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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 165 119
Rank change year-on-year -97 -46 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 493 525 834
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.72% 1.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.09% 12.44% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 330 544
10th Percentile £133 £153 £150
25th Percentile £163 £193 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £234 £225
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +3.89% +4.65%
75th Percentile £280 £388 £380
90th Percentile £436 £538 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £215 £215
% change year-on-year -6.98% - +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 53 97
10th Percentile £19.33 £17.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £21.31 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.86
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +36.42% -11.26%
75th Percentile £65.75 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £39.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £14.80
% change year-on-year +2.69% +69.48% -20.03%

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 4,888 4,219 5,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.52% 13.79% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,114 2,739 3,860
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -2.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 216 435
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.41 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £22.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% -11.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £42.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.44 £18.87 £31.25
% change year-on-year +40.12% -39.62% -6.72%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -85 455 £203 -15.63% 110
UK excluding London -77 363 £200 -6.98% 101
London -121 123 £235 -18.26% 21
North of England -26 113 £190 -5.00% 30
North West -5 81 £190 - 16
Midlands -54 64 £190 - 13
Work from Home -66 57 £210 -16.00% 24
South West -29 55 £225 +2.27% 13
South East -104 52 £250 - 32
East of England -1 50 £175 -22.22% 12
West Midlands -61 36 £225 +18.42% 7
Yorkshire -45 28 £190 -1.94% 10
East Midlands -5 27 £131 -27.13% 6
Scotland -29 17 £150 -25.00% 6
Wales -10 10 £200 -33.33% 2
Northern Ireland +2 4 £175 +9.38% 1
North East -32 4 £225 -25.00% 5
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 (14.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (10.55%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.43%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.62%) 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 84 (17.04%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.41%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 277 (56.19%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (21.30%) Azure
3 71 (14.40%) Entra ID
4 21 (4.26%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.62%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.41%) 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%) SaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Slack
9 1 (0.20%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 57 (11.56%) VPN
2 42 (8.52%) DNS
3 39 (7.91%) DHCP
3 39 (7.91%) Wi-Fi
4 30 (6.09%) LAN
5 25 (5.07%) Skype
5 25 (5.07%) TCP/IP
6 17 (3.45%) WAN
7 14 (2.84%) Remote Desktop
8 12 (2.43%) VLAN
9 10 (2.03%) Wireless
10 7 (1.42%) VoIP
11 6 (1.22%) Internet
11 6 (1.22%) IPv4
11 6 (1.22%) IPv6
12 5 (1.01%) Firewall
12 5 (1.01%) NetScaler
12 5 (1.01%) Network Security
13 4 (0.81%) WAAS
14 2 (0.41%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.23%) 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 (4.06%) JIRA
2 5 (1.01%) MSI
3 3 (0.61%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.41%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 287 (58.22%) Social Skills
2 44 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (7.51%) Finance
4 34 (6.90%) Legal
5 26 (5.27%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.26%) Banking
7 20 (4.06%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.25%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.62%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.22%) French Language
12 5 (1.01%) Front Office
12 5 (1.01%) Law
12 5 (1.01%) Local Government
12 5 (1.01%) Police
12 5 (1.01%) Retail
13 4 (0.81%) Marketing
14 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 167 (33.87%) Support Engineer
2 151 (30.63%) IT Support
3 123 (24.95%) IT Engineer
4 111 (22.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 71 (14.40%) Analyst
6 48 (9.74%) Desktop Engineer
7 42 (8.52%) Desktop Support
8 35 (7.10%) 2nd Line Support
9 34 (6.90%) Support Analyst
10 33 (6.69%) 1st Line Support
11 31 (6.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 31 (6.29%) Service Analyst
12 30 (6.09%) Service Desk Analyst
13 28 (5.68%) Deployment Engineer
14 27 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 26 (5.27%) IT Analyst
16 25 (5.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 24 (4.87%) Windows Engineer
18 23 (4.67%) IT Technician
18 23 (4.67%) 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%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) WinForms
4 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.16%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (2.03%) Smartphone
5 10 (2.03%) Virtual Team
6 9 (1.83%) Blackberry
6 9 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.62%) iPhone
8 6 (1.22%) BYOD
8 6 (1.22%) CMDB
9 5 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (1.01%) iPad
9 5 (1.01%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.01%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.61%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.41%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 493 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (8.32%) Windows Server
3 38 (7.71%) Windows 7
4 34 (6.90%) Mac OS
5 33 (6.69%) Android
6 30 (6.09%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.64%) Linux
7 13 (2.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.62%) Mac OS X
9 8 (1.62%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.01%) 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
1 146 (29.61%) Customer Service
2 115 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (22.92%) ITIL
4 60 (12.17%) ITSM
5 59 (11.97%) Migration
6 46 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (8.72%) Service Management
8 37 (7.51%) Asset Management
9 33 (6.69%) User Experience
10 31 (6.29%) Service Delivery
11 24 (4.87%) Application Packaging
12 20 (4.06%) Change Management
12 20 (4.06%) Computer Science
12 20 (4.06%) Customer Experience
13 18 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (3.65%) Inventory Management
14 17 (3.45%) Incident Management
14 17 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
15 15 (3.04%) Time Management
16 14 (2.84%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (11.56%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.45%) VBScript
3 12 (2.43%) VB
4 7 (1.42%) 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 89 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 78 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 56 (11.36%) Degree
4 32 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.25%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.64%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.03%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.03%) MCSE
8 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 9 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.01%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.81%) CCA
12 4 (0.81%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.61%) ACSP
13 3 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.41%) HNC
14 2 (0.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.71%) SLA
2 3 (0.61%) GDPR
3 2 (0.41%) GLP
3 2 (0.41%) GMP
3 2 (0.41%) QA
4 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.20%) GRC
4 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.20%) NCSC
4 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 293 (59.43%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.45%) BitLocker
3 17 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.01%) XenDesktop
6 3 (0.61%) XenApp
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 125 (25.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 96 (19.47%) SCCM
3 12 (2.43%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.62%) WSUS
5 6 (1.22%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.61%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.41%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.41%) WMI
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 315 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 87 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 34 (6.90%) Apple
4 31 (6.29%) Citrix
5 22 (4.46%) VMware
6 19 (3.85%) HP
7 16 (3.25%) Cisco
8 14 (2.84%) Remedy
9 11 (2.23%) Bomgar
9 11 (2.23%) iManage
10 9 (1.83%) McAfee
10 9 (1.83%) Oracle
10 9 (1.83%) Starlink
11 8 (1.62%) Bloomberg
11 8 (1.62%) Lotus
12 7 (1.42%) Dell
12 7 (1.42%) Samsung
13 4 (0.81%) Reuters
14 3 (0.61%) MobileIron
14 3 (0.61%) Qualys