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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 214 139
Rank change year-on-year -27 -75 +33
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 467 416 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.42% 1.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.27% 8.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 349 290 1,225
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.56% -3.17%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,500
90th Percentile £46,500 £44,125 £50,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -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 3,805 4,938 10,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.70% 16.84% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,884 3,019 8,147
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,206 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 20 May 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 May 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 -17 126 £30,000 +1.69% 25
South West -14 82 £32,500 -7.14% 18
South East -48 80 £35,000 +7.69% 21
North West +21 73 £30,000 -7.69% 21
Midlands -69 66 £30,750 -3.91% 12
Yorkshire -49 50 £30,000 +4.35% 3
Scotland +41 49 £28,000 -36.00% 4
East of England -3 48 £32,500 -7.14% 10
West Midlands -72 35 £33,500 -4.29% 6
East Midlands -25 31 £29,625 -7.42% 6
Wales -16 15 £34,000 -11.11% 3
North East -39 3 £32,000 -14.67% 1
Northern Ireland -37 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
1 101 (21.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (16.49%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.93%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 161 (34.48%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 390 (83.51%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (29.76%) Entra ID
3 122 (26.12%) Azure
4 28 (6.00%) Google Workspace
4 28 (6.00%) OneDrive
5 16 (3.43%) AWS
6 8 (1.71%) Mimecast
7 6 (1.28%) Google Docs
7 6 (1.28%) Google Sheets
8 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.07%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.86%) Nutanix
9 4 (0.86%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.43%) IaaS
10 2 (0.43%) PaaS
10 2 (0.43%) SaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 107 (22.91%) DNS
2 102 (21.84%) DHCP
3 79 (16.92%) Firewall
4 75 (16.06%) VPN
5 73 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
6 71 (15.20%) LAN
7 66 (14.13%) WAN
8 57 (12.21%) TCP/IP
9 51 (10.92%) VLAN
10 45 (9.64%) VoIP
11 23 (4.93%) Wireless
12 18 (3.85%) Broadband
13 16 (3.43%) 4G
14 11 (2.36%) Skype
15 9 (1.93%) WLAN
16 8 (1.71%) SD-WAN
17 4 (0.86%) Ethernet
17 4 (0.86%) PBX
17 4 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.07%) Power BI
2 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (2.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 240 (51.39%) Social Skills
2 48 (10.28%) Back Office
3 27 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (3.64%) Manufacturing
4 17 (3.64%) Retail
5 16 (3.43%) Legal
6 13 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (2.78%) Law
7 12 (2.57%) Advertising
8 8 (1.71%) Telecoms
9 4 (0.86%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.86%) Dutch Language
9 4 (0.86%) Finance
9 4 (0.86%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (0.86%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.43%) French Language
11 1 (0.21%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 195 (41.76%) IT Support
2 183 (39.19%) Support Engineer
3 129 (27.62%) IT Engineer
4 105 (22.48%) IT Support Engineer
5 90 (19.27%) Analyst
6 83 (17.77%) Desktop Support
7 78 (16.70%) Desktop Engineer
8 69 (14.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 63 (13.49%) Support Analyst
10 58 (12.42%) 2nd Line Support
11 54 (11.56%) Support Technician
12 49 (10.49%) IT Analyst
13 48 (10.28%) Site Engineer
14 45 (9.64%) IT Support Analyst
15 42 (8.99%) IT Technician
16 40 (8.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 36 (7.71%) IT Support Technician
18 31 (6.64%) 1st Line Support
19 29 (6.21%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
20 28 (6.00%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.21%) .NET
1 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.21%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.63%) Driving Licence
2 42 (8.99%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.93%) Smartphone
5 7 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.07%) FMCG
7 4 (0.86%) CCTV
7 4 (0.86%) Digital Signage
7 4 (0.86%) Educational Technology
7 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
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
10 1 (0.21%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 467 (100.00%) Windows
2 113 (24.20%) Windows Server
3 48 (10.28%) Android
4 36 (7.71%) Apple iOS
5 31 (6.64%) Mac OS
6 21 (4.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (3.85%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.50%) Windows 8
9 7 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.86%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.64%) Linux
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (39.83%) Customer Service
2 153 (32.76%) ITIL
3 125 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (19.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 85 (18.20%) ITSM
6 80 (17.13%) Cybersecurity
7 75 (16.06%) Patch Management
8 71 (15.20%) Software Deployment
9 61 (13.06%) Ticket Management
10 56 (11.99%) Customer Experience
11 48 (10.28%) Analytics
11 48 (10.28%) Customer Acquisition
12 44 (9.42%) Service Delivery
13 42 (8.99%) Service Management
14 30 (6.42%) Asset Management
15 28 (6.00%) Time Management
16 26 (5.57%) Emotional Intelligence
17 22 (4.71%) Infrastructure Monitoring
17 22 (4.71%) Security Operations
18 18 (3.85%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (9.42%) PowerShell
2 9 (1.93%) Python
2 9 (1.93%) SQL
3 7 (1.50%) VB
4 4 (0.86%) VBScript
5 1 (0.21%) C#
Qualifications
1 110 (23.55%) Degree
2 92 (19.70%) Security Cleared
3 76 (16.27%) SC Cleared
4 48 (10.28%) CTC Cleared
5 43 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (7.49%) A+ Certification
7 24 (5.14%) DBS Check
8 19 (4.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 8 (1.71%) CCNA
9 8 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.28%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.28%) HNC
10 6 (1.28%) HND
10 6 (1.28%) MCSA
10 6 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.43%) MCSE
12 2 (0.43%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (20.77%) SLA
2 15 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.71%) GDPR
5 5 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.86%) QA
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 284 (60.81%) Active Directory
2 38 (8.14%) Hyper-V
3 34 (7.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (4.50%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.50%) Terminal Services
5 7 (1.50%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 98 (20.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (17.77%) SCCM
3 14 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (1.93%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.71%) Autotask
6 4 (0.86%) WSUS
7 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 330 (70.66%) Microsoft
2 58 (12.42%) Cisco
3 51 (10.92%) VMware
4 45 (9.64%) ServiceNow
5 32 (6.85%) Apple
6 28 (6.00%) Google
7 23 (4.93%) SolarWinds
7 23 (4.93%) Sophos
8 17 (3.64%) Citrix
9 16 (3.43%) Starlink
10 13 (2.78%) Logitech
11 10 (2.14%) Dell
12 8 (1.71%) Freshdesk
12 8 (1.71%) Yealink
13 7 (1.50%) ESET
14 6 (1.28%) Adobe
14 6 (1.28%) HP
14 6 (1.28%) McAfee
15 5 (1.07%) Meraki
15 5 (1.07%) TOWER Software