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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 118 76
Rank change year-on-year -50 -42 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 396 329 498
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.45% 2.16% 2.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.61% 13.40% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 200 338
10th Percentile £133 £145 £142
25th Percentile £163 £170 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £279 £288 £360
90th Percentile £400 £515 £519
UK median daily rate £210 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 53 66
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.33 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.87 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £14.14
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +76.80% -25.58%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £21.88
90th Percentile £127.63 £28.00 £26.03
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 3,140 2,456 3,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.48% 16.10% 16.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,949 1,551 1,986
10th Percentile £185 £176 £185
25th Percentile £275 £250 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.91% +5.17%
75th Percentile £556 £556 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 215 283
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.40 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.44 £16.41
Median hourly rate £26.66 £22.56 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.17% -49.87% +63.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.09 £67.75
90th Percentile £72.80 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.92 £24.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.00% -12.73% -31.80%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -7 127 £200 - 29
North West +18 94 £200 +11.11% 19
South West -20 67 £225 +2.27% 15
South East -97 66 £250 +17.65% 34
Midlands -48 56 £185 +6.32% 14
East of England -9 41 £175 -17.65% 12
West Midlands -58 31 £225 +20.00% 9
Scotland -24 26 £150 -25.00% 11
East Midlands -1 25 £131 -10.77% 5
Yorkshire -40 25 £200 -0.37% 7
Wales -7 11 £200 -27.27%
North East -35 8 £250 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -14.63% 2
Channel Islands +2 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 59 (14.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (12.12%) SharePoint
3 16 (4.04%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.28%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.77%) Confluence
6 5 (1.26%) Apache
6 5 (1.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.51%) IIS
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 66 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.76%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.51%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 218 (55.05%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (19.44%) Azure
3 54 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.04%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.26%) Mimecast
5 5 (1.26%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.51%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.51%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 60 (15.15%) VPN
2 40 (10.10%) DNS
3 39 (9.85%) DHCP
4 25 (6.31%) LAN
4 25 (6.31%) Skype
4 25 (6.31%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (5.05%) TCP/IP
6 13 (3.28%) VLAN
7 12 (3.03%) WAN
8 6 (1.52%) Firewall
8 6 (1.52%) IPv4
8 6 (1.52%) IPv6
9 5 (1.26%) Network Security
9 5 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.76%) Internet
10 3 (0.76%) WAAS
10 3 (0.76%) Wireless
11 2 (0.51%) VoIP
12 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.25%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.77%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (4.29%) JIRA
2 5 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket
2 5 (1.26%) MSI
3 2 (0.51%) AdminStudio
3 2 (0.51%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 252 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (8.33%) Legal
4 17 (4.29%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (3.54%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.28%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.77%) Finance
10 7 (1.77%) Law
11 4 (1.01%) Banking
11 4 (1.01%) French Language
11 4 (1.01%) Marketing
11 4 (1.01%) Police
12 3 (0.76%) Retail
13 2 (0.51%) Advertising
13 2 (0.51%) Aviation
14 1 (0.25%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 128 (32.32%) Support Engineer
2 122 (30.81%) IT Support
3 106 (26.77%) IT Engineer
4 91 (22.98%) IT Support Engineer
5 52 (13.13%) Analyst
6 45 (11.36%) Desktop Engineer
7 36 (9.09%) Desktop Support
8 32 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support
9 31 (7.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 30 (7.58%) 1st Line Support
10 30 (7.58%) Deployment Engineer
11 28 (7.07%) Service Analyst
11 28 (7.07%) Service Desk Analyst
12 26 (6.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 22 (5.56%) IT Analyst
13 22 (5.56%) Support Analyst
14 21 (5.30%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 20 (5.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 19 (4.80%) IT Technician
17 18 (4.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.01%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.25%) .NET
2 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.25%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.25%) WinForms
2 1 (0.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.37%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.80%) Driving Licence
3 18 (4.55%) Blackberry
4 16 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.79%) Smartphone
6 11 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.78%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (2.27%) CMDB
9 7 (1.77%) iPhone
10 5 (1.26%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.26%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (1.01%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.01%) iPad
11 4 (1.01%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.01%) Thin Client
11 4 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.76%) BYOD
12 3 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 396 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (7.83%) Windows 7
3 30 (7.58%) Windows Server
4 26 (6.57%) Android
5 21 (5.30%) Mac OS
6 17 (4.29%) Linux
7 15 (3.79%) Apple iOS
8 9 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.77%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.26%) Solaris
11 4 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.76%) CentOS
12 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.51%) Debian
14 1 (0.25%) AIX
14 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (34.85%) Customer Service
2 102 (25.76%) ITIL
3 95 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (13.38%) ITSM
5 37 (9.34%) Service Management
6 35 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (8.08%) Migration
8 31 (7.83%) Service Delivery
8 31 (7.83%) User Experience
9 29 (7.32%) Asset Management
10 22 (5.56%) Incident Management
11 19 (4.80%) Application Packaging
12 18 (4.55%) Customer Experience
13 17 (4.29%) Break/Fix
13 17 (4.29%) Disk Encryption
14 15 (3.79%) Computer Science
15 14 (3.54%) Root Cause Analysis
16 13 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 13 (3.28%) Inventory Management
17 11 (2.78%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.88%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.80%) VBScript
3 15 (3.79%) VB
4 5 (1.26%) Python
5 3 (0.76%) SQL
6 1 (0.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 101 (25.51%) Security Cleared
2 90 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.08%) Degree
4 21 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.04%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.03%) A+ Certification
7 9 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.26%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.01%) MCSE
11 3 (0.76%) ACSP
11 3 (0.76%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.25%) HNC
12 1 (0.25%) HND
12 1 (0.25%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.84%) SLA
2 2 (0.51%) GLP
2 2 (0.51%) GMP
2 2 (0.51%) NCSC
3 1 (0.25%) GDPR
3 1 (0.25%) GRC
3 1 (0.25%) GxP
3 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 230 (58.08%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.05%) BitLocker
3 14 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.26%) Firmware
5 5 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) KVM
Systems Management
1 99 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (22.47%) SCCM
3 7 (1.77%) WSUS
4 5 (1.26%) AirWatch
4 5 (1.26%) Packer
4 5 (1.26%) Terraform
4 5 (1.26%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.76%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 247 (62.37%) Microsoft
2 92 (23.23%) ServiceNow
3 24 (6.06%) Apple
4 23 (5.81%) VMware
5 17 (4.29%) HP
6 15 (3.79%) Lotus
7 14 (3.54%) iManage
8 11 (2.78%) Bomgar
9 10 (2.53%) Cisco
9 10 (2.53%) Citrix
9 10 (2.53%) McAfee
10 8 (2.02%) Starlink
11 7 (1.77%) Oracle
11 7 (1.77%) Remedy
11 7 (1.77%) Sophos
12 6 (1.52%) Dell
13 5 (1.26%) CyberArk
13 5 (1.26%) Tanium
14 4 (1.01%) Adobe
14 4 (1.01%) Google