Windows 10 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 185 135
Rank change year-on-year -29 -50 +26
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 442 490 1,150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.90% 1.55% 2.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.38% 10.02% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 320 293 1,057
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,688 £28,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +16.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile £37,063 £43,649 £39,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £52,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -7.14%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,571 4,892 8,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.26% 15.45% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,608 2,645 6,784
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Windows 10 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the UK excluding London

Windows 10
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 10 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
North of England -2 124 £30,000 -10.11% 35
South East +3 89 £33,500 -10.67% 46
North West +4 82 £29,500 -13.24% 23
South West -4 74 £32,500 -7.14% 21
East of England +34 50 £28,500 -5.00% 19
Midlands -88 48 £30,000 -4.76% 17
Scotland +25 46 £35,000 -5.41% 8
Yorkshire -13 40 £32,500 -1.52% 11
East Midlands -52 25 £30,000 +7.14% 6
West Midlands -53 23 £30,750 -12.14% 11
Wales +1 10 £34,000 -11.11% 6
North East -15 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 2
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 101 (22.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 101 (22.85%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.90%) WordPress
5 2 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 178 (40.27%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 376 (85.07%) Microsoft 365
2 152 (34.39%) Entra ID
3 141 (31.90%) Azure
4 35 (7.92%) OneDrive
5 31 (7.01%) Google Workspace
6 18 (4.07%) AWS
7 11 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.04%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.36%) Google Docs
9 6 (1.36%) Google Sheets
9 6 (1.36%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.13%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 132 (29.86%) DNS
2 130 (29.41%) DHCP
3 97 (21.95%) VPN
4 81 (18.33%) TCP/IP
5 73 (16.52%) Firewall
6 61 (13.80%) VLAN
7 50 (11.31%) Wi-Fi
8 42 (9.50%) LAN
9 41 (9.28%) WAN
10 40 (9.05%) VoIP
11 16 (3.62%) Wireless
12 11 (2.49%) SD-WAN
13 10 (2.26%) Broadband
14 9 (2.04%) 4G
14 9 (2.04%) WLAN
15 6 (1.36%) Internet
15 6 (1.36%) Unified Communications
16 5 (1.13%) PBX
17 4 (0.90%) Ethernet
17 4 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.36%) Power BI
2 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
2 3 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.45%) MySQL
4 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (1.58%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 60 (13.57%) Back Office
3 31 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (4.07%) Finance
5 15 (3.39%) Law
6 13 (2.94%) Retail
6 13 (2.94%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.71%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.49%) Legal
9 5 (1.13%) Advertising
9 5 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.90%) German Language
11 3 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.68%) Marketing
12 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 215 (48.64%) IT Support
2 194 (43.89%) Support Engineer
3 119 (26.92%) IT Engineer
4 104 (23.53%) IT Support Engineer
5 84 (19.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 77 (17.42%) Analyst
7 75 (16.97%) Desktop Engineer
7 75 (16.97%) Desktop Support
8 69 (15.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 57 (12.90%) IT Analyst
9 57 (12.90%) Site Engineer
10 55 (12.44%) Support Analyst
11 50 (11.31%) Support Technician
12 48 (10.86%) IT Support Analyst
13 41 (9.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 39 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
15 38 (8.60%) IT Support Technician
15 38 (8.60%) IT Technician
16 37 (8.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 31 (7.01%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.36%) .NET
2 5 (1.13%) Software Packaging
3 4 (0.90%) HTML
4 2 (0.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 66 (14.93%) Driving Licence
2 43 (9.73%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (2.49%) iPad
4 9 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (0.90%) Client/Server
6 4 (0.90%) Digital Signage
6 4 (0.90%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.68%) Life Science
7 3 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.45%) CCTV
8 2 (0.45%) CMDB
8 2 (0.45%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.23%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 442 (100.00%) Windows
2 133 (30.09%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.28%) Mac OS
4 33 (7.47%) Apple iOS
5 30 (6.79%) Android
6 25 (5.66%) Windows 7
7 17 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (3.62%) Linux
8 16 (3.62%) Windows 8
8 16 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.68%) Debian
11 1 (0.23%) AIX
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (43.67%) Customer Service
2 146 (33.03%) ITIL
3 122 (27.60%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
5 101 (22.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (20.14%) Patch Management
7 84 (19.00%) ITSM
8 75 (16.97%) Software Deployment
9 69 (15.61%) Ticket Management
10 64 (14.48%) Customer Experience
11 60 (13.57%) Analytics
11 60 (13.57%) Customer Acquisition
12 54 (12.22%) Service Delivery
13 38 (8.60%) Service Management
14 36 (8.14%) Asset Management
15 30 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (5.43%) People Management
16 24 (5.43%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 22 (4.98%) Mentoring
18 21 (4.75%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.09%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.75%) SQL
3 12 (2.71%) VBScript
4 7 (1.58%) PL/SQL
5 6 (1.36%) VB
6 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (23.30%) Degree
2 87 (19.68%) Security Cleared
3 74 (16.74%) SC Cleared
4 60 (13.57%) CTC Cleared
5 36 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (7.69%) A+ Certification
7 24 (5.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 16 (3.62%) DBS Check
9 9 (2.04%) HND
9 9 (2.04%) MCSA
10 7 (1.58%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.58%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.36%) HNC
12 4 (0.90%) CCNA
12 4 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.68%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.68%) MCSE
14 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (23.76%) SLA
2 25 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.36%) GDPR
6 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 276 (62.44%) Active Directory
2 58 (13.12%) Hyper-V
3 52 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.04%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (1.58%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.90%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.68%) vSphere
8 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 110 (24.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (16.29%) SCCM
3 18 (4.07%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.26%) Autotask
5 4 (0.90%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.45%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.45%) Plesk
7 2 (0.45%) SCOM
7 2 (0.45%) SCSM
8 1 (0.23%) Nagios
8 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.23%) WSUS
8 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 304 (68.78%) Microsoft
2 67 (15.16%) Cisco
2 67 (15.16%) VMware
3 39 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 35 (7.92%) Apple
5 31 (7.01%) Google
6 17 (3.85%) Citrix
7 13 (2.94%) Freshdesk
7 13 (2.94%) SolarWinds
8 12 (2.71%) Veeam
9 10 (2.26%) ESET
10 9 (2.04%) HP
10 9 (2.04%) Sophos
10 9 (2.04%) Starlink
11 6 (1.36%) Datto
11 6 (1.36%) Logitech
11 6 (1.36%) Yealink
12 5 (1.13%) Dell
12 5 (1.13%) Mitel
13 3 (0.68%) Draytek