Windows 10 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows 10 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 10 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 62 50
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 599 800 1,375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.81% 3.53% 4.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.66% 18.71% 23.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 582 898
10th Percentile £143 £136 £130
25th Percentile £183 £163 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £204 £190
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £300 £325 £288
90th Percentile £550 £519 £450
UK median daily rate £225 £215 £210
% change year-on-year +4.65% +2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 54 149
10th Percentile - £14.16 £12.50
25th Percentile £10.95 £16.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £14.59 £18.38 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.61% +5.01% +15.70%
75th Percentile £19.50 £23.75 £20.51
90th Percentile £44.75 £50.84 £24.05
UK median hourly rate £16.86 £18.93 £17.72
% change year-on-year -10.94% +6.83% +14.32%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,391 4,276 5,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.90% 18.84% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,208 2,930 3,824
10th Percentile £176 £165 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £672 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 307 426
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.57
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.70 £15.05
Median hourly rate £24.18 £40.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +102.95% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £49.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 10 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -3 201 £250 +21.95% 68
North of England +11 149 £220 +7.32% 71
North West +17 95 £220 +2.33% 29
Midlands +15 95 £200 +5.26% 41
Scotland +30 59 £200 +21.21% 11
West Midlands +22 58 £200 -11.11% 20
South West -50 54 £225 +3.45% 34
Yorkshire +8 50 £190 +2.70% 38
East Midlands +2 37 £160 +31.15% 21
East of England -29 30 £225 +20.00% 22
Wales -2 6 £190 -53.23% 4
Northern Ireland -4 5 £185 +12.12% 2
North East +10 4 £225 +63.64% 4
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 67 (11.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (7.35%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.34%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.33%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 177 (29.55%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.17%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) LabWindows
2 2 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.17%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 274 (45.74%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (17.53%) Azure
3 43 (7.18%) Entra ID
4 28 (4.67%) OneDrive
5 14 (2.34%) OCI
6 8 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.67%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.50%) AWS
9 2 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.33%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.33%) IaaS
9 2 (0.33%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.33%) SaaS
9 2 (0.33%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.17%) GCP
10 1 (0.17%) PaaS
10 1 (0.17%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 82 (13.69%) DNS
2 63 (10.52%) VPN
3 60 (10.02%) DHCP
4 40 (6.68%) Firewall
5 33 (5.51%) LAN
6 29 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (4.01%) TCP/IP
8 17 (2.84%) Remote Desktop
8 17 (2.84%) SAN
8 17 (2.84%) VoIP
9 14 (2.34%) WAN
10 11 (1.84%) Skype
11 10 (1.67%) NetScaler
11 10 (1.67%) VLAN
12 9 (1.50%) Wireless
13 5 (0.83%) Internet
13 5 (0.83%) RS-232
13 5 (0.83%) WAAS
13 5 (0.83%) WebEx
14 4 (0.67%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.33%) Power BI
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.17%) JIRA
1 7 (1.17%) MSI
2 6 (1.00%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.83%) InstallShield
3 5 (0.83%) Subversion
4 3 (0.50%) Git
5 2 (0.33%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 252 (42.07%) Social Skills
2 65 (10.85%) Public Sector
3 58 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
4 41 (6.84%) Finance
5 27 (4.51%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.67%) Telecoms
7 20 (3.34%) Marketing
8 18 (3.01%) Electronics
9 17 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.50%) Legal
11 9 (1.50%) Retail
12 7 (1.17%) Law
12 7 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.67%) Banking
14 3 (0.50%) French Language
15 2 (0.33%) Local Government
15 2 (0.33%) Military
15 2 (0.33%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 130 (21.70%) Support Engineer
2 108 (18.03%) Analyst
3 92 (15.36%) IT Support
4 78 (13.02%) Desktop Engineer
5 76 (12.69%) Desktop Support
6 55 (9.18%) Service Analyst
7 54 (9.02%) Service Desk Analyst
8 52 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support
8 52 (8.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 47 (7.85%) Support Analyst
10 45 (7.51%) IT Engineer
11 36 (6.01%) Deployment Engineer
12 35 (5.84%) IT Analyst
12 35 (5.84%) Senior
12 35 (5.84%) Windows Engineer
13 30 (5.01%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 29 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (4.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 27 (4.51%) IT Support Analyst
16 26 (4.34%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.83%) XMPP
2 2 (0.33%) .NET
2 2 (0.33%) LDAP
2 2 (0.33%) MFC
2 2 (0.33%) VML
2 2 (0.33%) WinForms
2 2 (0.33%) WPF
3 1 (0.17%) ADO
3 1 (0.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.68%) Driving Licence
2 34 (5.68%) iPhone
3 20 (3.34%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.34%) iPad
3 20 (3.34%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (2.50%) NHS
5 13 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.00%) CMDB
6 12 (2.00%) Smartphone
7 9 (1.50%) Clustering
8 8 (1.34%) BYOD
8 8 (1.34%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.17%) Digital Signage
10 6 (1.00%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.00%) PKI
10 6 (1.00%) Video Editing
11 5 (0.83%) Device Driver
12 3 (0.50%) Fat Client
12 3 (0.50%) Thin Client
13 2 (0.33%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 593 (99.00%) Windows
2 113 (18.86%) Windows Server
3 88 (14.69%) Windows 7
4 68 (11.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 59 (9.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 55 (9.18%) Apple iOS
7 52 (8.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (3.84%) Mac OS
9 20 (3.34%) Linux
10 17 (2.84%) Android
10 17 (2.84%) Windows XP
11 15 (2.50%) Windows NT
12 12 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.50%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.33%) CentOS
15 2 (0.33%) Solaris
15 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.33%) VMS
15 2 (0.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (31.39%) Customer Service
2 147 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (21.70%) ITIL
4 40 (6.68%) Migration
5 39 (6.51%) Time Management
6 37 (6.18%) Decision-Making
6 37 (6.18%) Mobile Device Management
7 36 (6.01%) Break/Fix
7 36 (6.01%) Service Delivery
8 33 (5.51%) Service Management
9 32 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (3.84%) Proactive Monitoring
11 21 (3.51%) ITSM
12 20 (3.34%) Change Management
12 20 (3.34%) Performance Monitoring
12 20 (3.34%) Project Management
12 20 (3.34%) Software Deployment
13 19 (3.17%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (3.17%) Deployment Automation
14 18 (3.01%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (15.36%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.67%) SQL
3 11 (1.84%) VBScript
4 10 (1.67%) VB
5 6 (1.00%) C#
6 4 (0.67%) C
6 4 (0.67%) Python
7 3 (0.50%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.33%) C++
8 2 (0.33%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 173 (28.88%) Security Cleared
2 110 (18.36%) SC Cleared
3 70 (11.69%) DV Cleared
4 62 (10.35%) Degree
5 29 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (3.34%) A+ Certification
6 20 (3.34%) CCNA
6 20 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.34%) CCNP
7 14 (2.34%) MCSE
8 10 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.00%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.67%) MCTS
11 3 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.17%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.51%) SLA
2 28 (4.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 21 (3.51%) QA
4 6 (1.00%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 341 (56.93%) Active Directory
2 56 (9.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (5.18%) Hyper-V
4 27 (4.51%) Firmware
5 19 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (2.67%) XenApp
7 14 (2.34%) BitLocker
7 14 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (2.00%) XenDesktop
9 10 (1.67%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (1.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.33%) KVM
13 2 (0.33%) NFS
13 2 (0.33%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 198 (33.06%) SCCM
2 91 (15.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (5.84%) WSUS
4 18 (3.01%) vCenter Server
5 17 (2.84%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (2.84%) SCOM
6 16 (2.67%) Sysprep
7 14 (2.34%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (2.34%) NetBackup
8 11 (1.84%) Autotask
9 8 (1.34%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.50%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.50%) AppManager
12 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.33%) Terraform
13 1 (0.17%) Norton AntiVirus
13 1 (0.17%) OPNET
Vendors
1 358 (59.77%) Microsoft
2 70 (11.69%) Apple
3 67 (11.19%) VMware
4 58 (9.68%) Cisco
5 57 (9.52%) HP
6 49 (8.18%) Citrix
7 46 (7.68%) ServiceNow
8 25 (4.17%) Dell
9 23 (3.84%) SAP
10 19 (3.17%) Symantec
11 18 (3.01%) Oracle
11 18 (3.01%) Veeam
12 15 (2.50%) Juniper
13 14 (2.34%) 3PAR
13 14 (2.34%) EMC
13 14 (2.34%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (2.34%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.67%) Ivanti
15 9 (1.50%) Samsung
16 8 (1.34%) NetApp