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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 60 69
Rank change year-on-year -37 +9 -20
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 461 470 567
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.51% 3.38% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.06% 19.72% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 333 395
10th Percentile £131 £153 £142
25th Percentile £163 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 £220 £210
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £300 £360 £275
90th Percentile £544 £500 £566
UK median daily rate £215 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -4.44% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 32 28
10th Percentile £17.38 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.95 £16.44
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.75 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +25.62% +2.20%
75th Percentile £25.00 £24.18 £19.99
90th Percentile £26.00 £33.18 £24.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £23.40 £18.98
% change year-on-year -5.98% +23.32% +3.32%

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 2,870 2,383 3,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.61% 17.12% 17.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,921 1,426 2,170
10th Percentile £163 £181 £160
25th Percentile £213 £230 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £537 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 139 253
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.98 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.62 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +14.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £69.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% +1.56% +28.00%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -16 125 £175 -20.45% 41
South East -34 104 £250 -9.09% 49
South West +3 95 £300 +36.36% 14
North West +2 93 £173 -13.75% 22
Midlands -29 75 £175 -7.89% 20
East of England +8 51 £195 -13.33% 26
West Midlands -38 41 £175 -12.50% 9
East Midlands -11 34 £175 -7.89% 11
Yorkshire -49 22 £175 -24.73% 16
Scotland -38 12 £200 +4.17% 7
North East -2 10 £200 - 3
Wales -17 7 £200 -4.76% 8
Northern Ireland -16 1 £250 +65.02% 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 74 (16.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (13.23%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.74%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 75 (16.27%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (2.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.30%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 221 (47.94%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (18.66%) Azure
3 44 (9.54%) Entra ID
4 39 (8.46%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.74%) AWS
5 8 (1.74%) GCP
6 6 (1.30%) 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 51 (11.06%) VPN
2 41 (8.89%) DNS
3 29 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (5.86%) DHCP
5 24 (5.21%) Skype
6 22 (4.77%) TCP/IP
7 21 (4.56%) LAN
7 21 (4.56%) WAN
8 12 (2.60%) VLAN
9 9 (1.95%) 4G
10 8 (1.74%) Firewall
10 8 (1.74%) PABX
10 8 (1.74%) Wireless
11 5 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (1.08%) VSAN
11 5 (1.08%) WAAS
12 4 (0.87%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.65%) PuTTY
13 3 (0.65%) Telnet
13 3 (0.65%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (1.52%) Oracle Database
2 7 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.43%) Power BI
4 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 16 (3.47%) MSI
2 9 (1.95%) InstallShield
3 8 (1.74%) JIRA
4 6 (1.30%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.22%) Hudson
5 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 248 (53.80%) Social Skills
2 50 (10.85%) Public Sector
3 38 (8.24%) Finance
4 29 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.56%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (3.90%) Legal
7 18 (3.90%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.47%) Electronics
8 16 (3.47%) Marketing
9 15 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.39%) Banking
11 9 (1.95%) Law
12 6 (1.30%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.30%) 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
1 113 (24.51%) Support Engineer
2 98 (21.26%) IT Support
3 73 (15.84%) IT Engineer
4 66 (14.32%) Analyst
5 65 (14.10%) Desktop Support
6 57 (12.36%) Desktop Engineer
7 56 (12.15%) Windows Engineer
8 52 (11.28%) IT Support Engineer
9 51 (11.06%) Deployment Engineer
10 48 (10.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 35 (7.59%) Support Analyst
12 34 (7.38%) 1st Line Support
13 29 (6.29%) Service Analyst
14 28 (6.07%) Service Desk Analyst
15 22 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
16 19 (4.12%) Migration Engineer
16 19 (4.12%) Windows Support Engineer
17 17 (3.69%) IT Analyst
17 17 (3.69%) Support Technician
18 16 (3.47%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) Software Packaging
2 2 (0.43%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.64%) Driving Licence
2 24 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.56%) Smartphone
5 13 (2.82%) PKI
6 10 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.95%) iPhone
8 8 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (1.30%) iPad
10 5 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.87%) NHS
12 3 (0.65%) CMDB
12 3 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.65%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 449 (97.40%) Windows
2 44 (9.54%) Apple iOS
3 32 (6.94%) Android
4 29 (6.29%) Windows 7
5 28 (6.07%) Windows Server
6 26 (5.64%) Mac OS
7 22 (4.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (4.34%) Linux
9 12 (2.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (2.17%) AIX
11 9 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.30%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
14 3 (0.65%) CentOS
14 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (33.62%) Customer Service
2 84 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (17.14%) ITIL
4 73 (15.84%) Migration
5 46 (9.98%) ITSM
6 45 (9.76%) Service Management
7 27 (5.86%) Application Packaging
8 26 (5.64%) Workflow
9 25 (5.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (5.21%) Logistics
11 20 (4.34%) Agile
11 20 (4.34%) Inventory Management
12 19 (4.12%) Change Management
12 19 (4.12%) Mobile Device Management
13 18 (3.90%) DevOps
13 18 (3.90%) User Experience
13 18 (3.90%) Workflow Management
14 17 (3.69%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 17 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (12.15%) PowerShell
2 20 (4.34%) VBScript
3 9 (1.95%) VB
4 8 (1.74%) Bash
5 7 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 156 (33.84%) Security Cleared
2 115 (24.95%) SC Cleared
3 35 (7.59%) DV Cleared
4 33 (7.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (5.64%) Degree
6 15 (3.25%) A+ Certification
7 10 (2.17%) MCP
8 8 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.30%) MCSE
11 5 (1.08%) MCDST
12 4 (0.87%) 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%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.22%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.99%) SLA
2 12 (2.60%) GDPR
3 8 (1.74%) 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
1 250 (54.23%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.82%) BitLocker
3 13 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
4 10 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.08%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.87%) vSphere
7 3 (0.65%) Firmware
8 2 (0.43%) NFS
8 2 (0.43%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 129 (27.98%) SCCM
2 72 (15.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (3.25%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (1.74%) WSUS
5 6 (1.30%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (1.08%) 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
1 268 (58.13%) Microsoft
2 73 (15.84%) ServiceNow
3 34 (7.38%) VMware
4 30 (6.51%) Citrix
5 25 (5.42%) Cisco
6 18 (3.90%) SAP
7 17 (3.69%) McAfee
8 14 (3.04%) HP
8 14 (3.04%) Remedy
9 12 (2.60%) Apple
9 12 (2.60%) iManage
10 10 (2.17%) Dell
10 10 (2.17%) Oracle
11 8 (1.74%) Bomgar
12 7 (1.52%) IBM
12 7 (1.52%) Starlink
12 7 (1.52%) Veeam
13 6 (1.30%) Symantec
14 5 (1.08%) Google
14 5 (1.08%) SolarWinds