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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 90 69
Rank change year-on-year -70 -21 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 359 369 592
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.41% 2.79% 2.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.20% 15.95% 17.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 236 395
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £153 £182 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £215 £213
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +1.18% +4.85%
75th Percentile £250 £292 £300
90th Percentile £375 £513 £550
UK median daily rate £200 £238 £225
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 35 70
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.58 -
25th Percentile £21.02 £18.51 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £14.46
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +70.60% -21.34%
75th Percentile £74.00 £28.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £32.25 £30.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +4.79% +47.69% -14.16%

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 2,942 2,314 3,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.56% 17.49% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,837 1,493 2,219
10th Percentile £176 £183 £175
25th Percentile £275 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £672
UK median daily rate £460 £465 £470
% change year-on-year -1.08% -1.12% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 170 337
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.12 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.44 £16.95 £14.72
Median hourly rate £28.74 £18.87 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +52.31% -21.96% -40.43%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £31.00 £21.95 £22.52
% change year-on-year +41.23% -2.53% -50.02%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -36 114 £189 -5.63% 29
North West -5 84 £173 -11.54% 19
Midlands -59 70 £190 - 13
South East -95 53 £250 - 35
South West -37 49 £220 - 11
East of England -3 46 £190 -15.56% 11
East Midlands -9 36 £175 -5.41% 8
West Midlands -73 33 £190 - 5
Yorkshire -46 26 £190 -1.94% 8
Scotland -26 17 £150 -25.00% 4
Wales -15 8 £200 -38.46%
Northern Ireland +4 4 £175 +9.38%
North East -27 4 £225 -25.00% 3
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 67 (18.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (11.14%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.34%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.23%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 63 (17.55%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 195 (54.32%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (21.73%) Azure
3 51 (14.21%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.62%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.95%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.84%) AWS
7 3 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (0.84%) GCP
8 2 (0.56%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.65%) VPN
2 28 (7.80%) DNS
3 27 (7.52%) DHCP
3 27 (7.52%) LAN
4 26 (7.24%) Skype
4 26 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (4.46%) WAN
6 12 (3.34%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.34%) VLAN
7 8 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (1.67%) IPv4
8 6 (1.67%) IPv6
9 5 (1.39%) Network Security
10 4 (1.11%) WAAS
11 3 (0.84%) Wireless
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 6 (1.67%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.84%) Power BI
4 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.18%) JIRA
2 4 (1.11%) MSI
3 3 (0.84%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.56%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 214 (59.61%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (7.80%) Legal
4 19 (5.29%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.74%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.34%) Finance
8 10 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.79%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.51%) Banking
10 8 (2.23%) Law
11 5 (1.39%) Police
12 4 (1.11%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Aviation
14 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.28%) Publishing
14 1 (0.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 109 (30.36%) Support Engineer
2 106 (29.53%) IT Support
3 85 (23.68%) IT Engineer
4 74 (20.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 59 (16.43%) Analyst
6 42 (11.70%) Desktop Engineer
7 36 (10.03%) 1st Line Support
7 36 (10.03%) Desktop Support
8 29 (8.08%) Support Analyst
9 27 (7.52%) Service Analyst
9 27 (7.52%) Service Desk Analyst
10 22 (6.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 22 (6.13%) IT Analyst
11 21 (5.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 20 (5.57%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (5.01%) Windows Engineer
14 17 (4.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 17 (4.74%) Deployment Engineer
14 17 (4.74%) Support Technician
15 16 (4.46%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.28%) .NET
2 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.28%) WinForms
2 1 (0.28%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.53%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.46%) Smartphone
4 14 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.79%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.23%) Blackberry
7 7 (1.95%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.67%) CMDB
8 6 (1.67%) iPhone
9 5 (1.39%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (1.11%) iPad
10 4 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.56%) PKI
13 1 (0.28%) CCTV
13 1 (0.28%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 359 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (8.64%) Windows 7
3 27 (7.52%) Mac OS
4 25 (6.96%) Android
4 25 (6.96%) Windows Server
5 23 (6.41%) Apple iOS
6 11 (3.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (2.79%) Linux
8 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.39%) Solaris
11 4 (1.11%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.84%) AIX
12 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.28%) Debian
13 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (36.77%) Customer Service
2 83 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (20.61%) ITIL
4 57 (15.88%) ITSM
5 42 (11.70%) Migration
6 36 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (10.03%) Service Management
7 26 (7.24%) Asset Management
8 21 (5.85%) Service Delivery
8 21 (5.85%) User Experience
9 18 (5.01%) Application Packaging
9 18 (5.01%) Computer Science
10 14 (3.90%) Change Management
10 14 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (3.90%) Inventory Management
11 13 (3.62%) Time Management
12 12 (3.34%) Customer Experience
12 12 (3.34%) Disk Encryption
13 11 (3.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 11 (3.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.14%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.18%) VBScript
3 12 (3.34%) VB
4 3 (0.84%) Bash
4 3 (0.84%) SQL
5 1 (0.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 71 (19.78%) Security Cleared
2 65 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.58%) Degree
4 25 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.34%) A+ Certification
7 11 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.51%) MCSE
8 9 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.39%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.84%) ACSP
12 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.56%) HNC
13 2 (0.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.80%) SLA
2 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.84%) GDPR
4 2 (0.56%) GLP
4 2 (0.56%) GMP
5 1 (0.28%) GRC
5 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 206 (57.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.74%) BitLocker
3 15 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 86 (23.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (21.45%) SCCM
3 11 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.95%) WSUS
5 5 (1.39%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) SCOM
6 1 (0.28%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 246 (68.52%) Microsoft
2 66 (18.38%) ServiceNow
3 21 (5.85%) Citrix
4 20 (5.57%) Apple
5 17 (4.74%) HP
6 16 (4.46%) VMware
7 15 (4.18%) Bomgar
7 15 (4.18%) iManage
7 15 (4.18%) Remedy
8 12 (3.34%) Cisco
9 9 (2.51%) Oracle
9 9 (2.51%) Starlink
10 8 (2.23%) Lotus
11 7 (1.95%) McAfee
12 5 (1.39%) Dell
13 4 (1.11%) Google
14 3 (0.84%) MobileIron
15 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg
15 2 (0.56%) CheckPoint
16 1 (0.28%) BMC