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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 102 72
Rank change year-on-year -60 -30 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 434 364 509
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 2.35% 2.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.44% 14.14% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 237 356
10th Percentile £144 £142 £150
25th Percentile £163 £168 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £215 £225
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +9.76%
75th Percentile £288 £338 £361
90th Percentile £403 £538 £493
UK median daily rate £225 £225 £225
% change year-on-year - - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 57 41
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.48 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.19 £20.29
Median % change year-on-year +16.04% +9.39% +6.76%
75th Percentile £63.10 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £75.50 £28.00 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £21.45
% change year-on-year +11.96% +7.25% +12.87%

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 3,229 2,574 2,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.40% 16.64% 16.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,973 1,647 1,846
10th Percentile £185 £175 £183
25th Percentile £261 £225 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £432 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £545 £575
90th Percentile £638 £622 £650
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 233 237
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £15.38
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.13 £19.64
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -54.27% +19.88%
75th Percentile £67.65 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +9.34% -49.70% +5.26%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -17 131 £200 +8.11% 29
North West +10 104 £230 +15.00% 18
South East -70 77 £273 +29.76% 43
Midlands -35 68 £190 +8.57% 29
South West -55 64 £225 -20.35% 16
East of England -10 46 £175 -21.35% 17
West Midlands -48 40 £200 +14.29% 14
Scotland -13 36 £163 -18.75% 8
East Midlands -1 28 £141 +6.24% 15
Yorkshire -46 19 £200 +14.29% 6
Wales -8 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -49 8 £250 +31.58% 5
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 1
Channel Islands -5 1 £535 -
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 57 (13.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (11.52%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.92%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.00%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.61%) Confluence
6 5 (1.15%) Apache
6 5 (1.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 73 (16.82%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.69%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.46%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 252 (58.06%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (21.89%) Azure
3 75 (17.28%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.92%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.15%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (0.92%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.46%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 65 (14.98%) VPN
2 43 (9.91%) DNS
3 42 (9.68%) DHCP
4 31 (7.14%) LAN
5 30 (6.91%) TCP/IP
6 27 (6.22%) Skype
7 21 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (3.92%) WAN
9 14 (3.23%) VLAN
10 9 (2.07%) Firewall
11 8 (1.84%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.38%) IPv4
12 6 (1.38%) IPv6
12 6 (1.38%) Wireless
13 5 (1.15%) Network Security
13 5 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.69%) WAAS
15 2 (0.46%) Internet
15 2 (0.46%) Telepresence
15 2 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.38%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (4.84%) JIRA
2 7 (1.61%) MSI
3 5 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (62.90%) Social Skills
2 45 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (6.91%) Legal
4 14 (3.23%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.84%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.15%) Finance
8 5 (1.15%) Law
9 4 (0.92%) French Language
9 4 (0.92%) Marketing
10 3 (0.69%) Police
10 3 (0.69%) Retail
11 2 (0.46%) Advertising
11 2 (0.46%) Aviation
11 2 (0.46%) Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 138 (31.80%) Support Engineer
2 132 (30.41%) IT Support
3 122 (28.11%) IT Engineer
4 101 (23.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 55 (12.67%) Analyst
6 44 (10.14%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (8.06%) Deployment Engineer
7 35 (8.06%) Desktop Support
8 30 (6.91%) 1st Line Support
8 30 (6.91%) 2nd Line Support
9 28 (6.45%) Service Analyst
9 28 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
10 27 (6.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 26 (5.99%) Support Analyst
12 25 (5.76%) IT Analyst
13 21 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 19 (4.38%) IT Technician
15 18 (4.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 17 (3.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 16 (3.69%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.15%) Terraform
2 3 (0.69%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.23%) WinForms
3 1 (0.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.75%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.61%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.38%) Blackberry
4 18 (4.15%) Smartphone
4 18 (4.15%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (3.00%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.76%) CMDB
6 12 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.61%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.15%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.15%) iPhone
9 5 (1.15%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.15%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.15%) NHS
9 5 (1.15%) Thin Client
10 4 (0.92%) Digital Signage
11 3 (0.69%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.69%) PKI
11 3 (0.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 434 (100.00%) Windows
2 40 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 35 (8.06%) Windows 7
4 30 (6.91%) Android
5 25 (5.76%) Linux
5 25 (5.76%) Mac OS
6 22 (5.07%) Apple iOS
7 14 (3.23%) Ubuntu
8 10 (2.30%) CentOS
9 8 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.38%) Solaris
10 6 (1.38%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.46%) Debian
13 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (36.64%) Customer Service
2 126 (29.03%) ITIL
3 110 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.29%) ITSM
5 48 (11.06%) Service Management
6 41 (9.45%) User Experience
7 35 (8.06%) Asset Management
8 34 (7.83%) Migration
9 33 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (6.68%) Service Delivery
11 27 (6.22%) Application Packaging
12 25 (5.76%) Break/Fix
13 24 (5.53%) Root Cause Analysis
14 22 (5.07%) Incident Management
15 18 (4.15%) Customer Experience
15 18 (4.15%) Disk Encryption
16 16 (3.69%) Computer Science
17 15 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 15 (3.46%) Inventory Management
18 13 (3.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 68 (15.67%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.38%) VBScript
3 16 (3.69%) VB
4 5 (1.15%) Python
5 2 (0.46%) SQL
6 1 (0.23%) Bash
6 1 (0.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 135 (31.11%) Security Cleared
2 117 (26.96%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.68%) Degree
4 27 (6.22%) DV Cleared
5 22 (5.07%) A+ Certification
6 21 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.46%) ACSP
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.46%) MCSE
14 1 (0.23%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.83%) SLA
2 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.46%) NCSC
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.23%) GDPR
3 1 (0.23%) GxP
3 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 265 (61.06%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (4.84%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.76%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.84%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.38%) Firmware
7 6 (1.38%) XenApp
7 6 (1.38%) XenDesktop
8 5 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.46%) vSphere
10 1 (0.23%) KVM
Systems Management
1 115 (26.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (23.96%) SCCM
3 6 (1.38%) WSUS
4 5 (1.15%) Packer
4 5 (1.15%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.92%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.92%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.69%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.23%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 280 (64.52%) Microsoft
2 103 (23.73%) ServiceNow
3 35 (8.06%) VMware
4 28 (6.45%) Apple
5 18 (4.15%) Citrix
6 17 (3.92%) HP
7 16 (3.69%) Lotus
8 10 (2.30%) Cisco
8 10 (2.30%) iManage
9 8 (1.84%) McAfee
10 7 (1.61%) Bomgar
10 7 (1.61%) Oracle
10 7 (1.61%) Sophos
11 6 (1.38%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.38%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.38%) Ivanti
11 6 (1.38%) Remedy
12 5 (1.15%) Dell
12 5 (1.15%) Google
12 5 (1.15%) Starlink
143 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London