Windows 10 Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Windows 10
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 126 117
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 82 33 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.06% 1.23% 2.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.88% 7.42% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 63 13 172
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £31,188 £28,500 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% +3.23%
75th Percentile £33,750 £48,750 £42,750
90th Percentile £38,500 £60,000 £51,125
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -4.41%

All Operating Systems
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 551 445 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.13% 16.55% 17.30%
Number of salaries quoted 360 295 1,257
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,551 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,563 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the South West

Windows 10
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the South West over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the South West

Windows 10
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Wiltshire +23 46 £32,500 -31.58% 6
Somerset -21 11 £28,000 -5.08% 3
Devon -17 7 £26,500 +1.92% 1
Dorset -20 7 £35,000 - 1
Bristol -18 6 £35,000 -41.67% 4
Gloucestershire -26 5 £27,625 -7.92% 1
Windows 10
England

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (15.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 42 (51.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 67 (81.71%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (26.83%) Azure
2 22 (26.83%) Entra ID
3 8 (9.76%) OneDrive
4 5 (6.10%) AWS
5 2 (2.44%) IaaS
5 2 (2.44%) PaaS
5 2 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (24.39%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (19.51%) 4G
2 16 (19.51%) Broadband
3 14 (17.07%) VLAN
4 11 (13.41%) LAN
5 10 (12.20%) DNS
5 10 (12.20%) WAN
6 9 (10.98%) Firewall
6 9 (10.98%) VoIP
7 7 (8.54%) VPN
8 6 (7.32%) TCP/IP
9 5 (6.10%) DHCP
10 1 (1.22%) Skype
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.07%) Back Office
3 7 (8.54%) Advertising
4 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (46.34%) IT Support
2 29 (35.37%) Support Engineer
3 24 (29.27%) Analyst
4 21 (25.61%) Desktop Engineer
5 20 (24.39%) Desktop Support
5 20 (24.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 19 (23.17%) Support Analyst
6 19 (23.17%) Support Technician
7 17 (20.73%) IT Analyst
7 17 (20.73%) IT Support Analyst
8 15 (18.29%) IT Technician
9 14 (17.07%) IT Support Technician
9 14 (17.07%) Site Engineer
10 6 (7.32%) IT Engineer
10 6 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (6.10%) ICT Support
11 5 (6.10%) ICT Support Technician
11 5 (6.10%) ICT Technician
11 5 (6.10%) Service Analyst
11 5 (6.10%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) .NET
1 1 (1.22%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.22%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.88%) Digital Signage
2 4 (4.88%) Educational Technology
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Licensing
3 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (32.93%) Android
3 11 (13.41%) Mac OS
4 10 (12.20%) Windows Server
5 7 (8.54%) Apple iOS
5 7 (8.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (51.22%) ITIL
2 25 (30.49%) Customer Service
3 21 (25.61%) Service Management
4 19 (23.17%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (20.73%) Asset Management
5 17 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (19.51%) Software License Management
7 15 (18.29%) Customer Experience
8 14 (17.07%) Analytics
8 14 (17.07%) Customer Acquisition
8 14 (17.07%) Patch Management
8 14 (17.07%) People Management
8 14 (17.07%) Software Deployment
8 14 (17.07%) Ticket Management
9 13 (15.85%) Service Delivery
10 10 (12.20%) Disk Encryption
10 10 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (10.98%) Cloud Security
12 7 (8.54%) IT Asset Management
13 6 (7.32%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 41 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 32 (39.02%) Degree
3 25 (30.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (25.61%) A+ Certification
5 14 (17.07%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (6.10%) DV Cleared
6 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.29%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (46.34%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.20%) BitLocker
2 10 (12.20%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (17.07%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (45.12%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.51%) Starlink
3 14 (17.07%) Cisco
4 10 (12.20%) VMware
5 5 (6.10%) Apple
6 4 (4.88%) Veeam
7 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.44%) Citrix
8 2 (2.44%) Remedy
9 1 (1.22%) HP