Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows 10
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 59 46
Rank change year-on-year -95 -13 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 53 96 216
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.89% 3.28% 3.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.94% 18.71% 22.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 61 146
10th Percentile £154 £175 £175
25th Percentile £163 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £250 £225
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +11.11% +9.76%
75th Percentile £275 £388 £550
90th Percentile £535 £530 £604
England median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 8
10th Percentile £16.11 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.35 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.88% -41.05% +150.00%
75th Percentile £22.07 £29.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £22.93 £31.50 £49.13
England median hourly rate £25.76 £24.18 £16.00
% change year-on-year +6.53% +51.13% -14.98%

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 764 513 967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.83% 17.50% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 368 639
10th Percentile £201 £195 £200
25th Percentile £350 £300 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £663 £650
England median daily rate £450 £466 £470
% change year-on-year -3.38% -0.90% -8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 34 58
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.20 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.11 £16.95 £17.69
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -41.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £53.75 £58.73 £63.44
90th Percentile £62.40 £62.50 £73.75
England median hourly rate £41.94 £21.28 £22.15
% change year-on-year +97.09% -3.93% -42.47%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 10 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows 10.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows 10

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 22 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the South East

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows 10.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows 10

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 22 May 2026. 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 -50 24 £250 +0.20% 12
Hampshire -36 15 £533 +7.79% 1
Oxfordshire -13 14 £250 +0.20% 3
Surrey -30 9 £175 -10.26% 2
Berkshire -40 6 £250 +17.65% 4
Buckinghamshire -45 4 £142 -58.31% 5
Kent -9 3 £155 -24.39% 1
West Sussex -16 2 £138 -37.50%
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.77%) Confluence
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (37.74%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (26.42%) Azure
3 12 (22.64%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.77%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.32%) DNS
1 6 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (9.43%) DHCP
2 5 (9.43%) VPN
3 2 (3.77%) VLAN
4 1 (1.89%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Power BI
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
General
1 27 (50.94%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.43%) Marketing
4 3 (5.66%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.66%) Police
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Electronics
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Publishing
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Support Engineer
2 19 (35.85%) IT Support
3 16 (30.19%) IT Engineer
4 15 (28.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (16.98%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (13.21%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 6 (11.32%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) Windows Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Desktop Support
8 5 (9.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Help Desk Support
8 5 (9.43%) Technical Support
9 4 (7.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (5.66%) 1st Line Support
10 3 (5.66%) 3rd Line Support
10 3 (5.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Onboarding
2 5 (9.43%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) EPoS
4 1 (1.89%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 52 (98.11%) Windows
2 9 (16.98%) Mac OS
3 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.77%) Android
4 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.77%) Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Debian
5 1 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.89%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.85%) Customer Service
2 7 (13.21%) Customer Experience
2 7 (13.21%) ITSM
2 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (11.32%) Migration
3 6 (11.32%) Service Delivery
4 5 (9.43%) Chat Support
4 5 (9.43%) Incident Management
4 5 (9.43%) ITIL
5 4 (7.55%) Asset Management
5 4 (7.55%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (7.55%) Information Security
5 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (7.55%) Privileged Access Management
5 4 (7.55%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (5.66%) Agile
6 3 (5.66%) Business Continuity
6 3 (5.66%) DevOps
6 3 (5.66%) Project Management
7 2 (3.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.09%) Degree
3 7 (13.21%) DV Cleared
4 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.89%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) SLA
2 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 30 (56.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) SCCM
2 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.43%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.89%) SCOM
4 1 (1.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) Dell
2 4 (7.55%) HP
2 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.66%) Apple
4 1 (1.89%) Carbon Black
4 1 (1.89%) Cisco
4 1 (1.89%) Datto
4 1 (1.89%) Juniper
4 1 (1.89%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.89%) Toshiba
4 1 (1.89%) Trend Micro
4 1 (1.89%) VMware