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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 127 106
Rank change year-on-year -54 -21 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 624 613 934
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 2.04% 2.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.92% 14.32% 15.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 431 659
10th Percentile £133 £155 £145
25th Percentile £163 £190 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £203 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £328 £406 £360
90th Percentile £550 £553 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £215 £210
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 30 64
10th Percentile £18.69 £15.12 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.88 £14.36
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +29.80% -4.22%
75th Percentile £24.29 £24.18 £23.19
90th Percentile £25.89 £36.14 £48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% +31.43% -4.14%

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 4,831 4,282 6,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.46% 14.25% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,189 2,744 4,079
10th Percentile £178 £200 £180
25th Percentile £275 £317 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -10.24%
75th Percentile £569 £596 £588
90th Percentile £669 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £436 £425
% change year-on-year -5.44% +2.65% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 148 394
10th Percentile £15.02 £16.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.78 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.25 £29.89 £23.63
Median % change year-on-year -22.21% +26.52% -17.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £68.68 £69.13 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £27.75 £22.51
% change year-on-year -17.80% +23.28% -15.60%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -42 599 £203 -10.00% 131
UK excluding London -46 462 £200 -6.98% 132
London -57 153 £250 -11.11% 21
North of England -24 149 £175 -18.60% 31
North West -10 104 £173 -13.75% 18
South East -45 96 £233 -7.00% 43
Work from Home -22 92 £250 -1.96% 27
Midlands -51 78 £175 -7.89% 16
South West -21 68 £300 +34.83% 14
East of England +17 61 £200 -15.79% 14
West Midlands -64 41 £175 -12.50% 8
East Midlands -12 36 £175 -7.89% 8
Yorkshire -49 35 £190 -22.45% 11
North East -7 10 £195 -35.00% 3
Scotland -30 10 £200 +1.27% 9
Wales -15 7 £200 - 6

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 92 (14.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (11.70%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.60%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 110 (17.63%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (3.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.80%) assyst
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 352 (56.41%) Microsoft 365
2 124 (19.87%) Azure
3 69 (11.06%) Entra ID
4 44 (7.05%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.44%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.12%) AWS
7 6 (0.96%) GCP
8 4 (0.64%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.32%) SaaS
9 2 (0.32%) Slack
9 2 (0.32%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.16%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.16%) IaaS
10 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (11.22%) VPN
2 55 (8.81%) DNS
3 48 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
4 44 (7.05%) DHCP
5 39 (6.25%) LAN
6 34 (5.45%) WAN
7 31 (4.97%) TCP/IP
8 27 (4.33%) Skype
9 24 (3.85%) Wireless
10 17 (2.72%) VLAN
11 12 (1.92%) NetScaler
12 11 (1.76%) Firewall
13 9 (1.44%) 4G
13 9 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (1.28%) PABX
15 7 (1.12%) VoIP
16 5 (0.80%) Unified Communications
17 3 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
18 2 (0.32%) Internet
18 2 (0.32%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.28%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (0.80%) Power BI
5 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 21 (3.37%) JIRA
2 12 (1.92%) MSI
3 6 (0.96%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.32%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 326 (52.24%) Social Skills
2 64 (10.26%) Finance
3 46 (7.37%) Public Sector
4 36 (5.77%) Banking
5 35 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (4.81%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.49%) Legal
7 28 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.08%) Electronics
10 13 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.08%) Marketing
11 11 (1.76%) Law
12 7 (1.12%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.12%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.96%) French Language
14 3 (0.48%) International Banking
14 3 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (29.17%) Support Engineer
2 159 (25.48%) IT Support
3 118 (18.91%) IT Engineer
4 96 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 90 (14.42%) Analyst
6 77 (12.34%) Desktop Support
7 63 (10.10%) Desktop Engineer
7 63 (10.10%) Windows Engineer
8 53 (8.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 51 (8.17%) 2nd Line Support
10 47 (7.53%) Support Analyst
11 42 (6.73%) 1st Line Support
11 42 (6.73%) Deployment Engineer
12 34 (5.45%) Service Analyst
13 31 (4.97%) Service Desk Analyst
14 28 (4.49%) IT Analyst
15 27 (4.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 26 (4.17%) Windows Support Engineer
17 25 (4.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 25 (4.01%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.96%) X-Windows
2 3 (0.48%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.32%) Web Services
4 1 (0.16%) EDI
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.37%) Onboarding
2 29 (4.65%) Driving Licence
2 29 (4.65%) Smartphone
3 23 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (1.76%) iPhone
6 9 (1.44%) PKI
7 7 (1.12%) CMDB
7 7 (1.12%) iPad
8 6 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.80%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.80%) Hedge funds
9 5 (0.80%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.64%) NHS
10 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.48%) Blackberry
11 3 (0.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 612 (98.08%) Windows
2 54 (8.65%) Android
3 52 (8.33%) Apple iOS
4 44 (7.05%) Mac OS
5 38 (6.09%) Windows Server
6 37 (5.93%) Windows 7
7 31 (4.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.72%) Linux
9 15 (2.40%) Windows Server 2003
10 11 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (1.44%) AIX
11 9 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (1.12%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.64%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.48%) CentOS
15 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.16%) Unix
15 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (30.29%) Customer Service
2 108 (17.31%) ITIL
3 106 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (16.51%) Migration
5 82 (13.14%) ITSM
6 57 (9.13%) Service Management
7 41 (6.57%) User Experience
8 33 (5.29%) Change Management
9 32 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (5.13%) Workflow
10 31 (4.97%) Application Packaging
11 29 (4.65%) Asset Management
11 29 (4.65%) Logistics
11 29 (4.65%) Service Delivery
12 25 (4.01%) Mobile Device Management
13 23 (3.69%) Incident Management
13 23 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (3.37%) Workflow Management
15 19 (3.04%) Agile
15 19 (3.04%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 79 (12.66%) PowerShell
2 20 (3.21%) VBScript
3 12 (1.92%) VB
4 11 (1.76%) SQL
5 6 (0.96%) Bash
6 3 (0.48%) Python
7 2 (0.32%) Java
7 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 152 (24.36%) Security Cleared
2 120 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 59 (9.46%) Degree
4 37 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (5.29%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.40%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 14 (2.24%) MCSE
8 8 (1.28%) CCA
8 8 (1.28%) Citrix Certification
8 8 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.80%) MCDST
11 4 (0.64%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.32%) HNC
13 2 (0.32%) HND
14 1 (0.16%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.65%) SLA
2 11 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.44%) GDPR
4 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.16%) GLP
5 1 (0.16%) GMP
5 1 (0.16%) PMO
5 1 (0.16%) QA
System Software
1 328 (52.56%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.24%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.44%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.12%) XenDesktop
8 6 (0.96%) XenApp
9 5 (0.80%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (0.80%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.80%) vSphere
10 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.32%) Firmware
11 2 (0.32%) NFS
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 164 (26.28%) SCCM
2 120 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.60%) vCenter Server
5 9 (1.44%) WSUS
6 6 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (0.80%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.48%) SCOM
10 2 (0.32%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.32%) WMI
11 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.16%) Ansible
11 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.16%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 367 (58.81%) Microsoft
2 111 (17.79%) ServiceNow
3 53 (8.49%) Citrix
4 37 (5.93%) VMware
5 35 (5.61%) Cisco
6 26 (4.17%) Apple
6 26 (4.17%) HP
7 24 (3.85%) Remedy
8 19 (3.04%) Dell
8 19 (3.04%) iManage
9 15 (2.40%) Bomgar
9 15 (2.40%) SAP
10 12 (1.92%) McAfee
11 11 (1.76%) Oracle
12 7 (1.12%) IBM
12 7 (1.12%) Symantec
12 7 (1.12%) Veeam
13 6 (0.96%) Qualys
13 6 (0.96%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.96%) Starlink