Microsoft Windows 10
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 10 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 10 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 201 245
Rank change year-on-year +45 +44 -61
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 1,878 1,782 2,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.83% 1.83% 1.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.43% 11.37% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,605 1,409 2,177
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +6.25% -1.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,597 £31,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year -2.87% +10.53% -

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 10 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 10.

Salary trend for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +47 1,785 £32,500 -4.41% 341
UK excluding London +46 1,382 £30,597 -2.87% 280
Work from Home +53 477 £38,000 -2.84% 82
London +30 471 £42,500 +11.84% 77
South East +34 437 £32,500 +8.33% 72
North of England +12 271 £30,000 -7.69% 72
Midlands +71 216 £29,500 -9.23% 42
South West +25 205 £32,000 +1.59% 53
East of England +41 185 £30,000 - 27
West Midlands +78 170 £29,500 -9.23% 19
North West -39 110 £30,000 -9.09% 36
Yorkshire +60 106 £30,500 +3.39% 35
North East +27 55 £27,500 -15.38% 1
East Midlands -3 45 £28,165 +1.50% 23
Scotland -75 39 £30,000 -27.27% 19
Wales +7 23 £27,000 -10.00% 1
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Northern Ireland +16 3 £105,000 +223.08% 1

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 526 (28.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 295 (15.71%) SharePoint
3 47 (2.50%) Skype for Business
4 11 (0.59%) CMS
5 9 (0.48%) IIS
6 8 (0.43%) Confluence
7 7 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
8 6 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2000
8 6 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
9 5 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
10 4 (0.21%) WordPress
11 3 (0.16%) Apache
12 2 (0.11%) MQSeries
13 1 (0.053%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.053%) Moodle
Applications
1 596 (31.74%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.053%) InCopy
6 1 (0.053%) InDesign
6 1 (0.053%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.053%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.16%) Eikon
4 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.11%) Farmplan
4 2 (0.11%) KEYPrime
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.053%) iTrent
5 1 (0.053%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.053%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.053%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,294 (68.90%) Microsoft 365
2 609 (32.43%) Azure
3 300 (15.97%) Entra ID
4 144 (7.67%) OneDrive
5 49 (2.61%) Mimecast
6 43 (2.29%) AWS
7 32 (1.70%) Power Platform
8 28 (1.49%) Google Workspace
9 27 (1.44%) Power Automate
10 24 (1.28%) SaaS
11 21 (1.12%) IaaS
12 20 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
13 15 (0.80%) PaaS
14 13 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (0.69%) WhatsApp
15 12 (0.64%) OCI
16 11 (0.59%) Nutanix
17 10 (0.53%) GCP
18 9 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 283 (15.07%) Firewall
2 277 (14.75%) DNS
3 248 (13.21%) WAN
4 220 (11.71%) DHCP
5 217 (11.55%) TCP/IP
6 178 (9.48%) Wireless
7 174 (9.27%) LAN
8 157 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
9 142 (7.56%) VPN
10 109 (5.80%) Cisco IOS
11 87 (4.63%) SD-WAN
12 84 (4.47%) WebEx
13 77 (4.10%) VoIP
14 69 (3.67%) VLAN
15 65 (3.46%) SAN
16 62 (3.30%) Internet
17 49 (2.61%) Skype
18 44 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
19 29 (1.54%) Telepresence
20 20 (1.06%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.37%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.28%) Power BI
3 23 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (1.17%) MySQL
5 10 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.48%) DB2
7 8 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.27%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.21%) UniData
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.11%) DTS
10 2 (0.11%) Metadata
10 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.11%) MS Access
10 2 (0.11%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.11%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.053%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (1.28%) JIRA
2 23 (1.22%) Git
3 15 (0.80%) Visual Studio
4 13 (0.69%) Subversion
5 10 (0.53%) MSI
6 8 (0.43%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.37%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.32%) AdminStudio
8 6 (0.32%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.32%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.053%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.053%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.053%) GitLab
10 1 (0.053%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.053%) Zephyr
General
1 762 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 214 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
3 212 (11.29%) Finance
4 118 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
5 108 (5.75%) Law
6 95 (5.06%) Legal
7 77 (4.10%) Manufacturing
8 72 (3.83%) Telecoms
9 70 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (2.72%) Retail
11 41 (2.18%) Automotive
12 36 (1.92%) Public Sector
13 30 (1.60%) Back Office
13 30 (1.60%) Banking
14 28 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 27 (1.44%) Marketing
16 21 (1.12%) Advertising
17 18 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (0.85%) Electronics
18 16 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 583 (31.04%) IT Support
2 440 (23.43%) Analyst
3 407 (21.67%) Support Engineer
4 268 (14.27%) IT Engineer
5 221 (11.77%) IT Support Engineer
6 215 (11.45%) IT Analyst
6 215 (11.45%) Support Analyst
7 195 (10.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 171 (9.11%) IT Technician
9 133 (7.08%) Service Analyst
10 132 (7.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 130 (6.92%) IT Support Analyst
12 124 (6.60%) Senior
13 123 (6.55%) Support Technician
14 117 (6.23%) 1st Line Support
15 114 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 114 (6.07%) Service Desk Analyst
16 110 (5.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 110 (5.86%) Support Specialist
17 94 (5.01%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.22%) .NET
2 11 (0.59%) .NET Framework
2 11 (0.59%) Qt
3 9 (0.48%) X-Windows
4 8 (0.43%) REST
5 6 (0.32%) ADO
6 5 (0.27%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.27%) EDI
6 5 (0.27%) React
7 4 (0.21%) XMPP
8 3 (0.16%) HTML
9 2 (0.11%) Hibernate
9 2 (0.11%) JSON
9 2 (0.11%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.11%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.11%) Spring
9 2 (0.11%) TAPI
10 1 (0.053%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.053%) Kafka
10 1 (0.053%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 153 (8.15%) Video Conferencing
2 139 (7.40%) Driving Licence
3 101 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
4 75 (3.99%) Management Information System
5 73 (3.89%) Wiki
6 66 (3.51%) Data Centre
7 64 (3.41%) Smartphone
8 61 (3.25%) Replication
9 56 (2.98%) iPhone
10 35 (1.86%) iPad
11 29 (1.54%) CCTV
12 28 (1.49%) Private Cloud
13 26 (1.38%) Clustering
13 26 (1.38%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.33%) Blackberry
14 25 (1.33%) EPoS
15 18 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (0.91%) NHS
17 15 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
18 14 (0.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1,873 (99.73%) Windows
2 617 (32.85%) Windows Server
3 259 (13.79%) Windows 7
4 238 (12.67%) Android
5 232 (12.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 229 (12.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 203 (10.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 146 (7.77%) Apple iOS
9 124 (6.60%) Linux
10 102 (5.43%) Mac OS
11 88 (4.69%) Windows 8
12 60 (3.19%) Windows Server 2008
13 34 (1.81%) Mac OS X
14 25 (1.33%) Windows XP
15 24 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 20 (1.06%) Ubuntu
17 19 (1.01%) CentOS
18 17 (0.91%) Windows NT
19 16 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
20 15 (0.80%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (26.89%) ITIL
2 474 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
3 471 (25.08%) Customer Service
4 143 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
5 139 (7.40%) Service Management
6 138 (7.35%) ITSM
7 131 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 129 (6.87%) Time Management
9 127 (6.76%) Mobile Device Management
10 119 (6.34%) Service Delivery
11 113 (6.02%) Computer Science
12 92 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 90 (4.79%) Change Management
14 88 (4.69%) Project Management
15 84 (4.47%) Incident Management
16 83 (4.42%) Business Continuity
17 78 (4.15%) Application Virtualisation
18 75 (3.99%) Asset Management
18 75 (3.99%) BCP
19 72 (3.83%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 207 (11.02%) PowerShell
2 157 (8.36%) SQL
3 20 (1.06%) Python
4 17 (0.91%) Bash
5 15 (0.80%) C#
6 13 (0.69%) Perl
7 12 (0.64%) C
7 12 (0.64%) C++
7 12 (0.64%) VB
8 10 (0.53%) Java
9 6 (0.32%) Ruby
10 5 (0.27%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.16%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.11%) PHP
13 2 (0.11%) Scala
14 1 (0.053%) Go
14 1 (0.053%) Swift
Qualifications
1 360 (19.17%) Degree
2 151 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 124 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 100 (5.32%) Master's Degree
5 96 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 93 (4.95%) SC Cleared
7 68 (3.62%) DBS Check
8 64 (3.41%) DV Cleared
9 55 (2.93%) A+ Certification
10 54 (2.88%) MCP
11 51 (2.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 34 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
13 27 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
13 27 (1.44%) MCSA
14 25 (1.33%) CCNP
14 25 (1.33%) MBA
15 24 (1.28%) HNC
15 24 (1.28%) MCSE
16 23 (1.22%) CCNA
17 22 (1.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (8.57%) SLA
2 54 (2.88%) GDPR
3 37 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 28 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.69%) NIST
6 9 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.32%) QA
8 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.16%) PMO
8 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.11%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.053%) NCSC
10 1 (0.053%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1,257 (66.93%) Active Directory
2 328 (17.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 229 (12.19%) Hyper-V
4 146 (7.77%) XenApp
5 133 (7.08%) XenDesktop
6 132 (7.03%) VMware ESXi
7 82 (4.37%) Microsoft App-V
8 52 (2.77%) vSphere
9 42 (2.24%) VirtualBox
10 36 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
11 28 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
12 22 (1.17%) Firmware
13 16 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.75%) Terminal Services
15 12 (0.64%) KVM
16 11 (0.59%) Docker
17 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 7 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
19 6 (0.32%) pfSense
20 5 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 342 (18.21%) SCCM
2 306 (16.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 72 (3.83%) AirWatch
4 50 (2.66%) WSUS
5 43 (2.29%) Jamf Pro
6 27 (1.44%) SCOM
7 21 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.06%) vCenter Server
9 19 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
10 18 (0.96%) Terraform
11 13 (0.69%) EMC NetWorker
11 13 (0.69%) NetBackup
12 12 (0.64%) McAfee ePO
12 12 (0.64%) Sysprep
13 11 (0.59%) Ansible
14 10 (0.53%) Autotask
15 9 (0.48%) Backup Exec
15 9 (0.48%) SmoothWall
16 8 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
16 8 (0.43%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,377 (73.32%) Microsoft
2 449 (23.91%) VMware
3 276 (14.70%) Cisco
4 267 (14.22%) Citrix
5 159 (8.47%) Apple
6 96 (5.11%) Veeam
7 56 (2.98%) Dell
7 56 (2.98%) HP
8 54 (2.88%) ServiceNow
9 49 (2.61%) Adobe
10 40 (2.13%) Sophos
11 39 (2.08%) iManage
12 35 (1.86%) Google
13 30 (1.60%) SolarWinds
14 28 (1.49%) Bloomberg
14 28 (1.49%) Palo Alto
14 28 (1.49%) Polycom
15 25 (1.33%) Ivanti
15 25 (1.33%) MobileIron
16 24 (1.28%) McAfee