Windows 10 Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 155 223
Rank change year-on-year -53 +68 -61
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 145 389 550
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.99% 1.60% 1.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.43% 11.85% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 302 391
10th Percentile £158 £153 £150
25th Percentile £200 £181 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £263 £375
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £491
90th Percentile £606 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £225 £215 £210
% change year-on-year +4.65% +2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 28
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.45 £12.50
25th Percentile £12.63 £15.00 £15.19
Median hourly rate £14.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% -11.63% +34.38%
75th Percentile £17.29 £22.41 £22.44
90th Percentile £18.21 £30.41 £23.75
UK median hourly rate £16.56 £18.84 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.13% +7.66% +12.90%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,538 3,284 5,347
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.50% 13.55% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 2,308 3,820
10th Percentile £225 £245 £300
25th Percentile £360 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% +2.69% +10.54%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £618
90th Percentile £681 £731 £688
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 107 128
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.00 £14.85
25th Percentile £14.14 £25.71 £19.66
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £40.70 £68.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £73.25
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.89
% change year-on-year -47.06% +94.15% +25.09%

Windows 10
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows 10 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10.

Windows 10 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Windows 10 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10.

Windows 10 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 33 (22.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (7.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.38%) Confluence
3 2 (1.38%) IIS
4 1 (0.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 32 (22.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.07%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Shopify
2 1 (0.69%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 89 (61.38%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (33.10%) Azure
3 42 (28.97%) Entra ID
4 14 (9.66%) OneDrive
5 9 (6.21%) AWS
6 2 (1.38%) BigCommerce
6 2 (1.38%) GitHub
6 2 (1.38%) SaaS
6 2 (1.38%) Slack
6 2 (1.38%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.69%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.69%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.69%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.69%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.72%) DNS
2 16 (11.03%) Firewall
2 16 (11.03%) VPN
3 7 (4.83%) DHCP
4 5 (3.45%) WAAS
5 4 (2.76%) VoIP
5 4 (2.76%) WebEx
6 2 (1.38%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (1.38%) LAN
6 2 (1.38%) NetScaler
6 2 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.38%) Skype
6 2 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.69%) NAS
7 1 (0.69%) RS-232
7 1 (0.69%) SAN
7 1 (0.69%) WAN
7 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.07%) Git
3 2 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.69%) MSI
4 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (33.79%) Social Skills
2 28 (19.31%) Finance
3 11 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.52%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.76%) Marketing
6 4 (2.76%) Retail
7 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.38%) French Language
8 2 (1.38%) Legal
9 1 (0.69%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.69%) Automotive
9 1 (0.69%) Banking
9 1 (0.69%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.69%) German Language
9 1 (0.69%) Law
9 1 (0.69%) Local Government
9 1 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (20.69%) Analyst
2 17 (11.72%) Service Analyst
2 17 (11.72%) Service Desk Analyst
3 14 (9.66%) Support Analyst
4 13 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (8.97%) IT Support
5 9 (6.21%) Architect
6 8 (5.52%) IT Analyst
6 8 (5.52%) IT Engineer
7 7 (4.83%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (4.83%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (4.83%) Security Engineer
7 7 (4.83%) Senior
7 7 (4.83%) Support Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) Consultant
8 6 (4.14%) Desktop Support
8 6 (4.14%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (3.45%) Coordinator
9 5 (3.45%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) .NET
1 2 (1.38%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (1.38%) VML
1 2 (1.38%) WPF
2 1 (0.69%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.69%) JSON
2 1 (0.69%) MFC
2 1 (0.69%) OAuth
2 1 (0.69%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.69%) SAML
2 1 (0.69%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.69%) Universal Windows Platform
2 1 (0.69%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.69%) WinForms
2 1 (0.69%) XML
2 1 (0.69%) X-Windows
2 1 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.28%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (6.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (4.14%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.14%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.45%) Blackberry
4 5 (3.45%) Smartphone
5 3 (2.07%) iPad
5 3 (2.07%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.38%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.38%) IoT
7 1 (0.69%) Clustering
7 1 (0.69%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.69%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.69%) iPhone
7 1 (0.69%) PKI
7 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.69%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.69%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 145 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (17.93%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.97%) Windows 7
4 12 (8.28%) Apple iOS
5 10 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (6.21%) Mac OS
7 6 (4.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (3.45%) Android
9 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (2.07%) Linux
10 3 (2.07%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.38%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.69%) CentOS
12 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (17.93%) ITIL
2 23 (15.86%) Customer Service
3 19 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 16 (11.03%) Migration
5 15 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
6 10 (6.90%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (6.21%) Agile
7 9 (6.21%) DDoS Mitigation
8 8 (5.52%) Service Management
8 8 (5.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 7 (4.83%) Time Management
10 6 (4.14%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (4.14%) ITSM
11 5 (3.45%) Computer Science
11 5 (3.45%) Data Loss Prevention
11 5 (3.45%) DevOps
11 5 (3.45%) Information Security
11 5 (3.45%) Service Delivery
12 4 (2.76%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.24%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.83%) SQL
3 5 (3.45%) VBScript
4 4 (2.76%) Python
5 2 (1.38%) C#
5 2 (1.38%) C++
6 1 (0.69%) Bash
6 1 (0.69%) C
6 1 (0.69%) C++/CLI
6 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 20 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.52%) Degree
4 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.38%) CCNA
7 2 (1.38%) CCNP
7 2 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.38%) MCSA
8 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.03%) SLA
2 4 (2.76%) GDPR
3 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.07%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.07%) QA
4 2 (1.38%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.38%) NIST
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 98 (67.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (3.45%) XenApp
5 3 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.38%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.69%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.69%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (33.10%) SCCM
2 34 (23.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.45%) AirWatch
4 3 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.38%) Ansible
5 2 (1.38%) Kibana
5 2 (1.38%) logstash
5 2 (1.38%) Packer
5 2 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.38%) Terraform
5 2 (1.38%) WSUS
6 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.69%) SCOM
6 1 (0.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.48%) VMware
3 18 (12.41%) Citrix
4 16 (11.03%) ServiceNow
5 15 (10.34%) Apple
6 10 (6.90%) CA
7 8 (5.52%) Qualys
8 7 (4.83%) Cisco
8 7 (4.83%) HP
9 6 (4.14%) Adobe
10 5 (3.45%) Dell
10 5 (3.45%) Ivanti
11 4 (2.76%) Bloomberg
11 4 (2.76%) F5
11 4 (2.76%) Planview
11 4 (2.76%) Reuters
11 4 (2.76%) Symantec
12 3 (2.07%) Google
12 3 (2.07%) Salesforce
13 2 (1.38%) Sitecore