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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 77 95
Rank change year-on-year +36 +18 -54
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 99 58 59
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.65% 2.42% 1.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.63% 11.26% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 50 43
10th Percentile £202 £188 £143
25th Percentile £225 £200 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £225 £238
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £475 £413 £300
90th Percentile £588 £613 £568
England median daily rate £220 £245 £215
% change year-on-year -10.20% +13.95% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £18.87 - £18.65
25th Percentile £20.31 - £18.88
Median hourly rate £21.83 - £19.50
75th Percentile £24.28 - £19.88
90th Percentile £24.60 - £19.95
England median hourly rate £21.46 £22.09 £19.50
% change year-on-year -2.85% +13.30% +7.97%

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 419 515 568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.69% 21.49% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 306 375
10th Percentile £185 £205 £170
25th Percentile £234 £330 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £625
90th Percentile £684 £688 £700
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 42 51
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £20.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 £48.32
Median hourly rate £24.36 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.20% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -59.13% +43.75% +60.00%

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 4 November 2025.

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
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 4 November 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
Gloucestershire +31 40 £335 -16.25% 5
Somerset +15 23 £250 +20.77% 10
Wiltshire +2 18 £575 +93.28% 5
Bristol 0 11 £325 +41.30% 7
Devon +13 9 £275 +39.24% 2
Dorset -2 3 £205 -8.89% 4
Cornwall +1 2 - - 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 16 (16.16%) SharePoint
2 15 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.04%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.01%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.01%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) assyst
1 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (14.14%) Azure
3 4 (4.04%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.15%) DNS
2 10 (10.10%) Skype
3 9 (9.09%) VoIP
4 8 (8.08%) PABX
5 7 (7.07%) VPN
6 6 (6.06%) Firewall
7 5 (5.05%) LAN
7 5 (5.05%) WAAS
7 5 (5.05%) WAN
7 5 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (3.03%) VSAN
9 2 (2.02%) DHCP
9 2 (2.02%) NetScaler
9 2 (2.02%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (12.12%) MSI
2 5 (5.05%) AdminStudio
2 5 (5.05%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 37 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.04%) Finance
5 4 (4.04%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.02%) Banking
6 2 (2.02%) Electronics
6 2 (2.02%) Marketing
6 2 (2.02%) Military
6 2 (2.02%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.01%) Aviation
7 1 (1.01%) Legal
7 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (29.29%) Support Engineer
2 19 (19.19%) Desktop Engineer
3 18 (18.18%) IT Engineer
4 16 (16.16%) Desktop Support
4 16 (16.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 15 (15.15%) IT Support
6 13 (13.13%) Deployment Engineer
6 13 (13.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) Applications Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) Field Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 5 (5.05%) Administrator
9 5 (5.05%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Technical Support
9 5 (5.05%) Windows Deployment Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.01%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.11%) PKI
2 10 (10.10%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.08%) Driving Licence
3 8 (8.08%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (8.08%) Smartphone
4 6 (6.06%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (6.06%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.04%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.03%) iPad
6 3 (3.03%) iPhone
6 3 (3.03%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.02%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 97 (97.98%) Windows
2 15 (15.15%) Linux
3 8 (8.08%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.04%) Android
6 4 (4.04%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.03%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.03%) Windows 7
7 3 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.02%) CentOS
8 2 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.01%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (24.24%) Customer Service
3 20 (20.20%) ITIL
4 14 (14.14%) Migration
5 13 (13.13%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (12.12%) Application Packaging
7 10 (10.10%) Agile
8 9 (9.09%) Service Management
9 8 (8.08%) Platform Engineering
10 7 (7.07%) DevOps
11 6 (6.06%) Antivirus Management
11 6 (6.06%) Logistics
12 5 (5.05%) Application Security
12 5 (5.05%) Cloud Security
12 5 (5.05%) Compatibility Testing
12 5 (5.05%) ITSM
12 5 (5.05%) Roadmaps
12 5 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (5.05%) Time Management
12 5 (5.05%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.16%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.08%) VBScript
3 6 (6.06%) SQL
4 1 (1.01%) Java
Qualifications
1 67 (67.68%) Security Cleared
2 50 (50.51%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 7 (7.07%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.04%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (4.04%) MCSA
7 3 (3.03%) Degree
8 2 (2.02%) MCSE
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.08%) SLA
2 3 (3.03%) NCSC
3 2 (2.02%) GDPR
3 2 (2.02%) QA
4 1 (1.01%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (53.54%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (8.08%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (5.05%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (5.05%) VMware NSX
6 3 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.02%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (27.27%) SCCM
2 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (13.13%) vCenter Server
4 8 (8.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (6.06%) WSUS
6 5 (5.05%) Norton AntiVirus
7 3 (3.03%) OPNET
8 2 (2.02%) AppManager
9 1 (1.01%) HP ALM
9 1 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (1.01%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 68 (68.69%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.18%) VMware
3 15 (15.15%) ServiceNow
4 11 (11.11%) Cisco
5 8 (8.08%) McAfee
6 5 (5.05%) Remedy
6 5 (5.05%) SolarWinds
6 5 (5.05%) Symantec
6 5 (5.05%) Veeam
7 4 (4.04%) HP
7 4 (4.04%) Ivanti
7 4 (4.04%) Starlink
8 3 (3.03%) Citrix
8 3 (3.03%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.02%) Dell
9 2 (2.02%) SAP
10 1 (1.01%) IFS
10 1 (1.01%) Oracle