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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 98 74
Rank change year-on-year +36 -24 -42
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 58 54 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.23% 1.64% 3.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.65% 9.20% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 40 79
10th Percentile £200 £129 £157
25th Percentile £208 £182 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £225 £205
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £320 £398 £375
90th Percentile £612 £490 £575
England median daily rate £239 £225 £220
% change year-on-year +6.11% +2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 11
10th Percentile - £12.45 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.57 £16.90
Median hourly rate £18.87 £13.13 £20.64
Median % change year-on-year +43.77% -36.41% +3.20%
75th Percentile £28.19 £13.67 £43.51
90th Percentile £37.50 £13.78 £59.80
England median hourly rate £23.00 £16.56 £19.00
% change year-on-year +38.93% -12.87% +6.09%

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 311 587 636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.32% 17.85% 18.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 386 429
10th Percentile £200 £177 £188
25th Percentile £225 £408 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £538 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% +3.37% +16.85%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £623
90th Percentile £675 £688 £710
England median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 90 75
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £19.37
25th Percentile £18.51 £48.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +6.87% +21.80%
75th Percentile £68.00 - £75.00
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £20.00 £24.68 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.95% -41.94% +88.89%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +38 18 £220 +10.00% 4
Bristol +23 18 £225 +23.29% 7
Gloucestershire +22 12 £250 -31.03% 6
Dorset +13 10 £205 -29.91% 3
Somerset - 4 £250 - 4
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 13 (22.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (22.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.90%) Confluence
3 3 (5.17%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.72%) IBM Notes
4 1 (1.72%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (48.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.52%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.72%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) DNS
1 10 (17.24%) VoIP
2 8 (13.79%) Firewall
2 8 (13.79%) Skype
2 8 (13.79%) VPN
3 7 (12.07%) DHCP
3 7 (12.07%) LAN
3 7 (12.07%) WAN
4 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (5.17%) Unified Communications
5 3 (5.17%) VLAN
6 2 (3.45%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.72%) SMTP
7 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) JIRA
2 3 (5.17%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.72%) MSI
General
1 31 (53.45%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.62%) Finance
5 4 (6.90%) Military
6 3 (5.17%) Legal
7 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Law
7 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.72%) Electronics
8 1 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.72%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.72%) Marketing
8 1 (1.72%) Police
8 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (37.93%) Support Engineer
2 16 (27.59%) IT Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) IT Support
4 11 (18.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Wintel Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Desktop Support
6 5 (8.62%) Technical Support
7 4 (6.90%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Senior
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Wintel Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (5.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Windows Support Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
9 2 (3.45%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) .NET
1 1 (1.72%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.72%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) PKI
2 7 (12.07%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.90%) iPad
4 4 (6.90%) iPhone
5 1 (1.72%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.72%) CESG
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (25.86%) Windows Server
3 9 (15.52%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (13.79%) Windows 7
5 4 (6.90%) Mac OS
5 4 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.17%) Android
7 1 (1.72%) Linux
7 1 (1.72%) Solaris
7 1 (1.72%) VMS
7 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (51.72%) ITIL
2 19 (32.76%) Service Management
3 11 (18.97%) Customer Service
4 9 (15.52%) Agile
4 9 (15.52%) Software Licensing
5 8 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
5 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (13.79%) System Testing
6 6 (10.34%) Break/Fix
6 6 (10.34%) ITSM
7 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.62%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (8.62%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (6.90%) Antivirus Management
8 4 (6.90%) Information Security
8 4 (6.90%) Inventory Management
8 4 (6.90%) NsoIT
8 4 (6.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.86%) PowerShell
2 9 (15.52%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) Java
3 1 (1.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (55.17%) SC Cleared
1 32 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.59%) DV Cleared
3 10 (17.24%) Degree
3 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (8.62%) MCSE
5 4 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.72%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Dell Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.72%) MCP
6 1 (1.72%) MCSA
6 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.72%) NCSC
2 1 (1.72%) NIST
2 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 31 (53.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.62%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (6.90%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.45%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (17.24%) SCCM
3 7 (12.07%) WSUS
4 3 (5.17%) AppManager
5 2 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.72%) Ansible
6 1 (1.72%) OPNET
6 1 (1.72%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.72%) Puppet
6 1 (1.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 46 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (20.69%) ServiceNow
3 10 (17.24%) VMware
4 6 (10.34%) Remedy
5 5 (8.62%) Atlassian
5 5 (8.62%) Ivanti
6 4 (6.90%) McAfee
7 3 (5.17%) Veeam
8 2 (3.45%) Citrix
8 2 (3.45%) iManage
9 1 (1.72%) Apple
9 1 (1.72%) Dell
9 1 (1.72%) Lotus
9 1 (1.72%) Oracle
9 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.72%) SAP
9 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds