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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 165 121
Rank change year-on-year -86 -44 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 492 534 841
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.71% 1.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.94% 12.44% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 335 548
10th Percentile £133 £153 £150
25th Percentile £163 £194 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £230 £225
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £278 £388 £380
90th Percentile £436 £538 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £215 £215
% change year-on-year -6.98% - +5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 55 98
10th Percentile £19.33 £17.38 £10.95
25th Percentile £21.30 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +34.72% -10.14%
75th Percentile £69.88 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £37.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £24.83 £15.00
% change year-on-year +3.71% +65.53% -18.92%

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 4,952 4,291 5,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.61% 13.72% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,168 2,777 3,890
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +0.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 222 434
10th Percentile £14.80 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.63 £17.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £22.53 £24.68
Median % change year-on-year +15.40% -8.70% -41.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.98 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.89 £19.27 £31.00
% change year-on-year +34.33% -37.84% -7.46%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -86 454 £203 -15.18% 116
UK excluding London -77 367 £200 -6.98% 105
London -108 119 £235 -18.26% 25
North of England -23 116 £190 -5.00% 30
North West +1 82 £190 - 15
Midlands -56 63 £190 - 17
South West -29 54 £225 +2.27% 14
Work from Home -72 54 £200 -20.00% 29
East of England +4 52 £175 -22.22% 11
South East -104 52 £250 - 30
West Midlands -68 36 £225 +18.42% 6
Yorkshire -44 29 £190 -1.94% 10
East Midlands -5 26 £131 -29.10% 11
Scotland -22 18 £150 -25.00% 7
Wales -15 10 £200 -33.33% 2
North East -34 5 £250 -16.67% 6
Northern Ireland +3 4 £175 +9.38% 3
Channel Islands +1 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 72 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (11.18%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.44%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.83%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 81 (16.46%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.41%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 278 (56.50%) Microsoft 365
2 106 (21.54%) Azure
3 71 (14.43%) Entra ID
4 21 (4.27%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.63%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.61%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.41%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.20%) IaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.20%) SaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 56 (11.38%) VPN
2 42 (8.54%) DNS
3 39 (7.93%) DHCP
3 39 (7.93%) Wi-Fi
4 30 (6.10%) LAN
5 25 (5.08%) TCP/IP
6 24 (4.88%) Skype
7 17 (3.46%) WAN
8 14 (2.85%) Remote Desktop
9 12 (2.44%) VLAN
10 10 (2.03%) Wireless
11 7 (1.42%) VoIP
12 6 (1.22%) Internet
12 6 (1.22%) IPv4
12 6 (1.22%) IPv6
13 5 (1.02%) Network Security
14 4 (0.81%) Firewall
14 4 (0.81%) WAAS
15 2 (0.41%) NetScaler
15 2 (0.41%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.22%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.81%) Power BI
4 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.07%) JIRA
2 5 (1.02%) MSI
3 3 (0.61%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.41%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 290 (58.94%) Social Skills
2 47 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (7.11%) Finance
4 34 (6.91%) Legal
5 26 (5.28%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.07%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.46%) Banking
7 17 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.42%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.22%) French Language
11 5 (1.02%) Front Office
11 5 (1.02%) Law
11 5 (1.02%) Local Government
11 5 (1.02%) Police
11 5 (1.02%) Retail
12 4 (0.81%) Marketing
13 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 169 (34.35%) Support Engineer
2 154 (31.30%) IT Support
3 126 (25.61%) IT Engineer
4 114 (23.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 71 (14.43%) Analyst
6 49 (9.96%) Desktop Engineer
7 41 (8.33%) Desktop Support
8 35 (7.11%) 2nd Line Support
9 34 (6.91%) Service Analyst
10 33 (6.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 33 (6.71%) Service Desk Analyst
11 32 (6.50%) 1st Line Support
12 31 (6.30%) Support Analyst
13 29 (5.89%) Deployment Engineer
14 28 (5.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 28 (5.69%) IT Analyst
15 25 (5.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 24 (4.88%) Windows Engineer
17 23 (4.67%) IT Technician
18 22 (4.47%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.22%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.81%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) WinForms
4 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.38%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (2.03%) Blackberry
5 10 (2.03%) Virtual Team
6 9 (1.83%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.83%) Smartphone
7 8 (1.63%) iPhone
8 6 (1.22%) BYOD
8 6 (1.22%) CMDB
8 6 (1.22%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.02%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (1.02%) iPad
9 5 (1.02%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.02%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.41%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 492 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.52%) Windows 7
4 34 (6.91%) Mac OS
5 32 (6.50%) Android
6 28 (5.69%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.64%) Linux
7 13 (2.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.63%) Mac OS X
9 8 (1.63%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.02%) Solaris
12 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.61%) AIX
13 3 (0.61%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.41%) Debian
15 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (30.08%) Customer Service
2 117 (23.78%) ITIL
3 114 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (11.99%) ITSM
5 56 (11.38%) Migration
6 47 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (8.74%) Service Management
8 36 (7.32%) Asset Management
9 34 (6.91%) Service Delivery
9 34 (6.91%) User Experience
10 23 (4.67%) Application Packaging
11 21 (4.27%) Customer Experience
12 20 (4.07%) Computer Science
12 20 (4.07%) Incident Management
13 19 (3.86%) Change Management
13 19 (3.86%) Root Cause Analysis
14 18 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (3.66%) Inventory Management
15 15 (3.05%) Break/Fix
16 14 (2.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (11.38%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.46%) VBScript
3 12 (2.44%) VB
4 6 (1.22%) SQL
5 2 (0.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.41%) Python
6 1 (0.20%) Bicep
6 1 (0.20%) C#
6 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 88 (17.89%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.65%) SC Cleared
3 55 (11.18%) Degree
4 32 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.25%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.64%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 10 (2.03%) MCSE
10 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.61%) ACSP
14 2 (0.41%) CCA
14 2 (0.41%) Citrix Certification
14 2 (0.41%) HNC
14 2 (0.41%) HND
14 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.33%) SLA
2 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.61%) GDPR
2 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.41%) GLP
3 2 (0.41%) GMP
3 2 (0.41%) QA
4 1 (0.20%) GRC
4 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.20%) NCSC
4 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 300 (60.98%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.46%) BitLocker
4 14 (2.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.83%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.81%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.41%) XenApp
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 125 (25.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 97 (19.72%) SCCM
3 12 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.63%) WSUS
5 6 (1.22%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.41%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.41%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.41%) WMI
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
7 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 316 (64.23%) Microsoft
2 92 (18.70%) ServiceNow
3 34 (6.91%) Apple
4 27 (5.49%) Citrix
5 22 (4.47%) VMware
6 19 (3.86%) HP
7 15 (3.05%) Cisco
8 12 (2.44%) Remedy
9 11 (2.24%) Bomgar
9 11 (2.24%) iManage
10 9 (1.83%) Lotus
10 9 (1.83%) McAfee
10 9 (1.83%) Oracle
10 9 (1.83%) Starlink
11 8 (1.63%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.42%) Dell
12 7 (1.42%) Samsung
13 4 (0.81%) Reuters
14 3 (0.61%) MobileIron
14 3 (0.61%) Sophos