Windows 10 Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 118 228
Rank change year-on-year +26 +110 -78
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 50 7 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.56% 0.36% 0.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.70% 3.55% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 29
10th Percentile £26,075 £31,100 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +16.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £35,000 £57,500 £37,000
90th Percentile £35,450 £65,900 £38,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -5.42%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 211 197 787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.58% 10.20% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 97 161 431
10th Percentile £27,200 £35,000 £25,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in Scotland

Windows 10
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in Scotland

Windows 10
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 April 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 Lanarkshire - 8 - -
South Lanarkshire - 7 £28,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Lanarkshire - 5 - - 2
Glasgow - 5 - - 3
Highlands - 4 - -
Aberdeen -14 3 £35,000 -
Stirling - 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Edinburgh +2 1 £35,000 -36.36% 1
Perth and Kinross - 1 £23,500 -
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (78.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 50 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (72.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (14.00%) Azure
4 3 (6.00%) Mimecast
4 3 (6.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) DHCP
1 4 (8.00%) DNS
2 3 (6.00%) Firewall
2 3 (6.00%) LAN
2 3 (6.00%) VoIP
2 3 (6.00%) WAN
2 3 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (6.00%) Wireless
2 3 (6.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 46 (92.00%) Social Skills
2 36 (72.00%) Back Office
3 3 (6.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.00%) Agriculture
4 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Finance
4 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (84.00%) Support Engineer
2 39 (78.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 39 (78.00%) Desktop Support
2 39 (78.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 32 (64.00%) Site Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) IT Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) IT Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) IT Support
7 3 (6.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Service Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Senior
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Support Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) 1st Line Support
9 1 (2.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 1 (2.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) FMCG
1 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (88.00%) Customer Service
2 42 (84.00%) ITIL
3 38 (76.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (76.00%) Ticket Management
4 37 (74.00%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (72.00%) Analytics
5 36 (72.00%) Customer Acquisition
5 36 (72.00%) Customer Experience
5 36 (72.00%) Patch Management
5 36 (72.00%) Software Deployment
6 5 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (8.00%) Incident Management
8 3 (6.00%) Change Management
8 3 (6.00%) Inventory Management
8 3 (6.00%) Supply Chain Management
8 3 (6.00%) Time Management
9 2 (4.00%) Document Management
9 2 (4.00%) Mentoring
9 2 (4.00%) Performance Improvement
9 2 (4.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 38 (76.00%) Degree
2 36 (72.00%) CTC Cleared
2 36 (72.00%) SC Cleared
2 36 (72.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) CCNA
3 3 (6.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.00%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.00%) MCSE
4 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (4.00%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (80.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (12.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (78.00%) Cisco
2 38 (76.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.00%) Citrix
5 1 (2.00%) Sophos