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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 66 80
Rank change year-on-year -26 +14 -28
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 451 497 606
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.64% 2.97% 2.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.83% 17.67% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 333 425
10th Percentile £134 £150 £142
25th Percentile £169 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £225 £210
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £325 £380 £288
90th Percentile £538 £500 £500
UK median daily rate £225 £236 £215
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.88% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 37 41
10th Percentile £17.71 £13.96 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.00 £16.25
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 £28.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.09 £19.09
% change year-on-year -0.41% +15.72% +7.73%

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 2,849 2,813 3,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.70% 16.82% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,832 1,660 2,375
10th Percentile £169 £185 £160
25th Percentile £213 £263 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £449 £442
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +1.58% -1.78%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £575
90th Percentile £609 £638 £661
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 193 293
10th Percentile £15.02 £16.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +90.91% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -54.29% +61.54% +30.00%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -8 129 £245 -10.91% 153
South West +29 97 £300 +33.33% 55
North of England -32 90 £180 -19.10% 53
Midlands -42 58 £175 -12.50% 49
North West -23 56 £175 -26.32% 32
East of England +6 46 £216 -8.95% 37
West Midlands -45 35 £181 -9.38% 15
Scotland -33 29 £200 - 19
Yorkshire -34 25 £175 -20.45% 16
East Midlands -14 23 £132 -29.42% 31
Wales -7 11 £275 +37.50% 6
North East -2 9 £200 -33.33% 5
Northern Ireland -13 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 (13.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (9.98%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.33%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (0.89%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 68 (15.08%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.44%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 206 (45.68%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (13.97%) Azure
3 39 (8.65%) OneDrive
4 26 (5.76%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.33%) AWS
6 5 (1.11%) 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%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (9.76%) DNS
2 40 (8.87%) VPN
3 29 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
4 28 (6.21%) TCP/IP
5 24 (5.32%) DHCP
6 18 (3.99%) LAN
6 18 (3.99%) WAN
7 15 (3.33%) Firewall
7 15 (3.33%) Skype
8 13 (2.88%) VoIP
9 9 (2.00%) 4G
9 9 (2.00%) VLAN
10 8 (1.77%) PABX
11 6 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (1.11%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (1.11%) VSAN
12 5 (1.11%) WAAS
13 4 (0.89%) Wireless
14 3 (0.67%) SSH
14 3 (0.67%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.11%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (4.43%) MSI
2 7 (1.55%) AdminStudio
2 7 (1.55%) JIRA
3 6 (1.33%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.22%) Hudson
4 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 227 (50.33%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.20%) Public Sector
3 28 (6.21%) Finance
4 22 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.66%) Legal
8 11 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.00%) Electronics
9 9 (2.00%) Marketing
9 9 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.33%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.33%) Banking
10 6 (1.33%) Law
11 4 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.44%) Military
14 1 (0.22%) Aviation
14 1 (0.22%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 117 (25.94%) Support Engineer
2 96 (21.29%) IT Support
3 73 (16.19%) IT Engineer
4 61 (13.53%) Analyst
5 60 (13.30%) Deployment Engineer
6 54 (11.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 53 (11.75%) Desktop Support
8 49 (10.86%) Desktop Engineer
9 47 (10.42%) Windows Engineer
10 41 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 33 (7.32%) Service Analyst
11 33 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
12 27 (5.99%) 2nd Line Support
13 23 (5.10%) Support Analyst
14 21 (4.66%) Windows Support Engineer
15 18 (3.99%) Technical Support
16 17 (3.77%) Field Engineer
16 17 (3.77%) Windows Deployment Engineer
17 16 (3.55%) 1st Line Support
18 15 (3.33%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.44%) ModSecurity
1 2 (0.44%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.22%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.54%) Driving Licence
2 23 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (3.10%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.88%) PKI
5 11 (2.44%) iPhone
6 9 (2.00%) Smartphone
7 8 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.55%) iPad
9 5 (1.11%) NHS
9 5 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.11%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.89%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.67%) CMDB
11 3 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.67%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.44%) Clustering
12 2 (0.44%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 446 (98.89%) Windows
2 42 (9.31%) Windows Server
3 37 (8.20%) Apple iOS
4 33 (7.32%) Android
4 33 (7.32%) Windows 7
5 22 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (4.66%) Mac OS
7 20 (4.43%) Linux
8 17 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (2.22%) AIX
9 10 (2.22%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.11%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.44%) CentOS
13 2 (0.44%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (24.83%) Customer Service
2 84 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (16.85%) ITIL
4 60 (13.30%) Migration
5 42 (9.31%) Service Management
6 40 (8.87%) ITSM
7 30 (6.65%) Application Packaging
8 23 (5.10%) Service Delivery
9 21 (4.66%) Mobile Device Management
10 20 (4.43%) Agile
10 20 (4.43%) Inventory Management
11 19 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (3.77%) Change Management
12 17 (3.77%) Root Cause Analysis
12 17 (3.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (3.55%) Logistics
14 15 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (3.33%) DevOps
14 15 (3.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (3.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 59 (13.08%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.55%) VBScript
3 12 (2.66%) VB
4 7 (1.55%) C#
5 6 (1.33%) SQL
6 5 (1.11%) Bash
7 1 (0.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 154 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 116 (25.72%) SC Cleared
3 34 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (6.43%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.77%) A+ Certification
6 15 (3.33%) Degree
7 11 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (2.44%) MCP
8 7 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.11%) MCDST
9 5 (1.11%) MCSA
10 4 (0.89%) MCSE
11 3 (0.67%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.44%) CBAP
13 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.32%) SLA
2 13 (2.88%) GDPR
3 6 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.67%) NCSC
5 2 (0.44%) QA
6 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 225 (49.89%) Active Directory
2 35 (7.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.66%) Microsoft App-V
5 11 (2.44%) BitLocker
6 10 (2.22%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.11%) Terminal Services
8 5 (1.11%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.89%) vSphere
9 4 (0.89%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.67%) Firmware
11 2 (0.44%) NFS
11 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 128 (28.38%) SCCM
2 69 (15.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (3.33%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.33%) WSUS
6 5 (1.11%) Norton AntiVirus
7 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.67%) OPNET
7 3 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.44%) AppManager
8 2 (0.44%) SCOM
8 2 (0.44%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 260 (57.65%) Microsoft
2 71 (15.74%) ServiceNow
3 40 (8.87%) VMware
4 28 (6.21%) Citrix
5 20 (4.43%) Cisco
6 17 (3.77%) McAfee
7 15 (3.33%) Remedy
8 13 (2.88%) Apple
9 11 (2.44%) Dell
9 11 (2.44%) Oracle
9 11 (2.44%) SAP
10 8 (1.77%) HP
10 8 (1.77%) Starlink
11 6 (1.33%) Veeam
12 5 (1.11%) IBM
12 5 (1.11%) iManage
12 5 (1.11%) Ivanti
12 5 (1.11%) Mitel
12 5 (1.11%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.11%) Symantec