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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 81 67
Rank change year-on-year -57 -14 -11
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 398 391 599
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.72% 3.08% 2.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.67% 17.76% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 271 402
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £150 £184 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £215 £213
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +1.18% +4.17%
75th Percentile £238 £294 £300
90th Percentile £437 £514 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 25 65
10th Percentile £18.37 £17.23 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.51 £10.95
Median hourly rate £22.32 £24.18 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year -7.71% +67.80% -22.11%
75th Percentile £26.00 £28.00 £17.78
90th Percentile £178.75 £31.45 £22.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £24.00 £17.11
% change year-on-year -8.33% +40.27% -7.51%

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 2,911 2,201 3,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.55% 17.33% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,879 1,430 2,198
10th Percentile £163 £180 £166
25th Percentile £250 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £630 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% -9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 149 322
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £12.26
25th Percentile £18.69 £18.13 £14.19
Median hourly rate £26.44 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% +20.90% -24.53%
75th Percentile £67.25 £62.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.75 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +8.48% +12.09% -26.67%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 13 April 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 -11 147 £173 -13.75% 18
North West +13 112 £170 -9.33% 11
Midlands -64 74 £180 -5.26% 23
South East -79 62 £200 -20.00% 22
East of England -5 55 £200 -11.11% 11
South West -49 42 £220 -1.12% 13
East Midlands -15 38 £175 -7.89% 12
West Midlands -86 35 £185 -2.63% 11
Yorkshire -48 32 £190 -18.28% 4
Scotland -22 11 £163 -18.75% 5
Wales -13 8 £200 -31.91%
North East -16 3 £180 -40.00% 4
Northern Ireland -13 1 £175 +13.64% 5
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 75 (18.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (12.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.26%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.25%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 67 (16.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (4.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.01%) assyst
3 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 210 (52.76%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (21.86%) Azure
3 54 (13.57%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.28%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.26%) AWS
5 5 (1.26%) GCP
5 5 (1.26%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.25%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.25%) IaaS
7 1 (0.25%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.25%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (12.81%) VPN
2 36 (9.05%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (8.79%) LAN
4 31 (7.79%) DHCP
4 31 (7.79%) DNS
5 27 (6.78%) WAN
6 24 (6.03%) Skype
7 17 (4.27%) VLAN
8 16 (4.02%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (1.26%) VoIP
10 5 (1.26%) Wireless
11 4 (1.01%) IPv4
11 4 (1.01%) IPv6
11 4 (1.01%) WAAS
12 3 (0.75%) 4G
12 3 (0.75%) Network Security
13 2 (0.50%) Firewall
13 2 (0.50%) Internet
13 2 (0.50%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.51%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.75%) Power BI
4 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.52%) JIRA
2 9 (2.26%) MSI
3 7 (1.76%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.75%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 220 (55.28%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.55%) Public Sector
3 31 (7.79%) Manufacturing
4 28 (7.04%) Legal
5 27 (6.78%) Finance
6 24 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (5.28%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.52%) Banking
9 13 (3.27%) Electronics
9 13 (3.27%) Marketing
10 12 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.26%) Law
12 8 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.01%) Police
14 2 (0.50%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 107 (26.88%) Support Engineer
2 103 (25.88%) IT Support
3 81 (20.35%) IT Engineer
4 62 (15.58%) Analyst
4 62 (15.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 43 (10.80%) Desktop Support
6 40 (10.05%) 1st Line Support
7 38 (9.55%) Desktop Engineer
8 37 (9.30%) Windows Engineer
9 33 (8.29%) Support Analyst
10 32 (8.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 26 (6.53%) Service Analyst
12 25 (6.28%) Service Desk Analyst
13 22 (5.53%) 2nd Line Support
14 21 (5.28%) Deployment Engineer
15 20 (5.03%) Support Technician
16 19 (4.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 19 (4.77%) Migration Engineer
17 18 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 16 (4.02%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.01%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.05%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.52%) Driving Licence
3 18 (4.52%) Smartphone
4 15 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.01%) iPhone
6 7 (1.76%) CMDB
7 5 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.01%) iPad
8 4 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.01%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.75%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.75%) NHS
9 3 (0.75%) PKI
9 3 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.75%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.25%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.25%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.25%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.25%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 386 (96.98%) Windows
2 29 (7.29%) Windows 7
3 28 (7.04%) Apple iOS
4 26 (6.53%) Windows Server
5 25 (6.28%) Android
5 25 (6.28%) Mac OS
6 13 (3.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.02%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.76%) AIX
10 5 (1.26%) Linux
11 4 (1.01%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.75%) CentOS
13 2 (0.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (39.95%) Customer Service
2 86 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (18.84%) ITIL
4 71 (17.84%) Migration
5 52 (13.07%) ITSM
6 36 (9.05%) Service Management
7 28 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (6.78%) Logistics
9 23 (5.78%) Asset Management
10 22 (5.53%) Application Packaging
10 22 (5.53%) User Experience
10 22 (5.53%) Workflow
11 17 (4.27%) Incident Management
11 17 (4.27%) Workflow Management
12 15 (3.77%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (3.77%) Change Management
12 15 (3.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (3.52%) Time Management
14 13 (3.27%) Computer Science
14 13 (3.27%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.06%) PowerShell
2 14 (3.52%) VBScript
3 12 (3.02%) VB
4 5 (1.26%) Bash
4 5 (1.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 75 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.30%) Degree
4 22 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (4.52%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.76%) MCSE
7 10 (2.51%) A+ Certification
7 10 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.50%) HNC
10 2 (0.50%) HND
11 1 (0.25%) ACSP
11 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.28%) SLA
2 5 (1.26%) GDPR
2 5 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.50%) GLP
3 2 (0.50%) GMP
4 1 (0.25%) GRC
4 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 222 (55.78%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.52%) BitLocker
4 7 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.50%) NFS
6 2 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 87 (21.86%) SCCM
2 83 (20.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.51%) WSUS
5 4 (1.01%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.50%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 257 (64.57%) Microsoft
2 59 (14.82%) ServiceNow
3 30 (7.54%) Citrix
4 18 (4.52%) VMware
5 17 (4.27%) Bomgar
5 17 (4.27%) iManage
5 17 (4.27%) Remedy
6 14 (3.52%) SAP
7 13 (3.27%) Cisco
8 12 (3.02%) HP
9 10 (2.51%) Apple
10 9 (2.26%) Starlink
11 8 (2.01%) McAfee
12 7 (1.76%) Oracle
13 5 (1.26%) Dell
13 5 (1.26%) Google
13 5 (1.26%) IBM
14 3 (0.75%) MobileIron
14 3 (0.75%) Red Hat
15 2 (0.50%) CheckPoint