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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 180 137
Rank change year-on-year -20 -43 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 421 537 975
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.54% 2.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.40% 9.92% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 304 311 888
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,469 £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 £36,688 £43,199 £40,806
90th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £55,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +10.29% -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 3,394 5,413 7,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.59% 15.52% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 2,817 5,921
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% +4.60% -3.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,433
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 29 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 29 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 +19 120 £30,000 -8.05% 25
South East +22 87 £33,500 -10.67% 46
North West +19 76 £29,500 -13.24% 17
South West +4 75 £32,000 -8.57% 18
East of England +27 45 £31,184 -10.90% 18
Scotland +16 45 £35,000 -8.77% 6
Midlands -92 45 £30,750 -12.14% 19
Yorkshire +1 39 £32,500 +8.33% 7
East Midlands -49 23 £30,000 +5.26% 7
West Midlands -51 22 £31,500 -10.00% 12
North East -4 5 £31,000 +6.90% 1
Wales +6 4 £34,000 - 4
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 (23.28%) SharePoint
2 92 (21.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.66%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (1.66%) IIS
4 5 (1.19%) WordPress
5 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 145 (34.44%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 350 (83.14%) Microsoft 365
2 149 (35.39%) Entra ID
3 136 (32.30%) Azure
4 33 (7.84%) OneDrive
5 24 (5.70%) Google Workspace
6 11 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (1.90%) AWS
7 8 (1.90%) Mimecast
8 7 (1.66%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.43%) Google Docs
9 6 (1.43%) Google Sheets
9 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 135 (32.07%) DNS
2 131 (31.12%) DHCP
3 90 (21.38%) VPN
4 80 (19.00%) TCP/IP
5 77 (18.29%) Firewall
6 60 (14.25%) VLAN
7 52 (12.35%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (9.26%) WAN
9 37 (8.79%) LAN
10 36 (8.55%) VoIP
11 14 (3.33%) Wireless
12 11 (2.61%) Internet
13 7 (1.66%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.66%) WLAN
14 6 (1.43%) Kerberos
14 6 (1.43%) PBX
15 5 (1.19%) Unified Communications
16 4 (0.95%) IP Telephony
17 3 (0.71%) 4G
17 3 (0.71%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.66%) Power BI
2 3 (0.71%) Data Mining
2 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.48%) Metadata
3 2 (0.48%) 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
1 270 (64.13%) Social Skills
2 60 (14.25%) Back Office
3 24 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (4.75%) Finance
5 19 (4.51%) Law
6 14 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.14%) Legal
7 9 (2.14%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.43%) Retail
10 5 (1.19%) Advertising
10 5 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
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 (45.84%) IT Support
2 169 (40.14%) Support Engineer
3 90 (21.38%) 2nd Line Support
4 89 (21.14%) IT Engineer
5 76 (18.05%) Desktop Engineer
6 75 (17.81%) Desktop Support
6 75 (17.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 69 (16.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 68 (16.15%) Analyst
9 57 (13.54%) Site Engineer
10 54 (12.83%) Support Technician
11 50 (11.88%) Support Analyst
12 45 (10.69%) IT Analyst
13 43 (10.21%) IT Technician
14 41 (9.74%) IT Support Technician
15 39 (9.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 37 (8.79%) IT Support Analyst
17 34 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 31 (7.36%) 1st Line Support
19 25 (5.94%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.66%) .NET
1 7 (1.66%) LDAP
2 5 (1.19%) HTML
2 5 (1.19%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 62 (14.73%) Driving Licence
2 50 (11.88%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.61%) iPad
5 9 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.66%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.43%) PKI
7 6 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (0.95%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.95%) e-Learning
8 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Licensing
9 3 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.71%) Clustering
9 3 (0.71%) LIMS
9 3 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.71%) SCADA
10 2 (0.48%) CCTV
10 2 (0.48%) CMDB
10 2 (0.48%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.48%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 421 (100.00%) Windows
2 123 (29.22%) Windows Server
3 38 (9.03%) Mac OS
4 36 (8.55%) Apple iOS
5 25 (5.94%) Android
5 25 (5.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (4.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (4.51%) Linux
8 18 (4.28%) Windows 7
9 12 (2.85%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.71%) Debian
12 1 (0.24%) AIX
12 1 (0.24%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (43.94%) Customer Service
2 136 (32.30%) ITIL
3 119 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (24.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 91 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
6 86 (20.43%) Patch Management
7 73 (17.34%) Software Deployment
8 72 (17.10%) ITSM
9 64 (15.20%) Ticket Management
10 62 (14.73%) Customer Experience
11 60 (14.25%) Analytics
11 60 (14.25%) Customer Acquisition
12 46 (10.93%) Service Delivery
13 31 (7.36%) Asset Management
14 29 (6.89%) Service Management
15 28 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (5.70%) People Management
17 23 (5.46%) Mobile Device Management
18 21 (4.99%) Mentoring
19 19 (4.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (10.45%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.99%) SQL
3 13 (3.09%) VBScript
4 8 (1.90%) VB
5 7 (1.66%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (21.85%) Degree
2 80 (19.00%) Security Cleared
3 73 (17.34%) SC Cleared
4 60 (14.25%) CTC Cleared
5 40 (9.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (7.60%) A+ Certification
7 24 (5.70%) MCP
8 12 (2.85%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.85%) MCSA
9 9 (2.14%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.14%) HND
10 8 (1.90%) CCNA
10 8 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.43%) 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
1 109 (25.89%) SLA
2 22 (5.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.43%) GDPR
6 4 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.71%) GxP
8 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 262 (62.23%) Active Directory
2 56 (13.30%) Hyper-V
3 47 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.43%) BitLocker
5 5 (1.19%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (0.95%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.71%) vSphere
8 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 108 (25.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 63 (14.96%) SCCM
3 13 (3.09%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.43%) Autotask
4 6 (1.43%) WSUS
5 4 (0.95%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.48%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.48%) Plesk
7 2 (0.48%) SCOM
7 2 (0.48%) 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
1 305 (72.45%) Microsoft
2 80 (19.00%) Cisco
3 54 (12.83%) VMware
4 39 (9.26%) ServiceNow
5 30 (7.13%) Apple
6 24 (5.70%) Google
7 16 (3.80%) Citrix
8 12 (2.85%) Freshdesk
9 11 (2.61%) SolarWinds
10 10 (2.38%) Veeam
11 8 (1.90%) HP
11 8 (1.90%) Meraki
11 8 (1.90%) Sophos
12 7 (1.66%) Datto
13 6 (1.43%) ESET
14 5 (1.19%) Dell
14 5 (1.19%) Mitel
15 4 (0.95%) Remedy
16 3 (0.71%) Draytek
16 3 (0.71%) SonicWALL