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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 105 138
Rank change year-on-year -1 +33 +25
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 78 92 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.55% 2.15% 1.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.44% 11.03% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 56 62 72
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,875 £27,000 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,750 £30,250 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.96% -1.63% +4.24%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,375 £41,188
90th Percentile £44,500 £48,750 £53,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -

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 540 834 930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.75% 19.45% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 308 524 743
10th Percentile £26,500 £10,258 £28,058
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -18.37% +8.89%
75th Percentile £55,250 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £43,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.76%

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 3 January 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 3 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
Wiltshire -7 22 £32,000 -8.57% 2
Bristol +20 21 £38,500 +26.23% 1
Devon +5 14 £26,000 -0.95%
Somerset -3 10 £29,290 - 2
Dorset +8 8 £35,000 +52.17% 2
Gloucestershire +5 3 £28,250 -19.29% 2
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 11 (14.10%) IIS
2 10 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (37.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (15.38%) Azure
3 10 (12.82%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (34.62%) DNS
2 19 (24.36%) DHCP
3 15 (19.23%) LAN
3 15 (19.23%) WAN
4 12 (15.38%) Firewall
5 11 (14.10%) Internet
5 11 (14.10%) Kerberos
6 9 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (10.26%) VoIP
8 6 (7.69%) TCP/IP
9 4 (5.13%) VLAN
10 3 (3.85%) HTTP
11 1 (1.28%) VPN
11 1 (1.28%) Wireless
General
1 61 (78.21%) Social Skills
2 21 (26.92%) Back Office
3 11 (14.10%) Law
4 7 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.41%) Advertising
6 1 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 30 (38.46%) IT Support
2 26 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 26 (33.33%) Support Technician
3 23 (29.49%) Desktop Engineer
4 22 (28.21%) Desktop Support
4 22 (28.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 21 (26.92%) IT Support Technician
5 21 (26.92%) IT Technician
5 21 (26.92%) Site Engineer
6 20 (25.64%) Analyst
7 19 (24.36%) Support Analyst
8 11 (14.10%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (11.54%) IT Analyst
9 9 (11.54%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (6.41%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (6.41%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (6.41%) ICT Support
10 5 (6.41%) ICT Support Technician
10 5 (6.41%) ICT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.10%) LDAP
2 4 (5.13%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.36%) Onboarding
2 13 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (14.10%) PKI
4 9 (11.54%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.85%) e-Learning
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.28%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 78 (100.00%) Windows
2 23 (29.49%) Apple iOS
3 13 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (14.10%) Windows Server
4 11 (14.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (8.97%) Mac OS
6 6 (7.69%) Android
7 1 (1.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 33 (42.31%) Customer Service
3 28 (35.90%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (35.90%) ITIL
4 21 (26.92%) Analytics
4 21 (26.92%) Customer Acquisition
4 21 (26.92%) Customer Experience
4 21 (26.92%) Patch Management
4 21 (26.92%) People Management
4 21 (26.92%) Software Deployment
4 21 (26.92%) Ticket Management
5 15 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (14.10%) Data Loss Prevention
7 9 (11.54%) Asset Management
7 9 (11.54%) User Experience
8 7 (8.97%) Software Licensing
9 6 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
10 5 (6.41%) Cloud Security
10 5 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (5.13%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.64%) PowerShell
2 11 (14.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (32.05%) SC Cleared
1 25 (32.05%) Security Cleared
2 23 (29.49%) Degree
3 21 (26.92%) CTC Cleared
4 5 (6.41%) MCP
5 4 (5.13%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (41.03%) SLA
2 3 (3.85%) GDPR
3 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (57.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.41%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.13%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (14.10%) WSUS
3 9 (11.54%) SCCM
4 4 (5.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (26.92%) Cisco
3 8 (10.26%) Apple
4 5 (6.41%) VMware
5 1 (1.28%) McAfee
5 1 (1.28%) MobileIron