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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 88 64
Rank change year-on-year -67 -24 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 374 355 594
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.49% 2.76% 2.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.57% 15.96% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 233 400
10th Percentile £130 £150 £143
25th Percentile £150 £181 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £215 £214
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +0.58% +5.46%
75th Percentile £250 £288 £308
90th Percentile £400 £514 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £238 £225
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 27 71
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.80 -
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.32 £10.95
Median hourly rate £24.58 £22.50 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% +54.22% -21.14%
75th Percentile £74.00 £28.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £31.50 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £16.86
% change year-on-year +4.79% +42.35% -10.08%

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 2,975 2,224 3,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.88% 17.28% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,869 1,447 2,199
10th Percentile £170 £181 £175
25th Percentile £273 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.23%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £575
90th Percentile £630 £625 £672
UK median daily rate £459 £467 £475
% change year-on-year -1.71% -1.68% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 156 335
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.11 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.88 £16.95 £14.57
Median hourly rate £33.25 £18.94 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.60% -15.84% -43.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.06 £63.13
90th Percentile £70.68 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.13 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.14% -2.22% -48.99%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -21 123 £175 -12.50% 28
North West +3 94 £173 -6.76% 21
Midlands -51 72 £190 - 8
South East -99 56 £210 -16.00% 25
South West -42 51 £220 - 10
East of England -8 44 £200 -10.11% 10
East Midlands -1 38 £175 -7.89% 5
West Midlands -82 33 £190 - 3
Yorkshire -58 26 £190 -7.32% 5
Scotland -10 18 £150 -25.00% 2
Wales -15 8 £200 -38.46% 2
Northern Ireland +5 4 £175 +9.38% 1
North East -24 3 £180 -40.00% 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 70 (18.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (12.30%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.21%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.14%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.53%) Confluence
5 2 (0.53%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 68 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (4.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.80%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 208 (55.61%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (22.99%) Azure
3 55 (14.71%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.48%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.87%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.34%) AWS
6 5 (1.34%) GCP
7 4 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.27%) IaaS
8 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (14.17%) VPN
2 30 (8.02%) DNS
2 30 (8.02%) LAN
3 29 (7.75%) DHCP
3 29 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
4 28 (7.49%) Skype
5 19 (5.08%) WAN
6 14 (3.74%) VLAN
7 11 (2.94%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (1.60%) IPv4
9 6 (1.60%) IPv6
10 5 (1.34%) Network Security
10 5 (1.34%) Wireless
11 4 (1.07%) WAAS
12 3 (0.80%) Firewall
13 2 (0.53%) Internet
13 2 (0.53%) RS-232
13 2 (0.53%) VoIP
13 2 (0.53%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.60%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.53%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.01%) JIRA
2 4 (1.07%) MSI
3 3 (0.80%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.53%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 216 (57.75%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (8.02%) Legal
4 21 (5.61%) Manufacturing
5 20 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (5.35%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.55%) Finance
7 13 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.21%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.94%) Banking
10 10 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.67%) Law
11 6 (1.60%) Marketing
12 5 (1.34%) Police
13 2 (0.53%) Aviation
13 2 (0.53%) Electronics
14 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.27%) Publishing
14 1 (0.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 111 (29.68%) Support Engineer
2 107 (28.61%) IT Support
3 85 (22.73%) IT Engineer
4 71 (18.98%) IT Support Engineer
5 62 (16.58%) Analyst
6 42 (11.23%) Desktop Engineer
7 40 (10.70%) 1st Line Support
7 40 (10.70%) Desktop Support
8 32 (8.56%) Support Analyst
9 27 (7.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 27 (7.22%) Service Analyst
10 26 (6.95%) Service Desk Analyst
11 23 (6.15%) IT Analyst
12 22 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
13 19 (5.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 18 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 18 (4.81%) Deployment Engineer
14 18 (4.81%) IT Support Analyst
14 18 (4.81%) Windows Engineer
15 16 (4.28%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.07%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.27%) .NET
2 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.27%) WinForms
2 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.10%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (5.08%) Smartphone
3 17 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.67%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.41%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.14%) Blackberry
7 5 (1.34%) CMDB
7 5 (1.34%) iPhone
7 5 (1.34%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.07%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.07%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.80%) iPad
9 3 (0.80%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.27%) CCTV
11 1 (0.27%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 372 (99.47%) Windows
2 32 (8.56%) Mac OS
3 31 (8.29%) Windows 7
4 26 (6.95%) Windows Server
5 22 (5.88%) Android
6 21 (5.61%) Apple iOS
7 11 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (2.67%) Linux
9 9 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (2.14%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.34%) Solaris
12 4 (1.07%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.80%) AIX
13 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.27%) Debian
14 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (39.04%) Customer Service
2 84 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (20.32%) ITIL
4 62 (16.58%) ITSM
5 46 (12.30%) Migration
6 38 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (9.63%) Service Management
8 26 (6.95%) Asset Management
9 24 (6.42%) User Experience
10 21 (5.61%) Service Delivery
11 19 (5.08%) Computer Science
12 18 (4.81%) Application Packaging
13 15 (4.01%) Change Management
13 15 (4.01%) Time Management
14 14 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 14 (3.74%) Inventory Management
14 14 (3.74%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (3.21%) Decision-Making
15 12 (3.21%) Disk Encryption
15 12 (3.21%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.23%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.01%) VBScript
3 12 (3.21%) VB
4 5 (1.34%) Bash
5 3 (0.80%) SQL
6 1 (0.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 77 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 67 (17.91%) SC Cleared
3 42 (11.23%) Degree
4 25 (6.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (4.81%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.48%) A+ Certification
7 12 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.41%) MCSE
8 9 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.34%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.80%) ACSP
12 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.53%) HNC
13 2 (0.53%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.75%) SLA
2 6 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.34%) GDPR
4 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.53%) GLP
4 2 (0.53%) GMP
5 1 (0.27%) GRC
5 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 218 (58.29%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.28%) BitLocker
4 11 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 86 (22.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (21.93%) SCCM
3 12 (3.21%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.87%) WSUS
5 5 (1.34%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) SCOM
6 1 (0.27%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 254 (67.91%) Microsoft
2 69 (18.45%) ServiceNow
3 26 (6.95%) Citrix
4 20 (5.35%) Apple
5 19 (5.08%) VMware
6 18 (4.81%) HP
7 17 (4.55%) Bomgar
7 17 (4.55%) iManage
7 17 (4.55%) Remedy
8 15 (4.01%) Cisco
9 9 (2.41%) Oracle
10 8 (2.14%) Lotus
10 8 (2.14%) Starlink
11 7 (1.87%) Dell
12 6 (1.60%) McAfee
13 5 (1.34%) Google
14 3 (0.80%) MobileIron
15 2 (0.53%) Bloomberg
15 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
15 2 (0.53%) SAP