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

 6 months to
14 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 89 66
Rank change year-on-year -80 -23 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 357 366 599
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.40% 2.74% 2.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.14% 15.69% 17.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 230 393
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £153 £181 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £215 £213
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +1.18% +4.17%
75th Percentile £250 £288 £300
90th Percentile £375 £511 £550
UK median daily rate £200 £230 £225
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 37 74
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.80 -
25th Percentile £21.02 £18.51 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £14.55
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +69.54% -21.38%
75th Percentile £74.00 £28.00 £19.31
90th Percentile £178.75 £31.50 £42.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £16.56
% change year-on-year +4.79% +44.97% -12.71%

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 2,941 2,333 3,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.51% 17.46% 15.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,838 1,497 2,202
10th Percentile £176 £182 £175
25th Percentile £275 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.17%
75th Percentile £550 £567 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £672
UK median daily rate £460 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -1.08% -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 175 344
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.12 £12.29
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.95 £15.24
Median hourly rate £27.50 £18.87 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% -21.96% -40.43%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £22.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +27.00% -7.56% -49.09%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -23 114 £190 -5.00% 29
North West -3 84 £188 -3.85% 19
Midlands -52 66 £185 -2.63% 16
South East -104 53 £250 - 34
South West -37 49 £220 - 13
East of England -4 48 £183 -18.89% 10
West Midlands -66 33 £190 - 6
East Midlands -8 32 £175 -5.41% 10
Yorkshire -44 26 £190 -1.94% 7
Scotland -33 17 £150 -25.00% 3
Wales -17 8 £200 -38.46%
Northern Ireland +2 4 £175 +9.38% 2
North East -32 4 £225 -25.00% 4
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 66 (18.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (10.36%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.36%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.24%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 62 (17.37%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 189 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (20.45%) Azure
3 47 (13.17%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.64%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.96%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.73%) VPN
2 27 (7.56%) DNS
2 27 (7.56%) LAN
2 27 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (7.28%) DHCP
4 25 (7.00%) Skype
5 16 (4.48%) WAN
6 13 (3.64%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.08%) VLAN
8 8 (2.24%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (1.68%) IPv4
9 6 (1.68%) IPv6
10 5 (1.40%) Network Security
11 4 (1.12%) WAAS
12 3 (0.84%) Wireless
13 2 (0.56%) Firewall
13 2 (0.56%) Internet
13 2 (0.56%) RS-232
13 2 (0.56%) VoIP
13 2 (0.56%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.24%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.68%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.84%) Power BI
4 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.48%) JIRA
2 4 (1.12%) MSI
3 3 (0.84%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.56%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 214 (59.94%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (8.12%) Legal
4 20 (5.60%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.08%) Finance
9 10 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.24%) Banking
11 6 (1.68%) Law
12 5 (1.40%) Police
13 4 (1.12%) Marketing
14 2 (0.56%) Aviation
15 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.28%) Publishing
15 1 (0.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 110 (30.81%) Support Engineer
2 109 (30.53%) IT Support
3 88 (24.65%) IT Engineer
4 77 (21.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 59 (16.53%) Analyst
6 42 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (9.80%) 1st Line Support
7 35 (9.80%) Desktop Support
8 29 (8.12%) Support Analyst
9 27 (7.56%) Service Analyst
9 27 (7.56%) Service Desk Analyst
10 22 (6.16%) IT Analyst
11 21 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 21 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 20 (5.60%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (5.04%) Windows Engineer
14 17 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 17 (4.76%) Deployment Engineer
14 17 (4.76%) Support Technician
15 16 (4.48%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.28%) .NET
2 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.28%) WinForms
2 1 (0.28%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.89%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.64%) Smartphone
5 10 (2.80%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.24%) Blackberry
7 7 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.68%) CMDB
8 6 (1.68%) iPhone
9 5 (1.40%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.12%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (1.12%) iPad
10 4 (1.12%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.56%) PKI
13 1 (0.28%) CCTV
13 1 (0.28%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 357 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (8.68%) Windows 7
3 25 (7.00%) Android
3 25 (7.00%) Windows Server
4 24 (6.72%) Mac OS
5 22 (6.16%) Apple iOS
6 11 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (2.80%) Linux
8 8 (2.24%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.40%) Solaris
11 4 (1.12%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.84%) AIX
12 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.28%) Debian
13 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (36.41%) Customer Service
2 84 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (21.01%) ITIL
4 56 (15.69%) ITSM
5 39 (10.92%) Migration
6 36 (10.08%) Service Management
7 33 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (7.28%) Asset Management
9 21 (5.88%) Service Delivery
10 18 (5.04%) Computer Science
10 18 (5.04%) User Experience
11 16 (4.48%) Application Packaging
12 14 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (3.92%) Inventory Management
13 13 (3.64%) Change Management
13 13 (3.64%) Customer Experience
13 13 (3.64%) Time Management
14 12 (3.36%) Disk Encryption
15 11 (3.08%) Creative Problem-Solving
16 10 (2.80%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.08%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.20%) VBScript
3 12 (3.36%) VB
4 3 (0.84%) SQL
5 1 (0.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 73 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 67 (18.77%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.08%) Degree
4 24 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (4.20%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.36%) A+ Certification
7 11 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.52%) MCSE
8 9 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.84%) ACSP
12 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.56%) HNC
13 2 (0.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.84%) SLA
2 2 (0.56%) GLP
2 2 (0.56%) GMP
3 1 (0.28%) GRC
3 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 204 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.76%) BitLocker
3 11 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 84 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (20.73%) SCCM
3 11 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.96%) WSUS
5 5 (1.40%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.28%) SCOM
6 1 (0.28%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 240 (67.23%) Microsoft
2 66 (18.49%) ServiceNow
3 20 (5.60%) Apple
4 17 (4.76%) Citrix
4 17 (4.76%) HP
5 14 (3.92%) Bomgar
5 14 (3.92%) iManage
5 14 (3.92%) Remedy
6 12 (3.36%) VMware
7 11 (3.08%) Cisco
8 9 (2.52%) Oracle
8 9 (2.52%) Starlink
9 8 (2.24%) Lotus
9 8 (2.24%) McAfee
10 5 (1.40%) Dell
11 3 (0.84%) MobileIron
12 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.56%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.28%) BMC
13 1 (0.28%) Juniper
103 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London