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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 69 77
Rank change year-on-year -26 +8 -25
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 446 483 604
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.57% 2.95% 2.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.57% 17.47% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 325 418
10th Percentile £133 £151 £142
25th Percentile £167 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £225 £210
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £325 £388 £276
90th Percentile £539 £500 £500
UK median daily rate £220 £238 £215
% change year-on-year -7.37% +10.47% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 37 37
10th Percentile £17.75 £13.96 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.46 £22.09 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% +16.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile - £54.85 £29.30
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.09 £19.18
% change year-on-year -0.41% +15.17% +8.24%

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 2,865 2,765 3,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.51% 16.88% 17.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 1,619 2,347
10th Percentile £169 £185 £160
25th Percentile £213 £259 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £538 £570 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 189 288
10th Percentile £15.12 £16.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £22.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £52.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.19% +75.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £56.68 £68.18 £65.31
90th Percentile £67.05 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £37.83
% change year-on-year -54.29% +38.79% +51.31%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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
South East -10 117 £233 -27.34% 74
North of England -32 95 £190 -15.56% 41
South West +31 94 £300 +33.33% 46
North West -25 60 £180 -20.00% 20
Midlands -44 60 £173 -13.75% 29
East of England +4 51 £220 -7.37% 19
West Midlands -38 37 £175 -12.50% 16
Scotland -29 28 £200 - 14
Yorkshire -39 26 £175 -20.45% 15
East Midlands -15 23 £132 -30.44% 13
Wales -7 10 £230 +15.00% 2
North East +1 9 £200 -33.33% 6
Northern Ireland -16 1 £250 +56.25% 3
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 62 (13.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (10.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.35%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 67 (15.02%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.12%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 197 (44.17%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (13.68%) Azure
3 39 (8.74%) OneDrive
4 26 (5.83%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.35%) AWS
6 5 (1.12%) GCP
7 3 (0.67%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.19%) DNS
1 41 (9.19%) VPN
2 28 (6.28%) TCP/IP
3 25 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (5.38%) DHCP
5 16 (3.59%) Skype
6 14 (3.14%) LAN
6 14 (3.14%) WAN
7 11 (2.47%) Firewall
8 9 (2.02%) 4G
8 9 (2.02%) VLAN
9 8 (1.79%) PABX
9 8 (1.79%) VoIP
10 6 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.12%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (1.12%) VSAN
11 5 (1.12%) WAAS
12 4 (0.90%) Wireless
13 3 (0.67%) SSH
13 3 (0.67%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.35%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 17 (3.81%) MSI
2 8 (1.79%) AdminStudio
3 7 (1.57%) InstallShield
3 7 (1.57%) JIRA
4 1 (0.22%) Hudson
4 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 231 (51.79%) Social Skills
2 48 (10.76%) Public Sector
3 30 (6.73%) Finance
4 24 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.59%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.36%) Legal
8 11 (2.47%) Electronics
8 11 (2.47%) Marketing
8 11 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.47%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.35%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.35%) Banking
9 6 (1.35%) Law
10 5 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.22%) Aviation
12 1 (0.22%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.22%) Military
12 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 111 (24.89%) Support Engineer
2 92 (20.63%) IT Support
3 70 (15.70%) IT Engineer
4 61 (13.68%) Analyst
5 60 (13.45%) Deployment Engineer
6 53 (11.88%) Desktop Support
7 52 (11.66%) Desktop Engineer
8 50 (11.21%) Windows Engineer
9 49 (10.99%) IT Support Engineer
10 42 (9.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 33 (7.40%) Service Analyst
11 33 (7.40%) Service Desk Analyst
12 24 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
13 23 (5.16%) Support Analyst
14 21 (4.71%) Windows Support Engineer
15 18 (4.04%) 1st Line Support
16 17 (3.81%) Field Engineer
16 17 (3.81%) Windows Deployment Engineer
17 16 (3.59%) Technical Support
18 15 (3.36%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.67%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.45%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.22%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.61%) Driving Licence
2 23 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.14%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.91%) PKI
5 11 (2.47%) iPhone
6 10 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.02%) Smartphone
8 8 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.57%) iPad
10 5 (1.12%) CMDB
10 5 (1.12%) NHS
10 5 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.12%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.67%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.67%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.45%) Chip and PIN
12 2 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 439 (98.43%) Windows
2 38 (8.52%) Apple iOS
3 36 (8.07%) Windows Server
4 30 (6.73%) Android
4 30 (6.73%) Windows 7
5 22 (4.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (4.71%) Linux
7 17 (3.81%) Mac OS
8 16 (3.59%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (2.47%) AIX
9 11 (2.47%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.90%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.67%) CentOS
11 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (25.78%) Customer Service
2 85 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (16.82%) ITIL
4 62 (13.90%) Migration
5 41 (9.19%) Service Management
6 36 (8.07%) ITSM
7 30 (6.73%) Application Packaging
8 21 (4.71%) Mobile Device Management
9 20 (4.48%) Agile
9 20 (4.48%) Inventory Management
10 19 (4.26%) Service Delivery
11 18 (4.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 18 (4.04%) Logistics
11 18 (4.04%) Workflow
12 17 (3.81%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (3.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (3.59%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (3.36%) Asset Management
14 15 (3.36%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (12.33%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.81%) VBScript
3 9 (2.02%) VB
4 7 (1.57%) SQL
5 5 (1.12%) Bash
6 3 (0.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 156 (34.98%) Security Cleared
2 119 (26.68%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.81%) Degree
6 16 (3.59%) A+ Certification
7 10 (2.24%) MCP
8 9 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.12%) MCDST
11 5 (1.12%) MCSA
11 5 (1.12%) MCSE
12 3 (0.67%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.45%) CBAP
14 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.05%) SLA
2 13 (2.91%) GDPR
3 6 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.67%) NCSC
5 2 (0.45%) QA
6 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 225 (50.45%) Active Directory
2 33 (7.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.69%) Microsoft App-V
3 12 (2.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.47%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.57%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.12%) Terminal Services
7 5 (1.12%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.90%) vSphere
9 3 (0.67%) Firmware
9 3 (0.67%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.45%) NFS
10 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 127 (28.48%) SCCM
2 68 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (3.36%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (1.79%) WSUS
5 6 (1.35%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.67%) OPNET
6 3 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.45%) AppManager
7 2 (0.45%) SCOM
8 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 258 (57.85%) Microsoft
2 66 (14.80%) ServiceNow
3 36 (8.07%) VMware
4 28 (6.28%) Citrix
5 19 (4.26%) Cisco
6 18 (4.04%) McAfee
7 13 (2.91%) Apple
7 13 (2.91%) SAP
8 12 (2.69%) Remedy
9 11 (2.47%) Oracle
10 10 (2.24%) Dell
10 10 (2.24%) HP
11 8 (1.79%) Starlink
12 6 (1.35%) IBM
12 6 (1.35%) Symantec
12 6 (1.35%) Veeam
13 5 (1.12%) iManage
13 5 (1.12%) Ivanti
13 5 (1.12%) Mitel
13 5 (1.12%) SolarWinds