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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 73 69
Rank change year-on-year -50 -4 -17
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 423 411 620
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.92% 3.22% 2.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.46% 17.97% 18.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 289 423
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £158 £180 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £213 £210
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% +3.28%
75th Percentile £265 £300 £300
90th Percentile £488 £515 £575
UK median daily rate £203 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 62
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 -
25th Percentile £20.07 £21.05 £10.95
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £14.55
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +66.24% -20.32%
75th Percentile £24.33 £26.33 £18.51
90th Percentile £26.00 £32.60 £46.18
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £17.39
% change year-on-year -9.02% +39.03% -5.99%

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 2,926 2,287 3,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.31% 17.93% 15.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 1,465 2,171
10th Percentile £163 £179 £163
25th Percentile £230 £243 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £430
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +4.65% -9.47%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £660
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £456
% change year-on-year -5.26% +4.17% -11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 131 323
10th Percentile £14.30 £16.25 £12.43
25th Percentile £17.02 £18.51 £14.26
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% +12.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £58.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -18.54% +27.27% -16.98%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -24 141 £175 -12.50% 24
North West 0 105 £170 -10.53% 18
South East -48 95 £250 +0.20% 23
Midlands -63 63 £175 -7.89% 21
East of England +19 62 £200 -11.11% 12
South West -39 50 £300 +33.11% 16
East Midlands -18 33 £175 -7.89% 12
Yorkshire -41 31 £190 -21.65% 5
West Midlands -83 29 £165 -13.16% 9
Scotland -24 9 £203 +1.25% 5
Wales -12 7 £200 -
North East -14 5 £200 -33.33% 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 69 (16.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (12.29%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.13%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.24%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 72 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (4.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.18%) assyst
3 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 216 (51.06%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (20.80%) Azure
3 51 (12.06%) Entra ID
4 31 (7.33%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.89%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.18%) AWS
6 5 (1.18%) GCP
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.24%) IaaS
7 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.24%) SaaS
7 1 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 53 (12.53%) VPN
2 45 (10.64%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.04%) LAN
4 30 (7.09%) DNS
5 27 (6.38%) WAN
6 25 (5.91%) DHCP
6 25 (5.91%) Skype
7 16 (3.78%) TCP/IP
8 13 (3.07%) VLAN
9 9 (2.13%) 4G
10 5 (1.18%) VoIP
10 5 (1.18%) Wireless
11 4 (0.95%) PABX
12 3 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.47%) Firewall
13 2 (0.47%) Internet
13 2 (0.47%) RS-232
13 2 (0.47%) VSAN
13 2 (0.47%) WAAS
13 2 (0.47%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.65%) Oracle Database
1 7 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.71%) Power BI
4 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.31%) JIRA
2 7 (1.65%) InstallShield
2 7 (1.65%) MSI
3 3 (0.71%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.24%) Hudson
4 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
General
1 237 (56.03%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.22%) Public Sector
3 31 (7.33%) Manufacturing
4 30 (7.09%) Finance
5 25 (5.91%) Legal
6 23 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (3.78%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.31%) Banking
10 13 (3.07%) Electronics
10 13 (3.07%) Marketing
11 11 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.13%) Law
13 5 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.95%) Police
15 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 116 (27.42%) Support Engineer
2 102 (24.11%) IT Support
3 84 (19.86%) IT Engineer
4 66 (15.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 61 (14.42%) Analyst
6 49 (11.58%) Desktop Support
7 44 (10.40%) Windows Engineer
8 43 (10.17%) Desktop Engineer
9 40 (9.46%) 1st Line Support
10 35 (8.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 31 (7.33%) Deployment Engineer
12 30 (7.09%) Support Analyst
13 27 (6.38%) Service Analyst
14 26 (6.15%) 2nd Line Support
14 26 (6.15%) Service Desk Analyst
15 19 (4.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 19 (4.49%) Migration Engineer
15 19 (4.49%) Technical Support
16 18 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 16 (3.78%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.95%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.33%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.20%) Driving Licence
3 21 (4.96%) Smartphone
4 17 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.13%) iPhone
7 8 (1.89%) CMDB
7 8 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.18%) iPad
8 5 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.18%) PKI
9 4 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.95%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.71%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.71%) NHS
11 1 (0.24%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (0.24%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.24%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.24%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 411 (97.16%) Windows
2 33 (7.80%) Apple iOS
3 30 (7.09%) Android
4 29 (6.86%) Windows 7
5 24 (5.67%) Mac OS
5 24 (5.67%) Windows Server
6 18 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.31%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (2.13%) AIX
9 8 (1.89%) Linux
9 8 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.95%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.71%) CentOS
12 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (37.35%) Customer Service
2 75 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (17.49%) ITIL
3 74 (17.49%) Migration
4 54 (12.77%) ITSM
5 34 (8.04%) Service Management
6 28 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (6.38%) Logistics
8 24 (5.67%) Workflow
9 20 (4.73%) Asset Management
10 19 (4.49%) User Experience
11 17 (4.02%) Application Packaging
11 17 (4.02%) Incident Management
11 17 (4.02%) Proactive Monitoring
11 17 (4.02%) Workflow Management
12 16 (3.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (3.55%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (3.55%) Change Management
13 15 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 14 (3.31%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.35%) PowerShell
2 15 (3.55%) VBScript
3 12 (2.84%) VB
4 5 (1.18%) Bash
4 5 (1.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (26.00%) Security Cleared
2 88 (20.80%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.98%) Degree
4 23 (5.44%) DV Cleared
4 23 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.84%) MCSE
6 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 8 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.42%) A+ Certification
8 6 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.47%) HNC
11 2 (0.47%) HND
12 1 (0.24%) ACSP
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.24%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.20%) SLA
2 5 (1.18%) GDPR
2 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.47%) GLP
3 2 (0.47%) GMP
4 1 (0.24%) GRC
4 1 (0.24%) PMO
4 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 232 (54.85%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.07%) BitLocker
4 8 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.47%) NFS
7 2 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 109 (25.77%) SCCM
2 76 (17.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.89%) WSUS
5 5 (1.18%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.71%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.47%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.24%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 266 (62.88%) Microsoft
2 77 (18.20%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.86%) Citrix
4 18 (4.26%) Remedy
5 17 (4.02%) Cisco
5 17 (4.02%) iManage
5 17 (4.02%) VMware
6 16 (3.78%) Bomgar
7 15 (3.55%) SAP
8 13 (3.07%) HP
9 11 (2.60%) McAfee
10 10 (2.36%) Apple
11 9 (2.13%) Oracle
12 8 (1.89%) Starlink
13 7 (1.65%) IBM
14 5 (1.18%) Dell
14 5 (1.18%) Google
15 4 (0.95%) Veeam
16 3 (0.71%) Red Hat
16 3 (0.71%) SolarWinds