Windows 10 Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows 10
England > South East

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 160 101
Rank change year-on-year -76 -59 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 82 137 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.52% 1.60% 2.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.75% 10.64% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 72 91 364
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,125 £26,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £39,688 £38,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £43,750 £55,675
England median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -4.41%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,214 1,287 2,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.75% 15.06% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,043 1,001 2,185
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,875 £26,043
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £51,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows 10
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the South East over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the South East

Windows 10
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Thames Valley +14 31 £31,000 -6.06% 15
Kent -23 19 £52,500 +59.09% 1
Buckinghamshire +1 17 £35,000 +3.70% 2
Surrey -51 15 £32,500 - 2
Berkshire +7 11 £26,000 -26.76% 6
Hampshire -54 10 £35,750 +26.55% 7
East Sussex -10 4 £27,500 -
Oxfordshire -9 3 £35,000 +8.53% 7
Sussex - 2 £31,500 -
West Sussex -32 1 £16,000 -57.33% 1
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (14.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.44%) Apache
3 2 (2.44%) nginx
Applications
1 25 (30.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (71.95%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (28.05%) Azure
3 19 (23.17%) Entra ID
4 9 (10.98%) Google Workspace
5 6 (7.32%) Power Automate
6 5 (6.10%) AWS
6 5 (6.10%) SaaS
7 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (32.93%) Firewall
2 23 (28.05%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (25.61%) VPN
4 20 (24.39%) LAN
5 14 (17.07%) DNS
6 12 (14.63%) DHCP
7 10 (12.20%) WAN
8 5 (6.10%) TCP/IP
9 4 (4.88%) Wireless
9 4 (4.88%) WLAN
10 3 (3.66%) NAS
10 3 (3.66%) VoIP
11 1 (1.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) Power BI
General
1 48 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (7.32%) Retail
3 4 (4.88%) Law
3 4 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.44%) Finance
4 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (34.15%) IT Support
2 25 (30.49%) Support Engineer
3 24 (29.27%) IT Engineer
3 24 (29.27%) IT Support Engineer
4 13 (15.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 13 (15.85%) Support Technician
5 12 (14.63%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure Manager
6 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure Support
6 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure Support Manager
6 11 (13.41%) Support Manager
7 9 (10.98%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 6 (7.32%) Technical Support
9 5 (6.10%) IT Technician
10 4 (4.88%) 1st Line Support Technician
10 4 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
11 3 (3.66%) Service Desk Manager
11 3 (3.66%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Driving Licence
2 10 (12.20%) Onboarding
3 9 (10.98%) Smartphone
4 6 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.66%) EPoS
6 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (32.93%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.76%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.66%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.44%) Linux
7 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.93%) Customer Service
2 21 (25.61%) ITSM
3 14 (17.07%) Emotional Intelligence
3 14 (17.07%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 14 (17.07%) Patch Management
3 14 (17.07%) Security Operations
3 14 (17.07%) Software Deployment
4 6 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (7.32%) Informatics
4 6 (7.32%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (4.88%) Architectural Design
5 4 (4.88%) ITIL
6 3 (3.66%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (3.66%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (3.66%) Customer Experience
6 3 (3.66%) Information Security Management
6 3 (3.66%) Proactive Maintenance
6 3 (3.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (9.76%) DBS Check
2 6 (7.32%) Degree
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.10%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.63%) SLA
2 6 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 39 (47.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.10%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.66%) BitLocker
3 3 (3.66%) Terminal Services
4 2 (2.44%) Squid
4 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (17.07%) SCCM
2 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.22%) Autotask
3 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 53 (64.63%) Microsoft
2 17 (20.73%) ServiceNow
3 14 (17.07%) SolarWinds
4 10 (12.20%) VMware
5 9 (10.98%) Google
6 7 (8.54%) Sophos
7 3 (3.66%) Aruba
7 3 (3.66%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (3.66%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.66%) Juniper
8 2 (2.44%) Veeam
9 1 (1.22%) ConnectWise
9 1 (1.22%) Datto
9 1 (1.22%) Meraki