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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 31 37
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 11 19 18
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.68% 4.25% 3.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.58% 27.54% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 9
10th Percentile £204 £140 £149
25th Percentile £230 £168 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £200 £165
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +21.21% -17.50%
75th Percentile £331 £247 £193
90th Percentile £338 £328 £608
UK median daily rate £225 £235 £215
% change year-on-year -4.26% +9.30% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £15.07 - -
25th Percentile £15.16 £21.25 £152.00
Median hourly rate £17.47 £22.50 £154.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.37% -85.39% +1040.74%
75th Percentile £19.31 £23.75 £156.00
90th Percentile £19.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.10 £22.00 £19.18
% change year-on-year +0.43% +14.70% +8.24%

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 43 69 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 10.49% 15.44% 33.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 48 118
10th Percentile £161 £137 £149
25th Percentile £230 £161 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £250 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -44.44% +20.00%
75th Percentile £300 £532 £600
90th Percentile £448 £550 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £490
% change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 4
10th Percentile £15.11 £21.15 £12.81
25th Percentile £15.85 £43.44 £13.14
Median hourly rate £18.75 £47.50 £23.42
Median % change year-on-year -60.53% +102.86% +56.10%
75th Percentile £20.25 £50.00 £65.44
90th Percentile £21.88 £53.88 £119.78
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £52.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -53.81% +56.72% +36.73%

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 26 October 2025.

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 26 October 2025. 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 0 7 £325 +66.67% 2
West Wales +2 3 £170 -
North Wales -3 1 £275 +25.00% 1
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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) LAN
1 2 (18.18%) VoIP
1 2 (18.18%) WAN
1 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Deployment Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
2 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Android
2 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITSM
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) Break/Fix
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Burndown Charts
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
2 3 (27.27%) Remedy
3 1 (9.09%) HP
3 1 (9.09%) SAP