Windows 10 Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 229 141
Rank change year-on-year -49 -88 +37
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 552 593 1,790
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 1.51% 1.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.64% 9.66% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 455 417 1,514
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,750
25th Percentile £28,375 £28,500 £26,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -4.41%
75th Percentile £40,125 £43,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £58,000 £55,675
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -4.41%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows 10 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,187 6,138 12,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.29% 15.61% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,950 3,942 9,871
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,938 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows 10 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in England

Windows 10
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in England

Windows 10
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -3 139 £30,000 +1.69% 28
London -79 125 £42,000 -1.18% 24
North West +51 86 £30,000 - 19
South West -24 83 £32,500 +10.17% 12
Midlands -42 78 £29,625 -7.42% 14
South East -60 77 £32,500 - 34
Yorkshire -44 50 £30,000 +3.45% 7
East of England +2 49 £34,000 -2.86% 11
West Midlands -61 41 £30,750 -2.38% 5
East Midlands -20 37 £29,625 -7.42% 9
North East -39 3 £32,000 -14.67% 3
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 167 (30.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (23.37%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.63%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 169 (30.62%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 470 (85.14%) Microsoft 365
2 187 (33.88%) Azure
3 149 (26.99%) Entra ID
4 57 (10.33%) OneDrive
5 48 (8.70%) Google Workspace
6 25 (4.53%) AWS
7 18 (3.26%) Mimecast
8 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.09%) Google Docs
9 6 (1.09%) Google Sheets
10 4 (0.72%) Dropbox
10 4 (0.72%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.72%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.54%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.54%) SaaS
12 2 (0.36%) IaaS
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.36%) PaaS
13 1 (0.18%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 146 (26.45%) DNS
2 143 (25.91%) DHCP
3 116 (21.01%) VPN
4 94 (17.03%) Firewall
5 93 (16.85%) Wi-Fi
6 89 (16.12%) WAN
7 86 (15.58%) LAN
8 84 (15.22%) TCP/IP
9 54 (9.78%) VLAN
10 50 (9.06%) VoIP
11 27 (4.89%) Wireless
12 24 (4.35%) Broadband
13 21 (3.80%) 4G
14 15 (2.72%) SD-WAN
15 11 (1.99%) Skype
16 6 (1.09%) Network Security
16 6 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
16 6 (1.09%) WebEx
16 6 (1.09%) WLAN
17 4 (0.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
2 3 (0.54%) Power BI
2 3 (0.54%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (1.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.18%) Carbide.c++
General
1 249 (45.11%) Social Skills
2 34 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
3 29 (5.25%) Finance
4 27 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (3.99%) Law
6 21 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.80%) Legal
7 19 (3.44%) Retail
8 15 (2.72%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.54%) Back Office
10 12 (2.17%) Advertising
10 12 (2.17%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.91%) Banking
13 4 (0.72%) Dutch Language
13 4 (0.72%) Games
13 4 (0.72%) Portuguese Language
13 4 (0.72%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.36%) French Language
15 1 (0.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 251 (45.47%) IT Support
2 199 (36.05%) Support Engineer
3 162 (29.35%) IT Engineer
4 138 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 130 (23.55%) Analyst
6 89 (16.12%) 2nd Line Support
7 86 (15.58%) Support Analyst
8 74 (13.41%) IT Analyst
9 70 (12.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 64 (11.59%) IT Support Analyst
11 63 (11.41%) Desktop Support
12 57 (10.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 54 (9.78%) Support Technician
14 50 (9.06%) Desktop Engineer
15 43 (7.79%) IT Technician
15 43 (7.79%) Service Analyst
15 43 (7.79%) Service Desk Analyst
16 41 (7.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 36 (6.52%) IT Support Technician
18 34 (6.16%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.36%) .NET
1 2 (0.36%) .NET Framework
1 2 (0.36%) CSS
1 2 (0.36%) HTML
1 2 (0.36%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 78 (14.13%) Driving Licence
2 61 (11.05%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.17%) Smartphone
5 11 (1.99%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.81%) CCTV
7 7 (1.27%) CMDB
7 7 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.91%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.72%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.72%) Educational Technology
9 4 (0.72%) Fat Client
9 4 (0.72%) Social Media
9 4 (0.72%) Thin Client
9 4 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.54%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.54%) EPoS
10 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Licensing
11 2 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 551 (99.82%) Windows
2 153 (27.72%) Windows Server
3 67 (12.14%) Android
4 62 (11.23%) Apple iOS
5 54 (9.78%) Mac OS
6 34 (6.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (5.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (3.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (3.08%) Windows 7
10 9 (1.63%) Mac OS X
11 8 (1.45%) Linux
12 7 (1.27%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (35.69%) Customer Service
2 164 (29.71%) Problem-Solving
3 156 (28.26%) ITIL
4 111 (20.11%) ITSM
5 75 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (10.69%) Service Delivery
7 56 (10.14%) Service Management
8 50 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
9 41 (7.43%) Patch Management
10 39 (7.07%) Software Deployment
11 34 (6.16%) User Experience
12 31 (5.62%) Mobile Device Management
13 30 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 29 (5.25%) Ticket Management
14 29 (5.25%) Time Management
15 26 (4.71%) Asset Management
15 26 (4.71%) Incident Management
15 26 (4.71%) Problem Management
16 25 (4.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 22 (3.99%) Emotional Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 80 (14.49%) PowerShell
2 15 (2.72%) SQL
3 14 (2.54%) Python
4 7 (1.27%) VB
4 7 (1.27%) VBScript
5 4 (0.72%) C#
5 4 (0.72%) Delphi
5 4 (0.72%) Pascal
5 4 (0.72%) PHP
6 2 (0.36%) Bash
Qualifications
1 104 (18.84%) Degree
2 66 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 49 (8.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 49 (8.88%) SC Cleared
4 41 (7.43%) A+ Certification
5 26 (4.71%) DBS Check
6 20 (3.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 14 (2.54%) CTC Cleared
8 6 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.09%) HNC
8 6 (1.09%) HND
8 6 (1.09%) MCSA
9 5 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.54%) CCNA
10 3 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.36%) ACSP
11 2 (0.36%) MCSE
11 2 (0.36%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (14.13%) SLA
2 21 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.45%) GDPR
5 7 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.72%) QA
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 378 (68.48%) Active Directory
2 47 (8.51%) Hyper-V
3 43 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (5.25%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.27%) VMware Workstation
7 5 (0.91%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.54%) vSphere
9 2 (0.36%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 143 (25.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 101 (18.30%) SCCM
3 20 (3.62%) Jamf Pro
4 15 (2.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (1.99%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.45%) Autotask
6 8 (1.45%) WSUS
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 408 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.41%) VMware
3 61 (11.05%) ServiceNow
4 47 (8.51%) Google
5 43 (7.79%) Apple
6 30 (5.43%) Cisco
6 30 (5.43%) Sophos
7 21 (3.80%) Starlink
8 19 (3.44%) Citrix
9 18 (3.26%) SolarWinds
10 16 (2.90%) Logitech
11 12 (2.17%) Dell
11 12 (2.17%) Meraki
12 10 (1.81%) Freshdesk
12 10 (1.81%) HP
13 9 (1.63%) TOWER Software
14 8 (1.45%) Yealink
15 7 (1.27%) ESET
15 7 (1.27%) SonicWALL
16 6 (1.09%) McAfee