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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 216 165
Rank change year-on-year -96 -51 -16
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 419 457 847
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.50% 1.32% 1.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.67% 9.36% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 334 374 564
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £28,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -1.52% +6.45%
75th Percentile £36,688 £37,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £32,000 £32,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -1.54% -9.72% +2.86%

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 4,832 4,883 7,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.81% 14.12% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,750 3,049 4,443
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -4.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -34 117 £30,000 +1.69% 21
Midlands -38 88 £29,625 -7.42% 26
South East -90 76 £35,000 +7.69% 49
North West +3 68 £30,000 +3.45% 11
East of England -16 60 £34,000 -2.86% 24
East Midlands -5 53 £29,625 -15.36% 11
Yorkshire -65 42 £30,000 +1.69% 4
South West -105 39 £32,500 +10.17% 12
Scotland +34 36 £28,500 -5.00% 11
West Midlands -52 35 £30,000 -4.76% 15
North East -55 7 £24,000 -22.58% 6
Wales -74 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
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 (27.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 105 (25.06%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.63%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.67%) Apache
4 7 (1.67%) nginx
5 4 (0.95%) IIS
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 80 (19.09%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 363 (86.63%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (21.96%) Azure
3 84 (20.05%) Entra ID
4 25 (5.97%) OneDrive
5 21 (5.01%) Mimecast
6 10 (2.39%) AWS
6 10 (2.39%) SaaS
7 9 (2.15%) Google Workspace
8 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.95%) GCP
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.95%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.72%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.72%) ShareGate
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.48%) IaaS
11 2 (0.48%) PaaS
12 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 127 (30.31%) DNS
2 121 (28.88%) DHCP
3 94 (22.43%) Firewall
4 71 (16.95%) VPN
5 70 (16.71%) TCP/IP
6 67 (15.99%) Wi-Fi
7 59 (14.08%) WAN
8 55 (13.13%) LAN
9 42 (10.02%) VLAN
10 40 (9.55%) VoIP
11 30 (7.16%) Wireless
12 14 (3.34%) 4G
12 14 (3.34%) Broadband
13 12 (2.86%) Skype
14 8 (1.91%) Network Security
15 7 (1.67%) Structured Cabling
16 5 (1.19%) NAS
17 4 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
17 4 (0.95%) WLAN
18 2 (0.48%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (3.34%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) Carbide.c++
General
1 203 (48.45%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (5.49%) Manufacturing
4 21 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.77%) Retail
6 19 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.86%) Finance
9 7 (1.67%) Law
9 7 (1.67%) Legal
10 5 (1.19%) Advertising
11 4 (0.95%) Automotive
11 4 (0.95%) Dutch Language
11 4 (0.95%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (0.95%) Spanish Language
11 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.72%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.72%) Back Office
12 3 (0.72%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.48%) French Language
Job Titles
1 184 (43.91%) IT Support
2 139 (33.17%) IT Engineer
3 134 (31.98%) Support Engineer
4 108 (25.78%) IT Support Engineer
5 80 (19.09%) Analyst
6 59 (14.08%) 2nd Line Support
7 48 (11.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 48 (11.46%) Support Analyst
8 45 (10.74%) Support Technician
9 43 (10.26%) IT Technician
10 38 (9.07%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 38 (9.07%) IT Analyst
11 34 (8.11%) 1st Line Support
12 33 (7.88%) IT Support Technician
13 31 (7.40%) Desktop Support
14 30 (7.16%) IT Support Analyst
15 29 (6.92%) Desktop Engineer
16 27 (6.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 26 (6.21%) Service Analyst
17 26 (6.21%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.43%) .NET
1 6 (1.43%) WinForms
2 5 (1.19%) Web Services
3 4 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.72%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 93 (22.20%) Driving Licence
2 41 (9.79%) Onboarding
3 26 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.15%) CCTV
5 8 (1.91%) FMCG
5 8 (1.91%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.95%) CMDB
7 4 (0.95%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.72%) EPoS
8 3 (0.72%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.72%) Shadow IT
9 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.48%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.48%) Replication
9 2 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.24%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.24%) iPhone
10 1 (0.24%) Social Media
10 1 (0.24%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 417 (99.52%) Windows
2 135 (32.22%) Windows Server
3 53 (12.65%) Android
4 50 (11.93%) Apple iOS
5 21 (5.01%) Linux
6 20 (4.77%) Mac OS
7 14 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.10%) Windows 7
9 12 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.95%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.24%) CentOS
12 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (46.06%) Customer Service
2 129 (30.79%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (25.30%) ITIL
4 68 (16.23%) ITSM
5 50 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (8.35%) Service Management
7 32 (7.64%) Service Delivery
8 31 (7.40%) Time Management
9 29 (6.92%) User Experience
10 26 (6.21%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (6.21%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (6.21%) Proactive Monitoring
11 20 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (4.77%) Mobile Device Management
11 20 (4.77%) Patch Management
12 19 (4.53%) Ticket Management
13 17 (4.06%) Service Catalogue
14 16 (3.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 15 (3.58%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 15 (3.58%) Software License Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (13.13%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.63%) Python
3 9 (2.15%) VBScript
4 8 (1.91%) SQL
5 7 (1.67%) VB
6 6 (1.43%) C#
7 2 (0.48%) Bash
7 2 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (13.60%) Security Cleared
2 53 (12.65%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.17%) Degree
4 40 (9.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (6.92%) A+ Certification
6 22 (5.25%) DBS Check
7 15 (3.58%) CCNA
7 15 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (3.34%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (2.15%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 8 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.48%) MCSA
15 1 (0.24%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.41%) SLA
2 17 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.91%) QA
5 7 (1.67%) GDPR
6 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 264 (63.01%) Active Directory
2 40 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (5.97%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.53%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.19%) Squid
7 5 (1.19%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.72%) vSphere
9 1 (0.24%) Firmware
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.24%) UAG
Systems Management
1 82 (19.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (12.89%) SCCM
3 8 (1.91%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.43%) WSUS
5 3 (0.72%) Ansible
6 2 (0.48%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.24%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.24%) Autotask
7 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 336 (80.19%) Microsoft
2 55 (13.13%) VMware
3 41 (9.79%) Sophos
4 37 (8.83%) ServiceNow
5 35 (8.35%) Cisco
6 24 (5.73%) Apple
7 17 (4.06%) Logitech
7 17 (4.06%) TOWER Software
8 14 (3.34%) Meraki
8 14 (3.34%) Starlink
9 12 (2.86%) Google
9 12 (2.86%) Veeam
10 10 (2.39%) Citrix
10 10 (2.39%) Freshdesk
10 10 (2.39%) SolarWinds
11 8 (1.91%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.67%) SonicWALL
13 6 (1.43%) Dell
13 6 (1.43%) iManage
13 6 (1.43%) McAfee