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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 185 120
Rank change year-on-year -82 -65 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 506 511 774
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.55% 1.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.96% 11.54% 13.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 315 510
10th Percentile £135 £153 £150
25th Percentile £163 £181 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £204 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £285 £372 £387
90th Percentile £425 £513 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £220
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 66 90
10th Percentile £17.45 £17.19 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.22
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +41.80% -14.63%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £21.95
90th Percentile £168.53 £28.00 £24.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £14.59
% change year-on-year +3.00% +71.35% -23.21%

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 5,080 4,427 5,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.62% 13.43% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,231 2,856 3,709
10th Percentile £193 £200 £193
25th Percentile £319 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 251 375
10th Percentile £15.53 £15.50 £12.60
25th Percentile £17.94 £18.12 £16.83
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.20 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.47 £21.90 £34.50
% change year-on-year +20.87% -36.52% +6.15%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -76 463 £210 -6.67% 102
UK excluding London -65 380 £200 - 92
North of England -19 119 £200 - 22
London -99 119 £240 -12.73% 23
North West -4 84 £200 - 10
South West -26 63 £225 +2.27% 8
South East -96 63 £250 +13.64% 33
Midlands -49 56 £190 - 16
Work from Home -66 54 £210 -21.86% 21
East of England -6 43 £175 -20.45% 11
West Midlands -56 33 £225 +18.42% 7
Yorkshire -38 29 £195 -2.86% 9
East Midlands -4 23 £131 -27.13% 9
Scotland -17 23 £150 -25.00% 6
Wales -9 11 £200 -27.27%
North East -36 6 £250 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +2 4 £175 -14.63% 1
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 66 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 66 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.37%) HCL Notes
3 9 (1.78%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.19%) Confluence
5 4 (0.79%) Apache
5 4 (0.79%) nginx
6 2 (0.40%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 72 (14.23%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.40%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 294 (58.10%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (21.74%) Azure
3 79 (15.61%) Entra ID
4 25 (4.94%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.38%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (0.79%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.40%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.20%) IaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.46%) VPN
2 48 (9.49%) DNS
3 46 (9.09%) DHCP
4 35 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (6.32%) TCP/IP
6 27 (5.34%) LAN
7 20 (3.95%) Skype
8 12 (2.37%) Remote Desktop
9 11 (2.17%) Wireless
10 10 (1.98%) WAN
11 8 (1.58%) Firewall
12 7 (1.38%) VLAN
13 6 (1.19%) Internet
13 6 (1.19%) IPv4
13 6 (1.19%) IPv6
13 6 (1.19%) VoIP
14 5 (0.99%) Network Security
15 3 (0.59%) WAAS
16 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
16 1 (0.20%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.59%) Power BI
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (5.53%) JIRA
2 6 (1.19%) MSI
3 4 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 4 (0.79%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.59%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.40%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 308 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 50 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (7.71%) Legal
4 35 (6.92%) Finance
5 27 (5.34%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.96%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.77%) Banking
10 8 (1.58%) Law
11 6 (1.19%) French Language
11 6 (1.19%) Local Government
12 5 (0.99%) Front Office
12 5 (0.99%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.99%) Retail
13 4 (0.79%) Marketing
13 4 (0.79%) Police
14 3 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (35.38%) Support Engineer
2 160 (31.62%) IT Support
3 136 (26.88%) IT Engineer
4 122 (24.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 67 (13.24%) Analyst
6 47 (9.29%) Desktop Engineer
7 41 (8.10%) Desktop Support
8 39 (7.71%) 2nd Line Support
9 37 (7.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 33 (6.52%) Service Analyst
11 32 (6.32%) 1st Line Support
11 32 (6.32%) Service Desk Analyst
12 31 (6.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 31 (6.13%) Deployment Engineer
13 30 (5.93%) Support Analyst
14 26 (5.14%) IT Analyst
15 25 (4.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 24 (4.74%) Windows Engineer
17 23 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 23 (4.55%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.79%) Software Packaging
1 4 (0.79%) X-Windows
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.20%) .NET
3 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.20%) WinForms
3 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (12.65%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.56%) Blackberry
3 18 (3.56%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.56%) Smartphone
4 17 (3.36%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (2.17%) iPhone
6 10 (1.98%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.58%) iPad
8 6 (1.19%) BYOD
8 6 (1.19%) CMDB
8 6 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.19%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.99%) Fat Client
9 5 (0.99%) Thin Client
9 5 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 506 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (8.10%) Windows Server
3 36 (7.11%) Mac OS
4 35 (6.92%) Android
5 26 (5.14%) Apple iOS
5 26 (5.14%) Windows 7
6 18 (3.56%) Linux
7 10 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.19%) Mac OS X
8 6 (1.19%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.99%) Solaris
9 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.40%) CentOS
12 2 (0.40%) Debian
13 1 (0.20%) AIX
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (32.41%) Customer Service
2 128 (25.30%) ITIL
3 116 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (11.86%) ITSM
5 57 (11.26%) Migration
6 46 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (8.50%) User Experience
8 42 (8.30%) Asset Management
9 41 (8.10%) Service Delivery
10 40 (7.91%) Service Management
11 25 (4.94%) Incident Management
12 23 (4.55%) Application Packaging
13 20 (3.95%) Customer Experience
14 18 (3.56%) Change Management
14 18 (3.56%) Root Cause Analysis
15 17 (3.36%) Break/Fix
15 17 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 17 (3.36%) Inventory Management
15 17 (3.36%) Mobile Device Management
16 16 (3.16%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 59 (11.66%) PowerShell
2 13 (2.57%) VBScript
3 9 (1.78%) VB
4 5 (0.99%) Python
4 5 (0.99%) SQL
5 1 (0.20%) Bicep
5 1 (0.20%) C#
5 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 93 (18.38%) Security Cleared
2 78 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.88%) Degree
4 30 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (3.75%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.57%) A+ Certification
7 9 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (1.58%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.19%) MCSE
11 5 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.59%) ACSP
13 3 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.20%) CCA
14 1 (0.20%) CCNA
14 1 (0.20%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.20%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (10.08%) SLA
2 4 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (0.79%) NCSC
3 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.59%) GDPR
4 2 (0.40%) GLP
4 2 (0.40%) GMP
4 2 (0.40%) QA
5 1 (0.20%) GRC
5 1 (0.20%) GxP
5 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 314 (62.06%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
2 17 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.57%) BitLocker
4 8 (1.58%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.99%) Firmware
6 4 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.59%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.20%) KVM
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 136 (26.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 98 (19.37%) SCCM
3 9 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.58%) WSUS
5 5 (0.99%) AirWatch
6 4 (0.79%) Packer
6 4 (0.79%) Terraform
6 4 (0.79%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.59%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.40%) WMI
9 1 (0.20%) SCOM
9 1 (0.20%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 321 (63.44%) Microsoft
2 113 (22.33%) ServiceNow
3 35 (6.92%) Apple
4 24 (4.74%) VMware
5 22 (4.35%) Citrix
6 18 (3.56%) Cisco
7 16 (3.16%) HP
7 16 (3.16%) Remedy
8 15 (2.96%) iManage
9 14 (2.77%) Lotus
10 12 (2.37%) Bomgar
11 10 (1.98%) McAfee
12 9 (1.78%) Bloomberg
13 8 (1.58%) Starlink
14 7 (1.38%) Oracle
14 7 (1.38%) Samsung
15 6 (1.19%) Dell
16 5 (0.99%) Reuters
16 5 (0.99%) Sophos
16 5 (0.99%) Tanium