Windows 10 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 108 75
Rank change year-on-year -60 -33 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 409 341 483
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.49% 2.23% 2.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.09% 13.65% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 211 330
10th Percentile £135 £145 £149
25th Percentile £163 £171 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £205 £220
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% -6.82% +7.32%
75th Percentile £288 £325 £353
90th Percentile £401 £525 £500
UK median daily rate £214 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 53 65
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.33 -
25th Percentile £20.34 £18.87 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +80.25% -27.00%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £21.50
90th Percentile £127.63 £28.00 £24.85
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.19
% change year-on-year +11.96% +42.06% -14.79%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,124 2,498 3,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.35% 16.30% 16.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,944 1,581 1,947
10th Percentile £185 £178 £185
25th Percentile £263 £250 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £470
Median % change year-on-year - -4.26% +4.44%
75th Percentile £556 £552 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £471 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.61% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 217 278
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.43 £12.18
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.75 £16.32
Median hourly rate £28.00 £24.00 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -37.25% +39.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £67.88
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -31.25%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 10 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 10.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 10.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 10 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
North of England +17 133 £200 - 22
North West +27 103 £205 +13.89% 12
South West -35 68 £225 - 12
South East -85 65 £250 +25.00% 37
Midlands -45 59 £190 +9.20% 16
East of England -12 38 £175 -21.35% 15
West Midlands -54 34 £225 +15.38% 10
Scotland -16 33 £150 -29.41% 7
East Midlands -6 25 £131 -1.50% 6
Yorkshire -39 23 £200 -0.37% 7
Wales -11 11 £200 -27.27%
North East - 7 £250 - 4
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -14.63% 1
Channel Islands -1 1 £535 -
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 60 (14.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (11.49%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.16%) Skype for Business
4 14 (3.42%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.71%) Confluence
6 5 (1.22%) Apache
6 5 (1.22%) nginx
7 2 (0.49%) IIS
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 69 (16.87%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.73%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.49%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 226 (55.26%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (20.29%) Azure
3 63 (15.40%) Entra ID
4 17 (4.16%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.22%) Mimecast
5 5 (1.22%) Power Platform
6 4 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.49%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (15.16%) VPN
2 42 (10.27%) DNS
3 41 (10.02%) DHCP
4 29 (7.09%) LAN
5 27 (6.60%) Skype
6 25 (6.11%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (5.87%) TCP/IP
8 15 (3.67%) WAN
9 14 (3.42%) VLAN
10 6 (1.47%) Firewall
10 6 (1.47%) IPv4
10 6 (1.47%) IPv6
11 5 (1.22%) Network Security
11 5 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.98%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.98%) Wireless
13 3 (0.73%) Internet
13 3 (0.73%) WAAS
14 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.22%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (4.16%) JIRA
2 6 (1.47%) MSI
3 5 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.22%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.49%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.49%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 255 (62.35%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (8.07%) Legal
4 14 (3.42%) Public Sector
4 14 (3.42%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.93%) Manufacturing
5 12 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.47%) Finance
8 6 (1.47%) Law
9 4 (0.98%) French Language
9 4 (0.98%) Marketing
9 4 (0.98%) Police
10 3 (0.73%) Banking
10 3 (0.73%) Retail
11 2 (0.49%) Advertising
11 2 (0.49%) Aviation
12 1 (0.24%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 125 (30.56%) Support Engineer
2 122 (29.83%) IT Support
3 107 (26.16%) IT Engineer
4 90 (22.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 56 (13.69%) Analyst
6 42 (10.27%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (8.56%) Desktop Support
8 33 (8.07%) 2nd Line Support
9 32 (7.82%) Deployment Engineer
10 30 (7.33%) Service Analyst
10 30 (7.33%) Service Desk Analyst
11 29 (7.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 28 (6.85%) 1st Line Support
13 25 (6.11%) IT Analyst
13 25 (6.11%) Support Analyst
14 24 (5.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 20 (4.89%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 18 (4.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 18 (4.40%) IT Technician
17 17 (4.16%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.22%) Terraform
2 4 (0.98%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.24%) .NET
3 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.24%) WinForms
3 1 (0.24%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.45%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.89%) Blackberry
2 20 (4.89%) Driving Licence
3 17 (4.16%) Smartphone
4 16 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.42%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (2.93%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.96%) CMDB
8 8 (1.96%) iPhone
9 5 (1.22%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.22%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.22%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.22%) Thin Client
10 4 (0.98%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.98%) Digital Signage
10 4 (0.98%) iPad
10 4 (0.98%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 409 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (8.31%) Windows 7
2 34 (8.31%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.85%) Android
4 22 (5.38%) Mac OS
5 20 (4.89%) Linux
6 18 (4.40%) Apple iOS
7 10 (2.44%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.47%) CentOS
10 5 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.22%) Solaris
10 5 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.49%) Debian
13 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (35.45%) Customer Service
2 118 (28.85%) ITIL
3 107 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (14.67%) ITSM
5 44 (10.76%) Service Management
6 38 (9.29%) User Experience
7 34 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (7.82%) Asset Management
9 31 (7.58%) Service Delivery
10 30 (7.33%) Migration
11 26 (6.36%) Application Packaging
12 21 (5.13%) Incident Management
12 21 (5.13%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (4.65%) Break/Fix
14 18 (4.40%) Disk Encryption
15 17 (4.16%) Customer Experience
16 16 (3.91%) Computer Science
16 16 (3.91%) Inventory Management
17 14 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 12 (2.93%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 62 (15.16%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.65%) VBScript
3 16 (3.91%) VB
4 5 (1.22%) Python
5 3 (0.73%) SQL
6 1 (0.24%) Bash
6 1 (0.24%) C#
Qualifications
1 118 (28.85%) Security Cleared
2 105 (25.67%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.58%) Degree
4 22 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.40%) A+ Certification
7 11 (2.69%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.47%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.73%) ACSP
14 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.73%) MCSE
15 1 (0.24%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.56%) SLA
2 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.49%) NCSC
3 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.24%) GDPR
3 1 (0.24%) GLP
3 1 (0.24%) GMP
3 1 (0.24%) GRC
3 1 (0.24%) GxP
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 244 (59.66%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.13%) BitLocker
3 18 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (4.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.96%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.47%) Firmware
7 5 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.73%) XenApp
9 3 (0.73%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.24%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 105 (25.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (22.98%) SCCM
3 7 (1.71%) WSUS
4 5 (1.22%) AirWatch
4 5 (1.22%) Packer
4 5 (1.22%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.73%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.73%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.24%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 264 (64.55%) Microsoft
2 98 (23.96%) ServiceNow
3 28 (6.85%) VMware
4 27 (6.60%) Apple
5 18 (4.40%) HP
6 17 (4.16%) Lotus
7 13 (3.18%) iManage
8 12 (2.93%) Citrix
9 10 (2.44%) Bomgar
9 10 (2.44%) McAfee
10 9 (2.20%) Cisco
11 8 (1.96%) Starlink
12 7 (1.71%) Sophos
13 6 (1.47%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.47%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.47%) Oracle
13 6 (1.47%) Remedy
14 5 (1.22%) Google
14 5 (1.22%) Ivanti
14 5 (1.22%) Tanium