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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 67 73
Rank change year-on-year -30 +6 -28
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 460 468 573
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.51% 3.22% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.92% 19.03% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 328 395
10th Percentile £132 £152 £140
25th Percentile £163 £188 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £210
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £299 £364 £282
90th Percentile £538 £500 £550
UK median daily rate £210 £228 £215
% change year-on-year -8.00% +6.17% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 34 33
10th Percentile £17.49 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.61 £16.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +21.62% +4.40%
75th Percentile £25.04 £24.18 £19.99
90th Percentile £25.75 £32.03 £27.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -4.35% +21.05% +4.89%

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 2,890 2,459 3,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.78% 16.90% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,911 1,467 2,196
10th Percentile £163 £181 £160
25th Percentile £213 £237 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £537 £550 £575
90th Percentile £619 £648 £659
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 148 257
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.94 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.89 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.86% +8.69% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £68.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -34 118 £175 -21.35% 34
South East -28 110 £203 -26.36% 35
South West +16 95 £300 +33.33% 13
North West -12 86 £175 -12.50% 18
Midlands -29 72 £175 -7.89% 15
East of England +11 52 £190 -14.61% 16
West Midlands -39 39 £175 -12.50% 8
East Midlands -1 33 £175 -7.89% 7
Yorkshire -56 22 £170 -29.17% 12
Scotland -28 15 £200 - 2
North East +1 10 £200 - 4
Wales -14 7 £200 - 3
Northern Ireland -17 1 £250 +68.92% 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 69 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (13.70%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.30%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 74 (16.09%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.30%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 218 (47.39%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (17.39%) Azure
3 40 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 39 (8.48%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.74%) AWS
5 8 (1.74%) GCP
6 5 (1.09%) 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 49 (10.65%) VPN
2 41 (8.91%) DNS
3 27 (5.87%) Wi-Fi
4 25 (5.43%) DHCP
4 25 (5.43%) TCP/IP
5 22 (4.78%) Skype
6 18 (3.91%) LAN
6 18 (3.91%) WAN
7 10 (2.17%) Firewall
7 10 (2.17%) VLAN
8 9 (1.96%) 4G
9 8 (1.74%) PABX
9 8 (1.74%) Wireless
10 5 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (1.09%) VSAN
10 5 (1.09%) WAAS
11 4 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.87%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.65%) PuTTY
12 3 (0.65%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.39%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.30%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (3.48%) MSI
2 9 (1.96%) InstallShield
3 7 (1.52%) JIRA
4 6 (1.30%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.22%) Hudson
5 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 245 (53.26%) Social Skills
2 50 (10.87%) Public Sector
3 38 (8.26%) Finance
4 26 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.57%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.35%) Legal
6 20 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.48%) Electronics
7 16 (3.48%) Marketing
7 16 (3.48%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.39%) Banking
9 11 (2.39%) Law
10 6 (1.30%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.22%) Aviation
12 1 (0.22%) Military
12 1 (0.22%) Police
12 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 117 (25.43%) Support Engineer
2 100 (21.74%) IT Support
3 74 (16.09%) IT Engineer
4 65 (14.13%) Desktop Support
5 61 (13.26%) Analyst
6 59 (12.83%) Desktop Engineer
7 57 (12.39%) Windows Engineer
8 55 (11.96%) Deployment Engineer
9 53 (11.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 49 (10.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 32 (6.96%) 1st Line Support
12 31 (6.74%) Support Analyst
13 27 (5.87%) Service Analyst
14 26 (5.65%) Service Desk Analyst
15 23 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
16 20 (4.35%) Windows Support Engineer
17 19 (4.13%) Migration Engineer
18 17 (3.70%) IT Analyst
19 16 (3.48%) Field Engineer
19 16 (3.48%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.43%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.43%) Driving Licence
2 22 (4.78%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (4.13%) Smartphone
4 13 (2.83%) PKI
5 10 (2.17%) iPhone
5 10 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (1.30%) iPad
9 5 (1.09%) NHS
9 5 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.87%) CMDB
11 3 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.65%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 448 (97.39%) Windows
2 45 (9.78%) Apple iOS
3 32 (6.96%) Android
4 30 (6.52%) Windows Server
5 27 (5.87%) Mac OS
6 25 (5.43%) Windows 7
7 23 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (4.35%) Linux
9 11 (2.39%) AIX
9 11 (2.39%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.09%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.65%) CentOS
12 3 (0.65%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (32.17%) Customer Service
2 83 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (16.96%) ITIL
4 72 (15.65%) Migration
5 41 (8.91%) ITSM
6 39 (8.48%) Service Management
7 29 (6.30%) Application Packaging
8 26 (5.65%) Workflow
9 23 (5.00%) Logistics
10 22 (4.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (4.35%) Agile
11 20 (4.35%) Mobile Device Management
12 19 (4.13%) Inventory Management
13 18 (3.91%) Change Management
13 18 (3.91%) DevOps
13 18 (3.91%) User Experience
13 18 (3.91%) Workflow Management
14 17 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (3.48%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.52%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.91%) VBScript
3 8 (1.74%) Bash
4 7 (1.52%) SQL
4 7 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 151 (32.83%) Security Cleared
2 111 (24.13%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.74%) DV Cleared
3 31 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (5.65%) Degree
5 14 (3.04%) A+ Certification
6 9 (1.96%) MCP
7 8 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.09%) MCDST
9 5 (1.09%) MCSE
10 4 (0.87%) MCSA
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.22%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.22%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.22%) Dell Certification
11 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.22%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.00%) SLA
2 15 (3.26%) GDPR
3 9 (1.96%) 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
1 242 (52.61%) Active Directory
2 34 (7.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.39%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.52%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.09%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.87%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.87%) vSphere
9 3 (0.65%) Firmware
10 2 (0.43%) NFS
10 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 129 (28.04%) SCCM
2 68 (14.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (3.26%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (1.74%) WSUS
5 6 (1.30%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.65%) OPNET
7 3 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.43%) SCOM
9 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 263 (57.17%) Microsoft
2 70 (15.22%) ServiceNow
3 36 (7.83%) VMware
4 34 (7.39%) Citrix
5 25 (5.43%) Cisco
6 18 (3.91%) SAP
7 17 (3.70%) McAfee
8 15 (3.26%) Apple
9 14 (3.04%) Remedy
10 13 (2.83%) HP
11 11 (2.39%) Dell
11 11 (2.39%) iManage
11 11 (2.39%) Oracle
12 7 (1.52%) Bomgar
12 7 (1.52%) Starlink
13 6 (1.30%) IBM
13 6 (1.30%) Symantec
13 6 (1.30%) Veeam
14 5 (1.09%) Google
14 5 (1.09%) SolarWinds