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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 48 90
Rank change year-on-year -39 +42 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 70 71 55
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.91% 3.66% 2.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.91% 20.58% 10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 45 44
10th Percentile £190 £176 £137
25th Percentile £205 £205 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £250 £215
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +16.55% +7.25%
75th Percentile £304 £384 £408
90th Percentile £409 £599 £508
England median daily rate £225 £225 £233
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 3
10th Percentile £17.25 - £12.45
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £12.57
Median hourly rate £22.80 £18.87 £13.13
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +43.77% -32.69%
75th Percentile £25.75 £27.07 £13.67
90th Percentile £41.58 £37.50 £13.78
England median hourly rate £25.75 £21.00 £17.44
% change year-on-year +22.62% +20.41% -9.39%

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 414 345 546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.27% 17.78% 20.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 215 345
10th Percentile £213 £180 £176
25th Percentile £350 £225 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £435 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -17.14% +2.44%
75th Percentile £613 £595 £588
90th Percentile £732 £675 £672
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 50 67
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.47 £35.54
25th Percentile £21.29 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.03% -73.04% +6.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £79.25 £68.00 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +35.42% -38.46% -8.24%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 30 August 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
Bristol -9 27 £225 -30.77% 2
Gloucestershire -11 21 £238 -5.00% 1
Wiltshire -9 14 £263 -52.27% 3
Somerset -34 4 £200 -15.79% 2
Dorset -14 1 - - 1
Devon -21 1 - -
Cornwall - 1 - -
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 13 (18.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) assyst
2 1 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (25.71%) Azure
3 12 (17.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.86%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.29%) VPN
2 9 (12.86%) Skype
3 6 (8.57%) LAN
4 3 (4.29%) DHCP
4 3 (4.29%) DNS
4 3 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.86%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.43%) Firewall
6 1 (1.43%) Internet
6 1 (1.43%) VLAN
6 1 (1.43%) WAAS
6 1 (1.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) AdminStudio
1 2 (2.86%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (55.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.86%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.29%) Legal
6 2 (2.86%) Aviation
6 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.86%) Police
6 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (28.57%) Desktop Support
2 16 (22.86%) Support Engineer
3 12 (17.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 11 (15.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 10 (14.29%) IT Engineer
6 9 (12.86%) Analyst
7 7 (10.00%) IT Support
7 7 (10.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 6 (8.57%) Lead
9 5 (7.14%) Database Manager
9 5 (7.14%) Desktop Analyst
9 5 (7.14%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 5 (7.14%) Support Analyst
10 4 (5.71%) Deployment Engineer
10 4 (5.71%) IT Analyst
10 4 (5.71%) Service Analyst
10 4 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
11 3 (4.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 3 (4.29%) Product Engineer
11 3 (4.29%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) .NET
1 1 (1.43%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.43%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 7 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
1 7 (10.00%) Virtual Team
2 5 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (5.71%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.71%) Virtual Reality
4 3 (4.29%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.86%) iPad
5 2 (2.86%) iPhone
5 2 (2.86%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 70 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (24.29%) Android
3 5 (7.14%) Linux
3 5 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (7.14%) Solaris
3 5 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (4.29%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.29%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.43%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (41.43%) Customer Service
2 24 (34.29%) ITIL
2 24 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (32.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (15.71%) Break/Fix
4 11 (15.71%) Customer Experience
5 10 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 10 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 9 (12.86%) Service Management
7 8 (11.43%) ITSM
7 8 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (10.00%) Change Management
8 7 (10.00%) Configuration Management
8 7 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (8.57%) Logistics
10 5 (7.14%) Change Control
10 5 (7.14%) Fault Management
11 4 (5.71%) Computer Science
11 4 (5.71%) Incident Management
11 4 (5.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.43%) C#
2 1 (1.43%) SQL
2 1 (1.43%) VB
2 1 (1.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (68.57%) Security Cleared
2 42 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.71%) DV Cleared
4 6 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.29%) ACSP
6 3 (4.29%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.29%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.86%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.86%) Degree
8 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (2.86%) NCSC
3 1 (1.43%) GRC
System Software
1 28 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (4.29%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.43%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (31.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (17.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.86%) Apple
3 12 (17.14%) HP
4 8 (11.43%) Starlink
5 7 (10.00%) McAfee
6 6 (8.57%) Oracle
7 5 (7.14%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.43%) Adobe
8 1 (1.43%) BMC
8 1 (1.43%) Dell
8 1 (1.43%) Google
8 1 (1.43%) Remedy
8 1 (1.43%) Samsung