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

 6 months to
16 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 102 69
Rank change year-on-year -59 -33 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 426 360 497
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 2.33% 2.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.40% 13.92% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 232 350
10th Percentile £144 £146 £150
25th Percentile £163 £170 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £218 £225
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +9.76%
75th Percentile £288 £348 £360
90th Percentile £400 £538 £488
UK median daily rate £225 £225 £225
% change year-on-year - - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 57 42
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.48 £13.56
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £15.42
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.19 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.04% +16.79% -
75th Percentile £64.19 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £75.75 £28.00 £28.55
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year +11.96% +9.29% +10.76%

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 3,179 2,587 2,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.35% 16.72% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,953 1,654 1,838
10th Percentile £185 £175 £181
25th Percentile £263 £230 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £556 £549 £575
90th Percentile £638 £623 £660
UK median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.32% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 227 239
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.43 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -52.10% +14.43%
75th Percentile £67.47 £61.88 £69.84
90th Percentile £74.71 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £25.15 £49.25
% change year-on-year +6.00% -48.93% +5.48%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -13 130 £200 +5.96% 28
North West +21 103 £230 +15.00% 19
South East -84 69 £250 +19.05% 47
South West -53 67 £225 -21.05% 15
Midlands -30 66 £195 +11.43% 35
East of England -8 46 £175 -22.22% 21
West Midlands -52 38 £213 +21.43% 17
Scotland -19 36 £163 -18.75% 10
East Midlands +3 28 £141 +6.24% 18
Yorkshire -51 19 £200 +8.11% 4
Wales -8 10 £200 -27.27%
North East -37 8 £250 +31.58% 5
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 1
Channel Islands -5 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 57 (13.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (11.50%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.99%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.05%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.64%) Confluence
6 5 (1.17%) Apache
6 5 (1.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 72 (16.90%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.70%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.47%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 245 (57.51%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (21.60%) Azure
3 73 (17.14%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.99%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.17%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (0.94%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 64 (15.02%) VPN
2 43 (10.09%) DNS
3 42 (9.86%) DHCP
4 31 (7.28%) LAN
5 30 (7.04%) TCP/IP
6 27 (6.34%) Skype
7 21 (4.93%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (3.99%) WAN
9 14 (3.29%) VLAN
10 8 (1.88%) NetScaler
11 7 (1.64%) Firewall
12 6 (1.41%) IPv4
12 6 (1.41%) IPv6
13 5 (1.17%) Network Security
13 5 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.17%) Wireless
14 3 (0.70%) WAAS
15 2 (0.47%) Internet
16 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
16 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.64%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.41%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (4.69%) JIRA
2 7 (1.64%) MSI
3 5 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.17%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.47%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.47%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 270 (63.38%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (7.28%) Legal
4 14 (3.29%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (2.35%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.17%) Finance
8 5 (1.17%) Law
9 4 (0.94%) French Language
9 4 (0.94%) Marketing
10 3 (0.70%) Police
10 3 (0.70%) Retail
11 2 (0.47%) Advertising
11 2 (0.47%) Aviation
11 2 (0.47%) Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 134 (31.46%) Support Engineer
2 127 (29.81%) IT Support
3 119 (27.93%) IT Engineer
4 98 (23.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 55 (12.91%) Analyst
6 43 (10.09%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (8.22%) Deployment Engineer
8 34 (7.98%) Desktop Support
9 30 (7.04%) 1st Line Support
9 30 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support
10 28 (6.57%) Service Analyst
10 28 (6.57%) Service Desk Analyst
11 27 (6.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 26 (6.10%) Support Analyst
13 25 (5.87%) IT Analyst
14 21 (4.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 18 (4.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 18 (4.23%) IT Technician
16 16 (3.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 16 (3.76%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.17%) Terraform
2 3 (0.70%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.23%) WinForms
3 1 (0.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.97%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.69%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.46%) Blackberry
4 18 (4.23%) Smartphone
5 17 (3.99%) Video Conferencing
6 13 (3.05%) CMDB
6 13 (3.05%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.64%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.17%) Fat Client
10 5 (1.17%) iPhone
10 5 (1.17%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.17%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.17%) NHS
10 5 (1.17%) Thin Client
11 4 (0.94%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.94%) Digital Signage
11 4 (0.94%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.94%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 426 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (8.92%) Windows Server
3 35 (8.22%) Windows 7
4 30 (7.04%) Android
5 25 (5.87%) Mac OS
6 24 (5.63%) Linux
7 21 (4.93%) Apple iOS
8 13 (3.05%) Ubuntu
9 9 (2.11%) CentOS
10 8 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.41%) Solaris
11 6 (1.41%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.47%) Debian
14 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (36.38%) Customer Service
2 127 (29.81%) ITIL
3 108 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.55%) ITSM
5 48 (11.27%) Service Management
6 41 (9.62%) User Experience
7 34 (7.98%) Asset Management
7 34 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (7.51%) Migration
9 29 (6.81%) Application Packaging
10 28 (6.57%) Service Delivery
11 25 (5.87%) Break/Fix
12 22 (5.16%) Incident Management
12 22 (5.16%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (4.23%) Customer Experience
13 18 (4.23%) Disk Encryption
14 16 (3.76%) Computer Science
15 15 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 15 (3.52%) Inventory Management
16 14 (3.29%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (15.49%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.46%) VBScript
3 16 (3.76%) VB
4 5 (1.17%) Python
5 2 (0.47%) SQL
6 1 (0.23%) Bash
6 1 (0.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 135 (31.69%) Security Cleared
2 117 (27.46%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.81%) Degree
4 26 (6.10%) DV Cleared
5 22 (5.16%) A+ Certification
5 22 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.82%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 9 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.41%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.70%) ACSP
11 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.47%) MCSE
13 1 (0.23%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.98%) SLA
2 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.47%) NCSC
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.23%) GDPR
3 1 (0.23%) GLP
3 1 (0.23%) GMP
3 1 (0.23%) GxP
3 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 258 (60.56%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (4.93%) BitLocker
5 12 (2.82%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.41%) Firmware
7 6 (1.41%) XenApp
7 6 (1.41%) XenDesktop
8 5 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.47%) vSphere
10 1 (0.23%) KVM
Systems Management
1 113 (26.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (24.41%) SCCM
3 6 (1.41%) WSUS
4 5 (1.17%) Packer
4 5 (1.17%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.94%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.94%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.70%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.23%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 273 (64.08%) Microsoft
2 103 (24.18%) ServiceNow
3 35 (8.22%) VMware
4 29 (6.81%) Apple
5 18 (4.23%) Citrix
6 17 (3.99%) HP
7 16 (3.76%) Lotus
8 10 (2.35%) iManage
9 9 (2.11%) Cisco
10 8 (1.88%) McAfee
11 7 (1.64%) Bomgar
11 7 (1.64%) Oracle
11 7 (1.64%) Sophos
12 6 (1.41%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.41%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.41%) Ivanti
12 6 (1.41%) Remedy
13 5 (1.17%) Dell
13 5 (1.17%) Google
13 5 (1.17%) Tanium
156 Windows 10 jobs in the UK excluding London