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

 6 months to
5 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 88 63
Rank change year-on-year -63 -25 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 359 353 607
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.49% 2.76% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.55% 15.97% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 238 413
10th Percentile £131 £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 £239 £273 £300
90th Percentile £400 £500 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 27 66
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.48 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.51 £10.95
Median hourly rate £22.81 £23.00 £14.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +62.66% -23.57%
75th Percentile £74.00 £26.58 £17.76
90th Percentile £178.75 £30.30 £25.38
UK median hourly rate £22.55 £23.90 £16.86
% change year-on-year -5.65% +41.76% -8.86%

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 2,861 2,211 3,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.84% 17.31% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,832 1,424 2,159
10th Percentile £163 £178 £175
25th Percentile £263 £243 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £649 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% -6.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 161 319
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.33 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.44 £14.22
Median hourly rate £47.50 £22.88 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +107.65% +1.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.87 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £24.09 £22.08
% change year-on-year +97.18% +9.13% -43.40%

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 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 5 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 5 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 -13 133 £173 -13.75% 12
North West +11 103 £160 -15.79% 9
Midlands -63 73 £190 - 17
South East -91 48 £200 -20.00% 22
East of England -19 45 £200 -11.11% 14
South West -52 40 £220 - 18
East Midlands -14 36 £175 -7.89% 9
West Midlands -73 36 £208 +9.21% 8
Yorkshire -42 27 £190 -15.56% 2
Scotland -23 10 £163 -16.67% 3
Wales -13 8 £200 -31.91% 1
Northern Ireland -9 3 £175 +13.64% 5
North East -18 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 68 (18.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (13.09%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.51%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.56%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 59 (16.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.39%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 196 (54.60%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (22.56%) Azure
3 50 (13.93%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.34%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.67%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.39%) AWS
6 5 (1.39%) GCP
7 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.28%) IaaS
8 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (12.53%) VPN
2 28 (7.80%) DHCP
2 28 (7.80%) DNS
2 28 (7.80%) LAN
3 27 (7.52%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (6.69%) Skype
5 19 (5.29%) WAN
6 14 (3.90%) VLAN
7 9 (2.51%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (1.67%) IPv4
9 6 (1.67%) IPv6
10 5 (1.39%) Network Security
10 5 (1.39%) Wireless
11 4 (1.11%) WAAS
12 2 (0.56%) Firewall
12 2 (0.56%) Internet
12 2 (0.56%) RS-232
12 2 (0.56%) VoIP
12 2 (0.56%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.11%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.84%) Power BI
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.62%) JIRA
2 7 (1.95%) MSI
3 6 (1.67%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.84%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 204 (56.82%) Social Skills
2 31 (8.64%) Legal
2 31 (8.64%) Public Sector
3 26 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.96%) Manufacturing
5 24 (6.69%) Finance
6 19 (5.29%) Telecoms
7 18 (5.01%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.62%) Banking
9 11 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.06%) Marketing
10 10 (2.79%) Law
11 9 (2.51%) Electronics
12 6 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.39%) Police
14 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (25.63%) Support Engineer
2 91 (25.35%) IT Support
3 71 (19.78%) IT Engineer
4 58 (16.16%) Analyst
5 53 (14.76%) IT Support Engineer
6 40 (11.14%) 1st Line Support
6 40 (11.14%) Desktop Support
7 39 (10.86%) Desktop Engineer
8 31 (8.64%) Support Analyst
9 28 (7.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 27 (7.52%) Windows Engineer
11 24 (6.69%) Service Analyst
12 23 (6.41%) Service Desk Analyst
13 19 (5.29%) Deployment Engineer
14 18 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support
14 18 (5.01%) IT Analyst
15 17 (4.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 16 (4.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 16 (4.46%) Support Technician
17 15 (4.18%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.39%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.28%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.81%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.01%) Smartphone
3 16 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.06%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.95%) CMDB
5 7 (1.95%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.39%) iPhone
7 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.84%) iPad
8 3 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.56%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.56%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.28%) CCTV
10 1 (0.28%) NHS
10 1 (0.28%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 350 (97.49%) Windows
2 28 (7.80%) Mac OS
3 27 (7.52%) Windows 7
4 23 (6.41%) Windows Server
5 18 (5.01%) Apple iOS
6 17 (4.74%) Android
7 9 (2.51%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.67%) Linux
10 4 (1.11%) AIX
10 4 (1.11%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.56%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.56%) Solaris
12 1 (0.28%) CentOS
12 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (39.28%) Customer Service
2 84 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (18.66%) ITIL
4 57 (15.88%) Migration
5 50 (13.93%) ITSM
6 33 (9.19%) Service Management
7 32 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (6.41%) Asset Management
9 21 (5.85%) User Experience
10 20 (5.57%) Application Packaging
11 19 (5.29%) Logistics
12 18 (5.01%) Workflow
13 16 (4.46%) Change Management
13 16 (4.46%) Computer Science
14 14 (3.90%) Inventory Management
15 13 (3.62%) Incident Management
15 13 (3.62%) Time Management
15 13 (3.62%) Workflow Management
16 12 (3.34%) AI
16 12 (3.34%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.86%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.62%) VBScript
3 10 (2.79%) VB
4 5 (1.39%) Bash
5 4 (1.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (22.01%) Security Cleared
2 68 (18.94%) SC Cleared
3 42 (11.70%) Degree
4 23 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.34%) A+ Certification
6 12 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.79%) MCSE
8 9 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.56%) HNC
12 2 (0.56%) HND
13 1 (0.28%) ACSP
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.96%) SLA
2 5 (1.39%) GDPR
2 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.56%) GLP
3 2 (0.56%) GMP
4 1 (0.28%) GRC
4 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 210 (58.50%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.90%) BitLocker
4 6 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 79 (22.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (21.45%) SCCM
3 12 (3.34%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (2.51%) WSUS
5 5 (1.39%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.28%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 237 (66.02%) Microsoft
2 53 (14.76%) ServiceNow
3 28 (7.80%) Citrix
4 18 (5.01%) VMware
5 17 (4.74%) Bomgar
5 17 (4.74%) iManage
6 15 (4.18%) HP
6 15 (4.18%) Remedy
7 14 (3.90%) Cisco
8 13 (3.62%) Apple
9 9 (2.51%) SAP
10 8 (2.23%) Starlink
11 7 (1.95%) McAfee
12 6 (1.67%) Oracle
13 5 (1.39%) Dell
13 5 (1.39%) Google
14 3 (0.84%) MobileIron
15 2 (0.56%) CheckPoint
15 2 (0.56%) IBM
15 2 (0.56%) Lotus
89 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London