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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 166 130
Rank change year-on-year -33 -36 +48
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 442 717 762
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.26% 1.49% 2.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.90% 11.38% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 372 410 689
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,250 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +7.26% -
75th Percentile £35,000 £41,188 £42,500
90th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £55,250
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% +5.71% +1.60%

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 4,054 6,302 5,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.53% 13.12% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,819 3,482 4,579
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,375 £73,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -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 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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025. 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
South East -13 118 £32,500 -13.33% 144
North of England -31 111 £30,000 -6.25% 57
South West +3 72 £29,500 -3.28% 50
Midlands -29 71 £31,500 -10.00% 54
North West -8 59 £29,500 -7.81% 37
East of England +41 51 £32,500 -18.75% 38
Yorkshire +5 47 £30,000 - 15
West Midlands 0 47 £31,500 -10.00% 18
East Midlands -23 24 £30,750 +2.50% 33
Scotland -20 12 £30,000 +3.45% 19
Wales +12 7 £35,000 +2.94% 6
North East +1 5 £31,000 -8.82% 5
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
1 106 (23.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (23.30%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.85%) IIS
4 7 (1.58%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.13%) WordPress
6 3 (0.68%) JOnAS
7 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 101 (22.85%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 354 (80.09%) Microsoft 365
2 158 (35.75%) Azure
3 136 (30.77%) Entra ID
4 34 (7.69%) OneDrive
5 12 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (2.26%) Google Workspace
8 7 (1.58%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.36%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.13%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.68%) AWS
12 1 (0.23%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.23%) Google Drive
12 1 (0.23%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 129 (29.19%) DHCP
2 128 (28.96%) DNS
3 99 (22.40%) Firewall
4 87 (19.68%) VPN
5 86 (19.46%) TCP/IP
6 74 (16.74%) VLAN
7 55 (12.44%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (8.82%) WAN
9 38 (8.60%) LAN
10 29 (6.56%) VoIP
11 26 (5.88%) Internet
12 17 (3.85%) Kerberos
13 16 (3.62%) Wireless
14 14 (3.17%) SAN
15 6 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
16 5 (1.13%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.13%) WebEx
17 4 (0.90%) SD-WAN
17 4 (0.90%) Unified Communications
18 3 (0.68%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.13%) Power BI
2 4 (0.90%) Metadata
3 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
3 3 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.45%) MySQL
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (0.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) GitLab
2 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 32 (7.24%) Law
3 29 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (4.07%) Finance
5 17 (3.85%) Back Office
6 11 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.81%) Legal
10 7 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.90%) German Language
12 3 (0.68%) Marketing
12 3 (0.68%) Retail
13 2 (0.45%) Automotive
13 2 (0.45%) Military
14 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 245 (55.43%) IT Support
2 96 (21.72%) Support Technician
3 95 (21.49%) Support Engineer
4 90 (20.36%) Analyst
5 88 (19.91%) 2nd Line Support
6 75 (16.97%) IT Technician
7 68 (15.38%) IT Support Technician
8 62 (14.03%) IT Engineer
9 59 (13.35%) Support Analyst
10 55 (12.44%) IT Support Engineer
11 44 (9.95%) IT Analyst
12 36 (8.14%) Desktop Support
13 35 (7.92%) Service Analyst
14 29 (6.56%) 1st Line Support
14 29 (6.56%) IT Support Analyst
14 29 (6.56%) Service Desk Analyst
15 25 (5.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 24 (5.43%) Desktop Engineer
17 23 (5.20%) 3rd Line Support
17 23 (5.20%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.07%) LDAP
2 6 (1.36%) .NET
3 5 (1.13%) HTML
4 4 (0.90%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.74%) Driving Licence
2 51 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.07%) PKI
5 17 (3.85%) iPad
6 13 (2.94%) Clustering
7 7 (1.58%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.13%) LIMS
9 5 (1.13%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.13%) SCADA
10 4 (0.90%) AS400
10 4 (0.90%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.90%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.90%) iPhone
10 4 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.90%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 441 (99.77%) Windows
2 140 (31.67%) Windows Server
3 51 (11.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 43 (9.73%) Linux
5 39 (8.82%) Mac OS
6 36 (8.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 35 (7.92%) Apple iOS
8 22 (4.98%) Android
9 21 (4.75%) Windows 7
10 10 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (2.26%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.68%) Debian
11 3 (0.68%) VMS
12 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.23%) AIX
13 1 (0.23%) SUSE
13 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (36.65%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (35.75%) Customer Service
3 100 (22.62%) ITIL
4 74 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 66 (14.93%) Cybersecurity
6 56 (12.67%) ITSM
7 38 (8.60%) Mobile Device Management
8 34 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (7.24%) Patch Management
10 30 (6.79%) Service Delivery
11 29 (6.56%) Mentoring
12 25 (5.66%) Service Management
13 24 (5.43%) Incident Management
14 23 (5.20%) Customer Experience
15 21 (4.75%) User Experience
16 20 (4.52%) Software Deployment
17 18 (4.07%) Data Protection
18 17 (3.85%) Agile
18 17 (3.85%) Analytics
18 17 (3.85%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.09%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.85%) VB
3 15 (3.39%) SQL
4 13 (2.94%) VBScript
5 7 (1.58%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 72 (16.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 51 (11.54%) Degree
3 38 (8.60%) Security Cleared
4 30 (6.79%) SC Cleared
5 24 (5.43%) A+ Certification
6 20 (4.52%) CCNA
6 20 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (3.85%) CTC Cleared
8 15 (3.39%) MCP
9 13 (2.94%) MCSA
10 10 (2.26%) MCSE
11 9 (2.04%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.81%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.13%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.90%) HND
15 4 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (16.52%) SLA
2 22 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 12 (2.71%) GDPR
5 5 (1.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (1.13%) GxP
6 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 286 (64.71%) Active Directory
2 67 (15.16%) Hyper-V
3 42 (9.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.39%) vSphere
5 2 (0.45%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 129 (29.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (9.28%) SCCM
3 18 (4.07%) WSUS
4 9 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.68%) Autotask
5 3 (0.68%) SCOM
6 2 (0.45%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.45%) Plesk
6 2 (0.45%) SCSM
7 1 (0.23%) Ansible
7 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.23%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) Nessus
7 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.23%) WMI
7 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 354 (80.09%) Microsoft
2 64 (14.48%) Cisco
3 58 (13.12%) VMware
4 41 (9.28%) Apple
5 37 (8.37%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.07%) HP
7 17 (3.85%) Dell
8 16 (3.62%) Meraki
9 13 (2.94%) Progress
9 13 (2.94%) SonicWALL
9 13 (2.94%) Supermicro
10 12 (2.71%) Veeam
11 11 (2.49%) Google
12 9 (2.04%) Freshdesk
12 9 (2.04%) Samsung
12 9 (2.04%) Sophos
13 7 (1.58%) Citrix
13 7 (1.58%) Remedy
14 6 (1.36%) iManage
14 6 (1.36%) Ubiquiti