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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 103 68
Rank change year-on-year -55 -35 +13
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 433 358 497
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 2.33% 2.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.49% 14.07% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 233 348
10th Percentile £150 £142 £149
25th Percentile £163 £170 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £205 £225
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -8.89% +9.76%
75th Percentile £288 £338 £363
90th Percentile £408 £537 £488
UK median daily rate £225 £220 £230
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 58 38
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.51 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.72 £18.87 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.23 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% +5.85% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58.90 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £74.75 £26.01 £38.65
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £21.90
% change year-on-year +11.96% +5.02% +14.18%

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 3,210 2,544 2,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.34% 16.56% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,956 1,621 1,783
10th Percentile £185 £175 £183
25th Percentile £261 £225 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £432 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £545 £575
90th Percentile £641 £619 £644
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 374 240 223
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.31 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.22 £18.13 £21.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -56.07% +24.78%
75th Percentile £67.47 £59.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.90 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £27.33 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +8.67% -53.43% +15.66%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 23 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
North of England -21 128 £215 +16.22% 27
North West +15 101 £240 +20.00% 20
South East -78 77 £261 +30.63% 38
Midlands -30 69 £195 +11.43% 29
South West -53 63 £225 -20.35% 15
East of England -13 48 £175 -21.35% 23
West Midlands -35 39 £213 +21.43% 12
Scotland -16 36 £163 -18.75% 8
East Midlands -4 30 £141 +6.24% 17
Yorkshire -53 19 £200 +14.29% 4
Wales -9 10 £200 -27.27% 2
North East -37 8 £250 +31.58% 3
Northern Ireland +7 4 £175 -30.00% 2
Channel Islands -5 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 56 (12.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (11.55%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.93%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.00%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.62%) Confluence
6 5 (1.15%) Apache
6 5 (1.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 73 (16.86%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.69%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.46%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 252 (58.20%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (22.40%) Azure
3 78 (18.01%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.93%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.15%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (0.92%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.46%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 66 (15.24%) VPN
2 42 (9.70%) DNS
3 41 (9.47%) DHCP
4 31 (7.16%) LAN
5 30 (6.93%) TCP/IP
6 27 (6.24%) Skype
7 20 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (3.93%) WAN
9 14 (3.23%) VLAN
10 9 (2.08%) Firewall
11 8 (1.85%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.39%) IPv4
12 6 (1.39%) IPv6
12 6 (1.39%) Wireless
13 5 (1.15%) Network Security
13 5 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.46%) Internet
14 2 (0.46%) Telepresence
14 2 (0.46%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.46%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.62%) Oracle Database
1 7 (1.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (4.85%) JIRA
2 7 (1.62%) MSI
3 5 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (63.05%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (6.70%) Legal
4 14 (3.23%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.08%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.15%) Finance
8 5 (1.15%) Law
9 4 (0.92%) French Language
9 4 (0.92%) Marketing
10 3 (0.69%) Police
10 3 (0.69%) Retail
11 2 (0.46%) Advertising
11 2 (0.46%) Aviation
11 2 (0.46%) Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 137 (31.64%) Support Engineer
2 130 (30.02%) IT Support
3 121 (27.94%) IT Engineer
4 100 (23.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 54 (12.47%) Analyst
6 44 (10.16%) Desktop Engineer
7 36 (8.31%) Deployment Engineer
8 35 (8.08%) Desktop Support
9 30 (6.93%) 2nd Line Support
10 29 (6.70%) 1st Line Support
11 27 (6.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 27 (6.24%) Service Analyst
11 27 (6.24%) Service Desk Analyst
12 26 (6.00%) Support Analyst
13 25 (5.77%) IT Analyst
14 21 (4.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 19 (4.39%) IT Technician
16 18 (4.16%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 17 (3.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 16 (3.70%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.15%) Terraform
2 3 (0.69%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.23%) WinForms
3 1 (0.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.78%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.62%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.39%) Blackberry
4 18 (4.16%) Smartphone
4 18 (4.16%) Video Conferencing
5 14 (3.23%) CMDB
6 13 (3.00%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.62%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.15%) Fat Client
10 5 (1.15%) iPhone
10 5 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.15%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.15%) NHS
10 5 (1.15%) Thin Client
11 4 (0.92%) Digital Signage
11 4 (0.92%) PKI
12 3 (0.69%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 433 (100.00%) Windows
2 40 (9.24%) Windows Server
3 35 (8.08%) Windows 7
4 31 (7.16%) Android
5 26 (6.00%) Linux
5 26 (6.00%) Mac OS
6 23 (5.31%) Apple iOS
7 14 (3.23%) Ubuntu
8 10 (2.31%) CentOS
9 9 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.62%) Solaris
11 6 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.46%) Debian
14 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (36.03%) Customer Service
2 126 (29.10%) ITIL
3 109 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (14.09%) ITSM
5 49 (11.32%) Service Management
6 41 (9.47%) User Experience
7 36 (8.31%) Migration
8 34 (7.85%) Asset Management
9 33 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (6.70%) Service Delivery
11 28 (6.47%) Application Packaging
12 26 (6.00%) Break/Fix
13 23 (5.31%) Root Cause Analysis
14 22 (5.08%) Incident Management
15 18 (4.16%) Customer Experience
15 18 (4.16%) Disk Encryption
16 17 (3.93%) Computer Science
17 15 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 15 (3.46%) Inventory Management
18 13 (3.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 69 (15.94%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.39%) VBScript
3 16 (3.70%) VB
4 5 (1.15%) Python
5 2 (0.46%) SQL
6 1 (0.23%) Bash
6 1 (0.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 134 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 117 (27.02%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.93%) Degree
4 27 (6.24%) DV Cleared
5 22 (5.08%) A+ Certification
6 21 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.77%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (2.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.62%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.46%) ACSP
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.46%) MCSE
14 1 (0.23%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.85%) SLA
2 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.46%) NCSC
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.23%) GDPR
3 1 (0.23%) GxP
3 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 263 (60.74%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (4.85%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.77%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.39%) Firmware
7 6 (1.39%) XenApp
7 6 (1.39%) XenDesktop
8 5 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.46%) vSphere
10 1 (0.23%) KVM
Systems Management
1 116 (26.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 106 (24.48%) SCCM
3 6 (1.39%) WSUS
4 5 (1.15%) Packer
4 5 (1.15%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.92%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.92%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.69%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.23%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 279 (64.43%) Microsoft
2 102 (23.56%) ServiceNow
3 35 (8.08%) VMware
4 29 (6.70%) Apple
5 18 (4.16%) Citrix
6 17 (3.93%) HP
7 16 (3.70%) Lotus
8 10 (2.31%) Cisco
9 9 (2.08%) iManage
10 8 (1.85%) Oracle
11 7 (1.62%) McAfee
11 7 (1.62%) Sophos
12 6 (1.39%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.39%) Bomgar
12 6 (1.39%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.39%) Ivanti
12 6 (1.39%) Remedy
13 5 (1.15%) Dell
13 5 (1.15%) Google
13 5 (1.15%) Tanium