.61%) ACSP
13 2 (0.41%) HNC
13 2 (0.41%) HND
13 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.16%) SLA
2 2 (0.41%) GDPR
2 2 (0.41%) GLP
2 2 (0.41%) GMP
2 2 (0.41%) QA
3 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.20%) GRC
3 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 288 (58.90%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (3.48%) BitLocker
3 17 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.04%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.23%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.82%) XenApp
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 122 (24.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 95 (19.43%) SCCM
3 14 (2.86%) 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%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 321 (65.64%) Microsoft
2 89 (18.20%) ServiceNow
3 35 (7.16%) Citrix
4 30 (6.13%) Apple
5 20 (4.09%) VMware
6 17 (3.48%) HP
7 16 (3.27%) Cisco
7 16 (3.27%) Remedy
8 14 (2.86%) Bomgar
8 14 (2.86%) iManage
9 9 (1.84%) Oracle
9 9 (1.84%) Starlink
10 8 (1.64%) Bloomberg
10 8 (1.64%) Lotus
10 8 (1.64%) McAfee
11 6 (1.23%) Dell
12 4 (0.82%) Qualys
12 4 (0.82%) Reuters
13 3 (0.61%) MobileIron
13 3 (0.61%) Samsung