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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 88 62
Rank change year-on-year -65 -26 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 366 353 616
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 2.77% 2.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.77% 15.99% 18.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 238 420
10th Percentile £130 £150 £143
25th Percentile £151 £180 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £210 £215
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.33% +4.88%
75th Percentile £238 £273 £300
90th Percentile £411 £500 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 27 67
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.48 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.51 £10.95
Median hourly rate £22.81 £23.00 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +59.61% -22.11%
75th Percentile £74.00 £26.58 £17.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £30.30 £24.70
UK median hourly rate £22.79 £23.90 £16.94
% change year-on-year -4.67% +41.13% -8.46%

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 2,207 3,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.90% 17.29% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,840 1,423 2,180
10th Percentile £163 £178 £175
25th Percentile £256 £243 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% -7.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 159 320
10th Percentile £15.81 £15.31 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.44 £14.24
Median hourly rate £47.50 £22.88 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.65% +3.98% -26.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £74.81 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £42.60 £24.09 £22.00
% change year-on-year +76.85% +9.50% -44.02%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -13 136 £175 -12.50% 13
North West +11 105 £166 -12.50% 9
Midlands -64 73 £190 - 20
East of England -10 47 £200 -11.11% 13
South East -93 47 £190 -24.00% 22
South West -39 42 £220 - 18
East Midlands -14 36 £175 -7.89% 9
West Midlands -74 36 £208 +9.21% 11
Yorkshire -44 28 £190 -15.56% 3
Scotland -18 11 £163 -16.67% 3
Wales -13 8 £200 -31.91% 1
Northern Ireland -6 3 £175 +13.64% 5
North East -19 3 £180 -40.00% 2
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 70 (19.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (12.84%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.01%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.55%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.55%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 62 (16.94%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.37%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 200 (54.64%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (22.40%) Azure
3 51 (13.93%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.55%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.64%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.37%) AWS
6 5 (1.37%) GCP
7 4 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.27%) IaaS
8 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (13.11%) VPN
2 32 (8.74%) DHCP
2 32 (8.74%) DNS
2 32 (8.74%) LAN
3 31 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
4 26 (7.10%) Skype
5 23 (6.28%) WAN
6 17 (4.64%) VLAN
7 11 (3.01%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (1.64%) IPv4
9 6 (1.64%) IPv6
10 5 (1.37%) Network Security
10 5 (1.37%) Wireless
11 4 (1.09%) WAAS
12 3 (0.82%) VoIP
13 2 (0.55%) Firewall
13 2 (0.55%) Internet
13 2 (0.55%) RS-232
13 2 (0.55%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.37%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.82%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.55%) JIRA
2 7 (1.91%) MSI
3 6 (1.64%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.82%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
General
1 209 (57.10%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.02%) Public Sector
3 31 (8.47%) Legal
4 26 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.10%) Manufacturing
5 25 (6.83%) Finance
6 20 (5.46%) Telecoms
7 18 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.55%) Banking
9 11 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.01%) Marketing
10 10 (2.73%) Electronics
10 10 (2.73%) Law
11 6 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.37%) Police
13 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (26.23%) Support Engineer
2 95 (25.96%) IT Support
3 76 (20.77%) IT Engineer
4 59 (16.12%) Analyst
5 57 (15.57%) IT Support Engineer
6 40 (10.93%) 1st Line Support
6 40 (10.93%) Desktop Support
7 38 (10.38%) Desktop Engineer
8 32 (8.74%) Support Analyst
9 28 (7.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 28 (7.65%) Windows Engineer
10 24 (6.56%) Service Analyst
11 23 (6.28%) Service Desk Analyst
12 19 (5.19%) 2nd Line Support
12 19 (5.19%) Deployment Engineer
13 18 (4.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 18 (4.92%) IT Analyst
14 17 (4.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 16 (4.37%) Support Technician
16 15 (4.10%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.37%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.84%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (4.92%) Smartphone
3 16 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.28%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.91%) CMDB
5 7 (1.91%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.64%) iPhone
7 4 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.82%) iPad
8 3 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.82%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.55%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.55%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.55%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.27%) CCTV
10 1 (0.27%) NHS
10 1 (0.27%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 356 (97.27%) Windows
2 30 (8.20%) Windows 7
3 28 (7.65%) Mac OS
4 23 (6.28%) Windows Server
5 19 (5.19%) Apple iOS
6 18 (4.92%) Android
7 10 (2.73%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (2.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.64%) Linux
10 5 (1.37%) AIX
11 4 (1.09%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.55%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.55%) Solaris
13 1 (0.27%) CentOS
13 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (38.80%) Customer Service
2 84 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (18.58%) ITIL
4 59 (16.12%) Migration
5 52 (14.21%) ITSM
6 35 (9.56%) Service Management
7 32 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (6.28%) Asset Management
9 21 (5.74%) Logistics
9 21 (5.74%) User Experience
10 20 (5.46%) Application Packaging
11 19 (5.19%) Workflow
12 16 (4.37%) Change Management
12 16 (4.37%) Computer Science
13 14 (3.83%) Inventory Management
13 14 (3.83%) Workflow Management
14 13 (3.55%) Incident Management
14 13 (3.55%) Time Management
15 12 (3.28%) AI
15 12 (3.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (11.20%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.10%) VBScript
3 12 (3.28%) VB
4 5 (1.37%) Bash
5 4 (1.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (22.40%) Security Cleared
2 70 (19.13%) SC Cleared
3 42 (11.48%) Degree
4 23 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (4.92%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.28%) A+ Certification
6 12 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.73%) MCSE
8 9 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.55%) HNC
12 2 (0.55%) HND
13 1 (0.27%) ACSP
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.83%) SLA
2 5 (1.37%) GDPR
2 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.55%) GLP
3 2 (0.55%) GMP
4 1 (0.27%) GRC
4 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 213 (58.20%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.37%) BitLocker
4 6 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 80 (21.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (21.58%) SCCM
3 12 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (2.46%) WSUS
5 5 (1.37%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.27%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 241 (65.85%) Microsoft
2 55 (15.03%) ServiceNow
3 29 (7.92%) Citrix
4 18 (4.92%) VMware
5 17 (4.64%) Bomgar
5 17 (4.64%) iManage
6 15 (4.10%) HP
6 15 (4.10%) Remedy
7 14 (3.83%) Apple
7 14 (3.83%) Cisco
8 10 (2.73%) SAP
9 8 (2.19%) Starlink
10 7 (1.91%) McAfee
10 7 (1.91%) Oracle
11 5 (1.37%) Dell
11 5 (1.37%) Google
12 3 (0.82%) IBM
12 3 (0.82%) MobileIron
13 2 (0.55%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.55%) Lotus
92 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London