Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 32 40
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 7 13 7
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.31% 4.02% 1.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.07% 25.49% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 2
10th Percentile £173 £175 £196
25th Percentile £184 £185 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £321
Median % change year-on-year - -37.60% +28.20%
75th Percentile £242 £413 £407
90th Percentile £299 £438 £455
UK median daily rate £203 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £15.82 - £26.23
25th Percentile £16.73 - £47.19
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £83.25
75th Percentile £19.13 - £120.19
90th Percentile £19.35 - £141.68
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £17.39
% change year-on-year -9.02% +39.03% -5.99%

All Operating Systems
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 58 51 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 10.86% 15.79% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 35 45
10th Percentile £154 £164 £172
25th Percentile £155 £189 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £365 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.90% -30.48% +50.00%
75th Percentile £290 £438 £623
90th Percentile £467 £545 £698
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £456
% change year-on-year -5.26% +4.17% -11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 6
10th Percentile £18.33 £22.38 £12.42
25th Percentile £20.06 £28.13 £12.77
Median hourly rate £21.75 £37.50 £13.85
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +170.86% -6.14%
75th Percentile £23.06 £41.25 £39.59
90th Percentile £86.75 £49.38 £102.00
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -18.54% +27.27% -16.98%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 10 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Wales

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows 10.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Wales over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in Wales

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows 10.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 21 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
South Wales -17 3 £263 +31.25%
West Wales - 3 £170 -
North Wales - 1 £200 -
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) IT Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Service Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Deployment Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Break/Fix
2 1 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP