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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 216 144
Rank change year-on-year -52 -72 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 468 464 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 1.36% 1.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.34% 9.00% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 389 353 1,077
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +6.56% -1.61%
75th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £48,925
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -4.41%

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 4,527 5,158 9,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.26% 15.17% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 3,330 7,366
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,769 £30,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,227
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -7.47% -3.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,300
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.15% -9.90%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -5 141 £30,000 +1.69% 36
North West +35 87 £30,000 - 20
South East -69 85 £32,500 - 32
Midlands -36 82 £29,625 -6.69% 12
South West -53 61 £32,500 +9.24% 12
East of England +8 59 £34,000 -2.86% 7
Yorkshire -47 49 £30,000 +2.56% 11
East Midlands -4 43 £29,625 -7.42% 7
West Midlands -42 39 £30,000 -4.76% 5
Scotland +28 27 £28,500 -5.00% 10
Wales -51 12 £30,875 -11.79% 1
North East -43 5 £32,000 -14.67% 6
Northern Ireland -60 1 - -
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
1 117 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (21.79%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.92%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.85%) Apache
5 4 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 122 (26.07%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 407 (86.97%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (26.28%) Azure
3 99 (21.15%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.27%) Google Workspace
4 20 (4.27%) OneDrive
5 16 (3.42%) AWS
5 16 (3.42%) Mimecast
6 7 (1.50%) SaaS
7 6 (1.28%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.85%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.64%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.43%) IaaS
10 2 (0.43%) PaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.21%) GCP
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 131 (27.99%) DNS
2 127 (27.14%) DHCP
3 107 (22.86%) Firewall
4 85 (18.16%) VPN
5 75 (16.03%) Wi-Fi
6 72 (15.38%) TCP/IP
7 70 (14.96%) LAN
8 66 (14.10%) WAN
9 53 (11.32%) VLAN
10 45 (9.62%) VoIP
11 28 (5.98%) Wireless
12 25 (5.34%) Broadband
13 23 (4.91%) 4G
14 11 (2.35%) Skype
15 9 (1.92%) Network Security
15 9 (1.92%) Structured Cabling
16 6 (1.28%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
17 5 (1.07%) WLAN
18 4 (0.85%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (2.35%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.21%) Carbide.c++
General
1 218 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 28 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
3 26 (5.56%) Retail
4 17 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.21%) Legal
6 14 (2.99%) Law
6 14 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.14%) Finance
9 7 (1.50%) Advertising
10 6 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.85%) Dutch Language
11 4 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (0.85%) Spanish Language
12 3 (0.64%) Back Office
13 2 (0.43%) French Language
13 2 (0.43%) Local Government
14 1 (0.21%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.21%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 232 (49.57%) IT Support
2 152 (32.48%) Support Engineer
3 150 (32.05%) IT Engineer
4 126 (26.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 99 (21.15%) Analyst
6 66 (14.10%) Support Analyst
7 64 (13.68%) 2nd Line Support
8 61 (13.03%) Support Technician
9 53 (11.32%) IT Analyst
9 53 (11.32%) IT Technician
10 48 (10.26%) 1st Line Support
10 48 (10.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 48 (10.26%) IT Support Analyst
11 45 (9.62%) IT Support Technician
12 37 (7.91%) Desktop Support
13 35 (7.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 33 (7.05%) Service Analyst
14 33 (7.05%) Service Desk Analyst
15 31 (6.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 29 (6.20%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.64%) Web Services
2 2 (0.43%) .NET
2 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.43%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 83 (17.74%) Driving Licence
2 52 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.14%) CCTV
5 10 (2.14%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.07%) FMCG
7 4 (0.85%) Digital Signage
7 4 (0.85%) Educational Technology
8 3 (0.64%) CMDB
8 3 (0.64%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.64%) EPoS
8 3 (0.64%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.64%) Social Media
9 2 (0.43%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.43%) Life Science
9 2 (0.43%) Shadow IT
10 1 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.21%) Handset
10 1 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 466 (99.57%) Windows
2 140 (29.91%) Windows Server
3 61 (13.03%) Android
4 43 (9.19%) Apple iOS
5 30 (6.41%) Mac OS
6 18 (3.85%) Windows 7
6 18 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (3.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.14%) Linux
8 10 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.28%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.85%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.21%) CentOS
11 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 145 (30.98%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (24.36%) ITIL
4 86 (18.38%) ITSM
5 57 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (9.83%) Service Delivery
7 45 (9.62%) Service Management
8 35 (7.48%) Time Management
9 34 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (5.98%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 25 (5.34%) User Experience
12 24 (5.13%) Software License Management
13 23 (4.91%) Asset Management
13 23 (4.91%) Patch Management
14 22 (4.70%) Proactive Monitoring
14 22 (4.70%) Ticket Management
15 21 (4.49%) Mobile Device Management
16 20 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 19 (4.06%) Project Delivery
18 18 (3.85%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.32%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.14%) Python
3 7 (1.50%) VBScript
4 6 (1.28%) VB
5 3 (0.64%) SQL
6 2 (0.43%) C#
7 1 (0.21%) Bash
Qualifications
1 67 (14.32%) Degree
2 59 (12.61%) Security Cleared
3 46 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 43 (9.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (6.20%) A+ Certification
6 24 (5.13%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.56%) CCNA
7 12 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (1.50%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.28%) MCSA
11 4 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.97%) SLA
2 24 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.35%) GDPR
5 7 (1.50%) QA
6 5 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.07%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 307 (65.60%) Active Directory
2 34 (7.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (6.62%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.85%) BitLocker
5 6 (1.28%) VMware Workstation
6 5 (1.07%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.64%) Squid
8 3 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.21%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 93 (19.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 63 (13.46%) SCCM
3 14 (2.99%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.14%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.50%) Autotask
6 4 (0.85%) WSUS
7 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.21%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 352 (75.21%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.54%) VMware
3 42 (8.97%) ServiceNow
4 34 (7.26%) Sophos
5 28 (5.98%) Apple
6 23 (4.91%) Starlink
7 22 (4.70%) Cisco
8 20 (4.27%) Google
9 18 (3.85%) Logitech
10 14 (2.99%) SolarWinds
11 13 (2.78%) Freshdesk
12 12 (2.56%) Meraki
13 11 (2.35%) TOWER Software
14 10 (2.14%) Citrix
14 10 (2.14%) Dell
15 9 (1.92%) SonicWALL
15 9 (1.92%) Veeam
16 7 (1.50%) Yealink
17 6 (1.28%) ESET
17 6 (1.28%) iManage