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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 64 38
Rank change year-on-year -69 -26 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 69 98 253
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.22% 3.28% 4.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.00% 18.88% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 61 177
10th Percentile £156 £175 £175
25th Percentile £173 £205 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £250 £215
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +16.28% +4.88%
75th Percentile £265 £400 £420
90th Percentile £538 £575 £575
England median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 9
10th Percentile £16.39 - -
25th Percentile £18.90 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.09 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% -41.05% +156.76%
75th Percentile £23.50 £32.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £25.00 £45.68 £49.00
England median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £16.94
% change year-on-year -9.02% +42.78% -8.46%

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 767 519 984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.59% 17.38% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 368 640
10th Percentile £204 £200 £200
25th Percentile £356 £325 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £564 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £663 £650
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 34 69
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.59 £16.20
25th Percentile £16.72 £16.95 £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £28.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -27.27% -20.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £69.38 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £28.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -10.18% +33.33% -28.33%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -48 31 £250 - 7
Hampshire -34 19 £538 +53.57% 5
Oxfordshire -5 14 £250 +0.10% 2
Surrey -19 13 £175 -11.39% 1
Berkshire -41 13 £260 +4.00%
Buckinghamshire -29 4 £142 -41.45% 5
Kent -9 3 £155 -24.39%
West Sussex -14 3 £175 -20.45% 3
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 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (18.84%) Azure
2 13 (18.84%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.70%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.45%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.94%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (10.14%) DNS
3 6 (8.70%) DHCP
4 5 (7.25%) 4G
4 5 (7.25%) VPN
5 2 (2.90%) VLAN
5 2 (2.90%) VSAN
6 1 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Power BI
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
General
1 39 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (10.14%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.25%) Electronics
5 5 (7.25%) Finance
5 5 (7.25%) Marketing
5 5 (7.25%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.35%) Police
7 2 (2.90%) Banking
7 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 16 (23.19%) Windows Engineer
3 15 (21.74%) IT Engineer
3 15 (21.74%) IT Support
4 10 (14.49%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Desktop Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Migration Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (8.70%) Deployment Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Desktop Support
6 6 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (7.25%) Technical Support
7 5 (7.25%) Windows Support Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Build Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (5.80%) Windows Deployment Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Junior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Driving Licence
2 7 (10.14%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.45%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.45%) CMDB
4 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.45%) NHS
4 1 (1.45%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 65 (94.20%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Mac OS
3 4 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.45%) Android
4 1 (1.45%) Linux
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.99%) Customer Service
2 13 (18.84%) Migration
3 8 (11.59%) Workflow
4 7 (10.14%) Customer Experience
4 7 (10.14%) Workflow Management
5 6 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (8.70%) Incident Management
5 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (8.70%) ITIL
5 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.25%) Agile
6 5 (7.25%) Asset Management
6 5 (7.25%) Chat Support
6 5 (7.25%) DevOps
6 5 (7.25%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (7.25%) ITSM
6 5 (7.25%) Programme Management
7 4 (5.80%) Logistics
7 4 (5.80%) Project Management
7 4 (5.80%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 18 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.59%) DV Cleared
4 6 (8.70%) Degree
5 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) SLA
2 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (44.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.90%) NFS
3 2 (2.90%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.45%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (30.43%) SCCM
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (7.25%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.90%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (36.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 6 (8.70%) SAP
4 3 (4.35%) HP
4 3 (4.35%) VMware
5 2 (2.90%) Apple
5 2 (2.90%) Datto
5 2 (2.90%) Dell
6 1 (1.45%) Ariba
6 1 (1.45%) Carbon Black
6 1 (1.45%) Cisco
6 1 (1.45%) Progress
6 1 (1.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.45%) Toshiba
6 1 (1.45%) Trend Micro