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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 38 89
Rank change year-on-year -53 +51 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 63 92 52
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.68% 4.66% 2.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.32% 24.34% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 65 45
10th Percentile £182 £201 £185
25th Percentile £205 £220 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £290 £220
Median % change year-on-year -22.41% +31.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £272 £450 £425
90th Percentile £405 £588 £592
England median daily rate £228 £225 £240
% change year-on-year +1.33% -6.25% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 10 0
10th Percentile £17.25 £18.51 -
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.60 -
Median hourly rate £24.88 £20.17 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.36% - -
75th Percentile £39.34 £23.06 -
90th Percentile £41.71 £26.39 -
England median hourly rate £25.75 £21.38 £21.90
% change year-on-year +20.44% -2.37% +12.31%

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 386 378 522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.32% 19.14% 20.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 235 311
10th Percentile £210 £184 £188
25th Percentile £391 £228 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -19.05% +0.48%
75th Percentile £669 £575 £593
90th Percentile £741 £670 £672
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 63 58
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £65.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.87 £66.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.08% -64.07% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.50 -
90th Percentile £81.50 £68.00 -
England median hourly rate £36.36 £25.15 £59.25
% change year-on-year +44.55% -57.55% +23.87%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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
Bristol -10 25 £225 -30.77% 3
Wiltshire -13 18 £263 -54.35% 7
Gloucestershire -19 12 £224 -27.82% 3
Somerset -41 4 £200 -20.00%
Dorset -14 1 - - 1
Devon -22 1 - - 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 8 (12.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (25.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) assyst
2 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (15.87%) Azure
3 9 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.59%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) Skype
2 6 (9.52%) LAN
2 6 (9.52%) VPN
3 3 (4.76%) DHCP
3 3 (4.76%) DNS
3 3 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.59%) Firewall
5 1 (1.59%) Internet
5 1 (1.59%) VLAN
5 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
1 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (53.97%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.70%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.17%) Aviation
5 2 (3.17%) Legal
5 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.17%) Police
6 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Desktop Support
2 12 (19.05%) Support Engineer
3 10 (15.87%) IT Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) Analyst
5 7 (11.11%) Database Manager
5 7 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) IT Support
5 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 6 (9.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Desktop Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Lead
7 5 (7.94%) Support Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Deployment Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) IT Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Service Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
9 3 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (4.76%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) .NET
1 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.59%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 7 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 5 (7.94%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.76%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.76%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 63 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (23.81%) Android
3 7 (11.11%) Linux
3 7 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (11.11%) Solaris
3 7 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (4.76%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.17%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Customer Service
2 19 (30.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (26.98%) ITIL
4 16 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (17.46%) Break/Fix
6 10 (15.87%) Configuration Management
6 10 (15.87%) Customer Experience
6 10 (15.87%) Service Delivery
7 9 (14.29%) Service Management
8 8 (12.70%) ITSM
9 7 (11.11%) Change Control
9 7 (11.11%) Change Management
10 6 (9.52%) Asset Management
11 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
11 5 (7.94%) Fault Management
11 5 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
12 4 (6.35%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 3 (4.76%) Identity Access Management
13 3 (4.76%) Patch Management
13 3 (4.76%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.59%) C#
2 1 (1.59%) SQL
2 1 (1.59%) VB
2 1 (1.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 36 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 13 (20.63%) DV Cleared
4 5 (7.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.76%) Degree
7 2 (3.17%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.17%) ACSP
7 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (36.51%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (4.76%) BitLocker
4 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.59%) KVM
5 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (15.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (58.73%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.22%) Apple
3 11 (17.46%) HP
4 8 (12.70%) Oracle
5 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.76%) McAfee
6 3 (4.76%) Starlink
7 2 (3.17%) VMware
8 1 (1.59%) Adobe
8 1 (1.59%) BMC
8 1 (1.59%) Citrix
8 1 (1.59%) Dell
8 1 (1.59%) Google
8 1 (1.59%) Remedy
8 1 (1.59%) Samsung