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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 189 128
Rank change year-on-year -61 -61 -13
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 551 502 730
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.53% 1.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.53% 11.35% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 314 480
10th Percentile £150 £150 £150
25th Percentile £180 £175 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £295 £372 £371
90th Percentile £443 £512 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £205 £223
% change year-on-year +2.44% -7.87% +8.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 73 71
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.45 £10.95
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.87 £12.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +26.86% -4.58%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £23.25
90th Percentile £76.50 £27.45 £28.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £23.58 £16.10
% change year-on-year +9.20% +46.51% -15.29%

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 5,234 4,422 5,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.76% 13.50% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,318 2,811 3,542
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £313 £308 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £584
90th Percentile £669 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 269 306
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.55 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.51 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £35.58
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -29.32% -16.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.84 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +2.74% -47.05% +37.68%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -63 496 £225 - 168
UK excluding London -49 414 £210 +2.44% 132
London -93 131 £239 -4.50% 59
North of England +1 129 £200 +6.67% 28
North West +7 101 £220 +22.22% 16
South East -85 68 £250 +25.00% 38
South West -36 67 £225 -10.00% 15
Midlands -35 62 £190 +13.10% 27
Work from Home -79 49 £205 -38.81% 39
East of England -15 41 £175 -22.22% 21
West Midlands -42 36 £225 +25.00% 18
Scotland -18 35 £163 -18.75% 5
East Midlands -1 26 £141 +6.24% 9
Yorkshire -37 21 £200 +3.23% 4
Wales -11 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -40 7 £250 - 8
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 4
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 78 (14.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 71 (12.89%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.09%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.36%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.27%) Confluence
6 5 (0.91%) Apache
6 5 (0.91%) nginx
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 86 (15.61%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 12 (2.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.36%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 323 (58.62%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (24.14%) Azure
3 110 (19.96%) Entra ID
4 34 (6.17%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.09%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.91%) Mimecast
7 4 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.54%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 72 (13.07%) VPN
2 65 (11.80%) DNS
3 62 (11.25%) DHCP
4 48 (8.71%) TCP/IP
5 33 (5.99%) LAN
6 32 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (5.08%) Skype
8 18 (3.27%) WAN
9 14 (2.54%) VLAN
10 10 (1.81%) Wireless
11 9 (1.63%) Internet
12 8 (1.45%) Network Security
13 7 (1.27%) Firewall
14 6 (1.09%) IPv4
14 6 (1.09%) IPv6
15 5 (0.91%) NetScaler
15 5 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.54%) VoIP
16 3 (0.54%) WAAS
17 1 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.91%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (4.54%) JIRA
2 7 (1.27%) MSI
3 5 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.91%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.36%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.36%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 335 (60.80%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (7.26%) Finance
4 35 (6.35%) Legal
5 22 (3.99%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.00%) Front Office
9 11 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.81%) Banking
10 10 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.45%) Local Government
12 7 (1.27%) French Language
13 6 (1.09%) Law
14 5 (0.91%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.91%) Police
14 5 (0.91%) Retail
15 4 (0.73%) Marketing
16 2 (0.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 194 (35.21%) Support Engineer
2 171 (31.03%) IT Support
3 158 (28.68%) IT Engineer
4 138 (25.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 70 (12.70%) Analyst
6 53 (9.62%) Desktop Engineer
7 46 (8.35%) Deployment Engineer
8 45 (8.17%) Desktop Support
9 40 (7.26%) Support Analyst
10 39 (7.08%) 2nd Line Support
11 35 (6.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 31 (5.63%) 1st Line Support
12 31 (5.63%) Service Analyst
13 29 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
14 28 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 27 (4.90%) IT Analyst
15 27 (4.90%) Windows Engineer
16 26 (4.72%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 23 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 21 (3.81%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.27%) Software Packaging
2 5 (0.91%) Terraform
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) WinForms
4 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.97%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.54%) Video Conferencing
3 22 (3.99%) Driving Licence
4 20 (3.63%) Blackberry
4 20 (3.63%) Smartphone
5 15 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.36%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.18%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.00%) CMDB
9 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.81%) iPhone
10 7 (1.27%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.27%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.09%) BYOD
11 6 (1.09%) Fat Client
11 6 (1.09%) iPad
11 6 (1.09%) Thin Client
12 5 (0.91%) Augmented Reality
12 5 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.91%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 551 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (9.62%) Windows Server
3 46 (8.35%) Android
4 43 (7.80%) Mac OS
5 42 (7.62%) Windows 7
6 37 (6.72%) Apple iOS
7 25 (4.54%) Linux
8 11 (2.00%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.27%) CentOS
11 5 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.91%) Solaris
11 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.36%) Debian
13 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (35.39%) Customer Service
2 155 (28.13%) ITIL
3 140 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (16.15%) ITSM
5 67 (12.16%) Service Management
6 57 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 56 (10.16%) Migration
7 56 (10.16%) User Experience
8 46 (8.35%) Asset Management
9 40 (7.26%) Service Delivery
10 32 (5.81%) Incident Management
11 31 (5.63%) Application Packaging
12 30 (5.44%) Customer Experience
13 28 (5.08%) Root Cause Analysis
14 24 (4.36%) Break/Fix
15 23 (4.17%) Inventory Management
16 21 (3.81%) Change Management
16 21 (3.81%) Mobile Device Management
17 20 (3.63%) Computer Science
18 19 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 81 (14.70%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.99%) VBScript
3 16 (2.90%) VB
4 8 (1.45%) Python
5 7 (1.27%) SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Bash
6 1 (0.18%) Bicep
6 1 (0.18%) C#
6 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 137 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 116 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.89%) Degree
4 33 (5.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.90%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
8 14 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 13 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.63%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.54%) ACSP
15 3 (0.54%) MCSE
16 1 (0.18%) CCNA
16 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.18%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (11.80%) SLA
2 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (0.73%) NCSC
4 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) GLP
5 1 (0.18%) GMP
5 1 (0.18%) GRC
5 1 (0.18%) GxP
5 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 356 (64.61%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 22 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (3.81%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.00%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.09%) Firmware
6 6 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (0.73%) XenApp
8 4 (0.73%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 163 (29.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 131 (23.77%) SCCM
3 10 (1.81%) WSUS
4 6 (1.09%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.91%) AirWatch
5 5 (0.91%) Packer
6 4 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.54%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.36%) SCOM
9 1 (0.18%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 365 (66.24%) Microsoft
2 130 (23.59%) ServiceNow
3 46 (8.35%) Apple
4 33 (5.99%) VMware
5 20 (3.63%) HP
6 17 (3.09%) Cisco
7 16 (2.90%) Lotus
8 15 (2.72%) Citrix
9 13 (2.36%) Remedy
10 12 (2.18%) McAfee
11 11 (2.00%) iManage
12 10 (1.81%) Samsung
13 8 (1.45%) Bomgar
14 7 (1.27%) Bloomberg
14 7 (1.27%) Sophos
15 6 (1.09%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.09%) Dell
15 6 (1.09%) Google
15 6 (1.09%) Meraki
15 6 (1.09%) Oracle