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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 350 | 211 | 165 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -139 | -46 | -20 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 | 385 | 428 | 742 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.44% | 1.26% | 1.51% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 7.69% | 10.38% | 11.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 294 | 349 | 430 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,750 | £26,000 | £25,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,500 | £27,500 | £28,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £31,500 | £33,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.17% | -4.55% | +6.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £37,637 | £36,500 | £40,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £44,800 | £41,250 | £53,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £32,500 | £32,500 | £37,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -12.16% | +5.71% |
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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 5,008 | 4,123 | 6,475 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 5.70% | 12.10% | 13.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,715 | 2,813 | 3,599 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £26,250 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £37,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.33% | -21.05% | +2.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £51,240 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £68,750 | £76,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £45,000 | £41,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.43% | -17.00% | -4.76% |
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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
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 19 October 2026.
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 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | -75 | 98 | £30,000 | - | 14 |
| Midlands | -29 | 88 | £32,000 | +1.59% | 17 |
| South East | -98 | 73 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 15 |
| North West | -40 | 64 | £30,000 | - | 8 |
| East of England | -40 | 52 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 11 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 51 | £30,000 | -14.29% | 9 |
| Scotland | +38 | 39 | £28,500 | -5.00% | 6 |
| West Midlands | -47 | 37 | £34,000 | +7.94% | 8 |
| South West | -120 | 31 | £32,500 | +10.17% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | -48 | 27 | £30,000 | - | 5 |
| North East | -62 | 7 | £16,000 | -48.39% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | - | - | 1 |
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Windows 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Operating Systems
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windows | 99.5% | 383 |
| 2 | Windows Server | 35.8% | 138 |
| 3 | Android | 15.8% | 61 |
| 4 | Apple iOS | 14.0% | 54 |
| 5 | Linux | 8.3% | 32 |
| 6 | macOS | 5.5% | 21 |
| 7 | Windows Server 2019 | 3.9% | 15 |
| 8 | Windows 7 | 3.6% | 14 |
| 9 | Windows Server 2012 | 3.1% | 12 |
| 10 | Windows Server 2016 | 1.3% | 5 |
| 11 | CentOS | 0.5% | 2 |
| 12 | Debian | 0.3% | 1 |
| 12 | Ubuntu | 0.3% | 1 |
| 12 | Unix | 0.3% | 1 |