Windows 10 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows 10
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 184 110
Rank change year-on-year +17 -74 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 39 16 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.52% 0.42% 2.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.11% 4.17% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 35 11 73
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -14.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £64,375 £38,000 £48,925
90th Percentile £68,750 £46,500 £55,675
South East median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +16.67%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 481 384 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.41% 10.00% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 403 301 373
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.88% -8.57%
75th Percentile £65,625 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -23.00% +5.26%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Windows 10
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the Thames Valley

Windows 10
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Berkshire +22 20 £28,500 -8.80% 3
Buckinghamshire +10 15 £37,500 - 3
Oxfordshire -31 4 £35,000 +4.48%
Windows 10
South East

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (17.95%) Apache
3 7 (17.95%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (71.79%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (41.03%) Azure
3 11 (28.21%) Entra ID
4 5 (12.82%) SaaS
5 4 (10.26%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Stack
6 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (41.03%) DNS
2 11 (28.21%) DHCP
3 10 (25.64%) Firewall
4 9 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (12.82%) VoIP
6 4 (10.26%) LAN
6 4 (10.26%) VPN
6 4 (10.26%) WAN
7 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.56%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.56%) NAS
8 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.56%) VLAN
8 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 25 (64.10%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 8 (20.51%) Retail
4 4 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) NOC Manager
1 9 (23.08%) Operations Manager
2 6 (15.38%) IT Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) IT Support
2 6 (15.38%) Technical Support
3 5 (12.82%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Support Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (10.26%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Technical Support
5 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Technical Support
5 3 (7.69%) Administrator
5 3 (7.69%) ICT Support
5 3 (7.69%) ICT Support Technician
5 3 (7.69%) ICT Technician
5 3 (7.69%) Support Officer
5 3 (7.69%) Technical Support Executive
5 3 (7.69%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Driving Licence
2 6 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (12.82%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.69%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (56.41%) Windows Server
3 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (7.69%) Windows 7
6 2 (5.13%) Android
7 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (53.85%) Customer Service
2 13 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.51%) High Availability
4 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (17.95%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (15.38%) ITIL
6 5 (12.82%) Load Balancing
6 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (10.26%) ITSM
8 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
8 3 (7.69%) Information Security
8 3 (7.69%) Information Security Management
8 3 (7.69%) ISMS
8 3 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
8 3 (7.69%) Security Management
8 3 (7.69%) Web Filtering
9 2 (5.13%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (20.51%) Azure Certification
3 7 (17.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (12.82%) A+ Certification
4 5 (12.82%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
4 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.26%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) CCNA
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) SLA
2 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (23.08%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (12.82%) Squid
5 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.56%) BitLocker
6 1 (2.56%) Firmware
6 1 (2.56%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.13%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 31 (79.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) VMware
3 8 (20.51%) Veeam
4 6 (15.38%) Apple
5 5 (12.82%) Fortinet
6 4 (10.26%) ConnectWise
6 4 (10.26%) Sophos
7 3 (7.69%) Aruba
7 3 (7.69%) Juniper
7 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 2 (5.13%) Cisco
9 1 (2.56%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (2.56%) Meraki
9 1 (2.56%) NETGEAR
9 1 (2.56%) SonicWALL