Windows 10 Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows 10
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 56 55
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 106 186 222
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.23% 3.27% 3.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.09% 18.36% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 112 158
10th Percentile £172 £200 £162
25th Percentile £200 £205 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £250 £205
Median % change year-on-year - +21.95% -
75th Percentile £456 £550 £275
90th Percentile £538 £608 £436
England median daily rate £238 £225 £220
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.27% +0.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 7
10th Percentile - £14.00 £18.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £21.22
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +123.85% +24.82%
75th Percentile - £49.38 £24.41
90th Percentile £28.40 £53.00 £47.59
England median hourly rate £23.00 £16.56 £19.00
% change year-on-year +38.93% -12.87% +7.31%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 586 1,013 1,151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.87% 17.80% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 640 781
10th Percentile £198 £203 £195
25th Percentile £315 £331 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £645
England median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.53% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 66 69
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.94 £16.30
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.77 £21.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% -13.64% +223.53%
75th Percentile £28.00 £69.92 £66.00
90th Percentile £58.21 £71.88 £74.00
England median hourly rate £20.38 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.50% -41.18% +93.18%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the South East

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in the South East

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the South East over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the South East

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in the South East

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the South East over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the South East

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Thames Valley -15 42 £231 -6.67% 41
Hampshire +1 33 £496 +37.78% 29
Berkshire -13 23 £205 -30.21% 22
Surrey +23 16 £223 +23.61% 13
Oxfordshire +2 10 £250 +19.58% 8
Buckinghamshire +2 9 £340 +51.11% 12
West Sussex +10 7 £200 - 14
Kent -4 6 £205 - 12
East Sussex -6 1 £275 -42.11% 2
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.94%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (39.62%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (10.38%) Azure
3 8 (7.55%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.89%) AWS
4 2 (1.89%) GCP
5 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.94%) GitHub
5 1 (0.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.55%) DNS
1 8 (7.55%) VPN
2 6 (5.66%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (4.72%) Firewall
4 4 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.83%) VSAN
5 3 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.89%) DHCP
6 2 (1.89%) LAN
6 2 (1.89%) Skype
6 2 (1.89%) Softphone
6 2 (1.89%) VLAN
6 2 (1.89%) WAN
7 1 (0.94%) FTP
7 1 (0.94%) HTTP
7 1 (0.94%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.94%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (7.55%) MSI
General
1 38 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.49%) Finance
3 8 (7.55%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.77%) Electronics
5 4 (3.77%) Law
5 4 (3.77%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.77%) Marketing
5 4 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.83%) Legal
7 2 (1.89%) Military
8 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.94%) Local Government
8 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.94%) Police
Job Titles
1 24 (22.64%) Support Engineer
2 14 (13.21%) IT Support
3 13 (12.26%) Analyst
3 13 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (12.26%) IT Engineer
4 12 (11.32%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (8.49%) Deployment Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Desktop Support
8 6 (5.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 6 (5.66%) SCCM Engineer
8 6 (5.66%) Windows Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Windows Deployment Engineer
10 4 (3.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 4 (3.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (3.77%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 3 (2.83%) Architect
11 3 (2.83%) Configuration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.94%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.21%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.49%) Smartphone
3 6 (5.66%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.72%) Clustering
5 4 (3.77%) NHS
6 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.89%) CMDB
7 2 (1.89%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.89%) PKI
7 2 (1.89%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 106 (100.00%) Windows
2 33 (31.13%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.49%) Windows 7
4 8 (7.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (6.60%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.77%) Android
7 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.83%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.89%) Linux
9 2 (1.89%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (1.89%) Solaris
10 1 (0.94%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.53%) ITIL
2 15 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (13.21%) Customer Service
4 10 (9.43%) Service Delivery
5 9 (8.49%) Security Patching
6 7 (6.60%) Asset Management
6 7 (6.60%) Change Management
6 7 (6.60%) Data Analysis
6 7 (6.60%) Incident Management
6 7 (6.60%) User Experience
7 6 (5.66%) Customer Experience
8 5 (4.72%) Application Packaging
8 5 (4.72%) Migration
9 4 (3.77%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (3.77%) Digital Marketing
9 4 (3.77%) Programme Management
9 4 (3.77%) Service Management
9 4 (3.77%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (29.25%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.55%) C#
3 7 (6.60%) VB
4 4 (3.77%) SQL
5 2 (1.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 38 (35.85%) Security Cleared
2 21 (19.81%) SC Cleared
3 16 (15.09%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.66%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (3.77%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (2.83%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.83%) Degree
6 3 (2.83%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.89%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.94%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.15%) SLA
2 5 (4.72%) GDPR
3 3 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 55 (51.89%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.38%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (8.49%) Hyper-V
3 9 (8.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (2.83%) vSphere
6 2 (1.89%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.94%) XenApp
7 1 (0.94%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (25.47%) SCCM
2 16 (15.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.77%) WSUS
4 3 (2.83%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.83%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (2.83%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.89%) Proxmox
5 2 (1.89%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 40 (37.74%) Microsoft
2 25 (23.58%) VMware
3 11 (10.38%) Citrix
3 11 (10.38%) Dell
3 11 (10.38%) Wyse
4 10 (9.43%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.77%) Cisco
5 4 (3.77%) SAP
6 3 (2.83%) Juniper
6 3 (2.83%) NETGEAR
6 3 (2.83%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.83%) Symantec
6 3 (2.83%) TP-LINK
7 2 (1.89%) HP
7 2 (1.89%) Oracle
7 2 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.94%) Apple
8 1 (0.94%) F5
8 1 (0.94%) McAfee