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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 139 105
Rank change year-on-year -67 -34 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 581 586 941
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.33% 2.00% 2.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.12% 13.97% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 421 649
10th Percentile £133 £155 £148
25th Percentile £165 £190 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £203 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £309 £415 £375
90th Percentile £536 £569 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £213 £210
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% +3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 28 86
10th Percentile £18.61 £18.13 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.03 £10.98
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +39.03% -5.99%
75th Percentile £24.29 £25.50 £21.69
90th Percentile £25.93 £30.01 £48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £14.55
% change year-on-year -9.02% +66.24% -20.32%

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 4,195 5,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.93% 14.30% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,142 2,763 3,988
10th Percentile £181 £200 £180
25th Percentile £290 £320 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £456
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.17% -11.46%
75th Percentile £565 £594 £594
90th Percentile £655 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £450 £430
% change year-on-year -7.78% +4.65% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 157 405
10th Percentile £15.09 £16.60 £13.27
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.51 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.81 £28.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.54% +27.27% -16.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year -8.76% +12.09% -15.38%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -51 557 £200 -11.11% 109
UK excluding London -50 423 £200 -5.88% 100
London -67 149 £248 -17.50% 20
North of England -24 141 £175 -12.50% 24
North West 0 105 £170 -10.53% 18
South East -48 95 £250 +0.20% 23
Work from Home -43 87 £250 +11.11% 17
Midlands -63 63 £175 -7.89% 21
East of England +19 62 £200 -11.11% 12
South West -39 50 £300 +33.11% 16
East Midlands -18 33 £175 -7.89% 12
Yorkshire -41 31 £190 -21.65% 5
West Midlands -83 29 £165 -13.16% 9
Scotland -24 9 £203 +1.25% 5
Wales -12 7 £200 -
North East -14 5 £200 -33.33% 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 81 (13.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (11.36%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.72%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 96 (16.52%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.86%) assyst
3 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 332 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (21.17%) Azure
3 76 (13.08%) Entra ID
4 38 (6.54%) OneDrive
5 11 (1.89%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.03%) AWS
7 5 (0.86%) GCP
8 4 (0.69%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.34%) SaaS
9 2 (0.34%) Slack
9 2 (0.34%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.17%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.17%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.17%) IaaS
10 1 (0.17%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 64 (11.02%) VPN
2 53 (9.12%) Wi-Fi
3 46 (7.92%) DNS
4 40 (6.88%) DHCP
5 38 (6.54%) LAN
6 32 (5.51%) WAN
7 26 (4.48%) Skype
8 23 (3.96%) TCP/IP
9 22 (3.79%) Wireless
10 16 (2.75%) VLAN
11 12 (2.07%) NetScaler
12 9 (1.55%) 4G
12 9 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (1.38%) Firewall
14 7 (1.20%) VoIP
15 4 (0.69%) PABX
16 2 (0.34%) RS-232
16 2 (0.34%) VSAN
16 2 (0.34%) VXLAN
16 2 (0.34%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.55%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.38%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.03%) Power BI
5 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 19 (3.27%) JIRA
2 8 (1.38%) MSI
3 7 (1.20%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.52%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) Hudson
5 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
General
1 306 (52.67%) Social Skills
2 56 (9.64%) Finance
3 47 (8.09%) Public Sector
4 36 (6.20%) Banking
5 31 (5.34%) Legal
5 31 (5.34%) Manufacturing
6 28 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (3.10%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.24%) Electronics
11 13 (2.24%) Marketing
12 11 (1.89%) Law
13 6 (1.03%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.86%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.86%) French Language
14 5 (0.86%) Local Government
15 4 (0.69%) Police
16 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (30.29%) Support Engineer
2 149 (25.65%) IT Support
3 118 (20.31%) IT Engineer
4 97 (16.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 86 (14.80%) Analyst
6 64 (11.02%) Desktop Support
7 55 (9.47%) Windows Engineer
8 54 (9.29%) Desktop Engineer
9 46 (7.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 45 (7.75%) 2nd Line Support
11 44 (7.57%) Support Analyst
12 41 (7.06%) 1st Line Support
13 36 (6.20%) Deployment Engineer
14 33 (5.68%) Service Analyst
15 30 (5.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 30 (5.16%) Service Desk Analyst
16 28 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 25 (4.30%) IT Analyst
17 25 (4.30%) Migration Engineer
18 23 (3.96%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.03%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.69%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.34%) Web Services
4 1 (0.17%) EDI
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.92%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.65%) Driving Licence
3 26 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (4.48%) Smartphone
4 18 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.07%) iPhone
5 12 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (1.38%) CMDB
7 7 (1.20%) iPad
8 6 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.86%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (0.86%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.86%) PKI
10 4 (0.69%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.69%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.52%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.52%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.52%) NHS
12 2 (0.34%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 569 (97.93%) Windows
2 50 (8.61%) Android
3 45 (7.75%) Apple iOS
4 41 (7.06%) Mac OS
5 38 (6.54%) Windows Server
6 36 (6.20%) Windows 7
7 26 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.58%) Windows Server 2003
9 12 (2.07%) Linux
10 9 (1.55%) AIX
10 9 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.38%) Mac OS X
11 8 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.69%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.52%) CentOS
14 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.17%) Unix
14 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (30.64%) Customer Service
2 105 (18.07%) ITIL
3 100 (17.21%) Migration
4 98 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (13.25%) ITSM
6 46 (7.92%) Service Management
7 41 (7.06%) User Experience
8 36 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (5.34%) Asset Management
9 31 (5.34%) Change Management
9 31 (5.34%) Logistics
9 31 (5.34%) Workflow
10 26 (4.48%) Application Packaging
11 24 (4.13%) Service Delivery
11 24 (4.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (3.61%) Incident Management
12 21 (3.61%) Workflow Management
13 20 (3.44%) Agile
14 17 (2.93%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 72 (12.39%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.10%) VBScript
3 12 (2.07%) VB
4 10 (1.72%) SQL
5 5 (0.86%) Bash
6 2 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.34%) Python
7 1 (0.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 136 (23.41%) Security Cleared
2 111 (19.10%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.47%) Degree
4 31 (5.34%) DV Cleared
5 29 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (2.58%) MCSE
7 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 8 (1.38%) A+ Certification
8 8 (1.38%) CCA
8 8 (1.38%) Citrix Certification
8 8 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.34%) HNC
12 2 (0.34%) HND
13 1 (0.17%) ACSP
13 1 (0.17%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.17%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.48%) SLA
2 8 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.03%) GDPR
4 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.34%) GLP
4 2 (0.34%) GMP
5 1 (0.17%) GRC
5 1 (0.17%) PMO
5 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 313 (53.87%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (2.24%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.20%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.03%) XenApp
7 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.52%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.34%) Firmware
9 2 (0.34%) NFS
9 2 (0.34%) vSphere
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 148 (25.47%) SCCM
2 114 (19.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (1.55%) WSUS
5 5 (0.86%) SCVMM
5 5 (0.86%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.52%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.34%) WMI
8 1 (0.17%) Ansible
8 1 (0.17%) SCOM
8 1 (0.17%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 350 (60.24%) Microsoft
2 106 (18.24%) ServiceNow
3 51 (8.78%) Citrix
4 28 (4.82%) Cisco
5 25 (4.30%) Apple
5 25 (4.30%) VMware
6 24 (4.13%) HP
7 23 (3.96%) Remedy
8 18 (3.10%) Dell
9 17 (2.93%) iManage
10 16 (2.75%) Bomgar
11 15 (2.58%) SAP
12 11 (1.89%) McAfee
12 11 (1.89%) Oracle
13 8 (1.38%) Starlink
14 7 (1.20%) IBM
15 6 (1.03%) Qualys
16 5 (0.86%) Bloomberg
16 5 (0.86%) Google
16 5 (0.86%) Veeam