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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 97 70
Rank change year-on-year -67 -27 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 383 356 571
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.43% 2.46% 2.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.41% 14.76% 16.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 220 377
10th Percentile £131 £150 £142
25th Percentile £156 £180 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £215 £215
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% - +5.13%
75th Percentile £250 £288 £318
90th Percentile £400 £523 £531
UK median daily rate £200 £230 £225
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 41 77
10th Percentile £19.27 £16.25 -
25th Percentile £20.89 £18.87 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +66.67% -18.92%
75th Percentile £71.28 £25.15 £19.50
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £39.00
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 3,086 2,412 3,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.55% 16.69% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,928 1,542 2,170
10th Percentile £180 £181 £180
25th Percentile £274 £250 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £461
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +0.68%
75th Percentile £553 £557 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £465 £465 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 186 364
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.12 £12.44
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.95 £15.64
Median hourly rate £25.77 £19.07 £35.58
Median % change year-on-year +35.13% -46.41% +20.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £25.13
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.46% -40.88%

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 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 8 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 8 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 -23 124 £190 -5.00% 39
North West -1 90 £190 -2.56% 19
Midlands -55 64 £185 -2.63% 15
South West -35 57 £225 +2.27% 11
South East -108 56 £250 - 35
East of England -1 52 £175 -22.22% 7
West Midlands -63 37 £208 +9.21% 6
Yorkshire -33 29 £190 -1.94% 13
East Midlands -5 26 £131 -27.13% 9
Scotland -28 18 £150 -25.00% 8
Wales -13 10 £200 -33.33% 3
North East -34 5 £250 -16.67% 8
Northern Ireland +5 4 £175 +9.38% 2
Channel Islands +1 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 63 (16.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (10.70%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.13%) Skype for Business
4 9 (2.35%) HCL Notes
5 3 (0.78%) Confluence
6 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 64 (16.71%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (2.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 203 (53.00%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (19.58%) Azure
3 46 (12.01%) Entra ID
4 14 (3.66%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.83%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.04%) Mimecast
7 3 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.26%) IaaS
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 53 (13.84%) VPN
2 32 (8.36%) DNS
3 31 (8.09%) DHCP
3 31 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (7.57%) LAN
5 24 (6.27%) Skype
6 17 (4.44%) TCP/IP
7 14 (3.66%) WAN
8 11 (2.87%) VLAN
9 8 (2.09%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (1.57%) IPv4
10 6 (1.57%) IPv6
11 5 (1.31%) Network Security
12 4 (1.04%) WAAS
13 3 (0.78%) Firewall
13 3 (0.78%) Internet
14 2 (0.52%) RS-232
14 2 (0.52%) VoIP
14 2 (0.52%) X.400
15 1 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.57%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.78%) Power BI
4 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (4.96%) JIRA
2 5 (1.31%) MSI
3 3 (0.78%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.52%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 241 (62.92%) Social Skills
2 36 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (8.62%) Legal
4 20 (5.22%) Manufacturing
5 19 (4.96%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.92%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.35%) Finance
10 8 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.83%) Banking
12 5 (1.31%) Law
12 5 (1.31%) Police
13 4 (1.04%) Marketing
14 3 (0.78%) Retail
15 2 (0.52%) Advertising
15 2 (0.52%) Aviation
16 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.26%) French Language
16 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 121 (31.59%) IT Support
2 120 (31.33%) Support Engineer
3 99 (25.85%) IT Engineer
4 87 (22.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 63 (16.45%) Analyst
6 42 (10.97%) Desktop Engineer
7 36 (9.40%) Desktop Support
8 32 (8.36%) 1st Line Support
8 32 (8.36%) Service Analyst
8 32 (8.36%) Service Desk Analyst
9 28 (7.31%) Support Analyst
10 26 (6.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 25 (6.53%) 2nd Line Support
11 25 (6.53%) IT Analyst
12 22 (5.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 21 (5.48%) Deployment Engineer
14 19 (4.96%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 17 (4.44%) IT Technician
16 16 (4.18%) IT Support Analyst
16 16 (4.18%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.04%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.26%) .NET
2 1 (0.26%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.26%) WinForms
2 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.79%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.39%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.87%) Smartphone
5 10 (2.61%) Blackberry
5 10 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.57%) CMDB
6 6 (1.57%) iPhone
7 5 (1.31%) iPad
7 5 (1.31%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.04%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.04%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (0.78%) BYOD
9 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.78%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.52%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 383 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (7.83%) Windows 7
3 26 (6.79%) Android
4 25 (6.53%) Windows Server
5 24 (6.27%) Mac OS
6 19 (4.96%) Apple iOS
7 11 (2.87%) Linux
7 11 (2.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.09%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.31%) Solaris
11 4 (1.04%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.78%) AIX
12 3 (0.78%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.52%) Debian
14 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (35.51%) Customer Service
2 98 (25.59%) ITIL
3 92 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (13.84%) ITSM
5 37 (9.66%) Service Management
6 36 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (8.62%) Migration
8 28 (7.31%) Service Delivery
9 26 (6.79%) Asset Management
10 23 (6.01%) User Experience
11 19 (4.96%) Computer Science
12 18 (4.70%) Application Packaging
13 16 (4.18%) Customer Experience
13 16 (4.18%) Incident Management
14 15 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 14 (3.66%) Inventory Management
16 13 (3.39%) Break/Fix
16 13 (3.39%) Root Cause Analysis
17 12 (3.13%) Disk Encryption
17 12 (3.13%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.18%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.18%) VBScript
3 12 (3.13%) VB
4 3 (0.78%) SQL
5 1 (0.26%) C#
5 1 (0.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 84 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 74 (19.32%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.40%) Degree
4 26 (6.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.92%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.39%) A+ Certification
7 11 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 10 (2.61%) MCSE
9 9 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.31%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.78%) ACSP
12 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.52%) HNC
13 2 (0.52%) HND
13 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.26%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.36%) SLA
2 2 (0.52%) GLP
2 2 (0.52%) GMP
2 2 (0.52%) NCSC
3 1 (0.26%) GDPR
3 1 (0.26%) GRC
3 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 221 (57.70%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.44%) BitLocker
3 13 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 91 (23.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (20.37%) SCCM
3 10 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.83%) WSUS
5 6 (1.57%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.78%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.26%) Packer
7 1 (0.26%) SCOM
7 1 (0.26%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.26%) Terraform
7 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 247 (64.49%) Microsoft
2 75 (19.58%) ServiceNow
3 23 (6.01%) Apple
4 19 (4.96%) HP
5 16 (4.18%) Citrix
6 15 (3.92%) VMware
7 14 (3.66%) iManage
8 13 (3.39%) Bomgar
9 11 (2.87%) Cisco
9 11 (2.87%) Remedy
10 10 (2.61%) McAfee
11 9 (2.35%) Lotus
11 9 (2.35%) Oracle
11 9 (2.35%) Starlink
12 6 (1.57%) Dell
13 4 (1.04%) Sophos
14 3 (0.78%) MobileIron
15 2 (0.52%) Adobe
15 2 (0.52%) Bloomberg
15 2 (0.52%) CheckPoint