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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 147 111
Rank change year-on-year -63 -36 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 568 560 905
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.25% 1.91% 2.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.79% 13.58% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 403 623
10th Percentile £133 £156 £148
25th Percentile £162 £195 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £220
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +2.33%
75th Percentile £300 £419 £384
90th Percentile £500 £566 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £215 £210
% change year-on-year -9.30% +2.38% +3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 29 89
10th Percentile £18.56 £18.43 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.05 £11.07
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +42.78% -8.46%
75th Percentile £25.11 £28.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £127.63 £34.50 £41.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.08 £24.18 £14.14
% change year-on-year -8.71% +71.00% -23.01%

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 4,816 4,124 5,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.56% 14.09% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,154 2,755 3,984
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 £565 £600 £594
90th Percentile £653 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.36% -7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 168 407
10th Percentile £15.30 £16.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +12.09% -32.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.05 £68.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £24.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +2.38% +22.10% -30.31%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -59 543 £200 -11.11% 113
UK excluding London -56 412 £195 -9.30% 103
London -74 149 £250 -20.00% 26
North of England -19 147 £175 -12.50% 23
North West +12 113 £170 -12.82% 17
Work from Home -32 90 £190 -18.28% 16
Midlands -65 74 £180 -5.26% 22
South East -77 71 £210 -16.00% 25
East of England +2 59 £200 -11.11% 11
South West -43 44 £250 +11.11% 16
East Midlands -11 38 £175 -7.89% 12
West Midlands -79 35 £185 -2.63% 10
Yorkshire -42 31 £190 -20.83% 5
Scotland -19 12 £181 -19.44% 6
Wales -11 7 £200 -31.91% 2
North East -15 3 £180 -40.00% 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 90 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (11.97%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.76%) 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 94 (16.55%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.70%) assyst
3 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 330 (58.10%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (22.36%) Azure
3 80 (14.08%) Entra ID
4 30 (5.28%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.58%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.06%) AWS
7 5 (0.88%) GCP
8 4 (0.70%) 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 61 (10.74%) VPN
2 48 (8.45%) DNS
3 47 (8.27%) Wi-Fi
4 44 (7.75%) DHCP
5 39 (6.87%) LAN
6 32 (5.63%) WAN
7 26 (4.58%) Skype
8 23 (4.05%) TCP/IP
9 22 (3.87%) Wireless
10 20 (3.52%) VLAN
11 12 (2.11%) NetScaler
11 12 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (1.23%) Firewall
12 7 (1.23%) VoIP
13 5 (0.88%) 4G
14 4 (0.70%) IPv4
14 4 (0.70%) IPv6
14 4 (0.70%) WAAS
15 3 (0.53%) Network Security
16 2 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.23%) Oracle Database
2 7 (1.23%) 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 (3.35%) JIRA
2 10 (1.76%) MSI
3 7 (1.23%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.53%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.18%) Hudson
5 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
General
1 296 (52.11%) Social Skills
2 52 (9.15%) Finance
3 48 (8.45%) Public Sector
4 37 (6.51%) Banking
5 33 (5.81%) Legal
6 31 (5.46%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (3.70%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.29%) Electronics
11 13 (2.29%) Marketing
12 12 (2.11%) Law
13 7 (1.23%) French Language
13 7 (1.23%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.88%) Local Government
15 4 (0.70%) Front Office
15 4 (0.70%) Police
16 3 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (29.93%) Support Engineer
2 153 (26.94%) IT Support
3 118 (20.77%) IT Engineer
4 96 (16.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 89 (15.67%) Analyst
6 57 (10.04%) Desktop Support
7 49 (8.63%) Desktop Engineer
8 48 (8.45%) Windows Engineer
9 47 (8.27%) Support Analyst
10 44 (7.75%) 1st Line Support
11 43 (7.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 40 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support
13 34 (5.99%) Service Analyst
14 31 (5.46%) Service Desk Analyst
15 30 (5.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 27 (4.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 26 (4.58%) IT Analyst
17 26 (4.58%) Support Technician
18 25 (4.40%) Deployment Engineer
18 25 (4.40%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.06%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.35%) Web Services
4 1 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.15%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.75%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (4.23%) Driving Licence
3 24 (4.23%) Smartphone
4 22 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.11%) iPhone
6 8 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.23%) CMDB
7 7 (1.23%) iPad
8 6 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.88%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.88%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.70%) PKI
10 4 (0.70%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.53%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.53%) NHS
11 3 (0.53%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.35%) Blackberry
12 2 (0.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 556 (97.89%) Windows
2 49 (8.63%) Android
3 44 (7.75%) Apple iOS
4 43 (7.57%) Mac OS
5 42 (7.39%) Windows Server
6 38 (6.69%) Windows 7
7 24 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (1.76%) Linux
9 10 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (1.58%) AIX
11 8 (1.41%) Mac OS X
12 7 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.70%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.53%) CentOS
15 1 (0.18%) Unix
15 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (31.69%) Customer Service
2 112 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (19.19%) ITIL
4 99 (17.43%) Migration
5 75 (13.20%) ITSM
6 49 (8.63%) Service Management
7 44 (7.75%) User Experience
8 37 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (5.99%) Asset Management
10 32 (5.63%) Application Packaging
10 32 (5.63%) Logistics
11 31 (5.46%) Change Management
12 29 (5.11%) Workflow
13 25 (4.40%) Incident Management
14 24 (4.23%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (3.87%) Service Delivery
16 21 (3.70%) Workflow Management
17 18 (3.17%) Agile
18 17 (2.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 17 (2.99%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (11.97%) PowerShell
2 17 (2.99%) VBScript
3 12 (2.11%) VB
4 10 (1.76%) SQL
5 5 (0.88%) Bash
6 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 121 (21.30%) Security Cleared
2 101 (17.78%) SC Cleared
3 59 (10.39%) Degree
4 29 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (4.93%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.46%) MCSE
7 11 (1.94%) A+ Certification
8 9 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.41%) CCA
9 8 (1.41%) Citrix Certification
9 8 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.35%) HNC
12 2 (0.35%) HND
13 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.18%) CCNA
13 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.40%) SLA
2 6 (1.06%) GDPR
2 6 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.35%) GLP
4 2 (0.35%) GMP
5 1 (0.18%) GRC
5 1 (0.18%) NCSC
5 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 308 (54.23%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.46%) BitLocker
5 8 (1.41%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.23%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.88%) XenApp
8 3 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.35%) NFS
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.35%) vSphere
10 1 (0.18%) Firmware
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 125 (22.01%) SCCM
2 120 (21.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (2.11%) WSUS
5 5 (0.88%) SCVMM
6 4 (0.70%) 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
1 348 (61.27%) Microsoft
2 96 (16.90%) ServiceNow
3 51 (8.98%) Citrix
4 27 (4.75%) VMware
5 26 (4.58%) Apple
5 26 (4.58%) Cisco
6 23 (4.05%) HP
6 23 (4.05%) Remedy
7 18 (3.17%) Dell
8 17 (2.99%) Bomgar
8 17 (2.99%) iManage
9 14 (2.46%) SAP
10 10 (1.76%) Oracle
10 10 (1.76%) Starlink
11 9 (1.58%) McAfee
12 7 (1.23%) IBM
13 5 (0.88%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.88%) Google
14 4 (0.70%) Qualys
14 4 (0.70%) SolarWinds