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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 52 96
Rank change year-on-year -47 +44 -46
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 42 58 57
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.27% 3.44% 1.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.51% 18.13% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 42 42
10th Percentile £183 £200 £131
25th Percentile £205 £210 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £220 £225
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £338 £298 £408
90th Percentile £480 £606 £611
England median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 3
10th Percentile £19.33 - £12.45
25th Percentile £19.82 - £12.57
Median hourly rate £31.06 £18.51 £13.13
Median % change year-on-year +67.81% +41.03% -25.00%
75th Percentile £158.50 £37.50 £13.67
90th Percentile £197.50 - £13.78
England median hourly rate £22.79 £23.90 £17.11
% change year-on-year -4.67% +39.68% -7.51%

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 365 320 496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.08% 18.99% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 223 358
10th Percentile £205 £200 £172
25th Percentile £350 £253 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £592 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £699 £700
England median daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 38 69
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £66.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% +10.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.34 - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £24.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +97.92% +9.09% -42.11%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +11 22 £210 - 1
Wiltshire -33 8 £220 - 13
Bristol -39 8 £225 +5.88% 3
Somerset - 2 £188 - 2
Devon -14 1 £500 - 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 10 (23.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) assyst
2 1 (2.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.19%) Azure
2 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.52%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) VPN
2 3 (7.14%) Skype
3 2 (4.76%) DHCP
3 2 (4.76%) DNS
4 1 (2.38%) Firewall
4 1 (2.38%) LAN
4 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.38%) Telepresence
4 1 (2.38%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.38%) VLAN
4 1 (2.38%) WAAS
4 1 (2.38%) WAN
4 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) AdminStudio
1 2 (4.76%) InstallShield
General
1 23 (54.76%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Legal
2 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Police
4 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Electronics
4 1 (2.38%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.38%) Marketing
4 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Support Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Desktop Support
3 8 (19.05%) Desktop Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Service Desk Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Lead
6 3 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Applications Packager
7 2 (4.76%) Database Manager
7 2 (4.76%) IT Support
7 2 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Product Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Senior
7 2 (4.76%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (2.38%) Administrator
8 1 (2.38%) Migration Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.76%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (4.76%) iPad
3 2 (4.76%) iPhone
3 2 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (4.76%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 41 (97.62%) Windows
2 6 (14.29%) Android
3 3 (7.14%) Linux
3 3 (7.14%) Mac OS
3 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (4.76%) Solaris
5 1 (2.38%) CentOS
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) ITIL
1 16 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (26.19%) Customer Service
3 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) Change Management
4 7 (16.67%) Logistics
4 7 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 6 (14.29%) Service Management
6 5 (11.90%) Migration
7 4 (9.52%) Configuration Management
7 4 (9.52%) Customer Experience
7 4 (9.52%) ITSM
7 4 (9.52%) Software Licensing
8 3 (7.14%) Agile
8 3 (7.14%) Application Discovery
8 3 (7.14%) Break/Fix
8 3 (7.14%) Compatibility Testing
8 3 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (4.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.38%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (69.05%) Security Cleared
2 23 (54.76%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 2 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.38%) ACSP
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.38%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (2.38%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (69.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) McAfee
2 7 (16.67%) Starlink
3 6 (14.29%) Apple
4 4 (9.52%) HP
5 2 (4.76%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco
6 1 (2.38%) IFS
6 1 (2.38%) Netskope
6 1 (2.38%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.38%) Remedy
6 1 (2.38%) SAP
6 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.38%) Symantec
6 1 (2.38%) VMware