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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 90 65
Rank change year-on-year -71 -25 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 359 352 596
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.46% 2.74% 2.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.46% 15.83% 18.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 233 412
10th Percentile £130 £150 £143
25th Percentile £150 £180 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £213 £215
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -1.16% +5.39%
75th Percentile £250 £288 £300
90th Percentile £400 £500 £575
UK median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 25 66
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.40 -
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.51 £10.95
Median hourly rate £24.33 £23.00 £14.14
Median % change year-on-year +5.76% +62.66% -23.57%
75th Percentile £74.00 £28.00 £18.13
90th Percentile £178.75 £32.25 £25.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +4.79% +47.69% -13.33%

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 2,882 2,223 3,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.71% 17.28% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,820 1,436 2,156
10th Percentile £163 £178 £175
25th Percentile £263 £231 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £669
UK median daily rate £456 £467 £466
% change year-on-year -2.25% +0.11% -7.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 155 323
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.10 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.29 £14.27
Median hourly rate £41.83 £20.94 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +99.74% -6.93% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £74.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £22.00 £22.15
% change year-on-year +90.64% -0.68% -43.28%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -24 124 £173 -13.75% 25
North West +6 96 £164 -13.82% 21
Midlands -52 69 £190 - 11
South East -88 53 £210 -16.00% 21
East of England -2 43 £200 -13.51% 9
South West -51 43 £220 - 19
East Midlands -9 35 £175 -7.89% 5
West Midlands -73 33 £190 +2.70% 6
Yorkshire -45 25 £190 -9.52% 3
Scotland -8 16 £163 -16.67% 3
Wales -11 8 £200 -38.46% 3
Northern Ireland -3 4 £175 +9.38% 1
North East -23 3 £180 -40.00% 1
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 66 (18.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (11.98%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.79%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.67%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 63 (17.55%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 199 (55.43%) Microsoft 365
2 84 (23.40%) Azure
3 53 (14.76%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.62%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.95%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.39%) AWS
6 5 (1.39%) GCP
7 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.28%) IaaS
8 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.65%) VPN
2 29 (8.08%) DNS
2 29 (8.08%) LAN
3 28 (7.80%) DHCP
3 28 (7.80%) Wi-Fi
4 25 (6.96%) Skype
5 19 (5.29%) WAN
6 14 (3.90%) VLAN
7 9 (2.51%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (1.67%) IPv4
9 6 (1.67%) IPv6
10 5 (1.39%) Network Security
10 5 (1.39%) Wireless
11 4 (1.11%) WAAS
12 2 (0.56%) Firewall
12 2 (0.56%) Internet
12 2 (0.56%) RS-232
12 2 (0.56%) VoIP
12 2 (0.56%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.11%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.56%) Power BI
4 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.90%) JIRA
2 5 (1.39%) MSI
3 4 (1.11%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.56%) AdminStudio
General
1 204 (56.82%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (7.80%) Legal
4 22 (6.13%) Manufacturing
4 22 (6.13%) Public Sector
5 19 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (5.01%) Finance
7 13 (3.62%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.06%) Banking
9 10 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.79%) Law
10 7 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.95%) Marketing
11 4 (1.11%) Police
12 3 (0.84%) Electronics
13 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.28%) Aviation
13 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.28%) Publishing
13 1 (0.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 103 (28.69%) IT Support
1 103 (28.69%) Support Engineer
2 78 (21.73%) IT Engineer
3 65 (18.11%) IT Support Engineer
4 60 (16.71%) Analyst
5 41 (11.42%) 1st Line Support
6 39 (10.86%) Desktop Engineer
7 38 (10.58%) Desktop Support
8 32 (8.91%) Support Analyst
9 26 (7.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 25 (6.96%) Service Analyst
11 24 (6.69%) Service Desk Analyst
12 22 (6.13%) 2nd Line Support
12 22 (6.13%) IT Analyst
13 19 (5.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 18 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 18 (5.01%) Windows Engineer
15 17 (4.74%) IT Support Analyst
16 16 (4.46%) Deployment Engineer
16 16 (4.46%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.11%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.28%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.09%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (5.29%) Smartphone
3 15 (4.18%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.51%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.23%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.67%) Blackberry
7 5 (1.39%) CMDB
7 5 (1.39%) iPhone
7 5 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.84%) iPad
10 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.56%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.28%) CCTV
11 1 (0.28%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 356 (99.16%) Windows
2 31 (8.64%) Mac OS
3 29 (8.08%) Windows 7
4 24 (6.69%) Windows Server
5 21 (5.85%) Android
5 21 (5.85%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (2.23%) Linux
7 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.11%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.84%) AIX
9 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.84%) Solaris
9 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) Debian
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (39.28%) Customer Service
2 84 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (20.06%) ITIL
4 54 (15.04%) ITSM
5 45 (12.53%) Migration
6 36 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (8.91%) Service Management
8 25 (6.96%) Asset Management
9 22 (6.13%) User Experience
10 19 (5.29%) Application Packaging
11 18 (5.01%) Computer Science
11 18 (5.01%) Service Delivery
12 15 (4.18%) Time Management
13 14 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (3.90%) Inventory Management
13 14 (3.90%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (3.62%) Change Management
14 13 (3.62%) Logistics
15 12 (3.34%) Disaster Recovery
15 12 (3.34%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.86%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.62%) VBScript
3 10 (2.79%) VB
4 5 (1.39%) Bash
5 2 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (19.78%) Security Cleared
2 60 (16.71%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.42%) Degree
4 25 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.46%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.62%) A+ Certification
7 12 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.51%) MCSE
8 9 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.84%) ACSP
12 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.56%) HNC
13 2 (0.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.24%) SLA
2 5 (1.39%) GDPR
2 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.56%) GLP
3 2 (0.56%) GMP
4 1 (0.28%) GRC
4 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 212 (59.05%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.90%) BitLocker
4 10 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 86 (23.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (21.73%) SCCM
3 12 (3.34%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.95%) WSUS
5 5 (1.39%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) SCOM
6 1 (0.28%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 244 (67.97%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.71%) ServiceNow
3 26 (7.24%) Citrix
4 19 (5.29%) VMware
5 18 (5.01%) Apple
6 17 (4.74%) Bomgar
6 17 (4.74%) HP
6 17 (4.74%) iManage
7 15 (4.18%) Cisco
8 14 (3.90%) Remedy
9 8 (2.23%) Starlink
10 7 (1.95%) Dell
11 6 (1.67%) Lotus
11 6 (1.67%) McAfee
11 6 (1.67%) Oracle
12 5 (1.39%) Google
13 3 (0.84%) MobileIron
13 3 (0.84%) SAP
14 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg
14 2 (0.56%) CheckPoint