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

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 103 81
Rank change year-on-year +37 -22 -44
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 49 50 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.62% 1.60% 2.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.81% 8.49% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 38 68
10th Percentile £198 £129 £154
25th Percentile £204 £185 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £230 £200
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -13.98%
75th Percentile £320 £409 £309
90th Percentile £606 £496 £538
England median daily rate £225 £225 £220
% change year-on-year - +2.27% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile - £12.45 £11.90
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.57 £16.78
Median hourly rate £18.87 £13.13 £24.82
Median % change year-on-year +43.77% -47.12% +24.10%
75th Percentile £28.19 £13.67 £50.27
90th Percentile £37.50 £13.78 £59.89
England median hourly rate £23.00 £16.22 £19.26
% change year-on-year +41.80% -15.76% +10.03%

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 310 589 624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.56% 18.88% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 392 416
10th Percentile £200 £180 £184
25th Percentile £246 £422 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £538 £506
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% +6.17% +12.50%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £623
90th Percentile £673 £699 £711
England median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 87 71
10th Percentile £18.32 £14.00 £19.92
25th Percentile - £51.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +6.87% +26.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 - £75.50
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% -41.18% +93.18%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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
Bristol +14 17 £213 +11.84% 6
Wiltshire +32 14 £220 +10.00% 3
Gloucestershire +24 9 £250 -33.33% 9
Dorset +9 9 £210 -28.21% 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 12 (24.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.12%) Confluence
3 3 (6.12%) Skype for Business
4 1 (2.04%) IBM Notes
4 1 (2.04%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (48.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.94%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.20%) Azure
3 3 (6.12%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.04%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.41%) VoIP
2 9 (18.37%) DNS
3 7 (14.29%) Firewall
3 7 (14.29%) Skype
4 6 (12.24%) DHCP
4 6 (12.24%) LAN
4 6 (12.24%) WAN
4 6 (12.24%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (8.16%) VPN
6 3 (6.12%) Unified Communications
6 3 (6.12%) VLAN
7 2 (4.08%) NetScaler
8 1 (2.04%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Bitbucket
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) MSI
General
1 22 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.12%) Legal
4 3 (6.12%) Military
5 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Electronics
6 1 (2.04%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.04%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.04%) Law
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Police
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Support Engineer
2 15 (30.61%) IT Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) IT Support
4 10 (20.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Technical Support
5 5 (10.20%) Wintel Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Wintel Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Desktop Support
7 3 (6.12%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Windows Support Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) .NET
1 1 (2.04%) ModSecurity
1 1 (2.04%) Software Packaging
1 1 (2.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) PKI
2 7 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.04%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.04%) CESG
3 1 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 49 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (26.53%) Windows Server
3 8 (16.33%) Windows 7
3 8 (16.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (8.16%) Mac OS
4 4 (8.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (6.12%) Android
6 1 (2.04%) Linux
6 1 (2.04%) Solaris
6 1 (2.04%) VMS
6 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) ITIL
2 15 (30.61%) Service Management
3 8 (16.33%) Agile
4 7 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
4 7 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 7 (14.29%) Software Licensing
4 7 (14.29%) System Testing
5 6 (12.24%) Break/Fix
6 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (8.16%) Information Security
7 4 (8.16%) ITSM
7 4 (8.16%) Migration
7 4 (8.16%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 4 (8.16%) NsoIT
7 4 (8.16%) Roadmaps
7 4 (8.16%) Waterfall
8 3 (6.12%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (6.12%) Scrum
8 3 (6.12%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 8 (16.33%) SQL
3 1 (2.04%) Java
3 1 (2.04%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (51.02%) SC Cleared
1 25 (51.02%) Security Cleared
2 14 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (16.33%) Degree
5 5 (10.20%) MCSE
6 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.04%) Dell Certification
6 1 (2.04%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (2.04%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.04%) NCSC
2 1 (2.04%) NIST
2 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 24 (48.98%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.20%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (6.12%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (6.12%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (4.08%) XenDesktop
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.04%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) SCCM
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (14.29%) WSUS
4 3 (6.12%) AppManager
5 1 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.04%) Ansible
5 1 (2.04%) OPNET
5 1 (2.04%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 37 (75.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.45%) ServiceNow
3 8 (16.33%) VMware
4 5 (10.20%) Ivanti
4 5 (10.20%) Remedy
5 4 (8.16%) Atlassian
6 3 (6.12%) Veeam
7 2 (4.08%) Citrix
8 1 (2.04%) Apple
8 1 (2.04%) Dell
8 1 (2.04%) iManage
8 1 (2.04%) Lotus
8 1 (2.04%) Oracle
8 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.04%) SAP