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

 6 months to
29 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 94 69
Rank change year-on-year -77 -25 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 360 342 582
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.38% 2.49% 2.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.12% 14.57% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 210 383
10th Percentile £131 £150 £141
25th Percentile £156 £180 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £215 £215
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% - +4.88%
75th Percentile £250 £288 £311
90th Percentile £400 £515 £545
UK median daily rate £200 £234 £225
% change year-on-year -14.44% +3.89% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 38 76
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.91 -
25th Percentile £21.29 £18.60 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £14.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% +69.48% -21.09%
75th Percentile £74.00 £25.15 £19.50
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.60 £40.63
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.86
% change year-on-year +11.96% +36.42% -11.26%

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 2,971 2,347 3,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.37% 17.07% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,844 1,501 2,191
10th Percentile £181 £181 £178
25th Percentile £275 £250 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -
75th Percentile £552 £561 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £463 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -0.43% -2.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 181 365
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.12 £12.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.95 £15.63
Median hourly rate £26.22 £18.87 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.95% -39.62% -6.72%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £22.25 £24.93
% change year-on-year +19.82% -10.74% -41.35%

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 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 29 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 29 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 -24 111 £190 -5.00% 32
North West -2 79 £190 - 17
Midlands -50 64 £190 - 15
South West -36 54 £225 +2.27% 10
South East -99 52 £250 - 34
East of England -1 51 £175 -22.22% 12
West Midlands -64 36 £225 +18.42% 7
Yorkshire -41 28 £190 -1.94% 11
East Midlands -1 27 £131 -27.13% 8
Scotland -25 17 £150 -25.00% 5
Wales -14 10 £200 -33.33% 2
Northern Ireland +1 4 £175 +9.38% 4
North East -34 4 £225 -25.00% 5
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 61 (16.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (10.28%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.33%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.22%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) CMS
6 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 64 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 187 (51.94%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (19.17%) Azure
3 46 (12.78%) Entra ID
4 14 (3.89%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.94%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.28%) IaaS
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.44%) VPN
2 31 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (8.33%) DNS
4 29 (8.06%) DHCP
5 27 (7.50%) LAN
6 25 (6.94%) Skype
7 16 (4.44%) TCP/IP
8 14 (3.89%) WAN
9 11 (3.06%) VLAN
10 8 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (1.67%) IPv4
11 6 (1.67%) IPv6
12 5 (1.39%) Network Security
13 4 (1.11%) WAAS
14 3 (0.83%) Internet
15 2 (0.56%) Firewall
15 2 (0.56%) RS-232
15 2 (0.56%) VoIP
15 2 (0.56%) X.400
16 1 (0.28%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.67%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.83%) 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 17 (4.72%) JIRA
2 5 (1.39%) MSI
3 3 (0.83%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.56%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 225 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (7.78%) Legal
4 21 (5.83%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.72%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.61%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.78%) Finance
9 9 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.22%) Banking
11 5 (1.39%) Police
12 4 (1.11%) Law
12 4 (1.11%) Marketing
13 3 (0.83%) Retail
14 2 (0.56%) Aviation
15 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (30.83%) IT Support
1 111 (30.83%) Support Engineer
2 92 (25.56%) IT Engineer
3 79 (21.94%) IT Support Engineer
4 58 (16.11%) Analyst
5 41 (11.39%) Desktop Engineer
6 34 (9.44%) Desktop Support
7 31 (8.61%) 1st Line Support
8 28 (7.78%) Support Analyst
9 27 (7.50%) Service Analyst
9 27 (7.50%) Service Desk Analyst
10 23 (6.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 22 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support
11 22 (6.11%) IT Analyst
12 20 (5.56%) Deployment Engineer
13 19 (5.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 19 (5.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 16 (4.44%) IT Support Analyst
14 16 (4.44%) IT Technician
14 16 (4.44%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.11%) 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 47 (13.06%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.78%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.50%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.50%) Smartphone
6 8 (2.22%) Blackberry
7 6 (1.67%) CMDB
7 6 (1.67%) iPhone
8 5 (1.39%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.11%) iPad
9 4 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.83%) BYOD
10 3 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.83%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.56%) EPoS
11 2 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 360 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (8.33%) Windows 7
3 26 (7.22%) Android
4 24 (6.67%) Windows Server
5 23 (6.39%) Mac OS
6 20 (5.56%) Apple iOS
7 11 (3.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (2.78%) Linux
9 8 (2.22%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.39%) Solaris
12 4 (1.11%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.83%) AIX
13 3 (0.83%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.56%) Debian
15 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (35.56%) Customer Service
2 89 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (23.61%) ITIL
4 54 (15.00%) ITSM
5 37 (10.28%) Service Management
6 36 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (9.72%) Migration
8 24 (6.67%) Asset Management
9 23 (6.39%) Service Delivery
10 19 (5.28%) Computer Science
10 19 (5.28%) User Experience
11 17 (4.72%) Application Packaging
12 15 (4.17%) Customer Experience
13 14 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (3.89%) Inventory Management
14 13 (3.61%) Root Cause Analysis
14 13 (3.61%) Time Management
15 12 (3.33%) Break/Fix
15 12 (3.33%) Change Management
15 12 (3.33%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.28%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.44%) VBScript
3 12 (3.33%) VB
4 3 (0.83%) SQL
5 1 (0.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 78 (21.67%) Security Cleared
2 71 (19.72%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.72%) Degree
4 25 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (3.61%) A+ Certification
5 13 (3.61%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 9 (2.50%) MCSE
8 9 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.39%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.83%) ACSP
11 3 (0.83%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.56%) HNC
12 2 (0.56%) HND
12 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.61%) SLA
2 2 (0.56%) GLP
2 2 (0.56%) GMP
3 1 (0.28%) GDPR
3 1 (0.28%) GRC
3 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 203 (56.39%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.72%) BitLocker
3 13 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 87 (24.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (20.56%) SCCM
3 10 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.94%) WSUS
5 6 (1.67%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.28%) SCOM
7 1 (0.28%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 235 (65.28%) Microsoft
2 66 (18.33%) ServiceNow
3 22 (6.11%) Apple
4 19 (5.28%) HP
5 17 (4.72%) Citrix
6 14 (3.89%) VMware
7 13 (3.61%) Remedy
8 11 (3.06%) Bomgar
8 11 (3.06%) Cisco
8 11 (3.06%) iManage
9 9 (2.50%) McAfee
9 9 (2.50%) Oracle
9 9 (2.50%) Starlink
10 8 (2.22%) Lotus
11 6 (1.67%) Dell
12 3 (0.83%) MobileIron
13 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.56%) CheckPoint
14 1 (0.28%) BMC
14 1 (0.28%) Juniper
105 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London