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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 171 127
Rank change year-on-year -15 -44 +44
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 435 707 774
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 1.49% 2.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.87% 11.20% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 364 404 704
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £27,375 £27,598 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,250 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +9.02% -1.61%
75th Percentile £35,250 £41,934 £42,426
90th Percentile £41,425 £54,625 £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 3,665 6,311 5,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.10% 13.31% 19.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,734 3,431 4,627
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 £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -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 17 November 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 17 November 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 +4 115 £30,000 -5.51% 42
South East -10 108 £32,500 -13.33% 71
South West -13 73 £29,500 -1.67% 47
Midlands -17 71 £31,500 -10.00% 30
North West +16 57 £29,500 -7.81% 22
Yorkshire +6 52 £30,000 - 15
East of England +29 50 £32,500 -7.14% 19
West Midlands +5 46 £31,500 -10.00% 16
East Midlands -33 25 £30,000 - 14
Scotland -19 11 £30,000 +3.45% 15
Wales +12 7 £35,000 +2.94% 2
North East +4 6 £31,000 -8.82% 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
1 110 (25.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (24.60%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.91%) IIS
4 7 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.15%) WordPress
6 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.46%) JOnAS
Applications
1 100 (22.99%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 356 (81.84%) Microsoft 365
2 159 (36.55%) Azure
3 136 (31.26%) Entra ID
4 35 (8.05%) OneDrive
5 12 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.53%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.38%) Mimecast
7 6 (1.38%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.15%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.69%) AWS
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.23%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.23%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.23%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 139 (31.95%) DHCP
2 138 (31.72%) DNS
3 99 (22.76%) Firewall
4 93 (21.38%) TCP/IP
5 91 (20.92%) VPN
6 75 (17.24%) VLAN
7 52 (11.95%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (9.43%) WAN
9 39 (8.97%) LAN
10 29 (6.67%) VoIP
11 25 (5.75%) Internet
12 17 (3.91%) Kerberos
13 14 (3.22%) SAN
13 14 (3.22%) Wireless
14 6 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (1.15%) IP Telephony
15 5 (1.15%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.15%) WebEx
16 4 (0.92%) PBX
16 4 (0.92%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.15%) Power BI
2 4 (0.92%) Metadata
3 3 (0.69%) Data Mining
3 3 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.46%) MySQL
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) GitLab
2 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 274 (62.99%) Social Skills
2 33 (7.59%) Law
3 31 (7.13%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (4.37%) Back Office
4 19 (4.37%) Finance
5 10 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (2.07%) Legal
6 9 (2.07%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.84%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.92%) German Language
10 3 (0.69%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.69%) Marketing
10 3 (0.69%) Retail
11 2 (0.46%) Automotive
12 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 238 (54.71%) IT Support
2 110 (25.29%) Support Engineer
3 89 (20.46%) 2nd Line Support
4 88 (20.23%) Support Technician
5 86 (19.77%) Analyst
6 73 (16.78%) IT Technician
7 68 (15.63%) IT Engineer
7 68 (15.63%) IT Support Technician
8 60 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 59 (13.56%) Support Analyst
10 42 (9.66%) IT Analyst
11 39 (8.97%) Desktop Support
12 34 (7.82%) Desktop Engineer
13 31 (7.13%) 1st Line Support
13 31 (7.13%) Service Analyst
14 29 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
15 27 (6.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 26 (5.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 25 (5.75%) Service Desk Analyst
18 23 (5.29%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.14%) LDAP
2 7 (1.61%) .NET
3 5 (1.15%) HTML
3 5 (1.15%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (17.01%) Driving Licence
2 53 (12.18%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.14%) iPad
3 18 (4.14%) PKI
4 17 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.99%) Clustering
6 7 (1.61%) e-Learning
6 7 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.15%) LIMS
7 5 (1.15%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.15%) SCADA
8 4 (0.92%) AS400
8 4 (0.92%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.92%) iPhone
8 4 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.69%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.46%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 435 (100.00%) Windows
2 140 (32.18%) Windows Server
3 50 (11.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 41 (9.43%) Linux
5 38 (8.74%) Mac OS
6 35 (8.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 34 (7.82%) Apple iOS
8 21 (4.83%) Android
9 19 (4.37%) Windows 7
10 11 (2.53%) Windows 8
11 8 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.69%) Debian
13 2 (0.46%) VMS
14 1 (0.23%) AIX
14 1 (0.23%) SUSE
14 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (37.01%) Customer Service
2 159 (36.55%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (23.68%) ITIL
4 71 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 66 (15.17%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (14.02%) ITSM
7 36 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 36 (8.28%) Mobile Device Management
7 36 (8.28%) Patch Management
8 28 (6.44%) Service Delivery
9 26 (5.98%) Service Management
10 25 (5.75%) Mentoring
11 24 (5.52%) Customer Experience
11 24 (5.52%) Incident Management
12 22 (5.06%) Software Deployment
13 21 (4.83%) User Experience
14 19 (4.37%) Analytics
14 19 (4.37%) Customer Acquisition
14 19 (4.37%) Ticket Management
15 18 (4.14%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.26%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.91%) VB
3 16 (3.68%) SQL
4 13 (2.99%) VBScript
5 7 (1.61%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (12.18%) Degree
3 38 (8.74%) Security Cleared
4 32 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 22 (5.06%) A+ Certification
6 19 (4.37%) CCNA
6 19 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (4.37%) CTC Cleared
7 15 (3.45%) MCP
8 14 (3.22%) MCSA
9 10 (2.30%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 9 (2.07%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.84%) MCSE
12 7 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.92%) HND
15 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (17.70%) SLA
2 22 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (2.53%) GDPR
5 5 (1.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (1.15%) GxP
5 5 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 292 (67.13%) Active Directory
2 70 (16.09%) Hyper-V
3 44 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.53%) vSphere
5 3 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.46%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 131 (30.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (9.89%) SCCM
3 18 (4.14%) WSUS
4 10 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.92%) Autotask
6 3 (0.69%) SCOM
7 2 (0.46%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.46%) Plesk
7 2 (0.46%) SCSM
8 1 (0.23%) Ansible
8 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.23%) Nagios
8 1 (0.23%) Nessus
8 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.23%) WMI
8 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 341 (78.39%) Microsoft
2 61 (14.02%) Cisco
3 57 (13.10%) VMware
4 42 (9.66%) Apple
5 35 (8.05%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.14%) HP
7 17 (3.91%) Dell
8 15 (3.45%) Meraki
9 13 (2.99%) SonicWALL
9 13 (2.99%) Supermicro
10 12 (2.76%) Google
11 11 (2.53%) Freshdesk
11 11 (2.53%) Progress
11 11 (2.53%) Veeam
12 10 (2.30%) Citrix
13 8 (1.84%) Samsung
13 8 (1.84%) Sophos
14 7 (1.61%) Datto
14 7 (1.61%) Remedy
15 6 (1.38%) Ubiquiti