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

 6 months to
24 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 107 70
Rank change year-on-year -68 -37 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 377 332 542
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.40% 2.22% 2.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.08% 13.58% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 201 364
10th Percentile £131 £150 £141
25th Percentile £161 £171 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £259 £280 £346
90th Percentile £400 £511 £522
UK median daily rate £204 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -9.44% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 47 75
10th Percentile £19.28 £15.80 -
25th Percentile £21.02 £18.69 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +66.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £70.74 £25.15 £21.21
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £25.72
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +11.96% +41.54% -14.47%

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 3,121 2,444 3,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.57% 16.37% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,943 1,555 2,099
10th Percentile £185 £180 £180
25th Percentile £280 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £623 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +1.08% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 206 334
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.33 £12.39
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £26.47 £21.59 £31.13
Median % change year-on-year +22.60% -30.63% -0.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.23 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.88% -43.11%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -8 119 £195 -2.50% 25
North West +3 84 £200 - 13
South West -28 62 £225 +2.27% 8
South East -97 61 £250 +15.61% 33
Midlands -47 58 £190 - 16
East of England -6 42 £175 -22.22% 10
West Midlands -65 33 £225 +18.42% 8
Yorkshire -35 30 £193 -4.11% 9
East Midlands -2 24 £131 -27.13% 8
Scotland -23 22 £150 -25.00% 7
Wales -11 11 £200 -27.27%
North East -32 5 £250 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +4 4 £175 -14.63% 1
Channel Islands +2 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 54 (14.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (12.20%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.92%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.39%) Skype for Business
5 5 (1.33%) Confluence
6 3 (0.80%) Apache
6 3 (0.80%) nginx
7 2 (0.53%) IIS
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 61 (16.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.80%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (2.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 206 (54.64%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (18.30%) Azure
3 46 (12.20%) Entra ID
4 15 (3.98%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.59%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.06%) Mimecast
7 3 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.27%) IaaS
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.26%) VPN
2 32 (8.49%) DNS
3 31 (8.22%) DHCP
4 27 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (6.90%) LAN
6 21 (5.57%) Skype
7 18 (4.77%) TCP/IP
8 9 (2.39%) WAN
9 8 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (1.86%) VLAN
11 6 (1.59%) IPv4
11 6 (1.59%) IPv6
12 5 (1.33%) Firewall
12 5 (1.33%) Network Security
13 3 (0.80%) Internet
13 3 (0.80%) WAAS
13 3 (0.80%) Wireless
14 2 (0.53%) VoIP
15 1 (0.27%) Kerberos
15 1 (0.27%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.33%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.53%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.31%) JIRA
2 6 (1.59%) MSI
3 3 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.80%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.80%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.53%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 242 (64.19%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (9.02%) Legal
3 18 (4.77%) Manufacturing
3 18 (4.77%) Public Sector
4 17 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.12%) Finance
7 7 (1.86%) Banking
7 7 (1.86%) Law
8 4 (1.06%) Marketing
8 4 (1.06%) Police
9 3 (0.80%) French Language
9 3 (0.80%) Retail
10 2 (0.53%) Advertising
10 2 (0.53%) Aviation
11 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (31.83%) Support Engineer
2 115 (30.50%) IT Support
3 98 (25.99%) IT Engineer
4 86 (22.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (14.06%) Analyst
6 41 (10.88%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (9.28%) Desktop Support
8 31 (8.22%) 1st Line Support
9 28 (7.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 28 (7.43%) 2nd Line Support
9 28 (7.43%) Service Analyst
9 28 (7.43%) Service Desk Analyst
10 26 (6.90%) Deployment Engineer
11 23 (6.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (6.10%) Support Analyst
12 21 (5.57%) IT Analyst
13 18 (4.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 17 (4.51%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 16 (4.24%) IT Technician
15 16 (4.24%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.06%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.27%) .NET
2 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.27%) WinForms
2 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.47%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.51%) Smartphone
3 16 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.98%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.71%) Blackberry
6 11 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.59%) CMDB
10 5 (1.33%) iPhone
11 4 (1.06%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (1.06%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.06%) iPad
11 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.06%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.06%) Thin Client
11 4 (1.06%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.80%) BYOD
12 3 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 377 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (6.90%) Android
2 26 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 23 (6.10%) Mac OS
3 23 (6.10%) Windows 7
4 18 (4.77%) Apple iOS
5 15 (3.98%) Linux
6 9 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.59%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.33%) Solaris
9 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.53%) CentOS
10 2 (0.53%) Debian
11 1 (0.27%) AIX
11 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.27%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (35.54%) Customer Service
2 97 (25.73%) ITIL
3 87 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (13.26%) ITSM
5 34 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (8.75%) Service Management
7 31 (8.22%) Migration
8 30 (7.96%) Service Delivery
9 29 (7.69%) Asset Management
10 25 (6.63%) User Experience
11 21 (5.57%) Incident Management
12 18 (4.77%) Application Packaging
13 17 (4.51%) Customer Experience
14 15 (3.98%) Break/Fix
14 15 (3.98%) Computer Science
15 13 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 12 (3.18%) Inventory Management
17 11 (2.92%) Change Management
17 11 (2.92%) Root Cause Analysis
18 10 (2.65%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.61%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.45%) VBScript
3 9 (2.39%) VB
4 3 (0.80%) Python
4 3 (0.80%) SQL
5 1 (0.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 84 (22.28%) Security Cleared
2 74 (19.63%) SC Cleared
3 33 (8.75%) Degree
4 19 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.98%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.65%) A+ Certification
7 8 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (1.59%) MCSE
9 6 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.80%) ACSP
12 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.27%) HNC
13 1 (0.27%) HND
13 1 (0.27%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.55%) SLA
2 2 (0.53%) GLP
2 2 (0.53%) GMP
2 2 (0.53%) NCSC
3 1 (0.27%) GDPR
3 1 (0.27%) GRC
3 1 (0.27%) GxP
3 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 220 (58.36%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.45%) BitLocker
2 13 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.06%) Firmware
6 3 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.27%) KVM
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 89 (23.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (19.63%) SCCM
3 7 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (1.86%) WSUS
4 5 (1.33%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.80%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.80%) Packer
5 3 (0.80%) Terraform
5 3 (0.80%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.27%) SCOM
6 1 (0.27%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 237 (62.86%) Microsoft
2 80 (21.22%) ServiceNow
3 23 (6.10%) Apple
4 17 (4.51%) HP
5 15 (3.98%) iManage
5 15 (3.98%) VMware
6 14 (3.71%) Citrix
7 13 (3.45%) Cisco
8 12 (3.18%) Bomgar
9 11 (2.92%) Lotus
9 11 (2.92%) Remedy
10 10 (2.65%) McAfee
11 8 (2.12%) Starlink
12 7 (1.86%) Oracle
13 6 (1.59%) Dell
14 4 (1.06%) Adobe
14 4 (1.06%) Sophos
15 3 (0.80%) Atlassian
15 3 (0.80%) Google
15 3 (0.80%) Litera
97 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London