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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 109 69
Rank change year-on-year -65 -40 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 380 333 533
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.41% 2.20% 2.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.18% 13.50% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 200 358
10th Percentile £131 £150 £142
25th Percentile £159 £171 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £250 £282 £353
90th Percentile £400 £511 £519
UK median daily rate £204 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -9.44% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 49 73
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.03 -
25th Percentile £20.56 £18.87 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +71.35% -23.21%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £20.93
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £24.18
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.22
% change year-on-year +11.96% +41.80% -14.63%

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 3,121 2,466 3,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.55% 16.32% 16.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,944 1,565 2,065
10th Percentile £185 £179 £180
25th Percentile £275 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £623 £674
UK median daily rate £469 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +1.41% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 209 320
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.33 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.33 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.47 £21.90 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.87% -36.52% +6.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £65.31
90th Percentile £71.23 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -41.18%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -19 119 £200 - 22
North West -4 84 £200 - 10
South West -26 63 £225 +2.27% 8
South East -96 63 £250 +13.64% 29
Midlands -49 56 £190 - 16
East of England -6 43 £175 -20.45% 11
West Midlands -56 33 £225 +18.42% 8
Yorkshire -38 29 £195 -2.86% 9
East Midlands -4 23 £131 -27.13% 8
Scotland -17 23 £150 -25.00% 6
Wales -9 11 £200 -27.27%
North East -36 6 £250 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +2 4 £175 -14.63% 1
Channel Islands +2 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 53 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (12.11%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.16%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.37%) Skype for Business
5 6 (1.58%) Confluence
6 4 (1.05%) Apache
6 4 (1.05%) nginx
7 2 (0.53%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 61 (16.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 207 (54.47%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (18.16%) Azure
3 47 (12.37%) Entra ID
4 15 (3.95%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.58%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.05%) Mimecast
7 3 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.26%) IaaS
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 52 (13.68%) VPN
2 33 (8.68%) DNS
3 32 (8.42%) DHCP
4 26 (6.84%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (6.58%) LAN
6 20 (5.26%) Skype
7 18 (4.74%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
8 8 (2.11%) WAN
9 7 (1.84%) VLAN
10 6 (1.58%) Firewall
10 6 (1.58%) IPv4
10 6 (1.58%) IPv6
11 5 (1.32%) Network Security
12 3 (0.79%) Internet
12 3 (0.79%) WAAS
12 3 (0.79%) Wireless
13 2 (0.53%) VoIP
14 1 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.26%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.32%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.53%) Power BI
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (5.53%) JIRA
2 6 (1.58%) MSI
3 4 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 4 (1.05%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.79%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.53%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 244 (64.21%) Social Skills
2 37 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (8.95%) Legal
4 18 (4.74%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.42%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.84%) Finance
9 7 (1.84%) Law
10 6 (1.58%) Banking
11 4 (1.05%) Marketing
11 4 (1.05%) Police
12 3 (0.79%) French Language
12 3 (0.79%) Retail
13 2 (0.53%) Advertising
13 2 (0.53%) Aviation
14 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 121 (31.84%) Support Engineer
2 117 (30.79%) IT Support
3 101 (26.58%) IT Engineer
4 87 (22.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (13.95%) Analyst
6 41 (10.79%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (9.21%) Desktop Support
8 30 (7.89%) 1st Line Support
9 29 (7.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 29 (7.63%) 2nd Line Support
10 28 (7.37%) Service Analyst
10 28 (7.37%) Service Desk Analyst
11 25 (6.58%) Deployment Engineer
12 24 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 23 (6.05%) Support Analyst
14 21 (5.53%) IT Analyst
15 19 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 18 (4.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 18 (4.74%) IT Technician
17 16 (4.21%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.05%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.26%) .NET
2 1 (0.26%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.26%) WinForms
2 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.89%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.74%) Driving Licence
3 17 (4.47%) Blackberry
3 17 (4.47%) Smartphone
4 16 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.63%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.84%) iPhone
9 6 (1.58%) CMDB
10 5 (1.32%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.05%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (1.05%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.05%) iPad
11 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.05%) Thin Client
11 4 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.79%) BYOD
12 3 (0.79%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 380 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (6.84%) Android
2 26 (6.84%) Windows Server
3 23 (6.05%) Mac OS
4 22 (5.79%) Windows 7
5 17 (4.47%) Apple iOS
6 16 (4.21%) Linux
7 9 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.58%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.32%) Solaris
10 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.53%) CentOS
11 2 (0.53%) Debian
12 1 (0.26%) AIX
12 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (35.26%) Customer Service
2 101 (26.58%) ITIL
3 88 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (12.89%) ITSM
5 33 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (8.68%) Service Management
6 31 (8.16%) Migration
7 30 (7.89%) Service Delivery
8 29 (7.63%) Asset Management
9 27 (7.11%) User Experience
10 20 (5.26%) Incident Management
11 18 (4.74%) Application Packaging
12 16 (4.21%) Customer Experience
13 15 (3.95%) Break/Fix
13 15 (3.95%) Computer Science
14 13 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 12 (3.16%) Inventory Management
15 12 (3.16%) Time Management
16 11 (2.89%) Change Management
16 11 (2.89%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.79%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.42%) VBScript
3 9 (2.37%) VB
4 4 (1.05%) Python
5 3 (0.79%) SQL
6 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 84 (22.11%) Security Cleared
2 74 (19.47%) SC Cleared
3 33 (8.68%) Degree
4 20 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.95%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.63%) A+ Certification
7 8 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.58%) MCSE
9 6 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.05%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.79%) ACSP
12 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.26%) HNC
13 1 (0.26%) HND
13 1 (0.26%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.21%) SLA
2 2 (0.53%) GLP
2 2 (0.53%) GMP
2 2 (0.53%) NCSC
3 1 (0.26%) GDPR
3 1 (0.26%) GRC
3 1 (0.26%) GxP
3 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 221 (58.16%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.42%) BitLocker
2 13 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.05%) Firmware
5 4 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 91 (23.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (20.00%) SCCM
3 7 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (1.84%) WSUS
4 5 (1.32%) AirWatch
5 4 (1.05%) Packer
5 4 (1.05%) Terraform
5 4 (1.05%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.79%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.26%) SCOM
7 1 (0.26%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 238 (62.63%) Microsoft
2 83 (21.84%) ServiceNow
3 23 (6.05%) Apple
4 16 (4.21%) HP
4 16 (4.21%) VMware
5 15 (3.95%) iManage
6 14 (3.68%) Lotus
7 13 (3.42%) Citrix
8 12 (3.16%) Bomgar
8 12 (3.16%) Cisco
9 10 (2.63%) McAfee
9 10 (2.63%) Remedy
10 8 (2.11%) Starlink
11 7 (1.84%) Oracle
12 6 (1.58%) Dell
13 5 (1.32%) Sophos
14 4 (1.05%) Adobe
14 4 (1.05%) Tanium
15 3 (0.79%) Intapp
15 3 (0.79%) Litera