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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 72 103
Rank change year-on-year +26 +31 -67
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 91 61 51
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.00% 2.65% 1.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.06% 12.58% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 53 34
10th Percentile £200 £188 £143
25th Percentile £223 £200 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £225 £200
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £475 £400 £300
90th Percentile £588 £559 £593
England median daily rate £220 £243 £215
% change year-on-year -9.28% +12.79% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £18.87 - £18.65
25th Percentile £20.79 - £18.88
Median hourly rate £22.19 - £19.50
75th Percentile £24.36 - £19.88
90th Percentile £59.62 - £19.95
England median hourly rate £21.46 £22.09 £19.50
% change year-on-year -2.85% +13.31% +5.38%

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 432 485 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.97% 21.06% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 284 342
10th Percentile £186 £205 £170
25th Percentile £263 £288 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £618
90th Percentile £700 £722 £699
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 40 50
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £20.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 £48.32
Median hourly rate £25.15 £68.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.01% +4.62% -
75th Percentile £67.84 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.80 £70.40 £78.00
England median hourly rate £23.25 £60.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year -61.41% +74.64% +38.00%

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 28 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the South West over the 6 months to 28 November 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 28 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 +28 38 £345 -8.00% 11
Somerset +9 19 £250 +20.77% 6
Wiltshire -6 18 £575 +161.36% 1
Devon +10 9 £275 +39.24% 2
Bristol -7 7 £213 -5.56% 6
Cornwall 0 2 - -
Dorset -3 1 £205 -8.89% 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 17 (18.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (18.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.40%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 27 (29.67%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (13.19%) Azure
3 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.09%) DNS
1 11 (12.09%) Skype
2 8 (8.79%) PABX
3 6 (6.59%) VPN
4 5 (5.49%) WAAS
5 3 (3.30%) VSAN
6 2 (2.20%) Firewall
7 1 (1.10%) DHCP
7 1 (1.10%) LAN
7 1 (1.10%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.10%) VLAN
7 1 (1.10%) VoIP
7 1 (1.10%) WAN
7 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (13.19%) MSI
2 5 (5.49%) AdminStudio
2 5 (5.49%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 36 (39.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.59%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.30%) Finance
5 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.20%) Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Electronics
6 2 (2.20%) Marketing
6 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.10%) Aviation
7 1 (1.10%) Legal
7 1 (1.10%) Military
7 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 19 (20.88%) Desktop Engineer
3 16 (17.58%) Desktop Support
3 16 (17.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 15 (16.48%) IT Engineer
5 12 (13.19%) Deployment Engineer
5 12 (13.19%) IT Support
6 11 (12.09%) Windows Engineer
7 10 (10.99%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (8.79%) Field Engineer
8 8 (8.79%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 7 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
10 6 (6.59%) Administrator
11 5 (5.49%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
12 4 (4.40%) Windows Deployment Engineer
13 3 (3.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 3 (3.30%) Architect
13 3 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 3 (3.30%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) PKI
2 10 (10.99%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.79%) Driving Licence
3 8 (8.79%) Smartphone
4 7 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.59%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.30%) iPad
6 3 (3.30%) iPhone
6 3 (3.30%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 89 (97.80%) Windows
2 16 (17.58%) Linux
3 7 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.40%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.30%) CentOS
6 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.20%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.10%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (26.37%) Customer Service
3 19 (20.88%) ITIL
4 13 (14.29%) Migration
4 13 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 12 (13.19%) Application Packaging
6 9 (9.89%) Service Management
7 8 (8.79%) Agile
7 8 (8.79%) Platform Engineering
8 7 (7.69%) Change Management
8 7 (7.69%) DevOps
9 6 (6.59%) Antivirus Management
9 6 (6.59%) Application Security
9 6 (6.59%) Cloud Security
9 6 (6.59%) Logistics
9 6 (6.59%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 6 (6.59%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (5.49%) Batch Scripting
10 5 (5.49%) Inventory Management
10 5 (5.49%) NsoIT
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.79%) VBScript
3 6 (6.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (73.63%) Security Cleared
2 49 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (10.99%) DV Cleared
5 7 (7.69%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.40%) Degree
6 4 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (4.40%) MCSA
7 3 (3.30%) MCSE
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) NCSC
2 2 (2.20%) GDPR
2 2 (2.20%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (51.65%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (9.89%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (8.79%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (5.49%) VMware NSX
6 4 (4.40%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (27.47%) SCCM
2 14 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (14.29%) vCenter Server
4 8 (8.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (7.69%) WSUS
6 6 (6.59%) Norton AntiVirus
7 3 (3.30%) OPNET
8 1 (1.10%) AppManager
8 1 (1.10%) HP ALM
8 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 66 (72.53%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.48%) VMware
3 11 (12.09%) Cisco
4 9 (9.89%) McAfee
5 8 (8.79%) ServiceNow
6 6 (6.59%) Symantec
7 5 (5.49%) SolarWinds
7 5 (5.49%) Veeam
8 4 (4.40%) HP
8 4 (4.40%) Starlink
9 3 (3.30%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.20%) Citrix
10 2 (2.20%) Dell
10 2 (2.20%) IFS
10 2 (2.20%) Ivanti
10 2 (2.20%) SAP