Windows 10 Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Windows 10
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 126 112
Rank change year-on-year +7 -14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 62 82 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.98% 1.63% 1.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.49% 12.93% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 46 50 84
10th Percentile - £26,200 £24,475
25th Percentile £26,250 £29,813 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £32,625 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +5.24% +1.01%
75th Percentile £32,000 £39,688 £45,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £53,075 £51,250
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -

All Operating Systems
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 376 634 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.93% 12.58% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 327 345 423
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,041 £75,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the North West

Windows 10
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the North West

Windows 10
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Cheshire -19 17 £32,000 -3.76% 1
Manchester +14 15 £29,500 -9.23% 9
Merseyside -6 14 £30,000 -6.25% 7
Lancashire +10 11 £26,500 -37.11% 5
Cumbria +14 5 £29,000 -1.69% 2
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 21 (33.87%) SharePoint
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (8.06%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (29.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.61%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 48 (77.42%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (25.81%) Azure
3 15 (24.19%) Entra ID
4 11 (17.74%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (11.29%) Google Workspace
5 7 (11.29%) OneDrive
6 6 (9.68%) Mimecast
6 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
7 5 (8.06%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (8.06%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.13%) DHCP
1 10 (16.13%) DNS
1 10 (16.13%) Firewall
1 10 (16.13%) VPN
2 9 (14.52%) VLAN
3 8 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (11.29%) WAN
5 4 (6.45%) LAN
6 3 (4.84%) SD-WAN
7 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.23%) WebEx
8 1 (1.61%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.61%) Network Security
8 1 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) Power BI
2 2 (3.23%) Metadata
General
1 27 (43.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.13%) Finance
3 5 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.84%) Law
5 2 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 36 (58.06%) IT Support
2 25 (40.32%) IT Engineer
3 23 (37.10%) Support Engineer
4 21 (33.87%) IT Support Engineer
5 16 (25.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (17.74%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 11 (17.74%) Analyst
7 10 (16.13%) Service Analyst
8 7 (11.29%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (11.29%) Technical Support
8 7 (11.29%) Technical Support Engineer
9 6 (9.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 6 (9.68%) IT Analyst
9 6 (9.68%) Service Desk Analyst
10 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (8.06%) Desktop Engineer
10 5 (8.06%) Support Officer
11 4 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
12 3 (4.84%) 1st Line Support
12 3 (4.84%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.58%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.06%) Onboarding
2 5 (8.06%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) e-Learning
4 2 (3.23%) iPhone
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.61%) Life Science
5 1 (1.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 62 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (24.19%) Windows Server
3 8 (12.90%) Mac OS
4 6 (9.68%) Windows 7
5 4 (6.45%) Windows 8
6 3 (4.84%) Android
7 2 (3.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.77%) Customer Service
2 14 (22.58%) Mentoring
3 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (16.13%) Agile
4 10 (16.13%) Coaching
4 10 (16.13%) Creative Thinking
4 10 (16.13%) Incident Management
4 10 (16.13%) Mobile Device Management
5 9 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (14.52%) ITIL
6 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
6 8 (12.90%) Workflow
7 7 (11.29%) Critical Thinking
7 7 (11.29%) ERP
7 7 (11.29%) ITSM
8 6 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.06%) Patch Management
9 5 (8.06%) Process Improvement
9 5 (8.06%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) PL/SQL
1 7 (11.29%) SQL
1 7 (11.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) MCP
2 5 (8.06%) A+ Certification
2 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.61%) CCNA
4 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.61%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.61%) Degree
4 1 (1.61%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.97%) SLA
2 10 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
System Software
1 33 (53.23%) Active Directory
2 14 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (12.90%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.84%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (20.97%) SCCM
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.45%) Autotask
3 4 (6.45%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 41 (66.13%) Microsoft
2 17 (27.42%) ServiceNow
3 14 (22.58%) VMware
4 7 (11.29%) Google
4 7 (11.29%) Veeam
5 6 (9.68%) Sophos
6 4 (6.45%) ESET
7 3 (4.84%) Cisco
8 2 (3.23%) Apple
8 2 (3.23%) iManage
9 1 (1.61%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.61%) Meraki
9 1 (1.61%) Ubiquiti