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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 221 143
Rank change year-on-year -21 -78 +26
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 465 413 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.41% 1.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.36% 8.36% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 348 287 1,226
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.56% -3.17%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -5.80%

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 3,763 4,938 10,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.68% 16.91% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,842 3,018 8,144
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,938 £71,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -29 124 £30,000 - 18
South East -48 81 £35,000 +7.69% 21
South West +2 80 £32,500 -21.21% 21
North West +18 71 £30,000 -8.05% 15
Midlands -68 67 £30,750 -3.91% 19
Scotland +39 50 £28,000 -46.67% 6
Yorkshire -51 50 £30,000 +2.56% 3
East of England -9 47 £32,500 -7.14% 9
West Midlands -72 35 £33,500 -4.29% 10
East Midlands -27 32 £29,625 -7.42% 9
Wales -19 15 £34,000 -11.11% 3
North East -38 3 £32,000 -14.67%
Northern Ireland -37 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
1 100 (21.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (16.77%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.94%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 162 (34.84%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 389 (83.66%) Microsoft 365
2 141 (30.32%) Entra ID
3 122 (26.24%) Azure
4 28 (6.02%) Google Workspace
4 28 (6.02%) OneDrive
5 16 (3.44%) AWS
6 8 (1.72%) Mimecast
7 6 (1.29%) Google Docs
7 6 (1.29%) Google Sheets
7 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.08%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.86%) Nutanix
9 4 (0.86%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.43%) IaaS
10 2 (0.43%) PaaS
10 2 (0.43%) SaaS
11 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 107 (23.01%) DNS
2 102 (21.94%) DHCP
3 80 (17.20%) Firewall
4 75 (16.13%) VPN
5 72 (15.48%) Wi-Fi
6 71 (15.27%) LAN
7 66 (14.19%) WAN
8 57 (12.26%) TCP/IP
9 51 (10.97%) VLAN
10 47 (10.11%) VoIP
11 23 (4.95%) Wireless
12 18 (3.87%) Broadband
13 16 (3.44%) 4G
14 11 (2.37%) Skype
15 9 (1.94%) WLAN
16 8 (1.72%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.08%) PBX
18 4 (0.86%) Ethernet
18 4 (0.86%) Network Security
18 4 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.08%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (2.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 239 (51.40%) Social Skills
2 49 (10.54%) Back Office
3 27 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (3.66%) Manufacturing
5 16 (3.44%) Legal
5 16 (3.44%) Retail
6 13 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (2.80%) Law
7 12 (2.58%) Advertising
8 9 (1.94%) Telecoms
9 4 (0.86%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.86%) Dutch Language
9 4 (0.86%) Finance
9 4 (0.86%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (0.86%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.43%) French Language
11 1 (0.22%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 194 (41.72%) IT Support
2 184 (39.57%) Support Engineer
3 130 (27.96%) IT Engineer
4 106 (22.80%) IT Support Engineer
5 89 (19.14%) Analyst
6 84 (18.06%) Desktop Support
7 79 (16.99%) Desktop Engineer
8 70 (15.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 62 (13.33%) Support Analyst
10 57 (12.26%) 2nd Line Support
11 54 (11.61%) Support Technician
12 48 (10.32%) IT Analyst
12 48 (10.32%) Site Engineer
13 44 (9.46%) IT Support Analyst
14 42 (9.03%) IT Technician
15 40 (8.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 36 (7.74%) IT Support Technician
17 31 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
18 29 (6.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 28 (6.02%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.22%) .NET
1 1 (0.22%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.22%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.47%) Driving Licence
2 42 (9.03%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.94%) Smartphone
5 7 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.08%) FMCG
7 4 (0.86%) CCTV
7 4 (0.86%) Digital Signage
7 4 (0.86%) Educational Technology
7 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.65%) CMDB
8 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.65%) EPoS
8 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.65%) Social Media
9 2 (0.43%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.43%) Life Science
10 1 (0.22%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 465 (100.00%) Windows
2 113 (24.30%) Windows Server
3 48 (10.32%) Android
4 36 (7.74%) Apple iOS
5 31 (6.67%) Mac OS
6 21 (4.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (3.87%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.51%) Windows 8
9 7 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.86%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.65%) Linux
12 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (39.78%) Customer Service
2 155 (33.33%) ITIL
3 124 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (18.49%) ITSM
6 81 (17.42%) Cybersecurity
7 77 (16.56%) Patch Management
8 73 (15.70%) Software Deployment
9 62 (13.33%) Ticket Management
10 57 (12.26%) Customer Experience
11 49 (10.54%) Analytics
11 49 (10.54%) Customer Acquisition
12 44 (9.46%) Service Delivery
13 43 (9.25%) Service Management
14 30 (6.45%) Asset Management
15 29 (6.24%) Time Management
16 27 (5.81%) Emotional Intelligence
17 23 (4.95%) Infrastructure Monitoring
17 23 (4.95%) Security Operations
18 18 (3.87%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (9.46%) PowerShell
2 9 (1.94%) Python
2 9 (1.94%) SQL
3 7 (1.51%) VB
4 4 (0.86%) VBScript
5 1 (0.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 111 (23.87%) Degree
2 91 (19.57%) Security Cleared
3 75 (16.13%) SC Cleared
4 49 (10.54%) CTC Cleared
5 43 (9.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (7.53%) A+ Certification
7 24 (5.16%) DBS Check
8 18 (3.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 8 (1.72%) CCNA
9 8 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.29%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.29%) HNC
10 6 (1.29%) HND
10 6 (1.29%) MCSA
10 6 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.43%) MCSE
12 2 (0.43%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (21.51%) SLA
2 16 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.72%) GDPR
5 5 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.86%) QA
7 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 282 (60.65%) Active Directory
2 38 (8.17%) Hyper-V
3 34 (7.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (4.52%) BitLocker
5 8 (1.72%) Terminal Services
6 7 (1.51%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 99 (21.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (18.06%) SCCM
3 14 (3.01%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (1.94%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.72%) Autotask
6 4 (0.86%) WSUS
7 3 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 328 (70.54%) Microsoft
2 59 (12.69%) Cisco
3 51 (10.97%) VMware
4 46 (9.89%) ServiceNow
5 32 (6.88%) Apple
6 28 (6.02%) Google
7 24 (5.16%) SolarWinds
8 23 (4.95%) Sophos
9 17 (3.66%) Citrix
10 16 (3.44%) Starlink
11 13 (2.80%) Logitech
12 10 (2.15%) Dell
13 8 (1.72%) Freshdesk
13 8 (1.72%) Yealink
14 7 (1.51%) ESET
15 6 (1.29%) Adobe
15 6 (1.29%) HP
15 6 (1.29%) McAfee
16 5 (1.08%) Meraki
16 5 (1.08%) TOWER Software