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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 144 85
Rank change year-on-year -13 -59 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 22 50 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.58% 1.26% 3.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.59% 8.93% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 18 36 95
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £37,063 £48,925 £55,125
90th Percentile £49,725 £56,252 £55,250
South East median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% -3.23%

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 334 560 733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.74% 14.16% 22.41%
Number of salaries quoted 278 335 568
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £50,000 £49,996
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +0.01% +11.92%
75th Percentile £48,563 £60,625 £59,380
90th Percentile £66,625 £74,500 £74,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

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 12 December 2025.

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 12 December 2025. 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
Oxfordshire +23 12 £31,500 -18.18% 3
Berkshire -5 8 £48,000 -1.89% 7
Buckinghamshire 0 2 £36,500 -2.67% 2
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 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (40.91%) SharePoint
3 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (31.82%) Entra ID
3 5 (22.73%) Azure
4 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) DHCP
1 7 (31.82%) DNS
2 5 (22.73%) VoIP
2 5 (22.73%) VPN
3 4 (18.18%) Firewall
4 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.55%) Ethernet
5 1 (4.55%) LAN
5 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Data Mining
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) IT Support
2 8 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (31.82%) Support Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) IT Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Technician
7 2 (9.09%) Analyst
7 2 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (9.09%) IT Technician
7 2 (9.09%) Support Technician
7 2 (9.09%) Technical Manager
8 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
8 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Deskside Analyst
8 1 (4.55%) Desktop Analyst
8 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
8 1 (4.55%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) FMCG
2 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
2 5 (22.73%) Windows 7
2 5 (22.73%) Windows 8
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
5 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Customer Service
2 7 (31.82%) ITIL
3 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (22.73%) Email Management
3 5 (22.73%) ITSM
4 4 (18.18%) B2B
4 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
6 2 (9.09%) Mathematics
6 2 (9.09%) People Management
6 2 (9.09%) Release Management
6 2 (9.09%) Service Management
7 1 (4.55%) Agile
7 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.55%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (27.27%) SLA
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.64%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) SCOM
3 2 (9.09%) SCSM
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) VMware
3 3 (13.64%) Trend Micro
3 3 (13.64%) Veeam
4 2 (9.09%) Cisco
4 2 (9.09%) Juniper
5 1 (4.55%) McAfee