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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 61 52
Rank change year-on-year -16 -9 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 91 143 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.61% 3.09% 3.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.04% 17.72% 18.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 104 143
10th Percentile £153 £178 £148
25th Percentile £186 £216 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £334 £210
Median % change year-on-year -37.08% +58.93% +2.44%
75th Percentile £491 £430 £250
90th Percentile £538 £608 £400
England median daily rate £225 £233 £220
% change year-on-year -3.23% +5.68% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile - £34.55 £18.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £53.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £19.44 £56.75 £19.74
Median % change year-on-year -65.75% +187.43% +21.49%
75th Percentile £26.25 £57.62 £20.93
90th Percentile £28.20 £58.14 £22.62
England median hourly rate £21.30 £21.05 £19.00
% change year-on-year +1.21% +10.76% +1.60%

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 605 807 1,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.35% 17.45% 19.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 536 718
10th Percentile £188 £203 £173
25th Percentile £224 £326 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £420
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £573 £582 £559
90th Percentile £625 £638 £640
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 39 82
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £17.33
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £29.19
Median hourly rate £18.87 £56.75 £56.78
Median % change year-on-year -66.75% -0.06% +234.00%
75th Percentile £25.86 £70.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £66.03 £70.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
% change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 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 18 September 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
Hampshire 0 33 £500 +44.93% 12
Thames Valley -23 33 £190 -46.10% 20
Berkshire -6 18 £165 -61.18% 9
Surrey +12 13 £250 +5.26% 11
Buckinghamshire -17 8 £190 -47.40% 8
Oxfordshire -2 7 £225 +40.63% 6
Kent +1 6 £155 -24.39% 3
West Sussex -2 6 £200 - 4
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 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.10%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (14.29%) Azure
3 11 (12.09%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.40%) AWS
4 4 (4.40%) GCP
5 1 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.69%) Firewall
2 6 (6.59%) DNS
2 6 (6.59%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (6.59%) TCP/IP
2 6 (6.59%) VPN
3 2 (2.20%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.10%) DHCP
4 1 (1.10%) FTP
4 1 (1.10%) HTTP
4 1 (1.10%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.10%) Softphone
4 1 (1.10%) SSL
4 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (8.79%) MSI
General
1 49 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.49%) Finance
2 5 (5.49%) Law
2 5 (5.49%) Legal
3 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.20%) Military
4 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (25.27%) Support Engineer
2 22 (24.18%) IT Support
3 15 (16.48%) IT Engineer
4 11 (12.09%) Deployment Engineer
4 11 (12.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Service Desk Support
6 8 (8.79%) Analyst
7 7 (7.69%) SCCM Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (6.59%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) Desktop Support
9 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Officer
9 5 (5.49%) Help Desk Support
9 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) Service Analyst
9 5 (5.49%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (5.49%) Service Desk Officer
9 5 (5.49%) Support Officer
10 4 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.89%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.20%) Clustering
3 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.20%) Fat Client
3 2 (2.20%) PKI
3 2 (2.20%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.10%) CMDB
4 1 (1.10%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.10%) iPhone
4 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 91 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (24.18%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (7.69%) Windows 7
4 7 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (6.59%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.20%) Android
6 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.20%) Linux
6 2 (2.20%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (2.20%) Solaris
7 1 (1.10%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.10%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.08%) ITIL
2 16 (17.58%) Customer Service
3 14 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (8.79%) Application Packaging
4 8 (8.79%) Security Patching
5 7 (7.69%) Change Management
5 7 (7.69%) Data Analysis
5 7 (7.69%) Incident Management
5 7 (7.69%) ITSM
6 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (6.59%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (5.49%) Business Strategy
7 5 (5.49%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 5 (5.49%) CRM
7 5 (5.49%) Decision-Making
7 5 (5.49%) IT Strategy
7 5 (5.49%) PRINCE2
7 5 (5.49%) Roadmaps
7 5 (5.49%) Ticket Management
7 5 (5.49%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 21 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.79%) C#
3 7 (7.69%) VB
4 4 (4.40%) Bash
5 3 (3.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (39.56%) Security Cleared
2 19 (20.88%) SC Cleared
3 15 (16.48%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.49%) Degree
4 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.30%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.30%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.30%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.30%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.20%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.10%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) GDPR
2 9 (9.89%) SLA
3 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 52 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (9.89%) Hyper-V
4 5 (5.49%) Terminal Services
4 5 (5.49%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.10%) XenApp
5 1 (1.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (30.77%) SCCM
2 17 (18.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.20%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.20%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (52.75%) Microsoft
2 19 (20.88%) VMware
3 11 (12.09%) Citrix
4 5 (5.49%) Dell
4 5 (5.49%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.49%) Wyse
5 2 (2.20%) Apple
5 2 (2.20%) Cisco
5 2 (2.20%) Datto
5 2 (2.20%) Oracle
5 2 (2.20%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.10%) HP
6 1 (1.10%) Meraki
6 1 (1.10%) Planview