Windows 10 Contracts

Microsoft Windows 10
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 105 111
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 864 1,332 2,098
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.01% 2.38% 2.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.94% 14.68% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 980 1,448
10th Percentile £150 £140 £130
25th Percentile £185 £170 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £215 £210
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +2.38% -6.67%
75th Percentile £375 £394 £388
90th Percentile £575 £550 £523
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £204 £190
% change year-on-year +4.17% +7.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 76 159
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.26 £12.50
25th Percentile £11.07 £16.25 £14.13
Median hourly rate £16.56 £18.84 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -12.13% +6.32% +14.32%
75th Percentile £22.00 £25.31 £21.20
90th Percentile £28.38 £59.90 £24.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.55 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.38% +5.71% +14.75%

All Operating Systems
UK

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 requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,784 9,075 12,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.43% 16.19% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,888 6,324 8,810
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -3.12% +9.29% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 391 567
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.06 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.79 £38.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -40.81% +92.50% +21.21%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 17 Contract 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 1 June 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
England -7 778 £225 +2.27% 308
UK excluding London -4 594 £213 +4.17% 267
London -14 248 £263 +9.38% 56
South East -5 203 £245 +19.51% 69
North of England +10 148 £220 +10.00% 72
Work from Home -47 145 £331 +25.59% 87
North West +17 95 £225 +4.65% 38
Midlands +12 90 £200 +5.26% 42
Scotland +19 60 £200 +21.21% 14
West Midlands +10 56 £200 -10.11% 21
South West -47 55 £225 -6.25% 45
Yorkshire +13 50 £190 +2.70% 32
East Midlands +4 34 £160 +31.15% 21
East of England -30 31 £225 +20.00% 26
Wales -1 6 £190 -58.92% 2
North East +9 3 £150 -8.40% 2
Northern Ireland -4 3 £173 -6.76% 5

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (11.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (8.91%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.74%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.35%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) Confluence
7 1 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 230 (26.62%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.35%) Acrobat
5 3 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (0.46%) LabWindows
1 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.35%) Eikon
3 2 (0.23%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) assyst
4 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.12%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 441 (51.04%) Microsoft 365
2 169 (19.56%) Azure
3 86 (9.95%) Entra ID
4 46 (5.32%) OneDrive
5 17 (1.97%) AWS
6 14 (1.62%) OCI
7 10 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.46%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.35%) IaaS
9 3 (0.35%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.35%) SaaS
9 3 (0.35%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.23%) BigCommerce
10 2 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.23%) GitHub
10 2 (0.23%) PaaS
10 2 (0.23%) Slack
11 1 (0.12%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 106 (12.27%) VPN
2 100 (11.57%) DNS
3 72 (8.33%) Firewall
4 67 (7.75%) DHCP
5 45 (5.21%) LAN
6 32 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
7 29 (3.36%) TCP/IP
8 25 (2.89%) WAN
9 24 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
10 22 (2.55%) Skype
11 21 (2.43%) SAN
11 21 (2.43%) VoIP
12 19 (2.20%) Wireless
13 13 (1.50%) NetScaler
14 11 (1.27%) VLAN
15 7 (0.81%) WAAS
15 7 (0.81%) WebEx
16 5 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
16 5 (0.58%) Internet
16 5 (0.58%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.23%) Power BI
3 1 (0.12%) DTS
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (1.74%) JIRA
2 7 (0.81%) MSI
3 6 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.58%) Git
4 5 (0.58%) InstallShield
4 5 (0.58%) Subversion
5 2 (0.23%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 349 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 98 (11.34%) Finance
3 74 (8.56%) Public Sector
4 69 (7.99%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 23 (2.66%) Manufacturing
8 20 (2.31%) Legal
8 20 (2.31%) Marketing
9 17 (1.97%) Banking
10 16 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (1.85%) Electronics
11 13 (1.50%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.39%) Law
12 12 (1.39%) Retail
13 10 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.93%) French Language
15 6 (0.69%) Mandarin Language
16 5 (0.58%) German Language
16 5 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 172 (19.91%) Support Engineer
2 156 (18.06%) Analyst
3 115 (13.31%) IT Support
4 109 (12.62%) Desktop Engineer
5 108 (12.50%) Desktop Support
6 77 (8.91%) Service Analyst
7 76 (8.80%) Service Desk Analyst
8 70 (8.10%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 68 (7.87%) Support Analyst
10 67 (7.75%) 2nd Line Support
10 67 (7.75%) IT Engineer
11 66 (7.64%) Windows Engineer
12 54 (6.25%) IT Analyst
13 51 (5.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 50 (5.79%) Senior
15 46 (5.32%) Deployment Engineer
16 42 (4.86%) IT Support Analyst
17 38 (4.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 37 (4.28%) IT Support Engineer
19 34 (3.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.50%) XMPP
2 4 (0.46%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.35%) .NET
3 3 (0.35%) WPF
4 2 (0.23%) MFC
4 2 (0.23%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.23%) VML
4 2 (0.23%) 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%) Web Services
5 1 (0.12%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.12%) XML
5 1 (0.12%) X-Windows
5 1 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.98%) Driving Licence
2 42 (4.86%) iPhone
3 41 (4.75%) Video Conferencing
4 32 (3.70%) iPad
5 28 (3.24%) Data Centre
6 19 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.97%) Blackberry
7 17 (1.97%) CMDB
7 17 (1.97%) NHS
7 17 (1.97%) Smartphone
8 16 (1.85%) BYOD
9 10 (1.16%) Clustering
9 10 (1.16%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (1.04%) Hedge funds
11 8 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.93%) PKI
12 7 (0.81%) Digital Signage
13 6 (0.69%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 857 (99.19%) Windows
2 165 (19.10%) Windows Server
3 124 (14.35%) Windows 7
4 80 (9.26%) Apple iOS
5 74 (8.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 70 (8.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 62 (7.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 52 (6.02%) Mac OS
9 39 (4.51%) Android
10 25 (2.89%) Linux
11 19 (2.20%) Windows XP
12 18 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
13 17 (1.97%) Windows NT
14 10 (1.16%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.81%) Windows 8
16 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.46%) VMS
18 2 (0.23%) CentOS
18 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
18 2 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (30.21%) Customer Service
2 191 (22.11%) ITIL
3 186 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (7.75%) Migration
5 55 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 53 (6.13%) Mobile Device Management
7 51 (5.90%) ITSM
8 48 (5.56%) Time Management
9 46 (5.32%) Service Delivery
9 46 (5.32%) Service Management
10 40 (4.63%) Break/Fix
11 38 (4.40%) Decision-Making
12 31 (3.59%) Asset Management
12 31 (3.59%) Project Management
13 28 (3.24%) Proactive Monitoring
14 24 (2.78%) Change Management
14 24 (2.78%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (2.78%) Performance Monitoring
15 23 (2.66%) Software Deployment
16 22 (2.55%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (13.31%) PowerShell
2 32 (3.70%) SQL
3 12 (1.39%) VBScript
4 10 (1.16%) VB
5 7 (0.81%) C#
6 6 (0.69%) Python
7 5 (0.58%) C
8 3 (0.35%) C++
8 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.23%) C++/CLI
10 1 (0.12%) Bash
10 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 211 (24.42%) Security Cleared
2 131 (15.16%) SC Cleared
3 84 (9.72%) DV Cleared
4 83 (9.61%) Degree
5 40 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.55%) CCNA
6 22 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (2.31%) A+ Certification
8 16 (1.85%) CCNP
8 16 (1.85%) MCSE
9 14 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.81%) MCSA
12 6 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.46%) MCTS
15 3 (0.35%) MCP
15 3 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.61%) SLA
2 28 (3.24%) Disclosure Scotland
3 25 (2.89%) QA
4 5 (0.58%) GDPR
5 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 489 (56.60%) Active Directory
2 77 (8.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (3.94%) Hyper-V
4 30 (3.47%) Firmware
5 25 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.74%) BitLocker
7 15 (1.74%) XenApp
8 12 (1.39%) XenDesktop
9 11 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (0.93%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
12 4 (0.46%) vSphere
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.23%) KVM
14 2 (0.23%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.12%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 296 (34.26%) SCCM
2 137 (15.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (4.63%) WSUS
4 31 (3.59%) Jamf Pro
5 21 (2.43%) vCenter Server
6 19 (2.20%) SCOM
7 18 (2.08%) Sysprep
8 14 (1.62%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (1.62%) NetBackup
9 10 (1.16%) Autotask
10 9 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.69%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.35%) AppManager
14 3 (0.35%) OPNET
14 3 (0.35%) Terraform
15 2 (0.23%) Ansible
15 2 (0.23%) Kibana
15 2 (0.23%) logstash
Vendors
1 496 (57.41%) Microsoft
2 106 (12.27%) Apple
3 100 (11.57%) VMware
4 90 (10.42%) ServiceNow
5 86 (9.95%) Citrix
6 71 (8.22%) Cisco
7 67 (7.75%) HP
8 27 (3.13%) Dell
9 23 (2.66%) SAP
10 21 (2.43%) Adobe
11 19 (2.20%) Symantec
12 18 (2.08%) Veeam
13 17 (1.97%) Oracle
14 15 (1.74%) Ivanti
14 15 (1.74%) Juniper
14 15 (1.74%) Palo Alto
15 14 (1.62%) 3PAR
15 14 (1.62%) EMC
15 14 (1.62%) Extreme Networks
16 10 (1.16%) CA