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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 100 65
Rank change year-on-year -63 -35 +16
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 419 382 516
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.49% 2.42% 2.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.39% 14.51% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 263 355
10th Percentile £150 £140 £142
25th Percentile £172 £171 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £210 £225
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% -6.67% +9.76%
75th Percentile £300 £338 £363
90th Percentile £420 £538 £483
UK median daily rate £226 £225 £225
% change year-on-year +0.22% - +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 56 39
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £14.17
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.75 £21.46 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.99% +2.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £40.25 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £67.47 - £36.60
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £22.38 £22.00
% change year-on-year +15.05% +1.74% +14.70%

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 3,130 2,633 2,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.12% 16.70% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 1,691 1,729
10th Percentile £188 £170 £182
25th Percentile £263 £220 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £449
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.35% -0.22%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £612 £638
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 250 215
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.12 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.87 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -56.07% +41.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.06 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +2.47% -52.55% +21.14%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -12 120 £230 +31.43% 15
North West +11 93 £263 +50.00% 10
South East -79 84 £273 +21.79% 22
South West -61 63 £225 -23.08% 14
Midlands -39 59 £200 +14.29% 21
East of England -11 53 £190 -15.56% 17
Scotland -14 32 £150 -25.00% 5
West Midlands -46 32 £200 +14.29% 8
East Midlands 0 27 £200 +51.14% 12
Yorkshire -40 19 £200 +17.65% 5
North East -40 8 £250 +25.00%
Wales -10 7 £200 -27.27% 5
Northern Ireland +11 3 - - 1
Channel Islands -5 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 47 (11.22%) SharePoint
2 45 (10.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (4.06%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.10%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.67%) Confluence
6 5 (1.19%) Apache
6 5 (1.19%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 72 (17.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.72%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.48%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 248 (59.19%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (25.06%) Azure
3 87 (20.76%) Entra ID
4 15 (3.58%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.19%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (0.95%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.48%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 69 (16.47%) VPN
2 36 (8.59%) DNS
3 35 (8.35%) DHCP
4 30 (7.16%) LAN
4 30 (7.16%) TCP/IP
5 26 (6.21%) Skype
6 21 (5.01%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (4.06%) WAN
8 10 (2.39%) Firewall
8 10 (2.39%) NetScaler
8 10 (2.39%) VLAN
9 7 (1.67%) Wireless
10 2 (0.48%) IPv4
10 2 (0.48%) IPv6
10 2 (0.48%) Network Security
10 2 (0.48%) Telepresence
10 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.24%) Internet
11 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.67%) Oracle Database
2 3 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (5.01%) JIRA
2 6 (1.43%) MSI
3 5 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 263 (62.77%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.21%) Legal
4 11 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (2.39%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.15%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.43%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.19%) Finance
8 5 (1.19%) Law
9 4 (0.95%) French Language
9 4 (0.95%) Marketing
10 3 (0.72%) Police
10 3 (0.72%) Retail
11 2 (0.48%) Advertising
11 2 (0.48%) Aviation
11 2 (0.48%) Banking
12 1 (0.24%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 140 (33.41%) Support Engineer
2 124 (29.59%) IT Support
3 123 (29.36%) IT Engineer
4 103 (24.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 44 (10.50%) Desktop Engineer
6 43 (10.26%) Analyst
7 37 (8.83%) Deployment Engineer
8 34 (8.11%) Desktop Support
9 30 (7.16%) 2nd Line Support
10 27 (6.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 25 (5.97%) 1st Line Support
12 24 (5.73%) Service Analyst
12 24 (5.73%) Service Desk Analyst
13 21 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 20 (4.77%) IT Analyst
15 18 (4.30%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 18 (4.30%) Support Analyst
16 17 (4.06%) Windows Engineer
17 16 (3.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 15 (3.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.19%) Terraform
2 2 (0.48%) 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 43 (10.26%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.01%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.53%) Blackberry
4 18 (4.30%) CMDB
4 18 (4.30%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (4.06%) Smartphone
6 10 (2.39%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.67%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.19%) Fat Client
8 5 (1.19%) iPhone
8 5 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.19%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.19%) NHS
8 5 (1.19%) Thin Client
9 4 (0.95%) Device Driver
9 4 (0.95%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.95%) PKI
9 4 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.72%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 419 (100.00%) Windows
2 40 (9.55%) Windows Server
3 33 (7.88%) Windows 7
4 30 (7.16%) Android
5 26 (6.21%) Apple iOS
5 26 (6.21%) Linux
6 24 (5.73%) Mac OS
7 14 (3.34%) Ubuntu
8 10 (2.39%) CentOS
9 9 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.67%) Solaris
11 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.48%) Debian
13 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (34.84%) Customer Service
2 123 (29.36%) ITIL
3 100 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (14.08%) ITSM
5 47 (11.22%) Service Management
6 43 (10.26%) User Experience
7 38 (9.07%) Migration
8 32 (7.64%) Asset Management
9 31 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (7.16%) Root Cause Analysis
11 29 (6.92%) Service Delivery
12 27 (6.44%) Application Packaging
13 26 (6.21%) Break/Fix
14 21 (5.01%) Incident Management
15 18 (4.30%) Customer Experience
15 18 (4.30%) Disk Encryption
16 13 (3.10%) Change Management
16 13 (3.10%) Technical Leadership
16 13 (3.10%) Validation
17 12 (2.86%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 77 (18.38%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.53%) VBScript
3 16 (3.82%) VB
4 5 (1.19%) Python
5 2 (0.48%) SQL
6 1 (0.24%) Bash
6 1 (0.24%) C#
Qualifications
1 136 (32.46%) Security Cleared
2 119 (28.40%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.44%) DV Cleared
4 25 (5.97%) Degree
5 18 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (4.06%) A+ Certification
7 10 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 9 (2.15%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.48%) ACSP
11 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.48%) MCSE
12 1 (0.24%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.88%) SLA
2 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.48%) 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
1 261 (62.29%) Active Directory
2 27 (6.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 23 (5.49%) BitLocker
4 22 (5.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (3.10%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (1.91%) XenApp
7 8 (1.91%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.43%) Firmware
9 5 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.48%) vSphere
12 1 (0.24%) KVM
12 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 122 (29.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 109 (26.01%) SCCM
3 5 (1.19%) Packer
3 5 (1.19%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.95%) SysTrack
5 3 (0.72%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.48%) WSUS
7 1 (0.24%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 277 (66.11%) Microsoft
2 99 (23.63%) ServiceNow
3 32 (7.64%) Apple
3 32 (7.64%) VMware
4 17 (4.06%) Citrix
4 17 (4.06%) HP
5 16 (3.82%) Lotus
6 9 (2.15%) Cisco
7 8 (1.91%) iManage
7 8 (1.91%) Oracle
8 7 (1.67%) Sophos
9 6 (1.43%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.43%) CyberArk
9 6 (1.43%) Ivanti
9 6 (1.43%) Remedy
10 5 (1.19%) Bomgar
10 5 (1.19%) Dell
10 5 (1.19%) Google
10 5 (1.19%) McAfee
10 5 (1.19%) Tanium