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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 175 122
Rank change year-on-year -21 -53 +55
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 420 680 753
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.08% 1.56% 2.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.91% 10.75% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 348 402 686
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,519 £22,625
25th Percentile £27,469 £27,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £34,000 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% +10.57% -0.81%
75th Percentile £37,250 £42,686 £40,688
90th Percentile £41,650 £55,000 £55,250
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -

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 3,526 6,324 5,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.06% 14.46% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,642 3,504 4,450
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £53,044 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £43,085 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.83% - -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 5 December 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 5 December 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
North of England +7 109 £30,000 -6.25% 36
South East 0 106 £32,500 -13.33% 60
South West -12 69 £31,500 +2.95% 25
Midlands -34 69 £31,500 -10.00% 28
North West +8 55 £29,500 -9.23% 20
East of England +32 48 £32,500 -7.14% 28
Yorkshire +3 48 £32,500 +8.33% 11
West Midlands -18 43 £31,500 -10.00% 16
East Midlands -40 26 £30,000 - 12
Scotland -4 12 £32,500 +3.17% 5
Wales +9 7 £35,000 +2.94% 7
North East +6 6 £31,000 -16.22% 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
1 107 (25.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (24.29%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.05%) IIS
4 7 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.19%) WordPress
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.24%) JOnAS
Applications
1 101 (24.05%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 342 (81.43%) Microsoft 365
2 151 (35.95%) Azure
3 135 (32.14%) Entra ID
4 32 (7.62%) OneDrive
5 12 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.62%) Google Workspace
7 8 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.43%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.71%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 141 (33.57%) DNS
2 139 (33.10%) DHCP
3 98 (23.33%) Firewall
4 94 (22.38%) TCP/IP
5 86 (20.48%) VPN
6 68 (16.19%) VLAN
7 53 (12.62%) Wi-Fi
8 43 (10.24%) WAN
9 40 (9.52%) LAN
10 32 (7.62%) VoIP
11 23 (5.48%) Internet
12 17 (4.05%) Kerberos
13 13 (3.10%) SAN
14 11 (2.62%) Wireless
15 6 (1.43%) PBX
15 6 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (1.43%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.19%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.19%) WebEx
17 4 (0.95%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.67%) Power BI
2 4 (0.95%) Metadata
3 3 (0.71%) Data Mining
3 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.24%) JIRA
1 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 270 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 32 (7.62%) Law
3 28 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (4.76%) Back Office
5 19 (4.52%) Finance
6 10 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.14%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.90%) Legal
8 8 (1.90%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.95%) German Language
10 3 (0.71%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.71%) Marketing
11 2 (0.48%) Advertising
11 2 (0.48%) Automotive
11 2 (0.48%) Retail
12 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.24%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 224 (53.33%) IT Support
2 112 (26.67%) Support Engineer
3 86 (20.48%) 2nd Line Support
3 86 (20.48%) Support Technician
4 79 (18.81%) Analyst
5 71 (16.90%) IT Engineer
6 69 (16.43%) IT Technician
7 64 (15.24%) IT Support Technician
8 62 (14.76%) IT Support Engineer
9 56 (13.33%) Support Analyst
10 41 (9.76%) Desktop Support
11 37 (8.81%) IT Analyst
12 34 (8.10%) Desktop Engineer
13 28 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
13 28 (6.67%) Service Analyst
14 27 (6.43%) 1st Line Support
14 27 (6.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 26 (6.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 23 (5.48%) 3rd Line Support
16 23 (5.48%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.29%) LDAP
2 7 (1.67%) .NET
3 5 (1.19%) HTML
3 5 (1.19%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.95%) Driving Licence
2 53 (12.62%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.29%) iPad
4 17 (4.05%) PKI
5 15 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.10%) Clustering
7 7 (1.67%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.19%) LIMS
9 5 (1.19%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.19%) SCADA
10 4 (0.95%) AS400
10 4 (0.95%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.95%) iPhone
11 3 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.71%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.48%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.48%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 420 (100.00%) Windows
2 133 (31.67%) Windows Server
3 44 (10.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (9.05%) Linux
5 35 (8.33%) Mac OS
6 34 (8.10%) Apple iOS
7 32 (7.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (5.00%) Android
9 17 (4.05%) Windows 7
10 10 (2.38%) Windows 8
11 6 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.71%) Debian
13 1 (0.24%) AIX
13 1 (0.24%) SUSE
13 1 (0.24%) VMS
13 1 (0.24%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (36.67%) Customer Service
2 147 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (24.29%) ITIL
4 69 (16.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 65 (15.48%) ITSM
6 63 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (9.52%) Patch Management
8 34 (8.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 31 (7.38%) Mobile Device Management
9 31 (7.38%) Service Delivery
10 27 (6.43%) Service Management
11 26 (6.19%) Software Deployment
12 24 (5.71%) Customer Experience
12 24 (5.71%) Incident Management
13 23 (5.48%) Mentoring
14 22 (5.24%) Asset Management
15 21 (5.00%) User Experience
16 20 (4.76%) Analytics
16 20 (4.76%) Customer Acquisition
16 20 (4.76%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.90%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.05%) VB
3 16 (3.81%) SQL
4 13 (3.10%) VBScript
5 7 (1.67%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (13.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 49 (11.67%) Degree
3 37 (8.81%) Security Cleared
4 32 (7.62%) SC Cleared
5 20 (4.76%) A+ Certification
5 20 (4.76%) CTC Cleared
6 17 (4.05%) MCP
7 16 (3.81%) CCNA
7 16 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (3.33%) MCSA
9 10 (2.38%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (1.90%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.43%) MCSE
13 5 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.95%) HND
15 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (19.05%) SLA
2 23 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (1.90%) GDPR
5 7 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (1.19%) GxP
7 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 285 (67.86%) Active Directory
2 66 (15.71%) Hyper-V
3 43 (10.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.90%) vSphere
5 3 (0.71%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.48%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 129 (30.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (11.19%) SCCM
3 17 (4.05%) WSUS
4 10 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.95%) Autotask
6 3 (0.71%) SCOM
7 2 (0.48%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.48%) Plesk
7 2 (0.48%) SCSM
8 1 (0.24%) Nagios
8 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 325 (77.38%) Microsoft
2 59 (14.05%) Cisco
3 54 (12.86%) VMware
4 40 (9.52%) Apple
5 36 (8.57%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.29%) HP
7 16 (3.81%) Dell
8 15 (3.57%) Meraki
9 13 (3.10%) SonicWALL
9 13 (3.10%) Supermicro
10 12 (2.86%) Citrix
11 11 (2.62%) Google
12 10 (2.38%) Freshdesk
12 10 (2.38%) Veeam
13 8 (1.90%) Progress
13 8 (1.90%) Sophos
14 7 (1.67%) Datto
15 6 (1.43%) Remedy
16 5 (1.19%) Samsung
17 4 (0.95%) ESET