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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 150 112
Rank change year-on-year -58 -38 -13
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 564 559 907
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.24% 1.91% 2.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.77% 13.57% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 402 624
10th Percentile £133 £158 £148
25th Percentile £162 £195 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £226 £220
Median % change year-on-year -11.41% +2.62% +2.33%
75th Percentile £300 £420 £386
90th Percentile £500 £568 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £215 £210
% change year-on-year -9.30% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 29 88
10th Percentile £18.50 £18.43 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.05 £11.04
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +41.32% -7.51%
75th Percentile £25.00 £28.00 £20.19
90th Percentile £75.50 £34.50 £42.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £14.41
% change year-on-year -9.02% +67.80% -21.54%

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 4,792 4,118 5,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.58% 14.09% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,140 2,753 3,998
10th Percentile £181 £200 £181
25th Percentile £300 £325 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £594
90th Percentile £653 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £439
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.45% -7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 166 404
10th Percentile £15.17 £16.58 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.69 £18.15 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.68% +12.09% -32.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.09 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £24.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +2.38% +22.10% -30.56%

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 5 April 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 5 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 16 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 5 April 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 -58 540 £200 -11.11% 113
UK excluding London -52 410 £195 -9.30% 103
London -68 147 £250 -20.00% 26
North of England -21 146 £175 -12.50% 23
North West +6 111 £170 -12.82% 17
Work from Home -36 88 £190 -18.28% 16
Midlands -62 73 £180 -5.26% 22
South East -70 72 £220 -12.00% 25
East of England +8 59 £200 -11.11% 11
South West -40 45 £250 +11.11% 16
East Midlands -15 36 £175 -7.89% 12
West Midlands -72 36 £180 -5.26% 10
Yorkshire -45 31 £190 -20.83% 5
Scotland -19 11 £181 -19.44% 6
Wales -16 7 £200 -31.91% 2
North East -12 4 £190 -36.67% 2

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 87 (15.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (12.06%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.77%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 93 (16.49%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.71%) assyst
3 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 329 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (22.52%) Azure
3 79 (14.01%) Entra ID
4 31 (5.50%) OneDrive
5 10 (1.77%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.06%) AWS
7 5 (0.89%) GCP
8 4 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.53%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.35%) SaaS
10 2 (0.35%) Slack
10 2 (0.35%) Viva Engage
11 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.18%) IaaS
11 1 (0.18%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 62 (10.99%) VPN
2 48 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
3 47 (8.33%) DNS
4 43 (7.62%) DHCP
5 39 (6.91%) LAN
6 32 (5.67%) WAN
7 26 (4.61%) Skype
8 22 (3.90%) TCP/IP
8 22 (3.90%) Wireless
9 19 (3.37%) VLAN
10 12 (2.13%) NetScaler
10 12 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (1.24%) Firewall
11 7 (1.24%) VoIP
12 5 (0.89%) 4G
13 4 (0.71%) WAAS
14 3 (0.53%) IPv4
14 3 (0.53%) IPv6
15 2 (0.35%) Internet
15 2 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.24%) Oracle Database
2 7 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (1.06%) Power BI
4 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 19 (3.37%) JIRA
2 9 (1.60%) MSI
3 7 (1.24%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.53%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.18%) Hudson
5 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
General
1 296 (52.48%) Social Skills
2 52 (9.22%) Finance
3 48 (8.51%) Public Sector
4 36 (6.38%) Banking
5 32 (5.67%) Legal
6 31 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (3.55%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.30%) Electronics
11 13 (2.30%) Marketing
12 12 (2.13%) Law
13 6 (1.06%) French Language
13 6 (1.06%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.89%) Local Government
15 4 (0.71%) Police
16 3 (0.53%) Front Office
16 3 (0.53%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 169 (29.96%) Support Engineer
2 152 (26.95%) IT Support
3 117 (20.74%) IT Engineer
4 96 (17.02%) IT Support Engineer
5 87 (15.43%) Analyst
6 57 (10.11%) Desktop Support
7 50 (8.87%) Desktop Engineer
8 49 (8.69%) Windows Engineer
9 47 (8.33%) Support Analyst
10 44 (7.80%) 1st Line Support
11 43 (7.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 40 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support
13 32 (5.67%) Service Analyst
14 29 (5.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 29 (5.14%) Service Desk Analyst
15 27 (4.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 26 (4.61%) Deployment Engineer
16 26 (4.61%) IT Analyst
17 25 (4.43%) Migration Engineer
17 25 (4.43%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.06%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.71%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.35%) Web Services
4 1 (0.18%) EDI
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.69%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (4.26%) Driving Licence
3 24 (4.26%) Smartphone
4 21 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.13%) iPhone
6 8 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.24%) CMDB
7 7 (1.24%) iPad
8 6 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.89%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (0.89%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.71%) PKI
10 4 (0.71%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.53%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.53%) NHS
12 2 (0.35%) Blackberry
12 2 (0.35%) Social Media
12 2 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 552 (97.87%) Windows
2 48 (8.51%) Android
3 43 (7.62%) Apple iOS
3 43 (7.62%) Mac OS
4 41 (7.27%) Windows Server
5 37 (6.56%) Windows 7
6 24 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (2.66%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (1.77%) Linux
8 10 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.60%) AIX
10 8 (1.42%) Mac OS X
11 7 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.71%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.53%) CentOS
14 1 (0.18%) Unix
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (31.38%) Customer Service
2 109 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (19.15%) ITIL
4 99 (17.55%) Migration
5 75 (13.30%) ITSM
6 48 (8.51%) Service Management
7 44 (7.80%) User Experience
8 37 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (5.85%) Asset Management
10 32 (5.67%) Logistics
11 31 (5.50%) Application Packaging
11 31 (5.50%) Change Management
12 29 (5.14%) Workflow
13 24 (4.26%) Incident Management
13 24 (4.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (3.90%) Service Delivery
15 21 (3.72%) Workflow Management
16 17 (3.01%) Agile
16 17 (3.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 17 (3.01%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (12.06%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.01%) VBScript
3 12 (2.13%) VB
4 10 (1.77%) SQL
5 5 (0.89%) Bash
6 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 119 (21.10%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.38%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.28%) Degree
4 29 (5.14%) DV Cleared
4 29 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.66%) MCSE
6 9 (1.60%) A+ Certification
6 9 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.42%) CCA
7 8 (1.42%) Citrix Certification
7 8 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.35%) HNC
9 2 (0.35%) HND
10 1 (0.18%) CCNA
10 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.61%) SLA
2 6 (1.06%) GDPR
2 6 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.35%) GLP
3 2 (0.35%) GMP
4 1 (0.18%) GRC
4 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 306 (54.26%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.48%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.24%) XenDesktop
6 5 (0.89%) XenApp
7 3 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.35%) NFS
8 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.35%) vSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 127 (22.52%) SCCM
2 119 (21.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (1.95%) WSUS
5 5 (0.89%) SCVMM
6 4 (0.71%) AirWatch
7 3 (0.53%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.35%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.35%) WMI
9 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.18%) SCOM
9 1 (0.18%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 347 (61.52%) Microsoft
2 98 (17.38%) ServiceNow
3 51 (9.04%) Citrix
4 27 (4.79%) Cisco
5 26 (4.61%) VMware
6 25 (4.43%) Apple
7 23 (4.08%) HP
7 23 (4.08%) Remedy
8 18 (3.19%) Dell
9 17 (3.01%) Bomgar
9 17 (3.01%) iManage
10 14 (2.48%) SAP
11 10 (1.77%) Oracle
11 10 (1.77%) Starlink
12 9 (1.60%) McAfee
13 7 (1.24%) IBM
14 5 (0.89%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.89%) Google
15 4 (0.71%) Qualys
15 4 (0.71%) SolarWinds
124 Windows 10 jobs Nationwide