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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 103 71
Rank change year-on-year -59 -32 +11
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 427 380 501
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.51% 2.47% 2.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.44% 14.76% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 255 346
10th Percentile £150 £144 £144
25th Percentile £163 £171 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £215 £225
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +9.76%
75th Percentile £288 £338 £363
90th Percentile £410 £538 £488
UK median daily rate £225 £225 £230
% change year-on-year - -2.17% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 58 39
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.51 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £21.46 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.99% +2.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £41.71 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £74.00 - £36.60
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £22.38 £21.80
% change year-on-year +15.05% +2.67% +12.73%

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 3,178 2,575 2,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.27% 16.70% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,938 1,653 1,751
10th Percentile £185 £171 £183
25th Percentile £261 £221 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £613 £638
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 243 218
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.17 £15.89
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.13 £21.00
Median hourly rate £32.29 £25.15 £56.20
Median % change year-on-year +28.39% -55.25% +32.23%
75th Percentile £67.25 £59.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.06 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +3.38% -52.10% +19.02%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -24 123 £220 +20.55% 16
North West +15 96 £240 +33.33% 14
South East -83 82 £273 +11.22% 17
South West -58 64 £225 -22.41% 13
Midlands -30 63 £213 +21.43% 24
East of England -8 49 £175 -21.35% 18
West Midlands -43 36 £225 +28.57% 9
Scotland -24 34 £156 -21.88% 7
East Midlands -6 27 £150 +13.35% 14
Yorkshire -48 19 £200 +14.29% 2
Wales -13 10 £200 -27.27% 4
North East -40 8 £250 +28.21%
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 2
Channel Islands -3 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 51 (11.94%) SharePoint
2 49 (11.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.98%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.04%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.64%) Confluence
6 5 (1.17%) Apache
6 5 (1.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 72 (16.86%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.70%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.47%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 249 (58.31%) Microsoft 365
2 101 (23.65%) Azure
3 83 (19.44%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.98%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.17%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (0.94%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 69 (16.16%) VPN
2 40 (9.37%) DNS
3 39 (9.13%) DHCP
4 30 (7.03%) LAN
4 30 (7.03%) TCP/IP
5 26 (6.09%) Skype
6 20 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (3.98%) WAN
8 12 (2.81%) VLAN
9 9 (2.11%) Firewall
9 9 (2.11%) NetScaler
10 6 (1.41%) Wireless
11 4 (0.94%) IPv4
11 4 (0.94%) IPv6
11 4 (0.94%) Network Security
12 3 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.47%) Telepresence
13 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.47%) WAAS
14 1 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.64%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.17%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (4.92%) JIRA
2 5 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (1.17%) Bitbucket
2 5 (1.17%) MSI
3 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 267 (62.53%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.09%) Legal
4 12 (2.81%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.64%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.17%) Finance
9 5 (1.17%) Law
10 4 (0.94%) French Language
10 4 (0.94%) Marketing
11 3 (0.70%) Police
11 3 (0.70%) Retail
12 2 (0.47%) Advertising
12 2 (0.47%) Aviation
12 2 (0.47%) Banking
13 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 142 (33.26%) Support Engineer
2 129 (30.21%) IT Support
3 122 (28.57%) IT Engineer
4 102 (23.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 49 (11.48%) Analyst
6 45 (10.54%) Desktop Engineer
7 36 (8.43%) Deployment Engineer
7 36 (8.43%) Desktop Support
8 29 (6.79%) 2nd Line Support
9 26 (6.09%) 1st Line Support
9 26 (6.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 26 (6.09%) Service Analyst
9 26 (6.09%) Service Desk Analyst
10 23 (5.39%) IT Analyst
11 22 (5.15%) Support Analyst
12 20 (4.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 18 (4.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 18 (4.22%) IT Technician
14 17 (3.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 16 (3.75%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.17%) Terraform
2 2 (0.47%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.23%) WinForms
3 1 (0.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.24%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.68%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.45%) Blackberry
4 18 (4.22%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (3.98%) Smartphone
6 14 (3.28%) CMDB
7 12 (2.81%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.64%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.17%) Fat Client
11 5 (1.17%) iPhone
11 5 (1.17%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.17%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.17%) NHS
11 5 (1.17%) Thin Client
12 4 (0.94%) Device Driver
12 4 (0.94%) Digital Signage
12 4 (0.94%) PKI
13 3 (0.70%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 427 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (9.60%) Windows Server
3 35 (8.20%) Windows 7
4 31 (7.26%) Android
5 26 (6.09%) Linux
5 26 (6.09%) Mac OS
6 23 (5.39%) Apple iOS
7 14 (3.28%) Ubuntu
8 10 (2.34%) CentOS
9 9 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.64%) Solaris
11 6 (1.41%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.47%) Debian
14 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (35.36%) Customer Service
2 126 (29.51%) ITIL
3 102 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.52%) ITSM
5 48 (11.24%) Service Management
6 39 (9.13%) User Experience
7 38 (8.90%) Migration
8 33 (7.73%) Asset Management
9 31 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (6.79%) Service Delivery
11 26 (6.09%) Break/Fix
11 26 (6.09%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (5.62%) Application Packaging
13 22 (5.15%) Incident Management
14 18 (4.22%) Customer Experience
14 18 (4.22%) Disk Encryption
15 15 (3.51%) Computer Science
16 13 (3.04%) Change Management
16 13 (3.04%) Inventory Management
16 13 (3.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 72 (16.86%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.45%) VBScript
3 16 (3.75%) VB
4 5 (1.17%) Python
5 2 (0.47%) SQL
6 1 (0.23%) Bash
6 1 (0.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 135 (31.62%) Security Cleared
2 118 (27.63%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.56%) Degree
4 27 (6.32%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.68%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 10 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.47%) ACSP
11 2 (0.47%) MCSE
12 1 (0.23%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.20%) SLA
2 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.47%) NCSC
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.23%) GDPR
3 1 (0.23%) GxP
3 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 264 (61.83%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.62%) BitLocker
3 23 (5.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (5.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.04%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (1.64%) XenApp
7 7 (1.64%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.41%) Firmware
9 5 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.47%) vSphere
12 1 (0.23%) KVM
Systems Management
1 120 (28.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (24.36%) SCCM
3 5 (1.17%) Packer
3 5 (1.17%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.94%) AirWatch
4 4 (0.94%) SysTrack
4 4 (0.94%) WSUS
5 3 (0.70%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.23%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 279 (65.34%) Microsoft
2 101 (23.65%) ServiceNow
3 34 (7.96%) VMware
4 29 (6.79%) Apple
5 17 (3.98%) Citrix
5 17 (3.98%) HP
6 16 (3.75%) Lotus
7 10 (2.34%) Cisco
8 8 (1.87%) iManage
8 8 (1.87%) Oracle
9 7 (1.64%) McAfee
9 7 (1.64%) Sophos
10 6 (1.41%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.41%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.41%) Ivanti
10 6 (1.41%) Remedy
11 5 (1.17%) Bomgar
11 5 (1.17%) Dell
11 5 (1.17%) Google
11 5 (1.17%) Tanium