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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 105 72
Rank change year-on-year -69 -33 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 382 343 509
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.40% 2.25% 2.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.23% 13.77% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 209 348
10th Percentile £133 £150 £144
25th Percentile £163 £171 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £275 £275 £360
90th Percentile £395 £512 £519
UK median daily rate £210 £220 £225
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 51 66
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.25 -
25th Percentile £20.63 £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 £178.75 £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 3,124 2,491 3,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.46% 16.34% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,936 1,576 2,018
10th Percentile £185 £178 £182
25th Percentile £275 £250 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £470
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -4.26% +4.44%
75th Percentile £556 £556 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £472 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +2.00% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 212 294
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.35 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.44 £16.63
Median hourly rate £26.44 £22.53 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -52.57% +37.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.80 £67.88
90th Percentile £72.70 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £24.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year +7.38% -16.52% -32.35%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -15 117 £200 - 23
North West -6 84 £200 +5.26% 13
South West -20 67 £225 +2.27% 13
South East -98 63 £250 +21.21% 31
Midlands -53 55 £190 +2.70% 19
East of England -2 43 £175 -18.60% 11
West Midlands -64 33 £238 +25.00% 7
Yorkshire -37 26 £198 -1.62% 7
Scotland -20 24 £150 -25.00% 10
East Midlands -10 22 £131 -21.93% 12
Wales -9 11 £200 -27.27% 2
North East -34 7 £250 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +3 4 £175 -14.63% 3
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 54 (14.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (12.04%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.40%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.36%) Skype for Business
5 6 (1.57%) Confluence
6 4 (1.05%) Apache
6 4 (1.05%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 61 (15.97%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 211 (55.24%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (18.32%) Azure
3 48 (12.57%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.19%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.31%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.05%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.52%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 51 (13.35%) VPN
2 33 (8.64%) DNS
3 32 (8.38%) DHCP
4 22 (5.76%) LAN
4 22 (5.76%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (4.97%) Skype
5 19 (4.97%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.09%) VLAN
6 8 (2.09%) WAN
7 6 (1.57%) IPv4
7 6 (1.57%) IPv6
7 6 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (1.31%) Firewall
8 5 (1.31%) Network Security
9 3 (0.79%) Internet
9 3 (0.79%) WAAS
9 3 (0.79%) Wireless
10 2 (0.52%) VoIP
11 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.26%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.31%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (4.71%) JIRA
2 6 (1.57%) MSI
3 4 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 4 (1.05%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.79%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.52%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 246 (64.40%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (8.90%) Legal
4 17 (4.45%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (3.66%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.83%) Finance
9 7 (1.83%) Law
10 5 (1.31%) Banking
11 4 (1.05%) French Language
11 4 (1.05%) Marketing
11 4 (1.05%) Police
12 3 (0.79%) Retail
13 2 (0.52%) Advertising
13 2 (0.52%) Aviation
14 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 125 (32.72%) Support Engineer
2 122 (31.94%) IT Support
3 105 (27.49%) IT Engineer
4 91 (23.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 52 (13.61%) Analyst
6 41 (10.73%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (9.16%) Desktop Support
8 31 (8.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 31 (8.12%) 2nd Line Support
9 29 (7.59%) 1st Line Support
10 27 (7.07%) Deployment Engineer
10 27 (7.07%) Service Analyst
10 27 (7.07%) Service Desk Analyst
11 26 (6.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 23 (6.02%) Support Analyst
13 21 (5.50%) IT Analyst
14 20 (5.24%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 18 (4.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 18 (4.71%) IT Technician
16 17 (4.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.05%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.26%) .NET
2 1 (0.26%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.26%) WinForms
2 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.09%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.97%) Driving Licence
3 18 (4.71%) Blackberry
4 16 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.93%) Smartphone
6 11 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.88%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.36%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.83%) iPhone
9 5 (1.31%) CMDB
9 5 (1.31%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.05%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (1.05%) Fat Client
10 4 (1.05%) iPad
10 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.05%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.05%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.79%) BYOD
11 3 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 382 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (7.33%) Windows Server
3 26 (6.81%) Android
4 21 (5.50%) Mac OS
4 21 (5.50%) Windows 7
5 16 (4.19%) Apple iOS
5 16 (4.19%) Linux
6 9 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.57%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.31%) Solaris
9 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.52%) CentOS
10 2 (0.52%) Debian
10 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.26%) AIX
11 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (35.34%) Customer Service
2 101 (26.44%) ITIL
3 92 (24.08%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (12.30%) ITSM
5 35 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (8.64%) Migration
7 32 (8.38%) Service Management
8 31 (8.12%) Service Delivery
9 28 (7.33%) User Experience
10 27 (7.07%) Asset Management
11 20 (5.24%) Incident Management
12 18 (4.71%) Customer Experience
13 17 (4.45%) Application Packaging
14 15 (3.93%) Break/Fix
14 15 (3.93%) Computer Science
15 13 (3.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 13 (3.40%) Inventory Management
15 13 (3.40%) Root Cause Analysis
16 11 (2.88%) Change Management
17 10 (2.62%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.47%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.40%) VBScript
3 9 (2.36%) VB
4 4 (1.05%) Python
5 3 (0.79%) SQL
6 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 87 (22.77%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.38%) Degree
4 20 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.93%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.88%) A+ Certification
7 8 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (1.31%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.31%) MCSE
11 3 (0.79%) ACSP
11 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.26%) HNC
12 1 (0.26%) HND
12 1 (0.26%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.42%) SLA
2 2 (0.52%) GLP
2 2 (0.52%) GMP
2 2 (0.52%) NCSC
3 1 (0.26%) GDPR
3 1 (0.26%) GRC
3 1 (0.26%) GxP
3 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 220 (57.59%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.40%) BitLocker
3 12 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.05%) Firmware
6 4 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 93 (24.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (19.90%) SCCM
3 7 (1.83%) WSUS
4 5 (1.31%) AirWatch
4 5 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.05%) Packer
5 4 (1.05%) Terraform
5 4 (1.05%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.79%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.26%) SCOM
7 1 (0.26%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 239 (62.57%) Microsoft
2 85 (22.25%) ServiceNow
3 24 (6.28%) Apple
4 17 (4.45%) HP
4 17 (4.45%) VMware
5 15 (3.93%) iManage
5 15 (3.93%) Lotus
6 12 (3.14%) Bomgar
6 12 (3.14%) Citrix
7 11 (2.88%) Cisco
8 10 (2.62%) McAfee
9 8 (2.09%) Remedy
9 8 (2.09%) Starlink
10 7 (1.83%) Oracle
11 6 (1.57%) Dell
12 5 (1.31%) Sophos
13 4 (1.05%) Adobe
13 4 (1.05%) Google
13 4 (1.05%) Tanium
14 3 (0.79%) Litera