Windows 10 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows 10 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 10 over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 96 94
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 804 1,226 1,928
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.19% 2.50% 2.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.03% 15.33% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 868 1,327
10th Percentile £148 £140 £130
25th Percentile £185 £170 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £220 £205
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £398 £375 £372
90th Percentile £575 £538 £500
UK median daily rate £225 £215 £210
% change year-on-year +4.65% +2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 88 155
10th Percentile - £13.99 £12.81
25th Percentile £10.95 £16.25 £14.79
Median hourly rate £16.13 £18.63 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +0.68% +18.59%
75th Percentile £20.50 £25.08 £22.25
90th Percentile £27.63 £53.60 £26.65
UK median hourly rate £16.25 £18.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -12.16% +2.78% +16.43%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows 10 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,016 8,000 10,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.65% 16.33% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,433 5,661 7,507
10th Percentile £185 £195 £174
25th Percentile £300 £325 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £468 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 385 544
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.56 £13.42
25th Percentile £14.95 £17.72 £15.93
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £22.14
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +69.38% +24.59%
75th Percentile £60.80 £65.00 £51.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London -22 250 £270 +14.89% 77
South East +9 228 £225 +9.76% 64
North of England +23 151 £220 +4.76% 52
North West +16 92 £225 +4.65% 23
Midlands +5 84 £200 +5.82% 45
South West -44 57 £225 -2.17% 51
Yorkshire +25 55 £195 -2.50% 26
West Midlands +8 51 £200 -9.09% 24
East Midlands +3 32 £160 +24.03% 21
East of England -24 30 £220 +11.39% 31
North East +13 4 £185 +17.46% 3
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 103 (12.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (8.96%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.74%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.37%) Confluence
6 2 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 217 (26.99%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.50%) LabWindows
1 4 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.37%) Eikon
3 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.12%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 416 (51.74%) Microsoft 365
2 157 (19.53%) Azure
3 71 (8.83%) Entra ID
4 38 (4.73%) OneDrive
5 18 (2.24%) AWS
6 14 (1.74%) OCI
7 9 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.50%) Mimecast
9 4 (0.50%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.37%) IaaS
10 3 (0.37%) SaaS
10 3 (0.37%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.37%) Yammer
11 2 (0.25%) BigCommerce
11 2 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.25%) GCP
11 2 (0.25%) GitHub
11 2 (0.25%) PaaS
11 2 (0.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 88 (10.95%) DNS
2 84 (10.45%) VPN
3 75 (9.33%) Firewall
4 62 (7.71%) DHCP
5 52 (6.47%) LAN
6 37 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (3.86%) TCP/IP
8 29 (3.61%) WAN
9 25 (3.11%) Wireless
10 24 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
11 21 (2.61%) SAN
11 21 (2.61%) Skype
12 19 (2.36%) VoIP
13 13 (1.62%) NetScaler
14 11 (1.37%) VLAN
15 8 (1.00%) WAAS
16 7 (0.87%) WebEx
17 6 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
17 6 (0.75%) Internet
18 5 (0.62%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.25%) Power BI
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (1.87%) JIRA
2 6 (0.75%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.62%) Git
3 5 (0.62%) Subversion
4 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.25%) MSI
4 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 345 (42.91%) Social Skills
2 100 (12.44%) Finance
3 74 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
4 68 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 45 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 26 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 24 (2.99%) Marketing
8 21 (2.61%) Legal
9 20 (2.49%) Banking
9 20 (2.49%) Electronics
10 15 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.62%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.49%) Law
12 12 (1.49%) Retail
13 11 (1.37%) French Language
14 8 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
16 5 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.62%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 164 (20.40%) Support Engineer
2 145 (18.03%) Analyst
3 102 (12.69%) Desktop Support
4 97 (12.06%) Desktop Engineer
5 94 (11.69%) IT Support
6 83 (10.32%) Service Desk Analyst
7 82 (10.20%) Service Analyst
8 70 (8.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 61 (7.59%) IT Engineer
10 60 (7.46%) Windows Engineer
11 57 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support
12 53 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 49 (6.09%) Support Analyst
14 48 (5.97%) Senior
15 39 (4.85%) IT Analyst
16 37 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 33 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 32 (3.98%) IT Support Engineer
19 30 (3.73%) Deployment Engineer
20 27 (3.36%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.62%) XMPP
2 4 (0.50%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.37%) .NET
3 3 (0.37%) WPF
4 2 (0.25%) MFC
4 2 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.25%) VML
4 2 (0.25%) Web Services
4 2 (0.25%) WinForms
5 1 (0.12%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.12%) JSON
5 1 (0.12%) LDAP
5 1 (0.12%) Middleware
5 1 (0.12%) OAuth
5 1 (0.12%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.12%) SAML
5 1 (0.12%) Universal Windows Platform
5 1 (0.12%) XML
5 1 (0.12%) X-Windows
5 1 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.97%) Driving Licence
2 33 (4.10%) Video Conferencing
3 31 (3.86%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.23%) iPad
5 25 (3.11%) iPhone
6 21 (2.61%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.61%) NHS
7 19 (2.36%) Blackberry
8 16 (1.99%) CMDB
8 16 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.87%) BYOD
10 14 (1.74%) Smartphone
11 12 (1.49%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.24%) Clustering
12 10 (1.24%) Hedge funds
13 9 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 7 (0.87%) Digital Signage
15 7 (0.87%) PKI
15 7 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 804 (100.00%) Windows
2 167 (20.77%) Windows Server
3 123 (15.30%) Windows 7
4 77 (9.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 73 (9.08%) Apple iOS
6 66 (8.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 63 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 51 (6.34%) Mac OS
9 47 (5.85%) Android
10 26 (3.23%) Linux
11 20 (2.49%) Windows NT
11 20 (2.49%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (2.24%) Windows XP
13 13 (1.62%) Mac OS X
14 9 (1.12%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.50%) Unix
16 4 (0.50%) VMS
17 3 (0.37%) CentOS
18 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (32.71%) Customer Service
2 188 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
3 179 (22.26%) ITIL
4 61 (7.59%) Migration
5 58 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 54 (6.72%) Service Management
7 51 (6.34%) ITSM
7 51 (6.34%) Mobile Device Management
8 48 (5.97%) Time Management
9 36 (4.48%) Decision-Making
9 36 (4.48%) Service Delivery
10 33 (4.10%) Asset Management
11 31 (3.86%) Project Management
12 28 (3.48%) Proactive Monitoring
12 28 (3.48%) Software Deployment
13 25 (3.11%) Deployment Automation
14 24 (2.99%) Agile
14 24 (2.99%) Break/Fix
14 24 (2.99%) Performance Monitoring
14 24 (2.99%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (13.56%) PowerShell
2 31 (3.86%) SQL
3 12 (1.49%) VBScript
4 8 (1.00%) VB
5 7 (0.87%) C#
6 6 (0.75%) Python
7 5 (0.62%) C
8 3 (0.37%) C++
8 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.25%) C++/CLI
10 1 (0.12%) Bash
10 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 186 (23.13%) Security Cleared
2 99 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 94 (11.69%) Degree
4 88 (10.95%) DV Cleared
5 38 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (3.11%) CCNA
6 25 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.24%) MCSE
8 17 (2.11%) CCNP
9 16 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 9 (1.12%) A+ Certification
11 9 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.00%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (0.50%) MCP
15 4 (0.50%) MCSA
15 4 (0.50%) MCTS
16 3 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (11.07%) SLA
2 28 (3.48%) QA
3 26 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.62%) GDPR
5 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 453 (56.34%) Active Directory
2 81 (10.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (4.48%) Firmware
3 36 (4.48%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (2.24%) XenApp
7 14 (1.74%) XenDesktop
8 13 (1.62%) BitLocker
8 13 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
9 12 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (1.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 8 (1.00%) VMware Workstation
11 7 (0.87%) KVM
12 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.37%) vSphere
14 2 (0.25%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.12%) NFS
Systems Management
1 279 (34.70%) SCCM
2 121 (15.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (5.35%) WSUS
4 33 (4.10%) Jamf Pro
5 25 (3.11%) vCenter Server
6 21 (2.61%) Sysprep
7 18 (2.24%) SCOM
8 14 (1.74%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (1.74%) NetBackup
9 10 (1.24%) Autotask
10 9 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
10 9 (1.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.75%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.37%) AppManager
13 3 (0.37%) OPNET
13 3 (0.37%) Terraform
14 2 (0.25%) Ansible
14 2 (0.25%) Kibana
14 2 (0.25%) logstash
Vendors
1 474 (58.96%) Microsoft
2 102 (12.69%) Apple
3 101 (12.56%) VMware
4 90 (11.19%) ServiceNow
5 82 (10.20%) Citrix
6 66 (8.21%) HP
7 54 (6.72%) Cisco
8 29 (3.61%) SAP
9 28 (3.48%) Dell
10 20 (2.49%) Adobe
10 20 (2.49%) Veeam
11 19 (2.36%) Symantec
12 17 (2.11%) Ivanti
13 16 (1.99%) Oracle
13 16 (1.99%) Palo Alto
14 15 (1.87%) Juniper
15 14 (1.74%) 3PAR
15 14 (1.74%) EMC
15 14 (1.74%) Extreme Networks
16 10 (1.24%) Bloomberg