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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 136 108
Rank change year-on-year -69 -28 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 595 598 948
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.40% 2.03% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.48% 14.17% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 427 653
10th Percentile £133 £153 £148
25th Percentile £163 £190 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +4.65% -2.93%
75th Percentile £314 £413 £370
90th Percentile £549 £553 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £214 £210
% change year-on-year -6.43% +1.79% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 27 82
10th Percentile £18.65 £16.29 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £19.26 £10.95
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +34.17% -7.34%
75th Percentile £24.29 £24.18 £19.81
90th Percentile £25.52 £30.55 £47.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £14.80
% change year-on-year -4.35% +55.46% -19.44%

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 4,766 4,219 6,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.20% 14.31% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,130 2,744 4,072
10th Percentile £180 £200 £180
25th Percentile £275 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +5.56% -12.24%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £658 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £440 £425
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.53% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 154 415
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.55 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.76 £20.00 £15.58
Median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.34% +28.89% -15.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £26.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -13.46%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -45 571 £200 -11.11% 125
UK excluding London -51 438 £200 -6.43% 123
North of England -26 149 £175 -14.63% 25
London -54 148 £250 -16.67% 20
North West -2 107 £173 -9.21% 13
South East -48 97 £250 +0.10% 36
Work from Home -40 87 £250 - 17
Midlands -66 67 £175 -7.89% 20
East of England +17 60 £200 -12.57% 16
South West -27 53 £283 +25.56% 16
East Midlands -17 35 £175 -7.89% 10
Yorkshire -56 35 £190 -21.65% 8
West Midlands -72 31 £158 -21.25% 10
Scotland -19 9 £203 +2.53% 5
North East -9 7 £195 -35.00% 6
Wales -12 7 £200 - 4

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 82 (13.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (10.59%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.68%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 104 (17.48%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.84%) assyst
3 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 338 (56.81%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (20.17%) Azure
3 74 (12.44%) Entra ID
4 39 (6.55%) OneDrive
5 10 (1.68%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.18%) AWS
7 6 (1.01%) GCP
8 4 (0.67%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.34%) SaaS
9 2 (0.34%) Slack
9 2 (0.34%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.17%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.17%) IaaS
10 1 (0.17%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (10.92%) VPN
2 51 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
3 47 (7.90%) DNS
4 40 (6.72%) DHCP
5 37 (6.22%) LAN
6 31 (5.21%) WAN
7 26 (4.37%) Skype
7 26 (4.37%) TCP/IP
8 22 (3.70%) Wireless
9 16 (2.69%) VLAN
10 12 (2.02%) NetScaler
11 9 (1.51%) 4G
11 9 (1.51%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (1.34%) Firewall
12 8 (1.34%) PABX
13 7 (1.18%) VoIP
14 4 (0.67%) Unified Communications
15 3 (0.50%) Internet
16 2 (0.34%) SAN
16 2 (0.34%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.51%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.34%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (0.84%) Power BI
5 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 20 (3.36%) JIRA
2 10 (1.68%) MSI
3 5 (0.84%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.17%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.17%) GitLab
4 1 (0.17%) Hudson
4 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
General
1 316 (53.11%) Social Skills
2 59 (9.92%) Finance
3 49 (8.24%) Public Sector
4 36 (6.05%) Banking
5 30 (5.04%) Manufacturing
6 29 (4.87%) Legal
7 28 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.18%) Electronics
11 13 (2.18%) Marketing
12 11 (1.85%) Law
13 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.01%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.84%) French Language
16 4 (0.67%) Local Government
16 4 (0.67%) Police
17 3 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (29.58%) Support Engineer
2 155 (26.05%) IT Support
3 119 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 98 (16.47%) IT Support Engineer
5 87 (14.62%) Analyst
6 67 (11.26%) Desktop Support
7 60 (10.08%) Windows Engineer
8 58 (9.75%) Desktop Engineer
9 48 (8.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 47 (7.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 44 (7.39%) Support Analyst
12 43 (7.23%) 1st Line Support
13 38 (6.39%) Deployment Engineer
14 34 (5.71%) Service Analyst
15 31 (5.21%) Service Desk Analyst
16 29 (4.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 27 (4.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 25 (4.20%) IT Analyst
18 25 (4.20%) Migration Engineer
19 24 (4.03%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.01%) X-Windows
2 4 (0.67%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.34%) Web Services
4 1 (0.17%) EDI
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.56%) Onboarding
2 30 (5.04%) Smartphone
3 28 (4.71%) Driving Licence
4 24 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.18%) Video Conferencing
7 12 (2.02%) iPhone
8 7 (1.18%) CMDB
8 7 (1.18%) iPad
9 6 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.84%) Client/Server
10 5 (0.84%) Hedge funds
10 5 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.84%) PKI
11 4 (0.67%) NHS
11 4 (0.67%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.50%) Blackberry
12 3 (0.50%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.50%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 583 (97.98%) Windows
2 51 (8.57%) Android
3 48 (8.07%) Apple iOS
4 43 (7.23%) Mac OS
5 37 (6.22%) Windows Server
6 36 (6.05%) Windows 7
7 26 (4.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.52%) Windows Server 2003
9 13 (2.18%) Linux
10 9 (1.51%) AIX
10 9 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.34%) Mac OS X
11 8 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.67%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.50%) CentOS
14 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.17%) Unix
14 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (30.92%) Customer Service
2 107 (17.98%) ITIL
3 99 (16.64%) Migration
4 97 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (13.45%) ITSM
6 47 (7.90%) Service Management
7 43 (7.23%) User Experience
8 33 (5.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (5.38%) Workflow
10 30 (5.04%) Change Management
11 29 (4.87%) Application Packaging
11 29 (4.87%) Asset Management
11 29 (4.87%) Logistics
12 27 (4.54%) Service Delivery
13 23 (3.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (3.53%) Incident Management
14 21 (3.53%) Workflow Management
15 18 (3.03%) Agile
15 18 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (3.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 75 (12.61%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.19%) VBScript
3 12 (2.02%) SQL
3 12 (2.02%) VB
4 6 (1.01%) Bash
5 2 (0.34%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.34%) Python
6 1 (0.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 140 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 114 (19.16%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.58%) Degree
4 33 (5.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (5.04%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.52%) MCSE
7 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 11 (1.85%) A+ Certification
9 8 (1.34%) CCA
9 8 (1.34%) Citrix Certification
9 8 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.50%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.34%) HNC
12 2 (0.34%) HND
12 2 (0.34%) MCDST
13 1 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.87%) SLA
2 11 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.51%) GDPR
4 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.17%) GLP
5 1 (0.17%) GMP
5 1 (0.17%) GRC
5 1 (0.17%) PMO
5 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 312 (52.44%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (2.35%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.18%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.01%) XenApp
7 5 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.50%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.50%) vSphere
10 2 (0.34%) Firmware
10 2 (0.34%) NFS
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 154 (25.88%) SCCM
2 116 (19.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.02%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.34%) WSUS
5 6 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.84%) SCVMM
7 3 (0.50%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.34%) WMI
9 1 (0.17%) Ansible
9 1 (0.17%) SCOM
9 1 (0.17%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 355 (59.66%) Microsoft
2 112 (18.82%) ServiceNow
3 52 (8.74%) Citrix
4 30 (5.04%) Cisco
4 30 (5.04%) VMware
5 26 (4.37%) Apple
6 25 (4.20%) HP
7 23 (3.87%) Remedy
8 18 (3.03%) Dell
9 17 (2.86%) iManage
10 15 (2.52%) Bomgar
10 15 (2.52%) SAP
11 11 (1.85%) Oracle
12 9 (1.51%) McAfee
13 7 (1.18%) IBM
14 6 (1.01%) Qualys
14 6 (1.01%) Starlink
15 5 (0.84%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.84%) Google
15 5 (0.84%) Veeam