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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 91 64
Rank change year-on-year -68 -27 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 368 362 590
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.47% 2.79% 2.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.47% 16.05% 17.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 234 397
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £153 £183 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £215 £213
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% +1.18% +4.50%
75th Percentile £250 £301 £300
90th Percentile £400 £514 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £238 £225
% change year-on-year -16.09% +5.93% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 31 69
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.32 £10.95
Median hourly rate £24.58 £24.66 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% +70.07% -21.62%
75th Percentile £74.00 £28.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £33.75 £32.75
UK median hourly rate £24.58 £24.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +2.40% +47.69% -13.75%

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 2,952 2,256 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.79% 17.39% 15.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,844 1,459 2,188
10th Percentile £173 £181 £175
25th Percentile £272 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.23%
75th Percentile £550 £562 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £673
UK median daily rate £460 £467 £470
% change year-on-year -1.45% -0.74% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 164 328
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.95 £14.64
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.94 £22.79
Median % change year-on-year +71.64% -16.92% -40.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.06 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.59 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +47.73% -2.22% -47.06%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -26 118 £188 -6.25% 25
North West +9 89 £173 -11.54% 15
Midlands -44 69 £190 - 12
South East -101 57 £230 -8.00% 33
South West -40 50 £220 - 9
East of England -4 47 £200 -11.11% 9
East Midlands -6 36 £175 -7.89% 10
West Midlands -69 32 £190 - 2
Yorkshire -45 26 £190 -1.94% 9
Scotland -16 17 £150 -25.00% 7
Wales -21 8 £200 -38.46% 2
Northern Ireland +5 4 £175 +9.38% 1
North East -28 3 £180 -40.00% 1
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 67 (18.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (11.14%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.26%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.17%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.54%) Confluence
5 2 (0.54%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 65 (17.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (4.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.82%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 201 (54.62%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (22.28%) Azure
3 54 (14.67%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.53%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.90%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.36%) AWS
6 5 (1.36%) GCP
7 4 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.13%) VPN
2 29 (7.88%) LAN
3 28 (7.61%) DNS
4 27 (7.34%) DHCP
4 27 (7.34%) Skype
5 26 (7.07%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (4.89%) WAN
7 13 (3.53%) VLAN
8 11 (2.99%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (1.63%) IPv4
10 6 (1.63%) IPv6
11 5 (1.36%) Network Security
11 5 (1.36%) Wireless
12 4 (1.09%) WAAS
13 3 (0.82%) Firewall
14 2 (0.54%) Internet
14 2 (0.54%) RS-232
14 2 (0.54%) VoIP
14 2 (0.54%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.63%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.82%) Power BI
4 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.35%) JIRA
2 4 (1.09%) MSI
3 3 (0.82%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.54%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 220 (59.78%) Social Skills
2 33 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (7.88%) Legal
4 21 (5.71%) Manufacturing
5 19 (5.16%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.35%) Finance
6 16 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.26%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.72%) Banking
9 10 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.17%) Law
11 6 (1.63%) Marketing
12 5 (1.36%) Police
13 2 (0.54%) Aviation
13 2 (0.54%) Electronics
14 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.27%) Publishing
14 1 (0.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 110 (29.89%) Support Engineer
2 107 (29.08%) IT Support
3 86 (23.37%) IT Engineer
4 73 (19.84%) IT Support Engineer
5 60 (16.30%) Analyst
6 42 (11.41%) Desktop Engineer
7 38 (10.33%) Desktop Support
8 37 (10.05%) 1st Line Support
9 31 (8.42%) Support Analyst
10 26 (7.07%) Service Analyst
10 26 (7.07%) Service Desk Analyst
11 24 (6.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 22 (5.98%) IT Analyst
13 20 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support
13 20 (5.43%) Windows Engineer
14 19 (5.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 17 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 17 (4.62%) Deployment Engineer
15 17 (4.62%) IT Technician
15 17 (4.62%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.09%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.27%) .NET
2 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.27%) WinForms
2 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.35%) Smartphone
4 15 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.72%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.17%) Blackberry
6 8 (2.17%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.63%) CMDB
7 6 (1.63%) iPhone
8 5 (1.36%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.09%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.09%) iPad
9 4 (1.09%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.82%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
12 1 (0.27%) CCTV
12 1 (0.27%) EPoS
12 1 (0.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 366 (99.46%) Windows
2 31 (8.42%) Mac OS
2 31 (8.42%) Windows 7
3 26 (7.07%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.98%) Android
5 20 (5.43%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (2.72%) Linux
8 8 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.36%) Solaris
10 4 (1.09%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.82%) AIX
11 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.27%) Debian
12 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (37.77%) Customer Service
2 84 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (20.11%) ITIL
4 60 (16.30%) ITSM
5 44 (11.96%) Migration
6 38 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (9.51%) Service Management
8 27 (7.34%) Asset Management
9 23 (6.25%) User Experience
10 21 (5.71%) Service Delivery
11 19 (5.16%) Computer Science
12 18 (4.89%) Application Packaging
13 14 (3.80%) Change Management
13 14 (3.80%) Customer Experience
13 14 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (3.80%) Inventory Management
13 14 (3.80%) Time Management
14 13 (3.53%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (3.26%) Decision-Making
15 12 (3.26%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.14%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.08%) VBScript
3 12 (3.26%) VB
4 5 (1.36%) Bash
5 3 (0.82%) SQL
6 1 (0.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 76 (20.65%) Security Cleared
2 67 (18.21%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.14%) Degree
4 25 (6.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.53%) A+ Certification
7 12 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.45%) MCSE
8 9 (2.45%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.36%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.82%) ACSP
12 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.54%) HNC
13 2 (0.54%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.61%) SLA
2 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.36%) GDPR
4 2 (0.54%) GLP
4 2 (0.54%) GMP
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) GRC
5 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 213 (57.88%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.62%) BitLocker
4 10 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 87 (23.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (21.20%) SCCM
3 12 (3.26%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.90%) WSUS
5 5 (1.36%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) SCOM
6 1 (0.27%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 249 (67.66%) Microsoft
2 66 (17.93%) ServiceNow
3 25 (6.79%) Citrix
4 19 (5.16%) Apple
4 19 (5.16%) VMware
5 18 (4.89%) HP
6 16 (4.35%) Remedy
7 15 (4.08%) Bomgar
7 15 (4.08%) iManage
8 14 (3.80%) Cisco
9 9 (2.45%) Oracle
9 9 (2.45%) Starlink
10 8 (2.17%) Lotus
11 7 (1.90%) Dell
11 7 (1.90%) McAfee
12 5 (1.36%) Google
13 3 (0.82%) MobileIron
14 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg
14 2 (0.54%) CheckPoint
14 2 (0.54%) SAP
95 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London