Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Windows 10
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 58 98
Rank change year-on-year +5 +40 -63
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 93 70 53
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.56% 3.71% 1.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.68% 17.99% 10.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 63 36
10th Percentile £202 £188 £143
25th Percentile £220 £207 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £225 £220
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% +2.27% -12.87%
75th Percentile £475 £373 £309
90th Percentile £588 £631 £663
England median daily rate £212 £228 £215
% change year-on-year -7.02% +6.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £21.46 - -
25th Percentile £22.11 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile £197.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £23.80 £18.93
% change year-on-year -7.56% +25.73% +2.32%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 429 389 504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.44% 20.61% 16.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 247 343
10th Percentile £174 £196 £168
25th Percentile £263 £220 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £620 £589
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £450 £475 £466
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.93% -9.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 23 56
10th Percentile £16.62 £27.06 £18.70
25th Percentile £18.87 £65.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% +22.73% -15.38%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 £69.62
90th Percentile £95.00 £69.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £23.25 £51.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year -54.85% +103.96% -1.94%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the South West

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the South West over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the South West

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the South West over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the South West

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Gloucestershire +19 38 £375 +70.45% 2
Wiltshire -19 22 £550 +150.00% 5
Somerset +12 20 £250 +28.21% 3
Devon +8 9 £275 +39.24% 3
Bristol -23 5 £213 -5.56% 4
Cornwall -3 2 - -
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 15 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (16.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.30%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.08%) assyst
1 1 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (11.83%) Azure
3 2 (2.15%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.83%) Skype
2 10 (10.75%) DNS
3 8 (8.60%) PABX
4 5 (5.38%) VPN
4 5 (5.38%) WAAS
5 3 (3.23%) Firewall
5 3 (3.23%) VSAN
6 1 (1.08%) Telepresence
6 1 (1.08%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (12.90%) MSI
2 5 (5.38%) AdminStudio
2 5 (5.38%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 40 (43.01%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.98%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.45%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.15%) Electronics
6 2 (2.15%) Finance
6 2 (2.15%) Legal
6 2 (2.15%) Marketing
6 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.08%) Aviation
7 1 (1.08%) Banking
7 1 (1.08%) Military
7 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (22.58%) Support Engineer
2 20 (21.51%) Desktop Engineer
3 17 (18.28%) Desktop Support
3 17 (18.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 13 (13.98%) IT Engineer
5 11 (11.83%) Deployment Engineer
5 11 (11.83%) IT Support
5 11 (11.83%) Windows Engineer
6 10 (10.75%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 7 (7.53%) Applications Engineer
8 7 (7.53%) Field Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Administrator
10 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
11 4 (4.30%) Service Desk Engineer
11 4 (4.30%) Windows Deployment Engineer
12 3 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 3 (3.23%) Security Architect
12 3 (3.23%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.83%) PKI
2 10 (10.75%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.60%) Driving Licence
3 8 (8.60%) Smartphone
4 7 (7.53%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.45%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.23%) iPad
6 3 (3.23%) iPhone
6 3 (3.23%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.08%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (1.08%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 91 (97.85%) Windows
2 16 (17.20%) Linux
3 6 (6.45%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.30%) Apple iOS
4 4 (4.30%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (4.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.23%) CentOS
5 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.08%) Android
7 1 (1.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (24.73%) Customer Service
3 22 (23.66%) ITIL
4 14 (15.05%) Migration
4 14 (15.05%) Service Management
5 13 (13.98%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (12.90%) Application Packaging
7 8 (8.60%) Platform Engineering
8 7 (7.53%) Agile
8 7 (7.53%) Change Management
8 7 (7.53%) DevOps
9 6 (6.45%) Antivirus Management
9 6 (6.45%) Application Security
9 6 (6.45%) Cloud Security
9 6 (6.45%) Logistics
9 6 (6.45%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 6 (6.45%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (5.38%) Batch Scripting
10 5 (5.38%) Inventory Management
10 5 (5.38%) NsoIT
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.98%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.60%) VBScript
3 6 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (77.42%) Security Cleared
2 51 (54.84%) SC Cleared
3 15 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (15.05%) DV Cleared
5 7 (7.53%) A+ Certification
6 5 (5.38%) Degree
7 4 (4.30%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (4.30%) MCSA
8 3 (3.23%) MCSE
9 1 (1.08%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) NCSC
2 2 (2.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.08%) QA
3 1 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (50.54%) Active Directory
2 14 (15.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (8.60%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (5.38%) VMware NSX
6 3 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (24.73%) SCCM
2 13 (13.98%) vCenter Server
3 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (8.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (7.53%) WSUS
6 6 (6.45%) Norton AntiVirus
7 3 (3.23%) OPNET
8 1 (1.08%) HP ALM
8 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.08%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 67 (72.04%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.05%) VMware
3 12 (12.90%) Cisco
4 9 (9.68%) McAfee
4 9 (9.68%) ServiceNow
5 6 (6.45%) Symantec
6 5 (5.38%) SolarWinds
6 5 (5.38%) Veeam
7 4 (4.30%) Starlink
8 3 (3.23%) HP
8 3 (3.23%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.15%) SAP
10 1 (1.08%) Citrix
10 1 (1.08%) Dell
10 1 (1.08%) IFS
10 1 (1.08%) Remedy