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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 128 107
Rank change year-on-year -47 -21 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 612 659 907
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.65% 2.07% 2.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.96% 14.73% 14.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 463 652
10th Percentile £133 £157 £148
25th Percentile £163 £190 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £367 £384 £360
90th Percentile £550 £538 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £220 £210
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 37 43
10th Percentile £18.57 £16.29 £15.45
25th Percentile £19.54 £19.64 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.80 £18.95
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +25.59% +3.19%
75th Percentile £24.36 £24.18 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £57.62 £55.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -4.35% +29.80% -

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 4,722 4,475 6,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.70% 14.05% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,133 2,795 4,270
10th Percentile £172 £200 £180
25th Percentile £263 £313 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -3.53% -1.16% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 167 314
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.78 £21.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% +5.43% +29.00%
75th Percentile £60.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.40 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.08 £27.25
% change year-on-year -19.56% +14.06% +21.11%

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 16 January 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 16 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 17 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 16 January 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 -26 587 £215 -7.53% 166
UK excluding London -29 461 £200 -9.09% 164
London -37 144 £240 -9.43% 30
North of England -22 125 £175 -20.45% 40
South East -31 104 £250 -8.95% 50
Work from Home -41 97 £300 +17.65% 28
South West +11 95 £300 +36.36% 14
North West +3 93 £173 -13.75% 21
Midlands -36 76 £175 -7.89% 21
East of England +10 51 £195 -15.68% 26
West Midlands -43 42 £175 -12.50% 11
East Midlands -11 34 £175 -7.89% 10
Yorkshire -53 22 £175 -24.73% 16
Scotland -39 12 £200 +4.17% 7
North East -5 10 £200 - 3
Wales -15 6 £200 -4.76% 8
Northern Ireland -14 1 £250 +65.02% 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 87 (14.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (12.42%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.47%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 103 (16.83%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.98%) assyst
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 322 (52.61%) Microsoft 365
2 121 (19.77%) Azure
3 61 (9.97%) Entra ID
4 47 (7.68%) OneDrive
5 10 (1.63%) AWS
6 8 (1.31%) GCP
6 8 (1.31%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.33%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.33%) SaaS
7 2 (0.33%) Viva Engage
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.16%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.16%) Serverless
8 1 (0.16%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 71 (11.60%) VPN
2 60 (9.80%) DNS
3 43 (7.03%) DHCP
4 33 (5.39%) TCP/IP
5 32 (5.23%) Wi-Fi
6 30 (4.90%) WAN
7 29 (4.74%) LAN
8 25 (4.08%) Skype
9 18 (2.94%) Wireless
10 14 (2.29%) VLAN
11 13 (2.12%) Firewall
12 11 (1.80%) NetScaler
13 9 (1.47%) 4G
14 8 (1.31%) PABX
15 5 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
15 5 (0.82%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.82%) VSAN
15 5 (0.82%) WAAS
16 3 (0.49%) PuTTY
16 3 (0.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.12%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (1.31%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.65%) Power BI
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (2.78%) MSI
2 12 (1.96%) JIRA
3 9 (1.47%) InstallShield
4 6 (0.98%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 317 (51.80%) Social Skills
2 66 (10.78%) Finance
3 53 (8.66%) Public Sector
4 36 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.23%) Banking
6 26 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (3.43%) Legal
7 21 (3.43%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.61%) Electronics
10 16 (2.61%) Marketing
11 11 (1.80%) Law
12 9 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.98%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.98%) French Language
14 5 (0.82%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.49%) International Banking
17 2 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 165 (26.96%) Support Engineer
2 138 (22.55%) IT Support
3 100 (16.34%) IT Engineer
4 88 (14.38%) Analyst
5 84 (13.73%) Desktop Support
6 75 (12.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 71 (11.60%) Windows Engineer
8 70 (11.44%) Desktop Engineer
9 59 (9.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 54 (8.82%) Deployment Engineer
11 50 (8.17%) Support Analyst
12 46 (7.52%) 2nd Line Support
13 35 (5.72%) 1st Line Support
14 34 (5.56%) Service Analyst
15 32 (5.23%) Service Desk Analyst
16 30 (4.90%) IT Analyst
17 29 (4.74%) Windows Support Engineer
18 26 (4.25%) IT Support Analyst
19 23 (3.76%) Field Engineer
19 23 (3.76%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.49%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.33%) Web Services
3 1 (0.16%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.54%) Onboarding
2 32 (5.23%) Driving Licence
3 26 (4.25%) Smartphone
4 23 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.12%) PKI
6 13 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (1.63%) iPhone
8 8 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.14%) iPad
10 6 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.98%) Hedge funds
10 6 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.82%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.65%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.65%) NHS
13 3 (0.49%) CMDB
13 3 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 600 (98.04%) Windows
2 57 (9.31%) Apple iOS
3 56 (9.15%) Android
4 42 (6.86%) Mac OS
5 36 (5.88%) Windows Server
6 33 (5.39%) Windows 7
6 33 (5.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (3.92%) Linux
8 14 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (2.12%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (1.63%) AIX
11 9 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.82%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.49%) CentOS
14 3 (0.49%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.33%) Unix
16 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (28.76%) Customer Service
2 107 (17.48%) ITIL
3 105 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (14.87%) Migration
5 75 (12.25%) ITSM
6 61 (9.97%) Service Management
7 36 (5.88%) User Experience
8 33 (5.39%) Application Packaging
9 31 (5.07%) Workflow
10 30 (4.90%) Change Management
10 30 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (4.74%) Mobile Device Management
12 25 (4.08%) Inventory Management
12 25 (4.08%) Logistics
13 24 (3.92%) Service Delivery
14 23 (3.76%) Agile
15 22 (3.59%) Asset Management
15 22 (3.59%) Workflow Management
16 21 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 21 (3.43%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.59%) VBScript
3 14 (2.29%) SQL
4 9 (1.47%) VB
5 8 (1.31%) Bash
6 4 (0.65%) Java
6 4 (0.65%) Python
7 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 181 (29.58%) Security Cleared
2 139 (22.71%) SC Cleared
3 47 (7.68%) Degree
4 41 (6.70%) DV Cleared
5 38 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.94%) A+ Certification
7 13 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.63%) MCP
9 9 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.47%) MCSE
10 8 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.14%) CCA
11 7 (1.14%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.82%) MCDST
13 4 (0.65%) MCSA
14 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
15 1 (0.16%) BC Cleared
15 1 (0.16%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.90%) SLA
2 13 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.96%) GDPR
4 3 (0.49%) NCSC
5 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.33%) QA
6 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 316 (51.63%) Active Directory
2 35 (5.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (4.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.29%) BitLocker
5 10 (1.63%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.47%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.98%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.82%) XenApp
9 4 (0.65%) Firmware
9 4 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.65%) vSphere
9 4 (0.65%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.33%) NFS
10 2 (0.33%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 170 (27.78%) SCCM
2 109 (17.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.45%) vCenter Server
4 9 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (1.31%) WSUS
6 6 (0.98%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (0.65%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.65%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 3 (0.49%) OPNET
8 3 (0.49%) SCOM
8 3 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.16%) Ansible
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 342 (55.88%) Microsoft
2 98 (16.01%) ServiceNow
3 51 (8.33%) Citrix
4 44 (7.19%) VMware
5 36 (5.88%) Cisco
6 32 (5.23%) Apple
7 25 (4.08%) HP
8 23 (3.76%) Dell
9 21 (3.43%) Remedy
10 18 (2.94%) SAP
11 17 (2.78%) McAfee
12 13 (2.12%) iManage
13 12 (1.96%) Oracle
14 9 (1.47%) Bomgar
14 9 (1.47%) Symantec
15 8 (1.31%) Veeam
16 7 (1.14%) IBM
16 7 (1.14%) Starlink
17 6 (0.98%) SolarWinds
18 5 (0.82%) Qualys