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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 108 76
Rank change year-on-year -58 -32 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 421 348 485
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.50% 2.25% 2.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.24% 13.60% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 219 341
10th Percentile £144 £150 £150
25th Percentile £163 £171 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £220 £225
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +9.76%
75th Percentile £288 £343 £360
90th Percentile £400 £537 £498
UK median daily rate £220 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 57 43
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.48 £13.30
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.75 £24.66 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +29.79% -
75th Percentile £67.47 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £76.50 £28.00 £31.75
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 2,559 2,923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.32% 16.58% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 1,631 1,840
10th Percentile £185 £180 £183
25th Percentile £263 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -
75th Percentile £556 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £672
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.42% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 353 220 242
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £15.18
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.12 £18.33
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -50.93% +18.84%
75th Percentile £67.47 £64.06 £69.45
90th Percentile £74.61 £67.10 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £48.03
% change year-on-year +2.47% -47.64% +6.75%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -2 131 £200 +3.23% 21
North West +12 102 £230 +15.00% 10
South West -45 68 £225 -18.18% 9
South East -86 68 £250 +13.64% 46
Midlands -41 64 £195 +11.43% 28
East of England -20 42 £175 -22.22% 22
West Midlands -43 37 £213 +13.33% 17
Scotland -38 36 £163 -18.75% 10
East Midlands -4 27 £141 +5.57% 11
Yorkshire -45 21 £200 +7.38% 4
Wales -8 10 £200 -27.27% 1
North East -42 8 £250 - 7
Northern Ireland +6 4 £175 -30.00% 1
Channel Islands -3 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 (13.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (11.16%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.04%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.09%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.66%) Confluence
6 5 (1.19%) Apache
6 5 (1.19%) nginx
7 2 (0.48%) IIS
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 72 (17.10%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.71%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.48%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 242 (57.48%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (20.90%) Azure
3 71 (16.86%) Entra ID
4 17 (4.04%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.19%) Mimecast
6 4 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (0.95%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.48%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 64 (15.20%) VPN
2 45 (10.69%) DNS
3 44 (10.45%) DHCP
4 32 (7.60%) LAN
5 31 (7.36%) TCP/IP
6 27 (6.41%) Skype
7 24 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (4.28%) WAN
9 14 (3.33%) VLAN
10 7 (1.66%) NetScaler
11 6 (1.43%) Firewall
11 6 (1.43%) IPv4
11 6 (1.43%) IPv6
12 5 (1.19%) Network Security
12 5 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.95%) Wireless
14 3 (0.71%) WAAS
15 2 (0.48%) Internet
16 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
16 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.19%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (4.75%) JIRA
2 7 (1.66%) MSI
3 5 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.19%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.48%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.48%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 266 (63.18%) Social Skills
2 43 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (7.36%) Legal
4 14 (3.33%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (2.61%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.38%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.43%) Finance
9 5 (1.19%) Law
10 4 (0.95%) French Language
10 4 (0.95%) Marketing
11 3 (0.71%) Banking
11 3 (0.71%) Police
11 3 (0.71%) Retail
12 2 (0.48%) Advertising
12 2 (0.48%) Aviation
13 1 (0.24%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 133 (31.59%) Support Engineer
2 125 (29.69%) IT Support
3 117 (27.79%) IT Engineer
4 96 (22.80%) IT Support Engineer
5 55 (13.06%) Analyst
6 43 (10.21%) Desktop Engineer
7 35 (8.31%) Deployment Engineer
8 34 (8.08%) Desktop Support
9 30 (7.13%) 2nd Line Support
10 29 (6.89%) 1st Line Support
11 28 (6.65%) Service Analyst
11 28 (6.65%) Service Desk Analyst
12 27 (6.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 26 (6.18%) Support Analyst
14 25 (5.94%) IT Analyst
15 21 (4.99%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 18 (4.28%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 17 (4.04%) IT Technician
18 16 (3.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 16 (3.80%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.19%) Terraform
2 4 (0.95%) 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 52 (12.35%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.75%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.51%) Blackberry
4 18 (4.28%) Smartphone
5 17 (4.04%) Video Conferencing
6 13 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.09%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.85%) CMDB
8 8 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.43%) iPhone
11 5 (1.19%) Fat Client
11 5 (1.19%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.19%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.19%) Thin Client
12 4 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.95%) Digital Signage
12 4 (0.95%) NHS
12 4 (0.95%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 421 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (9.03%) Windows Server
3 35 (8.31%) Windows 7
4 30 (7.13%) Android
5 23 (5.46%) Linux
5 23 (5.46%) Mac OS
6 20 (4.75%) Apple iOS
7 13 (3.09%) Ubuntu
8 9 (2.14%) CentOS
9 8 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.19%) Solaris
12 3 (0.71%) 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
1 151 (35.87%) Customer Service
2 127 (30.17%) ITIL
3 108 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (14.96%) ITSM
5 46 (10.93%) Service Management
6 39 (9.26%) User Experience
7 35 (8.31%) Asset Management
7 35 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (7.13%) Migration
9 29 (6.89%) Service Delivery
10 28 (6.65%) Application Packaging
11 23 (5.46%) Break/Fix
12 22 (5.23%) Incident Management
12 22 (5.23%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (4.51%) Customer Experience
14 18 (4.28%) Disk Encryption
15 16 (3.80%) Computer Science
16 15 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 15 (3.56%) Inventory Management
17 13 (3.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.44%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.51%) VBScript
3 16 (3.80%) VB
4 5 (1.19%) Python
5 3 (0.71%) SQL
6 1 (0.24%) Bash
6 1 (0.24%) C#
Qualifications
1 133 (31.59%) Security Cleared
2 115 (27.32%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.89%) Degree
4 26 (6.18%) DV Cleared
5 22 (5.23%) A+ Certification
5 22 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.85%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 9 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.43%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.71%) ACSP
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.48%) MCSE
13 1 (0.24%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.55%) 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%) GxP
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 256 (60.81%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (4.99%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.61%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.43%) Firmware
8 5 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.19%) XenApp
8 5 (1.19%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.48%) vSphere
10 1 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 112 (26.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 102 (24.23%) SCCM
3 6 (1.43%) WSUS
4 5 (1.19%) AirWatch
4 5 (1.19%) Packer
4 5 (1.19%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.95%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.24%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 271 (64.37%) Microsoft
2 102 (24.23%) ServiceNow
3 34 (8.08%) VMware
4 29 (6.89%) Apple
5 19 (4.51%) HP
6 17 (4.04%) Citrix
7 16 (3.80%) Lotus
8 10 (2.38%) iManage
9 9 (2.14%) McAfee
10 8 (1.90%) Cisco
11 7 (1.66%) Bomgar
11 7 (1.66%) Sophos
12 6 (1.43%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.43%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.43%) Ivanti
12 6 (1.43%) Oracle
12 6 (1.43%) Remedy
12 6 (1.43%) Starlink
13 5 (1.19%) Dell
13 5 (1.19%) Google