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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 110 71
Rank change year-on-year -57 -39 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 384 331 528
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.42% 2.19% 2.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.32% 13.49% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 200 358
10th Percentile £133 £150 £142
25th Percentile £162 £171 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £275 £276 £358
90th Percentile £395 £511 £519
UK median daily rate £205 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -8.89% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 49 71
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.03 -
25th Percentile £20.63 £18.87 £10.95
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +66.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £21.21
90th Percentile £178.75 £28.00 £24.18
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +11.96% +41.54% -14.47%

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 3,116 2,453 3,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.52% 16.26% 16.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,933 1,555 2,046
10th Percentile £185 £179 £180
25th Percentile £275 £250 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -3.76% +3.91%
75th Percentile £556 £556 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £672
UK median daily rate £470 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +1.62% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 208 314
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.33 £12.29
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.41 £16.36
Median hourly rate £26.58 £22.20 £37.08
Median % change year-on-year +19.73% -40.13% +7.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.80 £66.88
90th Percentile £71.85 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +10.64% -12.96% -36.47%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -15 117 £200 - 22
North West -1 85 £200 +2.56% 10
South West -19 67 £225 +2.27% 12
South East -96 63 £250 +15.61% 30
Midlands -57 55 £190 +1.33% 20
East of England -1 45 £175 -20.45% 15
West Midlands -69 33 £238 +25.00% 9
Yorkshire -41 26 £198 -1.62% 9
Scotland -25 24 £150 -25.00% 6
East Midlands -5 22 £131 -24.62% 11
Wales -11 11 £200 -27.27%
North East -41 6 £250 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland -1 4 £175 -14.63% 1
Channel Islands +2 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 53 (13.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (12.24%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.39%) HCL Notes
4 9 (2.34%) Skype for Business
5 6 (1.56%) Confluence
6 4 (1.04%) Apache
6 4 (1.04%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 63 (16.41%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.78%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 211 (54.95%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (17.97%) Azure
3 47 (12.24%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.17%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.30%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.04%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.52%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 52 (13.54%) VPN
2 33 (8.59%) DNS
3 32 (8.33%) DHCP
4 22 (5.73%) LAN
4 22 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (5.21%) Skype
6 19 (4.95%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.08%) VLAN
7 8 (2.08%) WAN
8 6 (1.56%) IPv4
8 6 (1.56%) IPv6
8 6 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (1.30%) Firewall
9 5 (1.30%) Network Security
10 3 (0.78%) Internet
10 3 (0.78%) WAAS
10 3 (0.78%) Wireless
11 2 (0.52%) VoIP
12 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.26%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.82%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.30%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (4.95%) JIRA
2 6 (1.56%) MSI
3 4 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 4 (1.04%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.78%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.52%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 248 (64.58%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (8.85%) Legal
4 17 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (4.43%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.91%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.39%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.08%) Finance
8 7 (1.82%) Law
9 6 (1.56%) Banking
10 4 (1.04%) French Language
10 4 (1.04%) Marketing
10 4 (1.04%) Police
11 3 (0.78%) Retail
12 2 (0.52%) Advertising
12 2 (0.52%) Aviation
13 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 124 (32.29%) Support Engineer
2 121 (31.51%) IT Support
3 104 (27.08%) IT Engineer
4 90 (23.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 53 (13.80%) Analyst
6 41 (10.68%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (9.11%) Desktop Support
8 30 (7.81%) 1st Line Support
9 29 (7.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 29 (7.55%) 2nd Line Support
10 27 (7.03%) Deployment Engineer
10 27 (7.03%) Service Analyst
10 27 (7.03%) Service Desk Analyst
11 24 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 24 (6.25%) Support Analyst
12 21 (5.47%) IT Analyst
13 19 (4.95%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 18 (4.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 18 (4.69%) IT Technician
15 16 (4.17%) 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%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.26%) WinForms
2 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.76%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.95%) Driving Licence
3 18 (4.69%) Blackberry
4 16 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.91%) Smartphone
6 11 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.86%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.82%) iPhone
9 5 (1.30%) CMDB
9 5 (1.30%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.04%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (1.04%) Fat Client
10 4 (1.04%) iPad
10 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.04%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.04%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.04%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.78%) BYOD
11 3 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 384 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (7.03%) Windows Server
3 26 (6.77%) Android
4 22 (5.73%) Windows 7
5 21 (5.47%) Mac OS
6 16 (4.17%) Apple iOS
6 16 (4.17%) Linux
7 9 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.56%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.30%) Solaris
10 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.52%) CentOS
11 2 (0.52%) Debian
12 1 (0.26%) AIX
12 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (35.42%) Customer Service
2 101 (26.30%) ITIL
3 92 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (12.50%) ITSM
5 35 (9.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (8.33%) Migration
6 32 (8.33%) Service Management
7 31 (8.07%) Service Delivery
8 27 (7.03%) Asset Management
8 27 (7.03%) User Experience
9 21 (5.47%) Incident Management
10 19 (4.95%) Customer Experience
11 17 (4.43%) Application Packaging
12 15 (3.91%) Break/Fix
12 15 (3.91%) Computer Science
13 13 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (3.39%) Inventory Management
14 12 (3.13%) Root Cause Analysis
15 11 (2.86%) Change Management
16 10 (2.60%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.42%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.39%) VBScript
3 9 (2.34%) VB
4 4 (1.04%) Python
5 3 (0.78%) SQL
6 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 87 (22.66%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.05%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.85%) Degree
4 21 (5.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.86%) A+ Certification
7 8 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 7 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.56%) MCSE
10 5 (1.30%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.78%) ACSP
11 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.26%) HNC
12 1 (0.26%) HND
12 1 (0.26%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.38%) 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%) GxP
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
1 219 (57.03%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.39%) BitLocker
3 12 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.04%) Firmware
6 4 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 93 (24.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (19.79%) SCCM
3 7 (1.82%) WSUS
4 5 (1.30%) AirWatch
4 5 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.04%) Packer
5 4 (1.04%) Terraform
5 4 (1.04%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.78%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.26%) SCOM
7 1 (0.26%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 241 (62.76%) Microsoft
2 84 (21.88%) ServiceNow
3 24 (6.25%) Apple
4 17 (4.43%) HP
5 16 (4.17%) VMware
6 15 (3.91%) iManage
6 15 (3.91%) Lotus
7 13 (3.39%) Citrix
8 12 (3.13%) Bomgar
8 12 (3.13%) Cisco
9 10 (2.60%) McAfee
10 9 (2.34%) Remedy
11 8 (2.08%) Starlink
12 7 (1.82%) Oracle
13 6 (1.56%) Dell
14 5 (1.30%) Sophos
15 4 (1.04%) Adobe
15 4 (1.04%) Google
15 4 (1.04%) Tanium
16 3 (0.78%) Litera