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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 86 89
Rank change year-on-year +49 +3 -46
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 87 56 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.41% 2.11% 2.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.77% 10.09% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 47 45
10th Percentile £198 £145 £133
25th Percentile £218 £185 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £210 £200
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £450 £413 £300
90th Percentile £588 £534 £560
England median daily rate £225 £233 £220
% change year-on-year -3.23% +5.68% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £18.51 - £18.65
25th Percentile £18.60 £12.75 £18.88
Median hourly rate £20.17 £13.13 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.64% -32.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £24.76 £13.50 £19.88
90th Percentile £37.50 - £19.95
England median hourly rate £21.30 £21.05 £19.00
% change year-on-year +1.21% +10.76% +1.60%

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 366 555 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.53% 20.87% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 340 404
10th Percentile £188 £173 £173
25th Percentile £233 £322 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £523 £520
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +0.48% +9.47%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £630
90th Percentile £670 £672 £707
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 62 55
10th Percentile £18.28 £65.00 £20.10
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 £48.32
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 - £78.00
90th Percentile £68.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
% change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%

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
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +38 37 £295 -26.25% 16
Bristol +18 16 £325 +71.05% 6
Somerset +13 15 £250 +20.77% 9
Wiltshire +8 15 £575 +161.36% 3
Devon +7 7 £275 +69.23% 6
Dorset +2 4 £205 -46.05% 1
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 16 (18.39%) SharePoint
2 12 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.30%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (2.30%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.15%) Confluence
4 1 (1.15%) HCL Notes
4 1 (1.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) assyst
1 1 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (36.78%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (14.94%) Azure
3 4 (4.60%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.09%) DNS
2 10 (11.49%) VoIP
3 9 (10.34%) VPN
4 7 (8.05%) Firewall
4 7 (8.05%) Skype
5 6 (6.90%) LAN
5 6 (6.90%) WAN
5 6 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (5.75%) WAAS
7 4 (4.60%) DHCP
7 4 (4.60%) VSAN
8 3 (3.45%) VLAN
9 2 (2.30%) NetScaler
9 2 (2.30%) PABX
10 1 (1.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (11.49%) MSI
2 5 (5.75%) AdminStudio
2 5 (5.75%) InstallShield
3 2 (2.30%) JIRA
4 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
General
1 27 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.64%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.60%) Finance
5 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.45%) Military
6 2 (2.30%) Banking
7 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.15%) Aviation
7 1 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.15%) Legal
7 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Police
Job Titles
1 24 (27.59%) Support Engineer
2 14 (16.09%) Desktop Engineer
2 14 (16.09%) IT Engineer
3 13 (14.94%) Desktop Support
4 12 (13.79%) Deployment Engineer
5 11 (12.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 9 (10.34%) IT Support
6 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 8 (9.20%) Applications Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) Windows Engineer
8 7 (8.05%) Field Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Technical Support
10 4 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Architect
10 4 (4.60%) Security Architect
10 4 (4.60%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.15%) .NET
2 1 (1.15%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) PKI
2 8 (9.20%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (8.05%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.75%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (4.60%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (4.60%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.45%) iPad
6 3 (3.45%) iPhone
6 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.45%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.30%) Chip and PIN
7 2 (2.30%) Smartphone
8 1 (1.15%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (12.64%) Linux
3 7 (8.05%) Windows 7
3 7 (8.05%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.45%) Android
5 3 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (26.44%) ITIL
2 22 (25.29%) Customer Service
3 20 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (13.79%) Agile
5 10 (11.49%) Application Packaging
5 10 (11.49%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (10.34%) Migration
7 7 (8.05%) DevOps
7 7 (8.05%) Service Management
8 6 (6.90%) Antivirus Management
8 6 (6.90%) Break/Fix
8 6 (6.90%) Roadmaps
9 5 (5.75%) Batch Scripting
9 5 (5.75%) Compatibility Testing
9 5 (5.75%) Inventory Management
9 5 (5.75%) Platform Engineering
9 5 (5.75%) Software Delivery
9 5 (5.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (5.75%) Time Management
10 4 (4.60%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.94%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.20%) VBScript
3 5 (5.75%) SQL
4 1 (1.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 55 (63.22%) Security Cleared
2 42 (48.28%) SC Cleared
3 15 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (14.94%) DV Cleared
5 7 (8.05%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.60%) MCSA
7 3 (3.45%) Degree
7 3 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.15%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.15%) MCP
8 1 (1.15%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) SLA
2 4 (4.60%) NCSC
3 2 (2.30%) QA
4 1 (1.15%) GDPR
4 1 (1.15%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (52.87%) Active Directory
2 15 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.20%) Microsoft App-V
4 6 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.45%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.30%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 24 (27.59%) SCCM
2 15 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (11.49%) vCenter Server
4 7 (8.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (4.60%) OPNET
6 3 (3.45%) AppManager
6 3 (3.45%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (2.30%) WSUS
8 1 (1.15%) Ansible
8 1 (1.15%) HP ALM
8 1 (1.15%) Puppet
8 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 64 (73.56%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.54%) VMware
3 12 (13.79%) ServiceNow
4 8 (9.20%) Cisco
5 6 (6.90%) McAfee
6 5 (5.75%) Ivanti
6 5 (5.75%) Remedy
7 4 (4.60%) HP
7 4 (4.60%) Starlink
7 4 (4.60%) Veeam
8 3 (3.45%) Dell
8 3 (3.45%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.45%) Symantec
9 2 (2.30%) Atlassian
9 2 (2.30%) Citrix
10 1 (1.15%) IFS
10 1 (1.15%) Lotus
10 1 (1.15%) Oracle
10 1 (1.15%) Red Hat