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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 126 106
Rank change year-on-year -53 -20 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 622 646 956
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.59% 2.08% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.07% 14.57% 14.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 447 678
10th Percentile £133 £160 £148
25th Percentile £166 £190 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +4.65% -
75th Percentile £363 £400 £356
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 68 32 55
10th Percentile £18.43 £15.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.40 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +30.00% -2.70%
75th Percentile £24.26 £25.14 £24.38
90th Percentile £25.41 £57.62 £48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £22.75 £17.72
% change year-on-year -3.30% +28.39% -3.51%

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 4,758 4,434 6,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.16% 14.26% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,172 2,757 4,294
10th Percentile £176 £197 £181
25th Percentile £263 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +2.15% -9.71%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £403 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.29% - -9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 155 399
10th Percentile £14.70 £16.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.05 £21.00 £16.89
Median hourly rate £23.79 £31.08 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +23.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £55.64 £64.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £69.50 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.69 £28.00 £25.06
% change year-on-year -18.96% +11.74% -0.80%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -31 600 £213 -5.56% 146
UK excluding London -37 467 £200 -9.09% 139
London -51 147 £250 -4.76% 28
North of England -30 139 £175 -14.63% 34
North West -3 100 £173 -13.75% 17
Work from Home -30 97 £288 +15.00% 39
South East -45 95 £250 -4.76% 44
South West +3 89 £313 +40.45% 20
Midlands -32 79 £175 -7.89% 18
East of England +19 59 £203 -11.48% 17
West Midlands -49 44 £175 -12.50% 12
East Midlands -7 34 £175 -7.89% 6
Yorkshire -49 28 £190 -20.83% 15
North East -6 11 £200 -33.33% 2
Scotland -33 9 £200 - 3
Wales -15 6 £200 -4.76% 7

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 88 (14.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (12.22%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.77%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 110 (17.68%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.80%) assyst
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 330 (53.05%) Microsoft 365
2 126 (20.26%) Azure
3 66 (10.61%) Entra ID
4 48 (7.72%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.45%) AWS
5 9 (1.45%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.29%) GCP
7 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.32%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.32%) SaaS
7 2 (0.32%) Viva Engage
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.16%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.16%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.16%) IaaS
8 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.16%) OCI
8 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (11.74%) VPN
2 62 (9.97%) DNS
3 47 (7.56%) DHCP
4 46 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
5 40 (6.43%) LAN
6 36 (5.79%) WAN
7 32 (5.14%) TCP/IP
8 27 (4.34%) Skype
9 22 (3.54%) Wireless
10 17 (2.73%) VLAN
11 11 (1.77%) Firewall
11 11 (1.77%) NetScaler
12 9 (1.45%) 4G
13 8 (1.29%) PABX
14 7 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (0.96%) WAAS
16 5 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
16 5 (0.80%) Unified Communications
17 4 (0.64%) VoIP
18 3 (0.48%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.29%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.13%) 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 19 (3.05%) JIRA
2 18 (2.89%) MSI
3 10 (1.61%) InstallShield
4 6 (0.96%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Hudson
5 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 325 (52.25%) Social Skills
2 68 (10.93%) Finance
3 51 (8.20%) Public Sector
4 36 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.31%) Banking
6 29 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (3.54%) Legal
9 20 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.05%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.57%) Electronics
11 16 (2.57%) Marketing
12 11 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.45%) Law
14 7 (1.13%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.13%) French Language
14 7 (1.13%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.48%) International Banking
17 2 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 172 (27.65%) Support Engineer
2 143 (22.99%) IT Support
3 103 (16.56%) IT Engineer
4 88 (14.15%) Analyst
5 85 (13.67%) Desktop Support
6 81 (13.02%) IT Support Engineer
7 70 (11.25%) Desktop Engineer
8 66 (10.61%) Windows Engineer
9 58 (9.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 52 (8.36%) 2nd Line Support
11 51 (8.20%) Deployment Engineer
12 49 (7.88%) Support Analyst
13 38 (6.11%) 1st Line Support
14 34 (5.47%) Service Analyst
15 31 (4.98%) Service Desk Analyst
16 27 (4.34%) IT Analyst
16 27 (4.34%) Windows Support Engineer
17 25 (4.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 24 (3.86%) Migration Engineer
19 23 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.64%) 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 42 (6.75%) Onboarding
2 32 (5.14%) Driving Licence
3 29 (4.66%) Smartphone
4 25 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
7 12 (1.93%) iPhone
8 11 (1.77%) PKI
9 8 (1.29%) iPad
9 8 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (0.96%) CMDB
10 6 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.80%) Hedge funds
11 5 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (0.80%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.64%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.64%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.64%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.64%) NHS
13 3 (0.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 610 (98.07%) Windows
2 60 (9.65%) Apple iOS
3 55 (8.84%) Android
4 47 (7.56%) Mac OS
5 38 (6.11%) Windows Server
6 36 (5.79%) Windows 7
7 31 (4.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (3.22%) Linux
9 13 (2.09%) Windows Server 2003
9 13 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.29%) AIX
12 6 (0.96%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.64%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.48%) CentOS
15 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (29.58%) Customer Service
2 113 (18.17%) ITIL
3 107 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (15.27%) Migration
5 79 (12.70%) ITSM
6 66 (10.61%) Service Management
7 36 (5.79%) User Experience
8 34 (5.47%) Application Packaging
9 31 (4.98%) Change Management
9 31 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (4.98%) Workflow
10 30 (4.82%) Mobile Device Management
11 29 (4.66%) Asset Management
11 29 (4.66%) Logistics
12 27 (4.34%) Inventory Management
12 27 (4.34%) Service Delivery
13 25 (4.02%) Agile
14 24 (3.86%) Incident Management
15 22 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 22 (3.54%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (13.99%) PowerShell
2 26 (4.18%) VBScript
3 12 (1.93%) VB
4 11 (1.77%) SQL
5 8 (1.29%) Bash
6 5 (0.80%) Python
7 4 (0.64%) Java
8 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 178 (28.62%) Security Cleared
2 136 (21.86%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.16%) Degree
4 41 (6.59%) DV Cleared
4 41 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (2.89%) A+ Certification
6 13 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 12 (1.93%) MCSE
8 9 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.13%) CCA
9 7 (1.13%) Citrix Certification
10 6 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.80%) MCDST
12 4 (0.64%) MCSA
13 3 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
15 1 (0.16%) HNC
15 1 (0.16%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.14%) SLA
2 13 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.77%) GDPR
4 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.16%) NCSC
5 1 (0.16%) PMO
5 1 (0.16%) QA
System Software
1 328 (52.73%) Active Directory
2 32 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (4.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (2.41%) BitLocker
5 11 (1.77%) Microsoft App-V
6 10 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.13%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.96%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.80%) vSphere
9 5 (0.80%) XenApp
9 5 (0.80%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.32%) NFS
11 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.16%) Firmware
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 176 (28.30%) SCCM
2 115 (18.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (2.09%) vCenter Server
5 8 (1.29%) WSUS
6 6 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (0.64%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 3 (0.48%) SCOM
8 3 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.32%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.16%) Ansible
10 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.16%) OPNET
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.16%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 356 (57.23%) Microsoft
2 107 (17.20%) ServiceNow
3 49 (7.88%) Citrix
4 41 (6.59%) VMware
5 35 (5.63%) Cisco
6 30 (4.82%) Apple
7 25 (4.02%) HP
8 24 (3.86%) Remedy
9 18 (2.89%) Dell
9 18 (2.89%) SAP
10 15 (2.41%) iManage
11 14 (2.25%) McAfee
12 11 (1.77%) Bomgar
13 10 (1.61%) Oracle
14 9 (1.45%) Symantec
15 8 (1.29%) Starlink
15 8 (1.29%) Veeam
16 7 (1.13%) IBM
17 6 (0.96%) SolarWinds
18 5 (0.80%) Qualys