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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 112 75
Rank change year-on-year -49 -37 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 415 340 489
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.50% 2.20% 2.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.30% 13.26% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 210 336
10th Percentile £142 £150 £149
25th Percentile £163 £171 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £206 £223
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -7.30% +8.54%
75th Percentile £288 £320 £351
90th Percentile £400 £526 £500
UK median daily rate £220 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 56 57
10th Percentile £17.18 £16.44 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.01 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £25.75 £23.58 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% +47.38% -15.79%
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £107.18 £28.00 £25.88
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £18.57
% change year-on-year +11.96% +23.89% -2.29%

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 3,121 2,564 2,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.26% 16.63% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,939 1,617 1,882
10th Percentile £185 £178 £183
25th Percentile £263 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
75th Percentile £552 £551 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £663
UK median daily rate £469 £451 £475
% change year-on-year +4.11% -5.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 225 263
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £12.43
25th Percentile £16.90 £18.10 £17.22
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -47.37% +52.00%
75th Percentile £65.22 £58.75 £68.38
90th Percentile £74.00 £67.60 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £35.58
% change year-on-year +2.47% -29.32% -16.28%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -2 130 £200 +6.67% 29
North West +8 102 £223 +23.61% 16
South West -37 70 £225 -10.00% 14
South East -90 68 £250 +25.00% 47
Midlands -29 62 £190 +8.57% 28
East of England -16 40 £175 -22.22% 21
West Midlands -33 35 £225 +21.62% 18
Scotland -21 33 £150 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -1 27 £131 -1.50% 9
Yorkshire -44 21 £200 +3.23% 5
Wales -12 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -32 7 £250 - 9
Northern Ireland +5 4 £175 -30.00%
Channel Islands -1 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 58 (13.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (11.81%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.10%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.13%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.69%) Confluence
6 5 (1.20%) Apache
6 5 (1.20%) nginx
7 2 (0.48%) IIS
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 71 (17.11%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.72%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.48%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 233 (56.14%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (20.96%) Azure
3 67 (16.14%) Entra ID
4 18 (4.34%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.20%) Mimecast
5 5 (1.20%) Power Platform
6 4 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.48%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.66%) VPN
2 44 (10.60%) DNS
3 43 (10.36%) DHCP
4 29 (6.99%) LAN
5 28 (6.75%) Skype
6 27 (6.51%) TCP/IP
7 24 (5.78%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (3.61%) WAN
9 14 (3.37%) VLAN
10 6 (1.45%) Firewall
10 6 (1.45%) IPv4
10 6 (1.45%) IPv6
11 5 (1.20%) NetScaler
11 5 (1.20%) Network Security
11 5 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.96%) Wireless
13 3 (0.72%) Internet
13 3 (0.72%) WAAS
14 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.20%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (4.34%) JIRA
2 7 (1.69%) MSI
3 5 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.20%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.48%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.48%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 263 (63.37%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (7.47%) Legal
4 14 (3.37%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (2.89%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (2.65%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.45%) Finance
8 6 (1.45%) Law
9 5 (1.20%) Police
10 4 (0.96%) French Language
10 4 (0.96%) Marketing
11 3 (0.72%) Banking
11 3 (0.72%) Retail
12 2 (0.48%) Advertising
12 2 (0.48%) Aviation
13 1 (0.24%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 129 (31.08%) Support Engineer
2 121 (29.16%) IT Support
3 112 (26.99%) IT Engineer
4 92 (22.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 56 (13.49%) Analyst
6 44 (10.60%) Desktop Engineer
7 36 (8.67%) Desktop Support
8 34 (8.19%) Deployment Engineer
9 32 (7.71%) 2nd Line Support
10 29 (6.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 29 (6.99%) Service Analyst
10 29 (6.99%) Service Desk Analyst
11 28 (6.75%) 1st Line Support
12 26 (6.27%) Support Analyst
13 25 (6.02%) IT Analyst
14 23 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 20 (4.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 19 (4.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 17 (4.10%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
17 17 (4.10%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.20%) Terraform
2 4 (0.96%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.24%) .NET
3 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.24%) WinForms
3 1 (0.24%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.77%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.30%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.58%) Blackberry
4 18 (4.34%) Smartphone
5 16 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.61%) Video Conferencing
7 13 (3.13%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.65%) CMDB
9 8 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.93%) iPhone
10 5 (1.20%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.20%) Fat Client
10 5 (1.20%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.20%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.20%) Thin Client
11 4 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.96%) Digital Signage
11 4 (0.96%) iPad
11 4 (0.96%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 415 (100.00%) Windows
2 35 (8.43%) Windows Server
3 34 (8.19%) Windows 7
4 29 (6.99%) Android
5 23 (5.54%) Mac OS
6 21 (5.06%) Linux
7 19 (4.58%) Apple iOS
8 11 (2.65%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.69%) CentOS
11 5 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.20%) Solaris
11 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.48%) Debian
14 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (36.14%) Customer Service
2 123 (29.64%) ITIL
3 108 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.94%) ITSM
5 45 (10.84%) Service Management
6 40 (9.64%) User Experience
7 35 (8.43%) Asset Management
7 35 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (7.23%) Migration
8 30 (7.23%) Service Delivery
9 26 (6.27%) Application Packaging
10 24 (5.78%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (5.30%) Break/Fix
11 22 (5.30%) Incident Management
12 19 (4.58%) Customer Experience
13 18 (4.34%) Disk Encryption
14 17 (4.10%) Inventory Management
15 16 (3.86%) Computer Science
16 14 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 13 (3.13%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (14.94%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.58%) VBScript
3 16 (3.86%) VB
4 5 (1.20%) Python
5 3 (0.72%) SQL
6 1 (0.24%) Bash
6 1 (0.24%) C#
Qualifications
1 126 (30.36%) Security Cleared
2 112 (26.99%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.23%) Degree
4 24 (5.78%) DV Cleared
5 23 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (4.82%) A+ Certification
7 12 (2.89%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.72%) ACSP
13 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.72%) MCSE
14 1 (0.24%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.92%) SLA
2 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.48%) NCSC
3 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.24%) GDPR
3 1 (0.24%) GLP
3 1 (0.24%) GMP
3 1 (0.24%) GRC
3 1 (0.24%) GxP
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 250 (60.24%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.06%) BitLocker
3 19 (4.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.17%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.45%) Firmware
7 5 (1.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 5 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.96%) XenApp
8 4 (0.96%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.24%) KVM
9 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 111 (26.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 100 (24.10%) SCCM
3 6 (1.45%) WSUS
4 5 (1.20%) AirWatch
4 5 (1.20%) Packer
4 5 (1.20%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.72%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.72%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.24%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 266 (64.10%) Microsoft
2 98 (23.61%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.99%) Apple
3 29 (6.99%) VMware
4 19 (4.58%) HP
5 16 (3.86%) Lotus
6 13 (3.13%) Citrix
7 11 (2.65%) iManage
7 11 (2.65%) McAfee
8 9 (2.17%) Cisco
8 9 (2.17%) Starlink
9 8 (1.93%) Bomgar
10 7 (1.69%) Sophos
11 6 (1.45%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.45%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.45%) Oracle
11 6 (1.45%) Remedy
12 5 (1.20%) Dell
12 5 (1.20%) Google
12 5 (1.20%) Tanium