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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 71 69
Rank change year-on-year -48 -2 -16
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 447 432 624
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.12% 3.36% 2.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.37% 18.61% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 304 425
10th Percentile £131 £150 £143
25th Percentile £156 £185 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £213 £210
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% +2.94%
75th Percentile £275 £313 £297
90th Percentile £488 £517 £573
UK median daily rate £203 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 23 60
10th Percentile £18.30 £15.58 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.32 £10.95
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £14.80
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +55.46% -19.44%
75th Percentile £24.36 £24.18 £18.02
90th Percentile £25.95 £32.60 £25.58
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £17.14
% change year-on-year -4.35% +34.17% -7.34%

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 2,909 2,321 3,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.03% 15.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,901 1,468 2,198
10th Percentile £161 £178 £163
25th Percentile £218 £231 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £445 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -6.32% +5.56% -12.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 128 335
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.14 £18.47 £14.32
Median hourly rate £22.58 £24.83 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.08% +10.36% -13.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £68.35 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £28.71 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.87% +27.58% -15.09%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -19 147 £175 -14.63% 26
North West +2 105 £173 -9.21% 14
South East -46 97 £250 - 42
Midlands -56 71 £175 -7.89% 22
South West -29 62 £300 +33.33% 15
East of England +10 61 £200 -12.57% 13
East Midlands -16 35 £175 -7.89% 11
West Midlands -65 35 £158 -19.23% 11
Yorkshire -47 34 £190 -21.65% 9
Scotland -27 9 £203 +2.53% 5
North East -7 8 £195 -35.00% 4
Wales -15 7 £200 - 4
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 75 (16.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (12.08%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.01%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 79 (17.67%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.12%) assyst
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 232 (51.90%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (20.13%) Azure
3 50 (11.19%) Entra ID
4 33 (7.38%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.57%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.34%) AWS
6 6 (1.34%) GCP
7 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.22%) IaaS
7 1 (0.22%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.22%) SaaS
7 1 (0.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.53%) VPN
2 40 (8.95%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (7.61%) DNS
4 33 (7.38%) LAN
5 27 (6.04%) DHCP
6 26 (5.82%) Skype
6 26 (5.82%) WAN
7 22 (4.92%) TCP/IP
8 13 (2.91%) VLAN
9 9 (2.01%) 4G
10 8 (1.79%) PABX
11 5 (1.12%) VoIP
11 5 (1.12%) Wireless
12 3 (0.67%) Firewall
12 3 (0.67%) Internet
12 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.67%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.45%) RS-232
13 2 (0.45%) VSAN
13 2 (0.45%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.57%) Oracle Database
1 7 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (1.34%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.67%) Power BI
4 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.58%) JIRA
2 10 (2.24%) MSI
3 6 (1.34%) InstallShield
4 2 (0.45%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.22%) Hudson
5 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 248 (55.48%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.17%) Public Sector
3 33 (7.38%) Finance
4 29 (6.49%) Manufacturing
5 25 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.37%) Legal
7 23 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (3.58%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.91%) Banking
9 13 (2.91%) Electronics
9 13 (2.91%) Marketing
10 11 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.01%) Law
12 8 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.89%) Police
15 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.22%) Aviation
16 1 (0.22%) Military
16 1 (0.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 118 (26.40%) Support Engineer
2 111 (24.83%) IT Support
3 85 (19.02%) IT Engineer
4 67 (14.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 66 (14.77%) Analyst
6 56 (12.53%) Desktop Support
7 50 (11.19%) Desktop Engineer
8 46 (10.29%) Windows Engineer
9 43 (9.62%) 1st Line Support
10 40 (8.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 35 (7.83%) Deployment Engineer
12 34 (7.61%) Support Analyst
13 31 (6.94%) 2nd Line Support
14 28 (6.26%) Service Analyst
15 27 (6.04%) Service Desk Analyst
16 19 (4.25%) Migration Engineer
16 19 (4.25%) Technical Support
17 18 (4.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 18 (4.03%) Support Technician
18 17 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.67%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.59%) Smartphone
3 23 (5.15%) Driving Licence
4 22 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (1.79%) iPhone
8 7 (1.57%) CMDB
8 7 (1.57%) PKI
9 5 (1.12%) iPad
9 5 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.89%) NHS
10 4 (0.89%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.67%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.22%) Blackberry
12 1 (0.22%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.22%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.22%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 435 (97.32%) Windows
2 39 (8.72%) Apple iOS
3 32 (7.16%) Android
4 29 (6.49%) Windows 7
5 25 (5.59%) Mac OS
6 24 (5.37%) Windows Server
7 19 (4.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (3.13%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (2.24%) Linux
10 9 (2.01%) AIX
11 7 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.89%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.67%) CentOS
14 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (37.36%) Customer Service
2 81 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (17.45%) Migration
4 75 (16.78%) ITIL
5 55 (12.30%) ITSM
6 38 (8.50%) Service Management
7 26 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (5.82%) Logistics
8 25 (5.59%) Workflow
9 22 (4.92%) User Experience
10 20 (4.47%) Application Packaging
11 18 (4.03%) Proactive Monitoring
11 18 (4.03%) Service Delivery
12 17 (3.80%) Asset Management
12 17 (3.80%) Change Management
12 17 (3.80%) Incident Management
12 17 (3.80%) Workflow Management
13 16 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 15 (3.36%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (3.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.19%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.80%) VBScript
3 12 (2.68%) VB
4 6 (1.34%) Bash
5 4 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (27.29%) Security Cleared
2 96 (21.48%) SC Cleared
3 37 (8.28%) Degree
4 28 (6.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.59%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 11 (2.46%) MCSE
8 9 (2.01%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.12%) MCDST
12 4 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.45%) HNC
14 2 (0.45%) HND
15 1 (0.22%) BC Cleared
15 1 (0.22%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.15%) SLA
2 8 (1.79%) GDPR
3 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.22%) GLP
5 1 (0.22%) GMP
5 1 (0.22%) GRC
5 1 (0.22%) PMO
5 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 241 (53.91%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.91%) BitLocker
4 10 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.67%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.67%) vSphere
8 2 (0.45%) NFS
8 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 121 (27.07%) SCCM
2 75 (16.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.24%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (2.01%) WSUS
5 7 (1.57%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.34%) Norton AntiVirus
7 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.22%) SCOM
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.22%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 275 (61.52%) Microsoft
2 81 (18.12%) ServiceNow
3 30 (6.71%) Citrix
4 22 (4.92%) VMware
5 20 (4.47%) Cisco
5 20 (4.47%) iManage
6 18 (4.03%) Remedy
7 15 (3.36%) Bomgar
7 15 (3.36%) SAP
8 14 (3.13%) HP
9 12 (2.68%) McAfee
10 9 (2.01%) Oracle
11 8 (1.79%) Apple
12 7 (1.57%) IBM
13 6 (1.34%) Starlink
13 6 (1.34%) Symantec
14 5 (1.12%) Dell
14 5 (1.12%) Google
14 5 (1.12%) Mitel
14 5 (1.12%) Veeam