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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 189 135
Rank change year-on-year -28 -54 +31
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 492 391 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.82% 1.51% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.20% 9.77% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 367 295 1,259
10th Percentile £25,950 £26,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +8.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £37,500 £39,813 £39,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £51,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -5.42%

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 3,727 4,004 10,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.23% 15.50% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,787 2,869 8,209
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -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 9 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 9 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 -59 127 £30,000 -4.76% 23
South East -20 96 £33,500 -10.67% 25
South West +24 90 £32,500 -7.14% 16
North West -15 74 £30,000 -7.69% 17
Midlands -87 66 £30,750 -3.91% 22
Scotland +33 50 £31,500 -10.00% 6
Yorkshire -61 49 £32,500 +10.17% 5
East of England -5 46 £32,000 -8.57% 11
East Midlands -56 34 £30,000 - 12
West Midlands -72 32 £31,435 -10.19% 10
Wales -16 16 £34,000 -9.33% 2
North East -31 4 £32,000 -14.67% 2
Northern Ireland -44 1 - - 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
1 119 (24.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (22.15%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.61%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 171 (34.76%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 425 (86.38%) Microsoft 365
2 160 (32.52%) Entra ID
3 140 (28.46%) Azure
4 36 (7.32%) OneDrive
5 33 (6.71%) Google Workspace
6 18 (3.66%) AWS
7 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.22%) Google Docs
8 6 (1.22%) Google Sheets
9 5 (1.02%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.81%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.61%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.41%) IaaS
12 2 (0.41%) PaaS
12 2 (0.41%) SaaS
13 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.20%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 128 (26.02%) DNS
2 123 (25.00%) DHCP
3 95 (19.31%) VPN
4 88 (17.89%) Firewall
5 75 (15.24%) TCP/IP
6 70 (14.23%) Wi-Fi
7 63 (12.80%) LAN
8 61 (12.40%) WAN
9 60 (12.20%) VLAN
10 53 (10.77%) VoIP
11 18 (3.66%) Wireless
12 15 (3.05%) Broadband
13 13 (2.64%) 4G
14 11 (2.24%) SD-WAN
15 9 (1.83%) WLAN
16 6 (1.22%) PBX
17 5 (1.02%) Ethernet
17 5 (1.02%) Network Security
18 4 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
18 4 (0.81%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.81%) Power BI
2 3 (0.61%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.20%) MySQL
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (2.03%) JIRA
General
1 270 (54.88%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.20%) Back Office
3 34 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (3.46%) Manufacturing
5 15 (3.05%) Legal
6 14 (2.85%) Retail
7 13 (2.64%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.44%) Law
9 11 (2.24%) Advertising
10 10 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.63%) Finance
12 7 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (0.81%) German Language
14 3 (0.61%) Marketing
14 3 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.61%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.61%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.41%) Dutch Language
16 1 (0.20%) French Language
Job Titles
1 233 (47.36%) IT Support
2 215 (43.70%) Support Engineer
3 142 (28.86%) IT Engineer
4 123 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 89 (18.09%) Desktop Support
6 82 (16.67%) Analyst
7 80 (16.26%) 2nd Line Support
8 79 (16.06%) Desktop Engineer
9 75 (15.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 62 (12.60%) Support Analyst
11 59 (11.99%) Support Technician
12 57 (11.59%) Site Engineer
13 52 (10.57%) IT Technician
14 49 (9.96%) IT Analyst
15 47 (9.55%) IT Support Technician
16 46 (9.35%) IT Support Analyst
17 45 (9.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 40 (8.13%) 1st Line Support
19 37 (7.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
20 27 (5.49%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.81%) Software Packaging
2 3 (0.61%) .NET
3 1 (0.20%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 75 (15.24%) Driving Licence
2 49 (9.96%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (1.42%) Smartphone
6 4 (0.81%) CCTV
6 4 (0.81%) Client/Server
6 4 (0.81%) Digital Signage
6 4 (0.81%) Educational Technology
6 4 (0.81%) FMCG
6 4 (0.81%) iPad
6 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Licensing
6 4 (0.81%) Social Media
7 3 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.61%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.61%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.41%) CMDB
8 2 (0.41%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.41%) Life Science
8 2 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 492 (100.00%) Windows
2 131 (26.63%) Windows Server
3 39 (7.93%) Mac OS
4 36 (7.32%) Android
4 36 (7.32%) Apple iOS
5 24 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (4.67%) Windows 7
7 15 (3.05%) Linux
8 13 (2.64%) Windows 8
8 13 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.81%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.41%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) AIX
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 168 (34.15%) ITIL
3 133 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (20.53%) Cybersecurity
5 99 (20.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (18.09%) Patch Management
7 86 (17.48%) ITSM
8 81 (16.46%) Software Deployment
9 71 (14.43%) Ticket Management
10 67 (13.62%) Customer Experience
11 60 (12.20%) Analytics
11 60 (12.20%) Customer Acquisition
12 58 (11.79%) Service Delivery
13 45 (9.15%) Service Management
14 39 (7.93%) Asset Management
15 30 (6.10%) Time Management
16 28 (5.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 27 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 24 (4.88%) People Management
19 21 (4.27%) Emotional Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.54%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.25%) SQL
3 5 (1.02%) VB
4 4 (0.81%) PL/SQL
4 4 (0.81%) VBScript
5 2 (0.41%) Python
6 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 118 (23.98%) Degree
2 96 (19.51%) Security Cleared
3 80 (16.26%) SC Cleared
4 60 (12.20%) CTC Cleared
5 45 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (6.91%) A+ Certification
7 22 (4.47%) DBS Check
7 22 (4.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 9 (1.83%) HND
9 8 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (1.63%) MCSA
10 7 (1.42%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.42%) CCNA
10 7 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.22%) HNC
12 4 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.41%) MCSE
14 2 (0.41%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (22.36%) SLA
2 21 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.63%) GDPR
5 4 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 305 (61.99%) Active Directory
2 52 (10.57%) Hyper-V
3 47 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.05%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.03%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (1.22%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.61%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 117 (23.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (16.26%) SCCM
3 19 (3.86%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (2.24%) Autotask
5 9 (1.83%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.81%) WSUS
7 3 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.41%) SCOM
8 2 (0.41%) SCSM
9 1 (0.20%) Nagios
9 1 (0.20%) Plesk
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 340 (69.11%) Microsoft
2 71 (14.43%) Cisco
3 63 (12.80%) VMware
4 38 (7.72%) Apple
4 38 (7.72%) ServiceNow
5 33 (6.71%) Google
6 21 (4.27%) Citrix
7 18 (3.66%) SolarWinds
8 14 (2.85%) Freshdesk
8 14 (2.85%) Sophos
9 13 (2.64%) Starlink
10 11 (2.24%) Veeam
11 10 (2.03%) ESET
11 10 (2.03%) Logitech
12 9 (1.83%) Dell
12 9 (1.83%) HP
13 8 (1.63%) Yealink
14 6 (1.22%) Meraki
15 5 (1.02%) Adobe
15 5 (1.02%) Ubiquiti