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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 63 68
Rank change year-on-year -46 +5 -17
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 466 460 599
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.29% 3.42% 2.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.90% 19.19% 17.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 322 422
10th Percentile £131 £150 £141
25th Percentile £160 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £210
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £275 £348 £286
90th Percentile £520 £511 £568
UK median daily rate £203 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.65% +1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 26 36
10th Percentile £17.81 £14.74 £13.32
25th Percentile £19.54 £17.61 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +28.39% -2.93%
75th Percentile £24.52 £24.18 £19.03
90th Percentile £30.50 £45.68 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £18.01
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.71% -2.65%

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 2,931 2,397 3,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.42% 17.80% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,928 1,466 2,183
10th Percentile £163 £181 £163
25th Percentile £213 £237 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £447 £473 £465
% change year-on-year -5.40% +1.61% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 123 318
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.36 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.38 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £25.22
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -0.85% -4.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £62.38
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £28.71 £25.25
% change year-on-year -19.87% +13.68% -3.77%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -22 145 £175 -14.63% 35
North West 0 103 £173 -13.75% 23
South East -46 97 £245 -4.39% 50
Midlands -37 79 £175 -7.89% 16
South West -8 74 £300 +33.33% 24
East of England +20 64 £203 -14.74% 19
West Midlands -48 44 £175 -10.26% 10
East Midlands -10 34 £175 -7.89% 6
Yorkshire -55 30 £190 -21.65% 11
North East -7 12 £195 -35.00% 2
Scotland -40 9 £200 +1.27% 7
Wales -14 6 £200 - 7
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 78 (16.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (12.66%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.15%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.86%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 84 (18.03%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.07%) assyst
3 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 240 (51.50%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (18.88%) Azure
3 44 (9.44%) Entra ID
4 40 (8.58%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.50%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.29%) AWS
6 6 (1.29%) GCP
7 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.21%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.21%) IaaS
7 1 (0.21%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.21%) SaaS
7 1 (0.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (11.59%) VPN
2 41 (8.80%) DNS
3 39 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
4 33 (7.08%) LAN
5 29 (6.22%) DHCP
6 27 (5.79%) Skype
6 27 (5.79%) WAN
7 22 (4.72%) TCP/IP
8 15 (3.22%) VLAN
9 9 (1.93%) 4G
10 8 (1.72%) PABX
10 8 (1.72%) Wireless
11 5 (1.07%) Firewall
11 5 (1.07%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (1.07%) VoIP
12 4 (0.86%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.43%) RS-232
14 2 (0.43%) Telepresence
14 2 (0.43%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.50%) Oracle Database
2 7 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.64%) Power BI
4 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.43%) JIRA
2 11 (2.36%) MSI
3 6 (1.29%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.43%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.21%) Hudson
5 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 254 (54.51%) Social Skills
2 42 (9.01%) Public Sector
3 38 (8.15%) Finance
4 30 (6.44%) Manufacturing
5 29 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (4.51%) Legal
8 17 (3.65%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.00%) Electronics
9 14 (3.00%) Marketing
10 13 (2.79%) Banking
10 13 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.72%) Law
12 7 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.43%) Police
15 1 (0.21%) Aviation
15 1 (0.21%) Military
15 1 (0.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 127 (27.25%) Support Engineer
2 111 (23.82%) IT Support
3 86 (18.45%) IT Engineer
4 68 (14.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 66 (14.16%) Analyst
5 66 (14.16%) Desktop Support
6 56 (12.02%) Desktop Engineer
7 51 (10.94%) Windows Engineer
8 46 (9.87%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 40 (8.58%) 1st Line Support
10 39 (8.37%) Deployment Engineer
11 36 (7.73%) Support Analyst
12 28 (6.01%) 2nd Line Support
13 26 (5.58%) Service Analyst
14 25 (5.36%) Service Desk Analyst
15 19 (4.08%) Migration Engineer
15 19 (4.08%) Technical Support
16 18 (3.86%) Support Technician
16 18 (3.86%) Windows Support Engineer
17 16 (3.43%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.64%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.22%) Onboarding
2 26 (5.58%) Driving Licence
3 24 (5.15%) Smartphone
4 20 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.15%) PKI
6 10 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.50%) CMDB
7 7 (1.50%) iPhone
8 5 (1.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.86%) iPad
9 4 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (0.86%) NHS
9 4 (0.86%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.64%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.21%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.21%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.21%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 454 (97.42%) Windows
2 46 (9.87%) Apple iOS
3 35 (7.51%) Android
4 30 (6.44%) Mac OS
4 30 (6.44%) Windows 7
5 28 (6.01%) Windows Server
6 20 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (3.22%) Linux
8 14 (3.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (1.93%) AIX
9 9 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.86%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.64%) CentOS
12 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (35.84%) Customer Service
2 82 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (16.74%) Migration
4 73 (15.67%) ITIL
5 56 (12.02%) ITSM
6 47 (10.09%) Service Management
7 26 (5.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (5.58%) Workflow
8 25 (5.36%) Logistics
9 20 (4.29%) Application Packaging
9 20 (4.29%) Asset Management
10 19 (4.08%) Mobile Device Management
11 18 (3.86%) Inventory Management
11 18 (3.86%) Proactive Monitoring
11 18 (3.86%) User Experience
11 18 (3.86%) Workflow Management
12 17 (3.65%) Change Management
12 17 (3.65%) Incident Management
12 17 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (3.65%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 51 (10.94%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.65%) VBScript
3 12 (2.58%) VB
4 6 (1.29%) Bash
5 4 (0.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 133 (28.54%) Security Cleared
2 94 (20.17%) SC Cleared
3 37 (7.94%) Degree
4 33 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (6.65%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.22%) A+ Certification
6 15 (3.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 11 (2.36%) MCSE
8 7 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.07%) MCDST
11 4 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.43%) HNC
13 2 (0.43%) HND
14 1 (0.21%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.21%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.79%) SLA
2 8 (1.72%) GDPR
3 6 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.21%) GLP
5 1 (0.21%) GMP
5 1 (0.21%) PMO
5 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 257 (55.15%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (2.79%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.07%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (1.07%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.86%) vSphere
8 2 (0.43%) NFS
8 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 126 (27.04%) SCCM
2 78 (16.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.58%) vCenter Server
4 10 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.72%) WSUS
6 6 (1.29%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.43%) SCOM
10 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.21%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 281 (60.30%) Microsoft
2 82 (17.60%) ServiceNow
3 30 (6.44%) Citrix
4 28 (6.01%) VMware
5 26 (5.58%) Cisco
6 19 (4.08%) Remedy
7 17 (3.65%) iManage
8 16 (3.43%) SAP
9 15 (3.22%) HP
10 13 (2.79%) Bomgar
11 12 (2.58%) Apple
12 11 (2.36%) McAfee
13 9 (1.93%) Oracle
14 7 (1.50%) IBM
14 7 (1.50%) Veeam
15 6 (1.29%) Dell
15 6 (1.29%) Symantec
16 5 (1.07%) Google
16 5 (1.07%) Mitel
16 5 (1.07%) SolarWinds