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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 212 156
Rank change year-on-year -70 -56 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 459 475 988
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.60% 1.37% 1.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.63% 9.10% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 375 373 782
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - +6.56%
75th Percentile £37,000 £37,250 £39,500
90th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £48,925
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.94% -1.45%

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 4,765 5,219 7,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.20% 15.07% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,690 3,370 5,585
10th Percentile £27,238 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £58,027
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,991
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -13.40% -7.62%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -34 128 £30,000 +1.69% 33
Midlands -28 91 £29,625 -7.42% 14
South East -83 79 £35,000 +7.69% 34
North West +22 76 £30,000 +1.69% 23
South West -69 59 £32,500 +9.24% 15
East of England -13 57 £35,000 - 11
East Midlands +2 50 £29,625 -15.36% 6
Yorkshire -65 47 £30,000 +2.56% 7
West Midlands -49 41 £30,000 -4.76% 8
Scotland +32 34 £28,500 -5.00% 10
Wales -51 10 £30,875 -11.79%
North East -58 5 £24,000 -22.58% 4
Northern Ireland - 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
1 124 (27.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 106 (23.09%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.40%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.53%) Apache
4 7 (1.53%) nginx
5 4 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.65%) IIS
7 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 102 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 394 (85.84%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (25.71%) Azure
3 101 (22.00%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.36%) OneDrive
5 18 (3.92%) Mimecast
6 15 (3.27%) Google Workspace
7 12 (2.61%) AWS
8 10 (2.18%) SaaS
9 6 (1.31%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.87%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.65%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.44%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.44%) GCP
12 2 (0.44%) IaaS
12 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.44%) PaaS
13 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.22%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 125 (27.23%) DNS
2 119 (25.93%) DHCP
3 97 (21.13%) Firewall
4 81 (17.65%) VPN
5 76 (16.56%) TCP/IP
5 76 (16.56%) Wi-Fi
6 67 (14.60%) WAN
7 66 (14.38%) LAN
8 54 (11.76%) VLAN
9 42 (9.15%) VoIP
10 26 (5.66%) Wireless
11 20 (4.36%) Broadband
12 19 (4.14%) 4G
13 13 (2.83%) Skype
14 9 (1.96%) Network Security
14 9 (1.96%) Structured Cabling
15 5 (1.09%) NAS
16 4 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.65%) SD-WAN
18 2 (0.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.65%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.40%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.22%) Carbide.c++
General
1 202 (44.01%) Social Skills
2 23 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (4.79%) Retail
4 20 (4.36%) Manufacturing
4 20 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (3.05%) Finance
6 13 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (2.83%) Legal
7 11 (2.40%) Law
8 7 (1.53%) Advertising
9 4 (0.87%) Dutch Language
9 4 (0.87%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (0.87%) Spanish Language
10 3 (0.65%) Back Office
11 2 (0.44%) Automotive
11 2 (0.44%) French Language
11 2 (0.44%) Local Government
11 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 206 (44.88%) IT Support
2 140 (30.50%) Support Engineer
3 139 (30.28%) IT Engineer
4 113 (24.62%) IT Support Engineer
5 87 (18.95%) Analyst
6 60 (13.07%) 2nd Line Support
7 57 (12.42%) Support Technician
8 56 (12.20%) Support Analyst
9 51 (11.11%) IT Technician
10 46 (10.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 41 (8.93%) 1st Line Support
11 41 (8.93%) IT Support Technician
12 40 (8.71%) IT Analyst
13 38 (8.28%) Desktop Support
14 35 (7.63%) IT Support Analyst
15 34 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 32 (6.97%) Desktop Engineer
17 29 (6.32%) Service Analyst
17 29 (6.32%) Service Desk Analyst
18 28 (6.10%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.09%) Web Services
2 2 (0.44%) .NET
2 2 (0.44%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.44%) WinForms
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 89 (19.39%) Driving Licence
2 46 (10.02%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.40%) CCTV
5 10 (2.18%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.09%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.09%) FMCG
8 4 (0.87%) CMDB
8 4 (0.87%) Digital Signage
8 4 (0.87%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.65%) EPoS
9 3 (0.65%) Shadow IT
9 3 (0.65%) Social Media
9 3 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.44%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.44%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.44%) Life Science
10 2 (0.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 457 (99.56%) Windows
2 133 (28.98%) Windows Server
3 57 (12.42%) Android
4 50 (10.89%) Apple iOS
5 30 (6.54%) Mac OS
6 19 (4.14%) Linux
7 17 (3.70%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.87%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.65%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.22%) CentOS
13 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (42.05%) Customer Service
2 137 (29.85%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (24.40%) ITIL
4 80 (17.43%) ITSM
5 54 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (9.59%) Service Delivery
7 39 (8.50%) Service Management
8 35 (7.63%) Time Management
9 27 (5.88%) User Experience
10 25 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 24 (5.23%) Proactive Monitoring
12 22 (4.79%) Mobile Device Management
12 22 (4.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 22 (4.79%) Ticket Management
13 21 (4.58%) Patch Management
14 20 (4.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 20 (4.36%) Software License Management
15 18 (3.92%) Asset Management
16 16 (3.49%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 55 (11.98%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.40%) Python
3 9 (1.96%) VBScript
4 7 (1.53%) VB
5 3 (0.65%) SQL
6 2 (0.44%) Bash
6 2 (0.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 63 (13.73%) Degree
2 62 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 53 (11.55%) SC Cleared
4 42 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (5.23%) A+ Certification
5 24 (5.23%) DBS Check
6 14 (3.05%) CCNA
6 14 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 9 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.09%) MCSA
13 3 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.65%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (12.42%) SLA
2 22 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.40%) GDPR
5 9 (1.96%) QA
6 5 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 296 (64.49%) Active Directory
2 38 (8.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (6.54%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.79%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.09%) Squid
6 5 (1.09%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.22%) Firmware
10 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 92 (20.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 63 (13.73%) SCCM
3 14 (3.05%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.18%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.31%) WSUS
6 4 (0.87%) Autotask
7 3 (0.65%) Ansible
7 3 (0.65%) Terraform
8 2 (0.44%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 356 (77.56%) Microsoft
2 55 (11.98%) VMware
3 41 (8.93%) ServiceNow
4 36 (7.84%) Sophos
5 31 (6.75%) Apple
6 27 (5.88%) Cisco
7 19 (4.14%) Starlink
8 18 (3.92%) Logitech
9 16 (3.49%) Veeam
10 15 (3.27%) Google
11 13 (2.83%) Meraki
11 13 (2.83%) TOWER Software
12 12 (2.61%) SolarWinds
13 11 (2.40%) Citrix
14 10 (2.18%) Freshdesk
15 9 (1.96%) SonicWALL
16 8 (1.74%) Dell
17 6 (1.31%) Adobe
17 6 (1.31%) Fortinet
17 6 (1.31%) McAfee