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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 195 141
Rank change year-on-year -27 -54 +27
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 486 399 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.76% 1.49% 2.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.08% 8.88% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 360 295 1,257
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,000
90th Percentile £46,375 £50,000 £50,100
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -6.26%

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 3,715 4,493 10,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.81% 16.83% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,761 2,927 8,272
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.78% -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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -41 124 £30,000 - 18
South West +3 88 £32,500 -7.14% 14
South East -50 87 £35,000 +5.26% 20
Midlands -80 70 £30,750 -3.91% 15
North West -9 67 £30,000 -6.25% 14
Scotland +20 53 £28,000 -20.00% 3
Yorkshire -64 53 £30,750 +4.24% 2
East of England -22 47 £33,250 -5.00% 9
East Midlands -55 35 £29,625 -5.95% 8
West Midlands -64 35 £32,810 -6.26% 7
Wales -14 16 £34,000 -9.33%
North East -34 4 £32,000 -14.67% 3
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 12
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
1 109 (22.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (20.99%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.03%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 168 (34.57%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 416 (85.60%) Microsoft 365
2 157 (32.30%) Entra ID
3 136 (27.98%) Azure
4 34 (7.00%) OneDrive
5 32 (6.58%) Google Workspace
6 16 (3.29%) AWS
7 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (1.44%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.23%) Google Docs
9 6 (1.23%) Google Sheets
10 5 (1.03%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.82%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.62%) Nutanix
13 2 (0.41%) IaaS
13 2 (0.41%) PaaS
13 2 (0.41%) SaaS
14 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 121 (24.90%) DNS
2 116 (23.87%) DHCP
3 86 (17.70%) Firewall
4 82 (16.87%) VPN
5 71 (14.61%) Wi-Fi
6 68 (13.99%) LAN
7 67 (13.79%) TCP/IP
8 65 (13.37%) WAN
9 54 (11.11%) VLAN
10 53 (10.91%) VoIP
11 21 (4.32%) Wireless
12 15 (3.09%) Broadband
13 13 (2.67%) 4G
14 10 (2.06%) SD-WAN
15 9 (1.85%) WLAN
16 6 (1.23%) PBX
16 6 (1.23%) Skype
17 4 (0.82%) Network Security
17 4 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.03%) Power BI
2 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.21%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (2.26%) JIRA
General
1 265 (54.53%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.35%) Back Office
3 32 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (3.91%) Manufacturing
5 16 (3.29%) Legal
6 14 (2.88%) Retail
7 13 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.67%) Law
8 12 (2.47%) Advertising
9 11 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.23%) Finance
12 4 (0.82%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (0.82%) Dutch Language
12 4 (0.82%) Portuguese Language
12 4 (0.82%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.41%) French Language
13 2 (0.41%) German Language
14 1 (0.21%) Marketing
14 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 214 (44.03%) IT Support
2 211 (43.42%) Support Engineer
3 145 (29.84%) IT Engineer
4 121 (24.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 95 (19.55%) Desktop Support
6 84 (17.28%) Analyst
7 83 (17.08%) Desktop Engineer
8 79 (16.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 66 (13.58%) 2nd Line Support
10 62 (12.76%) Support Analyst
11 57 (11.73%) Site Engineer
11 57 (11.73%) Support Technician
12 49 (10.08%) IT Technician
13 46 (9.47%) IT Analyst
14 43 (8.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 43 (8.85%) IT Support Analyst
14 43 (8.85%) IT Support Technician
15 40 (8.23%) 1st Line Support
16 34 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 24 (4.94%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.41%) .NET
1 2 (0.41%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 64 (13.17%) Driving Licence
2 48 (9.88%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (1.65%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.03%) FMCG
7 4 (0.82%) CCTV
7 4 (0.82%) Digital Signage
7 4 (0.82%) Educational Technology
7 4 (0.82%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Licensing
7 4 (0.82%) Social Media
8 3 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.62%) CMDB
8 3 (0.62%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.62%) iPad
9 2 (0.41%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.41%) EPoS
9 2 (0.41%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.41%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 486 (100.00%) Windows
2 127 (26.13%) Windows Server
3 41 (8.44%) Android
4 36 (7.41%) Apple iOS
5 35 (7.20%) Mac OS
6 22 (4.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (3.70%) Windows 7
8 12 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.85%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.03%) Linux
10 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.82%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (42.80%) Customer Service
2 174 (35.80%) ITIL
3 129 (26.54%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (19.96%) Cybersecurity
5 96 (19.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (18.72%) ITSM
7 90 (18.52%) Patch Management
8 83 (17.08%) Software Deployment
9 72 (14.81%) Ticket Management
10 67 (13.79%) Customer Experience
11 60 (12.35%) Analytics
11 60 (12.35%) Customer Acquisition
12 52 (10.70%) Service Delivery
13 45 (9.26%) Service Management
14 37 (7.61%) Asset Management
15 31 (6.38%) Time Management
16 26 (5.35%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 25 (5.14%) Emotional Intelligence
18 24 (4.94%) People Management
19 22 (4.53%) Infrastructure Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.02%) PowerShell
2 13 (2.67%) SQL
3 6 (1.23%) Python
4 5 (1.03%) VB
5 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 120 (24.69%) Degree
2 97 (19.96%) Security Cleared
3 81 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 60 (12.35%) CTC Cleared
5 45 (9.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (7.00%) A+ Certification
7 23 (4.73%) DBS Check
8 16 (3.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 9 (1.85%) CCNA
9 9 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (1.65%) MCSA
11 7 (1.44%) HND
12 6 (1.23%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.23%) HNC
12 6 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.03%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.41%) MCSE
15 2 (0.41%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (23.05%) SLA
2 16 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.65%) GDPR
5 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.41%) QA
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 302 (62.14%) Active Directory
2 45 (9.26%) Hyper-V
3 42 (8.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.29%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.85%) VMware Workstation
6 8 (1.65%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 114 (23.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (16.67%) SCCM
3 17 (3.50%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.06%) Autotask
5 9 (1.85%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.82%) WSUS
7 3 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.21%) SCOM
8 1 (0.21%) SCSM
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 336 (69.14%) Microsoft
2 71 (14.61%) Cisco
3 59 (12.14%) VMware
4 42 (8.64%) ServiceNow
5 35 (7.20%) Apple
6 32 (6.58%) Google
7 22 (4.53%) SolarWinds
8 20 (4.12%) Citrix
8 20 (4.12%) Sophos
9 13 (2.67%) Freshdesk
9 13 (2.67%) Starlink
10 12 (2.47%) Logitech
11 10 (2.06%) Dell
12 9 (1.85%) ESET
13 8 (1.65%) Yealink
14 7 (1.44%) Veeam
15 6 (1.23%) HP
15 6 (1.23%) McAfee
15 6 (1.23%) Meraki
16 5 (1.03%) Adobe