Windows 10 Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows 10
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 107 127
Rank change year-on-year -70 +20 +46
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 54 141 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.56% 2.54% 1.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.56% 14.04% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 43 74 156
10th Percentile £22,500 £25,000 £23,946
25th Percentile £25,375 £27,125 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £31,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.78% -9.23%
75th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,000
90th Percentile £37,000 - £47,875
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -7.14%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 565 1,004 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.87% 18.10% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 456 444 1,117
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £46,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,875 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -9.52%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows 10
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the Midlands

Windows 10
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
West Midlands -56 28 £30,750 -12.14% 10
East Midlands -40 26 £30,000 +9.09% 9
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (27.78%) SharePoint
3 6 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (59.26%) Azure
3 28 (51.85%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.26%) OneDrive
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 27 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 26 (48.15%) DHCP
2 26 (48.15%) DNS
3 18 (33.33%) VPN
4 15 (27.78%) VoIP
5 9 (16.67%) Firewall
5 9 (16.67%) VLAN
6 6 (11.11%) PBX
7 5 (9.26%) LAN
7 5 (9.26%) WAN
8 4 (7.41%) Internet
9 2 (3.70%) Broadband
9 2 (3.70%) Ethernet
9 2 (3.70%) FTP
9 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
9 2 (3.70%) Unified Communications
9 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 35 (64.81%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Legal
4 5 (9.26%) Finance
5 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.56%) Marketing
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 1 (1.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 33 (61.11%) IT Support
2 15 (27.78%) Analyst
2 15 (27.78%) IT Engineer
2 15 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 14 (25.93%) IT Support Engineer
4 12 (22.22%) Support Analyst
5 8 (14.81%) IT Analyst
5 8 (14.81%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (12.96%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 7 (12.96%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (9.26%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (9.26%) IT Technician
8 5 (9.26%) Service Analyst
8 5 (9.26%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (9.26%) Support Technician
9 4 (7.41%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (7.41%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 4 (7.41%) Service Desk Support Analyst
9 4 (7.41%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 6 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) iPad
4 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Mac OS
2 7 (12.96%) Windows Server
3 6 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 5 (9.26%) Linux
5 4 (7.41%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (35.19%) ITIL
3 15 (27.78%) Customer Service
4 13 (24.07%) ITSM
5 11 (20.37%) Service Delivery
6 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
7 7 (12.96%) Application Packaging
7 7 (12.96%) CRM
7 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
7 7 (12.96%) Identity Management
7 7 (12.96%) Task Automation
7 7 (12.96%) Time Management
8 6 (11.11%) Migration
8 6 (11.11%) Service Management
9 5 (9.26%) Incident Management
9 5 (9.26%) Patch Management
10 4 (7.41%) Project Delivery
11 3 (5.56%) Antivirus Management
11 3 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (5.56%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) Degree
2 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (7.41%) A+ Certification
4 3 (5.56%) HND
4 3 (5.56%) MCSA
5 2 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (16.67%) SLA
2 7 (12.96%) GDPR
3 4 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 47 (87.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.26%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.41%) Terminal Services
4 2 (3.70%) BitLocker
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (51.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.96%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.67%) HP
3 8 (14.81%) Apple
4 7 (12.96%) Logitech
4 7 (12.96%) Yealink
5 6 (11.11%) Dell
6 4 (7.41%) Kaseya
7 3 (5.56%) Cisco
7 3 (5.56%) Freshdesk
7 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.70%) Citrix
8 2 (3.70%) MobileIron
8 2 (3.70%) VMware