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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 172 122
Rank change year-on-year -75 -50 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 577 530 738
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.60% 1.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.72% 11.85% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 343 485
10th Percentile £150 £150 £152
25th Percentile £181 £178 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.65%
75th Percentile £300 £350 £364
90th Percentile £453 £523 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £215 £225
% change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 77 46
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.60 £14.06
25th Percentile £19.46 £18.87 £17.44
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £21.90
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +5.02% +14.18%
75th Percentile £41.71 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £74.00 - £57.62
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £21.83 £21.00
% change year-on-year +17.98% +3.93% +10.53%

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 5,383 4,472 5,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.81% 13.52% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,394 2,850 3,416
10th Percentile £190 £186 £200
25th Percentile £313 £285 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £663 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 297 258
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £16.18
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £21.85
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -52.10% +14.43%
75th Percentile £65.22 £55.85 £69.45
90th Percentile £74.54 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £56.75
% change year-on-year +29.22% -55.68% +29.70%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -74 517 £228 +1.33% 184
UK excluding London -59 432 £210 -2.33% 144
London -95 136 £240 -4.00% 57
North of England -15 127 £223 +21.92% 27
North West +20 100 £240 +33.33% 20
South East -87 81 £273 +22.47% 34
Midlands -30 64 £200 +14.29% 32
South West -56 63 £225 -22.41% 16
Work from Home -61 58 £210 -42.07% 40
East of England -16 49 £175 -21.35% 23
Scotland -19 36 £163 -18.75% 8
West Midlands -42 36 £225 +28.57% 12
East Midlands -2 28 £141 +6.24% 19
Yorkshire -49 19 £200 +14.29% 6
Wales -9 10 £200 -33.33% 2
North East -39 8 £250 +28.21% 1
Northern Ireland +3 4 £175 -30.00% 3
Channel Islands -4 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 75 (13.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (12.48%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.95%) Skype for Business
4 13 (2.25%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.21%) Confluence
6 5 (0.87%) Apache
6 5 (0.87%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 92 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.52%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.35%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 340 (58.93%) Microsoft 365
2 149 (25.82%) Azure
3 124 (21.49%) Entra ID
4 33 (5.72%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (0.87%) Mimecast
6 5 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.52%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.17%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 81 (14.04%) VPN
2 62 (10.75%) DNS
3 57 (9.88%) DHCP
4 52 (9.01%) TCP/IP
5 31 (5.37%) LAN
6 27 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (4.51%) Skype
8 18 (3.12%) WAN
9 12 (2.08%) Firewall
9 12 (2.08%) VLAN
9 12 (2.08%) Wireless
10 9 (1.56%) NetScaler
10 9 (1.56%) Network Security
11 7 (1.21%) Internet
11 7 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.69%) IPv4
12 4 (0.69%) IPv6
13 3 (0.52%) VoIP
14 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.35%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.21%) Oracle Database
2 5 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (5.03%) JIRA
2 9 (1.56%) MSI
3 5 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.87%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 347 (60.14%) Social Skills
2 68 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (6.93%) Finance
4 33 (5.72%) Legal
5 21 (3.64%) Public Sector
6 17 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.08%) Front Office
10 11 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.56%) Banking
11 9 (1.56%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.39%) Local Government
13 7 (1.21%) French Language
14 6 (1.04%) Law
15 5 (0.87%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.69%) Marketing
16 4 (0.69%) Retail
17 3 (0.52%) Police
18 2 (0.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 197 (34.14%) Support Engineer
2 179 (31.02%) IT Support
3 159 (27.56%) IT Engineer
4 139 (24.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 70 (12.13%) Analyst
6 57 (9.88%) Desktop Engineer
7 49 (8.49%) Deployment Engineer
8 46 (7.97%) Desktop Support
9 39 (6.76%) Support Analyst
10 37 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 30 (5.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 30 (5.20%) Service Analyst
12 29 (5.03%) 1st Line Support
12 29 (5.03%) Windows Engineer
13 28 (4.85%) IT Analyst
13 28 (4.85%) Service Desk Analyst
14 24 (4.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 23 (3.99%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 23 (3.99%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 21 (3.64%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.21%) Software Packaging
2 5 (0.87%) Terraform
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.17%) .NET
4 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.17%) LDAP
4 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.17%) SAML
4 1 (0.17%) WinForms
4 1 (0.17%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (12.82%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.68%) Video Conferencing
3 20 (3.47%) Blackberry
3 20 (3.47%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.12%) Smartphone
5 14 (2.43%) CMDB
6 13 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.08%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.56%) iPhone
10 8 (1.39%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.21%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.04%) BYOD
12 6 (1.04%) Fat Client
12 6 (1.04%) iPad
12 6 (1.04%) Thin Client
13 5 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.87%) NHS
13 5 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 577 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (9.71%) Windows Server
3 53 (9.19%) Android
4 47 (8.15%) Mac OS
5 45 (7.80%) Apple iOS
6 42 (7.28%) Windows 7
7 31 (5.37%) Linux
8 14 (2.43%) Ubuntu
9 11 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.73%) CentOS
11 7 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (1.21%) Solaris
12 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.35%) Debian
14 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (35.36%) Customer Service
2 161 (27.90%) ITIL
3 139 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (15.42%) ITSM
5 74 (12.82%) Service Management
6 66 (11.44%) Migration
7 56 (9.71%) User Experience
8 54 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (8.15%) Asset Management
10 39 (6.76%) Service Delivery
11 34 (5.89%) Application Packaging
12 32 (5.55%) Incident Management
12 32 (5.55%) Root Cause Analysis
13 29 (5.03%) Customer Experience
14 28 (4.85%) Break/Fix
15 23 (3.99%) Change Management
15 23 (3.99%) Mobile Device Management
16 22 (3.81%) Inventory Management
17 20 (3.47%) Computer Science
18 19 (3.29%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 96 (16.64%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.81%) VBScript
3 16 (2.77%) VB
4 8 (1.39%) Python
5 6 (1.04%) SQL
6 1 (0.17%) Bash
6 1 (0.17%) Bicep
6 1 (0.17%) C#
6 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 148 (25.65%) Security Cleared
2 125 (21.66%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.15%) Degree
4 31 (5.37%) DV Cleared
4 31 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (4.68%) A+ Certification
6 16 (2.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (2.43%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.56%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.21%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.35%) ACSP
13 2 (0.35%) MCSE
14 1 (0.17%) CCNA
14 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.17%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.57%) SLA
2 7 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.69%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.17%) GxP
6 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 372 (64.47%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 27 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (4.33%) BitLocker
5 15 (2.60%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (1.21%) XenApp
7 7 (1.21%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.04%) Firmware
8 6 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.35%) vSphere
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 179 (31.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 138 (23.92%) SCCM
3 8 (1.39%) WSUS
4 6 (1.04%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.87%) Packer
6 4 (0.69%) AirWatch
6 4 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.69%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.35%) SCOM
9 1 (0.17%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 392 (67.94%) Microsoft
2 134 (23.22%) ServiceNow
3 47 (8.15%) Apple
4 38 (6.59%) VMware
5 20 (3.47%) Citrix
6 18 (3.12%) Cisco
6 18 (3.12%) HP
7 16 (2.77%) Lotus
8 13 (2.25%) Remedy
9 10 (1.73%) McAfee
9 10 (1.73%) Samsung
10 9 (1.56%) iManage
11 8 (1.39%) Oracle
12 7 (1.21%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.21%) Sophos
13 6 (1.04%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.04%) Bomgar
13 6 (1.04%) Dell
13 6 (1.04%) Google
13 6 (1.04%) Ivanti