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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 100 65
Rank change year-on-year -67 -35 +19
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 423 391 508
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.49% 2.46% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.41% 14.55% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 269 349
10th Percentile £150 £135 £148
25th Percentile £173 £171 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £220 £225
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% +9.76%
75th Percentile £300 £338 £364
90th Percentile £420 £538 £488
UK median daily rate £226 £225 £225
% change year-on-year +0.22% - +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 56 39
10th Percentile £16.51 £16.81 £15.03
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.75 £21.38 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% -2.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £33.75 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £65.29 - £53.92
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £22.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year +15.85% +1.03% +13.77%

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 3,154 2,688 2,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.08% 16.89% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,912 1,728 1,700
10th Percentile £188 £170 £183
25th Percentile £263 £220 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £444
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -5.41% -1.33%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £605 £638
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +4.44% -4.26% -5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 376 254 214
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.44 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.97 £17.69 £22.65
Median hourly rate £25.77 £23.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.04% -60.00% +35.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.50 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £25.00 £55.33
% change year-on-year +3.08% -54.81% +21.75%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -24 117 £240 +37.14% 16
North West +2 90 £288 +64.29% 10
South East -83 87 £273 +9.00% 18
South West -51 64 £225 -23.73% 11
Midlands -39 59 £200 +14.29% 20
East of England -4 57 £190 -14.61% 12
Scotland -21 32 £150 -25.00% 7
West Midlands -46 32 £200 +14.29% 7
East Midlands -5 27 £200 +51.14% 13
Yorkshire -37 19 £200 +21.21% 5
North East -42 8 £250 +25.00% 1
Wales -17 6 £200 -27.27% 6
Northern Ireland +8 3 - - 2
Channel Islands -4 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 48 (11.35%) SharePoint
2 44 (10.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (4.02%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.07%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.65%) Confluence
6 5 (1.18%) Apache
6 5 (1.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 73 (17.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.71%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.47%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 253 (59.81%) Microsoft 365
2 107 (25.30%) Azure
3 88 (20.80%) Entra ID
4 15 (3.55%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.18%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (0.95%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 69 (16.31%) VPN
2 35 (8.27%) DNS
3 34 (8.04%) DHCP
4 31 (7.33%) LAN
5 30 (7.09%) TCP/IP
6 26 (6.15%) Skype
7 21 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (4.26%) WAN
9 11 (2.60%) Firewall
10 10 (2.36%) NetScaler
10 10 (2.36%) VLAN
11 8 (1.89%) Wireless
12 2 (0.47%) Telepresence
12 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.24%) Internet
13 1 (0.24%) IPv4
13 1 (0.24%) IPv6
13 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
13 1 (0.24%) Network Security
13 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.65%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (4.96%) JIRA
2 6 (1.42%) MSI
3 5 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.18%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 265 (62.65%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.15%) Legal
4 12 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (2.36%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.13%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.89%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.18%) Finance
9 5 (1.18%) Law
10 4 (0.95%) French Language
10 4 (0.95%) Marketing
11 3 (0.71%) Police
11 3 (0.71%) Retail
12 2 (0.47%) Advertising
12 2 (0.47%) Aviation
12 2 (0.47%) Banking
13 1 (0.24%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 144 (34.04%) Support Engineer
2 125 (29.55%) IT Engineer
2 125 (29.55%) IT Support
3 106 (25.06%) IT Support Engineer
4 45 (10.64%) Desktop Engineer
5 43 (10.17%) Analyst
6 36 (8.51%) Deployment Engineer
7 35 (8.27%) Desktop Support
8 32 (7.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 27 (6.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 25 (5.91%) 1st Line Support
10 25 (5.91%) Service Analyst
10 25 (5.91%) Service Desk Analyst
11 21 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 19 (4.49%) IT Analyst
13 18 (4.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 17 (4.02%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 17 (4.02%) Support Analyst
14 17 (4.02%) Windows Engineer
15 15 (3.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.18%) Terraform
2 2 (0.47%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.24%) .NET
3 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.24%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.93%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.20%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.49%) Blackberry
3 19 (4.49%) CMDB
4 18 (4.26%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (4.02%) Smartphone
6 9 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.18%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.18%) iPhone
9 5 (1.18%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.18%) NHS
9 5 (1.18%) Thin Client
10 4 (0.95%) Device Driver
10 4 (0.95%) Digital Signage
10 4 (0.95%) PKI
10 4 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.71%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 423 (100.00%) Windows
2 41 (9.69%) Windows Server
3 33 (7.80%) Windows 7
4 31 (7.33%) Android
5 27 (6.38%) Apple iOS
6 26 (6.15%) Linux
7 24 (5.67%) macOS
8 14 (3.31%) Ubuntu
9 10 (2.36%) CentOS
10 9 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (1.65%) Solaris
12 6 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
14 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.47%) Debian
16 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (35.46%) Customer Service
2 125 (29.55%) ITIL
3 102 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.66%) ITSM
5 48 (11.35%) Service Management
6 43 (10.17%) User Experience
7 39 (9.22%) Migration
8 35 (8.27%) Asset Management
9 31 (7.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (7.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 30 (7.09%) Service Delivery
11 27 (6.38%) Application Packaging
12 26 (6.15%) Break/Fix
13 22 (5.20%) Incident Management
14 18 (4.26%) Customer Experience
14 18 (4.26%) Disk Encryption
15 13 (3.07%) Change Management
15 13 (3.07%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (3.07%) Validation
16 12 (2.84%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.44%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.49%) VBScript
3 16 (3.78%) VB
4 5 (1.18%) Python
5 2 (0.47%) SQL
6 1 (0.24%) Bash
6 1 (0.24%) C#
Qualifications
1 134 (31.68%) Security Cleared
2 117 (27.66%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.38%) DV Cleared
4 24 (5.67%) Degree
5 17 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (3.78%) A+ Certification
7 10 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 9 (2.13%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.47%) ACSP
12 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.47%) MCSE
13 1 (0.24%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.04%) SLA
2 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.47%) NCSC
3 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.24%) GDPR
3 1 (0.24%) GxP
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 266 (62.88%) Active Directory
2 27 (6.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 23 (5.44%) BitLocker
4 21 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (3.31%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (1.89%) XenApp
7 8 (1.89%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.42%) Firmware
9 5 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.47%) vSphere
12 1 (0.24%) KVM
12 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 124 (29.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (26.95%) SCCM
3 5 (1.18%) Packer
3 5 (1.18%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.95%) SysTrack
5 3 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.47%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.47%) WSUS
7 1 (0.24%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 285 (67.38%) Microsoft
2 99 (23.40%) ServiceNow
3 32 (7.57%) Apple
4 31 (7.33%) VMware
5 18 (4.26%) Citrix
6 17 (4.02%) HP
7 16 (3.78%) Lotus
8 9 (2.13%) Cisco
8 9 (2.13%) Sophos
9 8 (1.89%) iManage
9 8 (1.89%) Oracle
10 6 (1.42%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.42%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.42%) Ivanti
10 6 (1.42%) Remedy
11 5 (1.18%) Bomgar
11 5 (1.18%) Dell
11 5 (1.18%) Google
11 5 (1.18%) McAfee
11 5 (1.18%) Tanium