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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 72 67
Rank change year-on-year -62 -5 -14
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 406 409 613
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.84% 3.25% 2.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.00% 18.07% 18.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 290 417
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £153 £180 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £215 £210
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +2.38% +3.28%
75th Percentile £258 £297 £300
90th Percentile £485 £513 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £225 £219
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.86% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 63
10th Percentile £16.72 £18.13 -
25th Percentile £20.07 £21.05 £10.95
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +67.80% -20.45%
75th Percentile £25.00 £26.33 £17.75
90th Percentile £76.50 £32.60 £22.55
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £16.94
% change year-on-year -9.02% +42.78% -7.79%

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 2,900 2,264 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.13% 17.98% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,880 1,463 2,167
10th Percentile £163 £180 £163
25th Percentile £240 £243 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +2.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £625 £640 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £461
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.98% -10.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 139 326
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £12.40
25th Percentile £16.68 £18.17 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.81 £24.66 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +21.16% -23.20%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.38 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.40 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.16 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year -6.10% +12.09% -24.14%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -14.63% 23
North West -2 106 £170 -12.82% 17
South East -63 83 £250 +0.10% 25
Midlands -64 68 £175 -7.89% 22
East of England +12 60 £200 -11.11% 11
South West -42 45 £275 +23.48% 16
East Midlands -16 35 £175 -7.89% 12
West Midlands -83 32 £170 -12.82% 10
Yorkshire -39 31 £190 -21.65% 5
Scotland -20 8 £205 +2.50% 6
Wales -18 5 £200 +2.56% 2
North East -12 4 £190 -36.67% 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 71 (17.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (12.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.22%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.25%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.25%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 70 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (4.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.99%) assyst
3 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 211 (51.97%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (21.43%) Azure
3 51 (12.56%) Entra ID
4 24 (5.91%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.97%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.23%) AWS
6 5 (1.23%) GCP
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.25%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.25%) IaaS
7 1 (0.25%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.25%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.25%) SaaS
7 1 (0.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 52 (12.81%) VPN
2 42 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (8.62%) LAN
4 30 (7.39%) DNS
5 27 (6.65%) DHCP
5 27 (6.65%) WAN
6 25 (6.16%) Skype
7 16 (3.94%) TCP/IP
8 15 (3.69%) VLAN
9 6 (1.48%) 4G
10 5 (1.23%) VoIP
10 5 (1.23%) Wireless
11 3 (0.74%) Internet
11 3 (0.74%) PABX
11 3 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.49%) IPv4
12 2 (0.49%) RS-232
12 2 (0.49%) VSAN
12 2 (0.49%) WAAS
12 2 (0.49%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.72%) Oracle Database
1 7 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.74%) Power BI
4 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.45%) JIRA
2 7 (1.72%) InstallShield
3 6 (1.48%) MSI
4 3 (0.74%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.25%) Hudson
5 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 229 (56.40%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.36%) Public Sector
3 31 (7.64%) Manufacturing
4 29 (7.14%) Finance
5 24 (5.91%) Legal
5 24 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (4.19%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.45%) Banking
9 13 (3.20%) Electronics
9 13 (3.20%) Marketing
10 11 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.22%) Law
13 4 (0.99%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.99%) Police
14 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 112 (27.59%) Support Engineer
2 102 (25.12%) IT Support
3 82 (20.20%) IT Engineer
4 65 (16.01%) IT Support Engineer
5 60 (14.78%) Analyst
6 46 (11.33%) Desktop Support
7 40 (9.85%) 1st Line Support
7 40 (9.85%) Desktop Engineer
7 40 (9.85%) Windows Engineer
8 33 (8.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 30 (7.39%) Support Analyst
10 26 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support
10 26 (6.40%) Service Analyst
11 25 (6.16%) Service Desk Analyst
12 24 (5.91%) Deployment Engineer
13 20 (4.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 19 (4.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 19 (4.68%) Migration Engineer
14 19 (4.68%) Technical Support
15 17 (4.19%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.23%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.13%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.93%) Driving Licence
2 20 (4.93%) Smartphone
3 18 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.22%) iPhone
6 7 (1.72%) CMDB
6 7 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.23%) iPad
7 5 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.99%) PKI
8 4 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.74%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.74%) NHS
9 3 (0.74%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.25%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.25%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 394 (97.04%) Windows
2 32 (7.88%) Apple iOS
3 29 (7.14%) Android
3 29 (7.14%) Windows 7
4 26 (6.40%) Windows Server
5 24 (5.91%) Mac OS
6 17 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (2.22%) AIX
9 8 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.48%) Linux
11 4 (0.99%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.74%) CentOS
13 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (37.68%) Customer Service
2 78 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (17.98%) ITIL
4 70 (17.24%) Migration
5 52 (12.81%) ITSM
6 34 (8.37%) Service Management
7 29 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (6.40%) Logistics
9 22 (5.42%) User Experience
9 22 (5.42%) Workflow
10 21 (5.17%) Asset Management
11 18 (4.43%) Application Packaging
11 18 (4.43%) Incident Management
12 17 (4.19%) Workflow Management
13 16 (3.94%) Proactive Monitoring
13 16 (3.94%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (3.69%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (3.69%) Change Management
15 14 (3.45%) Time Management
16 13 (3.20%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.82%) PowerShell
2 15 (3.69%) VBScript
3 12 (2.96%) VB
4 5 (1.23%) Bash
4 5 (1.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (24.38%) Security Cleared
2 80 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.61%) Degree
4 23 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (5.42%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.96%) MCSE
7 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 8 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.48%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.49%) HNC
13 2 (0.49%) HND
14 1 (0.25%) ACSP
14 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.25%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.17%) SLA
2 5 (1.23%) GDPR
2 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.49%) GLP
3 2 (0.49%) GMP
4 1 (0.25%) GRC
4 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 219 (53.94%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.20%) BitLocker
4 8 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.49%) NFS
6 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (24.14%) SCCM
2 76 (18.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (2.22%) WSUS
5 3 (0.74%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (0.74%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.49%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.25%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 258 (63.55%) Microsoft
2 69 (17.00%) ServiceNow
3 31 (7.64%) Citrix
4 18 (4.43%) Remedy
5 17 (4.19%) iManage
5 17 (4.19%) VMware
6 16 (3.94%) Bomgar
7 15 (3.69%) Cisco
8 14 (3.45%) SAP
9 12 (2.96%) HP
10 10 (2.46%) Apple
10 10 (2.46%) McAfee
11 9 (2.22%) Oracle
12 8 (1.97%) Starlink
13 7 (1.72%) IBM
14 5 (1.23%) Dell
14 5 (1.23%) Google
15 3 (0.74%) Red Hat
15 3 (0.74%) Symantec
15 3 (0.74%) Veeam