Windows 10 Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Windows 10
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 100 48
Rank change year-on-year +45 -52 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 58 57 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.46% 1.78% 4.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.30% 11.52% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 42 124
10th Percentile £200 £131 £158
25th Percentile £210 £173 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £225 £228
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -1.10% +1.11%
75th Percentile £278 £408 £441
90th Percentile £606 £611 £584
England median daily rate £225 £225 £220
% change year-on-year - +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 17
10th Percentile - £12.45 £12.15
25th Percentile - £12.57 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.51 £13.13 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.03% -25.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile £37.50 £13.67 £29.50
90th Percentile - £13.78 £58.14
England median hourly rate £24.00 £17.11 £18.50
% change year-on-year +40.27% -7.51% +2.13%

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 317 495 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.89% 15.47% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 357 520
10th Percentile £200 £170 £166
25th Percentile £250 £245 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £613
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 69 85
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £17.18
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £49.68
Median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the South West

Windows 10
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 10 in the South West

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the South West

Windows 10
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 10 in the South West

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Wiltshire +42 24 £220 -16.19% 9
Bristol +23 16 £213 +21.43% 11
Dorset +13 10 £225 +9.76% 3
Gloucestershire +6 7 £210 -40.00% 10
Devon +8 1 - - 2
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.62%) Skype for Business
3 4 (6.90%) Confluence
4 1 (1.72%) IBM Notes
4 1 (1.72%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 32 (55.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.52%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.72%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) VPN
2 12 (20.69%) DNS
3 10 (17.24%) Skype
4 9 (15.52%) DHCP
5 5 (8.62%) Firewall
6 4 (6.90%) LAN
6 4 (6.90%) VLAN
6 4 (6.90%) VoIP
6 4 (6.90%) WAN
7 3 (5.17%) Unified Communications
7 3 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.45%) SSL
8 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.72%) NAS
9 1 (1.72%) Network Security
9 1 (1.72%) SAN
9 1 (1.72%) SMTP
9 1 (1.72%) VSAN
9 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
2 3 (5.17%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.72%) MSI
General
1 35 (60.34%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.34%) Legal
4 5 (8.62%) Law
5 2 (3.45%) Finance
5 2 (3.45%) Military
5 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.72%) Electronics
6 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.72%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.72%) Marketing
6 1 (1.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (29.31%) Support Engineer
2 13 (22.41%) IT Engineer
2 13 (22.41%) IT Support
3 10 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (15.52%) Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (10.34%) Desktop Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Desktop Support
5 6 (10.34%) Service Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Service Desk Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Wintel Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Architect
7 4 (6.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Senior
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Wintel Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Windows Support Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) .NET
1 1 (1.72%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) PKI
2 7 (12.07%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.90%) iPad
3 4 (6.90%) iPhone
4 2 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.72%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.72%) CESG
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (29.31%) Windows Server
3 9 (15.52%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (8.62%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.45%) Android
6 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.72%) Linux
7 1 (1.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (62.07%) ITIL
2 22 (37.93%) Service Management
3 13 (22.41%) Software Licensing
4 11 (18.97%) Customer Service
5 9 (15.52%) ITSM
6 8 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
6 8 (13.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (13.79%) System Testing
7 7 (12.07%) Agile
7 7 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (8.62%) Break/Fix
10 4 (6.90%) Antivirus Management
10 4 (6.90%) Inventory Management
10 4 (6.90%) NsoIT
10 4 (6.90%) Ticket Management
10 4 (6.90%) Time Management
10 4 (6.90%) Waterfall
11 3 (5.17%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) PowerShell
2 8 (13.79%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) VBScript
4 1 (1.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (60.34%) SC Cleared
1 35 (60.34%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.03%) DV Cleared
3 13 (22.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (18.97%) Degree
5 8 (13.79%) MCSE
6 4 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (6.90%) MCSA
7 2 (3.45%) MCP
8 1 (1.72%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.72%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) NCSC
2 1 (1.72%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.72%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (56.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (12.07%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (6.90%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (5.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.72%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (22.41%) SCCM
2 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (12.07%) WSUS
4 3 (5.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (5.17%) AppManager
4 3 (5.17%) OPNET
5 1 (1.72%) Ansible
5 1 (1.72%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.72%) Puppet
5 1 (1.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 52 (89.66%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) VMware
3 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.62%) Atlassian
4 5 (8.62%) iManage
4 5 (8.62%) McAfee
5 3 (5.17%) Ivanti
5 3 (5.17%) Remedy
5 3 (5.17%) Veeam
6 2 (3.45%) HP
7 1 (1.72%) Apple
7 1 (1.72%) Dell
7 1 (1.72%) Lotus
7 1 (1.72%) SAP
7 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.72%) Symantec