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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 182 138
Rank change year-on-year -17 -44 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 422 535 979
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.95% 1.53% 2.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.48% 9.91% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 305 308 891
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +16.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile £37,250 £42,974 £40,863
90th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £55,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +8.70% -1.43%

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 3,382 5,399 7,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.58% 15.47% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,463 2,802 5,956
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £58,263
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,216
UK median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.08% -6.67%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +21 120 £30,000 -8.40% 33
South East +21 86 £33,500 -10.67% 53
North West +15 76 £29,500 -13.24% 19
South West +6 76 £32,000 -8.57% 23
Midlands -83 46 £30,750 -12.14% 23
East of England +27 45 £31,184 -10.90% 25
Scotland +12 45 £35,000 -8.77% 7
Yorkshire -3 39 £32,500 +8.33% 12
East Midlands -45 24 £30,000 +7.14% 10
West Midlands -53 22 £31,500 -10.00% 13
North East -5 5 £31,000 +6.90% 2
Wales +2 4 £34,000 - 6
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 98 (23.22%) SharePoint
2 92 (21.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.66%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (1.66%) IIS
4 5 (1.18%) WordPress
5 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 145 (34.36%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 351 (83.18%) Microsoft 365
2 149 (35.31%) Entra ID
3 136 (32.23%) Azure
4 33 (7.82%) OneDrive
5 24 (5.69%) Google Workspace
6 11 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (1.90%) AWS
7 8 (1.90%) Mimecast
8 7 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.66%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.42%) Google Docs
9 6 (1.42%) Google Sheets
9 6 (1.42%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 135 (31.99%) DNS
2 131 (31.04%) DHCP
3 90 (21.33%) VPN
4 80 (18.96%) TCP/IP
5 77 (18.25%) Firewall
6 59 (13.98%) VLAN
7 51 (12.09%) Wi-Fi
8 38 (9.00%) WAN
9 36 (8.53%) LAN
9 36 (8.53%) VoIP
10 14 (3.32%) Wireless
11 11 (2.61%) Internet
12 7 (1.66%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.66%) WLAN
13 6 (1.42%) Kerberos
13 6 (1.42%) PBX
14 5 (1.18%) Unified Communications
15 4 (0.95%) IP Telephony
16 3 (0.71%) Broadband
16 3 (0.71%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.66%) Power BI
2 3 (0.71%) Data Mining
2 3 (0.71%) Metadata
2 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (1.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 271 (64.22%) Social Skills
2 60 (14.22%) Back Office
3 25 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (4.74%) Finance
5 19 (4.50%) Law
6 14 (3.32%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.37%) Legal
8 9 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.18%) Advertising
10 5 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.18%) Retail
11 4 (0.95%) German Language
12 3 (0.71%) Marketing
13 1 (0.24%) Automotive
13 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.24%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 193 (45.73%) IT Support
2 169 (40.05%) Support Engineer
3 90 (21.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 88 (20.85%) IT Engineer
5 75 (17.77%) Desktop Engineer
5 75 (17.77%) Desktop Support
6 74 (17.54%) IT Support Engineer
7 69 (16.35%) Analyst
7 69 (16.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 57 (13.51%) Site Engineer
9 55 (13.03%) Support Technician
10 51 (12.09%) Support Analyst
11 45 (10.66%) IT Analyst
12 44 (10.43%) IT Technician
13 42 (9.95%) IT Support Technician
14 38 (9.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 37 (8.77%) IT Support Analyst
16 34 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 31 (7.35%) 1st Line Support
18 25 (5.92%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.66%) .NET
1 7 (1.66%) LDAP
2 5 (1.18%) HTML
2 5 (1.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 62 (14.69%) Driving Licence
2 52 (12.32%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.61%) iPad
5 9 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.66%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.42%) PKI
7 6 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.18%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.95%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.71%) Clustering
10 3 (0.71%) iPhone
10 3 (0.71%) LIMS
10 3 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.71%) SCADA
11 2 (0.47%) CCTV
11 2 (0.47%) CMDB
11 2 (0.47%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 422 (100.00%) Windows
2 122 (28.91%) Windows Server
3 39 (9.24%) Mac OS
4 37 (8.77%) Apple iOS
5 26 (6.16%) Android
6 25 (5.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (4.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (4.50%) Linux
9 18 (4.27%) Windows 7
10 12 (2.84%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.71%) Debian
13 1 (0.24%) AIX
13 1 (0.24%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (43.84%) Customer Service
2 137 (32.46%) ITIL
3 121 (28.67%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (24.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (21.80%) Cybersecurity
6 86 (20.38%) Patch Management
7 73 (17.30%) Software Deployment
8 70 (16.59%) ITSM
9 64 (15.17%) Ticket Management
10 62 (14.69%) Customer Experience
11 60 (14.22%) Analytics
11 60 (14.22%) Customer Acquisition
12 46 (10.90%) Service Delivery
13 31 (7.35%) Asset Management
14 30 (7.11%) Service Management
15 29 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (5.69%) People Management
17 23 (5.45%) Mobile Device Management
18 21 (4.98%) Mentoring
19 20 (4.74%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (10.43%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.98%) SQL
3 13 (3.08%) VBScript
4 8 (1.90%) VB
5 7 (1.66%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 93 (22.04%) Degree
2 79 (18.72%) Security Cleared
3 72 (17.06%) SC Cleared
4 60 (14.22%) CTC Cleared
5 41 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (7.58%) A+ Certification
7 25 (5.92%) MCP
8 12 (2.84%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.84%) MCSA
9 9 (2.13%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.13%) HND
10 8 (1.90%) CCNA
10 8 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.42%) HNC
13 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.71%) MCSE
13 3 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (25.59%) SLA
2 23 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.42%) GDPR
6 3 (0.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.71%) GxP
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 262 (62.09%) Active Directory
2 56 (13.27%) Hyper-V
3 47 (11.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.42%) BitLocker
5 5 (1.18%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (0.95%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.71%) vSphere
8 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 108 (25.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 62 (14.69%) SCCM
3 13 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.42%) Autotask
4 6 (1.42%) WSUS
5 4 (0.95%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.47%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.47%) Plesk
7 2 (0.47%) SCOM
7 2 (0.47%) SCSM
8 1 (0.24%) Nagios
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 306 (72.51%) Microsoft
2 81 (19.19%) Cisco
3 54 (12.80%) VMware
4 38 (9.00%) ServiceNow
5 31 (7.35%) Apple
6 24 (5.69%) Google
7 16 (3.79%) Citrix
8 12 (2.84%) Freshdesk
9 11 (2.61%) SolarWinds
10 10 (2.37%) Veeam
11 8 (1.90%) HP
11 8 (1.90%) Meraki
11 8 (1.90%) Sophos
12 7 (1.66%) Datto
13 6 (1.42%) ESET
14 5 (1.18%) Dell
14 5 (1.18%) Mitel
15 4 (0.95%) Remedy
16 3 (0.71%) Draytek
16 3 (0.71%) SonicWALL