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

 6 months to
17 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 111 79
Rank change year-on-year -57 -32 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 397 334 480
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.44% 2.17% 2.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.67% 13.47% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 205 326
10th Percentile £135 £145 £149
25th Percentile £163 £170 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £284 £288 £358
90th Percentile £403 £525 £500
UK median daily rate £210 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 53 65
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.33 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £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 3,133 2,480 3,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.38% 16.09% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,948 1,571 1,960
10th Percentile £185 £175 £185
25th Percentile £264 £250 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -5.26% +5.56%
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 325 218 280
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.27 £12.23
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.44 £16.32
Median hourly rate £26.66 £23.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -41.40% +42.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £68.19
90th Percentile £73.60 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.92 £24.58 £27.50
% change year-on-year +5.45% -10.62% -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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -4 130 £200 - 29
North West +21 98 £203 +12.50% 18
South West -25 68 £225 +2.27% 12
South East -92 65 £250 +25.00% 38
Midlands -40 57 £185 +2.78% 15
East of England -14 35 £175 -17.65% 18
West Midlands -56 32 £225 +18.42% 11
Scotland -19 29 £150 -25.00% 8
East Midlands -6 25 £131 -2.12% 4
Yorkshire -31 25 £200 -0.37% 7
Wales -10 11 £200 -27.27%
North East - 7 £250 - 5
Northern Ireland +5 4 £175 -14.63% 1
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 60 (15.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (11.84%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.28%) Skype for Business
4 14 (3.53%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.76%) Confluence
6 5 (1.26%) Apache
6 5 (1.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.50%) IIS
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 68 (17.13%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.76%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.50%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 219 (55.16%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (19.65%) Azure
3 58 (14.61%) Entra ID
4 17 (4.28%) 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 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.50%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (15.62%) VPN
2 42 (10.58%) DNS
3 41 (10.33%) DHCP
4 26 (6.55%) LAN
4 26 (6.55%) Skype
5 25 (6.30%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (5.79%) TCP/IP
7 14 (3.53%) VLAN
7 14 (3.53%) WAN
8 6 (1.51%) Firewall
8 6 (1.51%) IPv4
8 6 (1.51%) IPv6
9 5 (1.26%) Network Security
9 5 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.01%) Wireless
11 3 (0.76%) Internet
11 3 (0.76%) WAAS
12 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.51%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (4.03%) JIRA
2 6 (1.51%) MSI
3 5 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.50%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.50%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 253 (63.73%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (8.31%) Legal
4 14 (3.53%) Public Sector
4 14 (3.53%) Telecoms
5 13 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (2.77%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.76%) Law
10 6 (1.51%) Finance
11 4 (1.01%) French Language
11 4 (1.01%) Marketing
11 4 (1.01%) Police
12 3 (0.76%) Banking
12 3 (0.76%) Retail
13 2 (0.50%) Advertising
13 2 (0.50%) Aviation
14 1 (0.25%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 123 (30.98%) Support Engineer
2 122 (30.73%) IT Support
3 107 (26.95%) IT Engineer
4 90 (22.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 54 (13.60%) Analyst
6 43 (10.83%) Desktop Engineer
7 34 (8.56%) Desktop Support
8 32 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support
8 32 (8.06%) Deployment Engineer
9 28 (7.05%) 1st Line Support
9 28 (7.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 28 (7.05%) Service Analyst
9 28 (7.05%) Service Desk Analyst
10 25 (6.30%) Support Analyst
11 23 (5.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (5.79%) IT Analyst
12 19 (4.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 19 (4.79%) IT Technician
13 18 (4.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 17 (4.28%) Support Technician
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 54 (13.60%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.04%) Blackberry
2 20 (5.04%) Driving Licence
3 16 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.78%) Smartphone
5 12 (3.02%) Video Conferencing
5 12 (3.02%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.02%) CMDB
7 8 (2.02%) iPhone
8 5 (1.26%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.01%) Digital Signage
9 4 (1.01%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.01%) iPad
9 4 (1.01%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.01%) Thin Client
9 4 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 397 (100.00%) Windows
2 33 (8.31%) Windows 7
3 31 (7.81%) Windows Server
4 28 (7.05%) Android
5 23 (5.79%) Mac OS
6 19 (4.79%) Linux
7 15 (3.78%) Apple iOS
8 9 (2.27%) Ubuntu
9 8 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.26%) CentOS
10 5 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.26%) Solaris
10 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.50%) Debian
13 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (34.26%) Customer Service
2 110 (27.71%) ITIL
3 100 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (14.61%) ITSM
5 40 (10.08%) Service Management
6 35 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (8.06%) User Experience
8 31 (7.81%) Migration
9 30 (7.56%) Asset Management
9 30 (7.56%) Service Delivery
10 22 (5.54%) Application Packaging
11 20 (5.04%) Incident Management
12 18 (4.53%) Break/Fix
12 18 (4.53%) Disk Encryption
13 17 (4.28%) Customer Experience
14 16 (4.03%) Computer Science
15 15 (3.78%) Root Cause Analysis
16 14 (3.53%) Inventory Management
17 13 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 12 (3.02%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.11%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.79%) VBScript
3 16 (4.03%) VB
4 5 (1.26%) Python
5 3 (0.76%) SQL
6 1 (0.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 111 (27.96%) Security Cleared
2 99 (24.94%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.56%) Degree
4 22 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (5.04%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.28%) A+ Certification
7 10 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.26%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.76%) ACSP
12 3 (0.76%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.76%) MCSE
13 1 (0.25%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.56%) SLA
2 2 (0.50%) NCSC
3 1 (0.25%) GDPR
3 1 (0.25%) GLP
3 1 (0.25%) GMP
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
1 235 (59.19%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.29%) BitLocker
3 14 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.26%) Firmware
5 5 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.25%) KVM
Systems Management
1 100 (25.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (23.43%) SCCM
3 7 (1.76%) WSUS
4 5 (1.26%) AirWatch
4 5 (1.26%) Packer
4 5 (1.26%) Terraform
4 5 (1.26%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.76%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.25%) MobiControl
6 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 253 (63.73%) Microsoft
2 96 (24.18%) ServiceNow
3 24 (6.05%) Apple
4 23 (5.79%) VMware
5 18 (4.53%) HP
6 17 (4.28%) Lotus
7 13 (3.27%) iManage
8 10 (2.52%) Bomgar
8 10 (2.52%) McAfee
9 9 (2.27%) Cisco
10 8 (2.02%) Citrix
10 8 (2.02%) Starlink
11 7 (1.76%) Sophos
12 6 (1.51%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.51%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.51%) Oracle
12 6 (1.51%) Remedy
13 5 (1.26%) Dell
13 5 (1.26%) Ivanti
13 5 (1.26%) Tanium
113 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London