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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 64 71
Rank change year-on-year -39 +7 -20
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 482 463 596
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.38% 3.44% 2.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.33% 19.35% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 325 421
10th Percentile £132 £151 £141
25th Percentile £161 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £210
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £278 £340 £288
90th Percentile £516 £508 £569
UK median daily rate £212 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -5.68% +4.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 26 36
10th Percentile £17.73 £14.74 £13.32
25th Percentile £19.54 £17.61 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +28.39% -2.93%
75th Percentile £24.33 £24.18 £19.03
90th Percentile £31.40 £45.68 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £18.01
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.71% -2.65%

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 2,952 2,393 3,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.57% 17.80% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,945 1,465 2,166
10th Percentile £163 £181 £163
25th Percentile £213 £238 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £630 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £443 £470 £463
% change year-on-year -5.85% +1.62% -9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 121 317
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.10 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.45 £20.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +9.21% -4.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £29.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -18.97% +14.85% -4.65%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -29 145 £175 -16.67% 36
North West -4 103 £173 -13.75% 25
South East -46 97 £250 - 46
South West -3 89 £313 +38.89% 24
Midlands -50 79 £175 -7.89% 17
East of England +24 66 £203 -14.74% 19
West Midlands -61 44 £175 -12.50% 11
East Midlands -8 34 £175 -7.89% 6
Yorkshire -48 30 £190 -21.65% 10
North East -6 12 £195 -35.00% 1
Scotland -35 9 £200 +1.27% 8
Wales -18 6 £200 - 6
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 78 (16.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (13.28%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.07%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 84 (17.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.04%) assyst
3 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 240 (49.79%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (19.71%) Azure
3 44 (9.13%) Entra ID
4 40 (8.30%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.45%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.24%) AWS
6 6 (1.24%) GCP
7 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.21%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.21%) IaaS
7 1 (0.21%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.21%) SaaS
7 1 (0.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 59 (12.24%) VPN
2 41 (8.51%) DNS
3 39 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
4 33 (6.85%) LAN
5 29 (6.02%) DHCP
6 27 (5.60%) Skype
6 27 (5.60%) WAN
7 22 (4.56%) TCP/IP
8 15 (3.11%) VLAN
9 9 (1.87%) 4G
10 8 (1.66%) PABX
10 8 (1.66%) Wireless
11 6 (1.24%) WAAS
12 5 (1.04%) Firewall
12 5 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (1.04%) VoIP
13 4 (0.83%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.41%) RS-232
15 2 (0.41%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.87%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.45%) Oracle Database
2 7 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.62%) Power BI
4 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.53%) MSI
2 16 (3.32%) JIRA
3 10 (2.07%) InstallShield
4 6 (1.24%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.21%) Hudson
5 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 261 (54.15%) Social Skills
2 46 (9.54%) Public Sector
3 38 (7.88%) Finance
4 30 (6.22%) Manufacturing
5 29 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (4.36%) Legal
8 17 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.90%) Electronics
9 14 (2.90%) Marketing
10 13 (2.70%) Banking
11 8 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.66%) Law
12 7 (1.45%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.41%) Police
15 1 (0.21%) Aviation
15 1 (0.21%) Military
15 1 (0.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 131 (27.18%) Support Engineer
2 110 (22.82%) IT Support
3 85 (17.63%) IT Engineer
4 71 (14.73%) Desktop Support
5 67 (13.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 66 (13.69%) Analyst
7 62 (12.86%) Desktop Engineer
8 51 (10.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 51 (10.58%) Windows Engineer
9 45 (9.34%) Deployment Engineer
10 40 (8.30%) 1st Line Support
11 36 (7.47%) Support Analyst
12 28 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support
13 26 (5.39%) Service Analyst
14 25 (5.19%) Service Desk Analyst
15 19 (3.94%) Migration Engineer
15 19 (3.94%) Technical Support
16 18 (3.73%) Support Technician
16 18 (3.73%) Windows Support Engineer
17 16 (3.32%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.62%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 26 (5.39%) Driving Licence
3 24 (4.98%) Smartphone
4 23 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.07%) iPhone
6 10 (2.07%) PKI
6 10 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (1.66%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.45%) CMDB
8 7 (1.45%) iPad
9 5 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.83%) NHS
11 3 (0.62%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.21%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.21%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.21%) Smartcard
12 1 (0.21%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 470 (97.51%) Windows
2 47 (9.75%) Apple iOS
3 34 (7.05%) Android
4 31 (6.43%) Mac OS
5 30 (6.22%) Windows 7
6 28 (5.81%) Windows Server
7 20 (4.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.11%) Linux
9 14 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (1.87%) AIX
10 9 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.83%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.62%) CentOS
13 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (35.89%) Customer Service
2 87 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (17.01%) ITIL
4 78 (16.18%) Migration
5 56 (11.62%) ITSM
6 47 (9.75%) Service Management
7 26 (5.39%) Application Packaging
7 26 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (5.39%) Logistics
7 26 (5.39%) Workflow
8 22 (4.56%) Agile
8 22 (4.56%) Inventory Management
9 21 (4.36%) Asset Management
10 19 (3.94%) Change Management
10 19 (3.94%) DevOps
10 19 (3.94%) Mobile Device Management
11 18 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 18 (3.73%) Proactive Monitoring
11 18 (3.73%) User Experience
11 18 (3.73%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (12.03%) PowerShell
2 24 (4.98%) VBScript
3 12 (2.49%) VB
4 6 (1.24%) Bash
5 4 (0.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 148 (30.71%) Security Cleared
2 108 (22.41%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.88%) Degree
3 38 (7.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (6.64%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.11%) A+ Certification
5 15 (3.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 11 (2.28%) MCSE
7 9 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.04%) MCDST
10 4 (0.83%) MCSA
11 3 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.41%) HNC
12 2 (0.41%) HND
13 1 (0.21%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.21%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.21%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.60%) SLA
2 8 (1.66%) GDPR
3 6 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.21%) GLP
5 1 (0.21%) GMP
5 1 (0.21%) PMO
5 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 268 (55.60%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.90%) BitLocker
3 14 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.28%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.04%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.83%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.83%) vSphere
8 2 (0.41%) NFS
8 2 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 137 (28.42%) SCCM
2 83 (17.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.49%) vCenter Server
4 11 (2.28%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.66%) WSUS
6 6 (1.24%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.41%) SCOM
10 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.21%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 291 (60.37%) Microsoft
2 82 (17.01%) ServiceNow
3 30 (6.22%) Citrix
4 28 (5.81%) VMware
5 26 (5.39%) Cisco
6 19 (3.94%) Remedy
7 17 (3.53%) iManage
8 16 (3.32%) SAP
9 14 (2.90%) HP
9 14 (2.90%) McAfee
10 13 (2.70%) Bomgar
11 11 (2.28%) Apple
12 9 (1.87%) Oracle
13 8 (1.66%) Starlink
14 7 (1.45%) IBM
14 7 (1.45%) Veeam
15 6 (1.24%) Dell
15 6 (1.24%) Symantec
16 5 (1.04%) Google
16 5 (1.04%) SolarWinds