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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 62 70
Rank change year-on-year -36 +8 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 465 468 580
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.48% 3.38% 2.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.12% 19.61% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 335 405
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £163 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 £220 £210
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £300 £360 £275
90th Percentile £550 £500 £556
UK median daily rate £215 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -4.67% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 29 33
10th Percentile £18.08 £15.03 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £18.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +29.80% -1.10%
75th Percentile £25.00 £24.18 £19.75
90th Percentile £27.80 £38.52 £43.60
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £18.93
% change year-on-year -9.02% +27.73% +2.32%

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 2,885 2,386 3,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.36% 17.21% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,931 1,423 2,178
10th Percentile £163 £181 £162
25th Percentile £213 £233 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £537 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 139 279
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.96
Median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +29.40% +5.57%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.80 £69.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £36.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -30.56% +26.32% +14.00%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -30 127 £175 -16.67% 33
South East -43 102 £250 - 48
North West -3 95 £173 -13.75% 19
South West +6 94 £300 +36.36% 16
Midlands -42 78 £175 -7.89% 24
East of England +14 55 £201 -15.71% 24
West Midlands -49 42 £175 -12.50% 12
East Midlands -6 36 £175 -7.89% 12
Yorkshire -55 21 £170 -24.44% 12
North East -3 11 £200 - 2
Scotland -37 11 £200 +2.56% 7
Wales -19 6 £200 -4.76% 6
Northern Ireland -17 1 £250 +65.02% 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 78 (16.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (12.69%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.15%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.86%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 75 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (2.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.08%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 226 (48.60%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (19.35%) Azure
3 45 (9.68%) Entra ID
4 38 (8.17%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.72%) AWS
5 8 (1.72%) GCP
6 6 (1.29%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.22%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.22%) SaaS
7 1 (0.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 53 (11.40%) VPN
2 41 (8.82%) DNS
3 31 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 28 (6.02%) DHCP
5 26 (5.59%) Skype
6 23 (4.95%) LAN
7 22 (4.73%) WAN
8 21 (4.52%) TCP/IP
9 14 (3.01%) VLAN
10 9 (1.94%) 4G
11 8 (1.72%) PABX
11 8 (1.72%) Wireless
12 7 (1.51%) Firewall
13 6 (1.29%) WAAS
14 5 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
14 5 (1.08%) VSAN
15 4 (0.86%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.65%) PuTTY
16 3 (0.65%) SSH
16 3 (0.65%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.94%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.51%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.43%) Power BI
5 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 16 (3.44%) MSI
2 9 (1.94%) InstallShield
2 9 (1.94%) JIRA
3 6 (1.29%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.22%) Hudson
4 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 252 (54.19%) Social Skills
2 49 (10.54%) Public Sector
3 39 (8.39%) Finance
4 30 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (4.95%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (3.87%) Legal
7 18 (3.87%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.44%) Electronics
8 16 (3.44%) Marketing
9 15 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.37%) Banking
11 8 (1.72%) Law
12 6 (1.29%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.43%) Police
15 1 (0.22%) Aviation
15 1 (0.22%) Military
15 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 116 (24.95%) Support Engineer
2 98 (21.08%) IT Support
3 73 (15.70%) IT Engineer
4 68 (14.62%) Analyst
5 67 (14.41%) Desktop Support
6 59 (12.69%) Desktop Engineer
7 56 (12.04%) Windows Engineer
8 54 (11.61%) IT Support Engineer
9 50 (10.75%) Deployment Engineer
10 49 (10.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 35 (7.53%) 1st Line Support
12 34 (7.31%) Support Analyst
13 31 (6.67%) Service Analyst
14 30 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
15 22 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support
16 19 (4.09%) Migration Engineer
16 19 (4.09%) Windows Support Engineer
17 17 (3.66%) Support Technician
18 16 (3.44%) Field Engineer
18 16 (3.44%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.43%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.59%) Driving Licence
2 25 (5.38%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (4.52%) Smartphone
4 13 (2.80%) PKI
5 11 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.15%) iPhone
6 10 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.51%) iPad
9 5 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.86%) NHS
11 3 (0.65%) CMDB
11 3 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.65%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 453 (97.42%) Windows
2 45 (9.68%) Apple iOS
3 32 (6.88%) Android
4 31 (6.67%) Windows 7
5 28 (6.02%) Windows Server
6 27 (5.81%) Mac OS
7 21 (4.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (4.30%) Linux
9 13 (2.80%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (2.15%) AIX
10 10 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.29%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.65%) CentOS
12 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (34.19%) Customer Service
2 88 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (17.42%) ITIL
4 70 (15.05%) Migration
5 48 (10.32%) ITSM
6 47 (10.11%) Service Management
7 27 (5.81%) Application Packaging
8 26 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (5.59%) Workflow
9 25 (5.38%) Logistics
10 22 (4.73%) Agile
11 21 (4.52%) Inventory Management
12 19 (4.09%) Change Management
12 19 (4.09%) DevOps
12 19 (4.09%) Mobile Device Management
13 18 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (3.87%) User Experience
13 18 (3.87%) Workflow Management
14 17 (3.66%) Proactive Monitoring
14 17 (3.66%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 59 (12.69%) PowerShell
2 22 (4.73%) VBScript
3 11 (2.37%) VB
4 8 (1.72%) Bash
5 7 (1.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 158 (33.98%) Security Cleared
2 117 (25.16%) SC Cleared
3 35 (7.53%) DV Cleared
3 35 (7.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (6.45%) Degree
5 15 (3.23%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.58%) MCP
7 9 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.72%) MCSE
9 7 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.08%) MCDST
12 4 (0.86%) MCSA
13 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.22%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.22%) HNC
14 1 (0.22%) HND
14 1 (0.22%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.16%) SLA
2 11 (2.37%) GDPR
3 8 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.65%) NCSC
5 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.43%) QA
6 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 253 (54.41%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.44%) BitLocker
4 13 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (2.15%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.08%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.86%) vSphere
8 3 (0.65%) Firmware
9 2 (0.43%) NFS
9 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 131 (28.17%) SCCM
2 77 (16.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (3.23%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (1.72%) WSUS
5 6 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.29%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (0.65%) OPNET
6 3 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.43%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.43%) SCOM
8 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 276 (59.35%) Microsoft
2 76 (16.34%) ServiceNow
3 33 (7.10%) VMware
4 29 (6.24%) Citrix
5 25 (5.38%) Cisco
6 18 (3.87%) SAP
7 17 (3.66%) McAfee
8 14 (3.01%) HP
8 14 (3.01%) Remedy
9 13 (2.80%) iManage
10 12 (2.58%) Apple
11 10 (2.15%) Dell
11 10 (2.15%) Oracle
12 9 (1.94%) Bomgar
13 8 (1.72%) Starlink
14 7 (1.51%) IBM
14 7 (1.51%) Veeam
15 6 (1.29%) Symantec
16 5 (1.08%) Google
16 5 (1.08%) SolarWinds