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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 207 160
Rank change year-on-year -104 -47 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 418 443 847
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.49% 1.29% 1.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.54% 9.33% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 325 363 537
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £28,498
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - +3.17%
75th Percentile £37,250 £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 4,895 4,747 7,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.75% 13.83% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,738 2,938 4,320
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% -3.23%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -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 20 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 20 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 -61 115 £30,000 +1.69% 29
Midlands -32 92 £29,625 -7.42% 29
South East -94 78 £35,000 +7.69% 43
North West +2 68 £30,000 +3.45% 18
East Midlands -4 56 £29,625 -15.36% 15
East of England -27 56 £34,000 -2.86% 17
Yorkshire -54 40 £30,000 +1.69% 6
Scotland +39 37 £28,500 -5.00% 8
West Midlands -64 36 £32,000 +1.59% 14
South West -102 36 £32,500 +8.33% 16
North East -59 7 £16,000 -48.39% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1
Wales -75 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
1 116 (27.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (24.16%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.39%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.67%) Apache
4 7 (1.67%) nginx
5 4 (0.96%) IIS
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 76 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 360 (86.12%) Microsoft 365
2 91 (21.77%) Azure
3 89 (21.29%) Entra ID
4 25 (5.98%) OneDrive
5 22 (5.26%) Mimecast
6 11 (2.63%) AWS
6 11 (2.63%) Google Workspace
7 9 (2.15%) SaaS
8 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.20%) GCP
9 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.96%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.96%) ShareGate
11 3 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.72%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 137 (32.78%) DNS
2 131 (31.34%) DHCP
3 97 (23.21%) Firewall
4 72 (17.22%) TCP/IP
4 72 (17.22%) VPN
5 67 (16.03%) Wi-Fi
6 55 (13.16%) WAN
7 52 (12.44%) LAN
8 41 (9.81%) VLAN
8 41 (9.81%) VoIP
9 29 (6.94%) Wireless
10 13 (3.11%) 4G
10 13 (3.11%) Broadband
11 11 (2.63%) Skype
12 7 (1.67%) Network Security
13 6 (1.44%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
14 5 (1.20%) NAS
15 3 (0.72%) WLAN
16 2 (0.48%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.59%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.24%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.24%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.24%) MSI
General
1 211 (50.48%) Social Skills
2 29 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (5.50%) Manufacturing
4 21 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (4.78%) Retail
6 13 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.63%) Finance
8 6 (1.44%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.44%) Law
9 5 (1.20%) Advertising
9 5 (1.20%) Legal
10 4 (0.96%) Automotive
10 4 (0.96%) Back Office
10 4 (0.96%) Dutch Language
10 4 (0.96%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.96%) Spanish Language
10 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.72%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 182 (43.54%) IT Support
2 137 (32.78%) IT Engineer
3 133 (31.82%) Support Engineer
4 105 (25.12%) IT Support Engineer
5 76 (18.18%) Analyst
6 60 (14.35%) 2nd Line Support
7 50 (11.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 46 (11.00%) Support Analyst
8 46 (11.00%) Support Technician
9 42 (10.05%) IT Technician
10 40 (9.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 39 (9.33%) IT Analyst
12 33 (7.89%) 1st Line Support
12 33 (7.89%) IT Support Technician
13 31 (7.42%) IT Support Analyst
14 30 (7.18%) Desktop Engineer
15 29 (6.94%) Desktop Support
16 26 (6.22%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 25 (5.98%) Service Analyst
17 25 (5.98%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.67%) .NET
1 7 (1.67%) WinForms
2 5 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 5 (1.20%) Web Services
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.72%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 94 (22.49%) Driving Licence
2 41 (9.81%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.39%) Smartphone
5 9 (2.15%) FMCG
6 8 (1.91%) CCTV
7 6 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.96%) CMDB
8 4 (0.96%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.72%) EPoS
9 3 (0.72%) iPhone
9 3 (0.72%) Shadow IT
10 2 (0.48%) CSOC
10 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.48%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.48%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.48%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 416 (99.52%) Windows
2 141 (33.73%) Windows Server
3 57 (13.64%) Android
4 52 (12.44%) Apple iOS
5 25 (5.98%) Linux
6 20 (4.78%) Mac OS
7 14 (3.35%) Windows 7
7 14 (3.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.72%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.24%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (45.93%) Customer Service
2 130 (31.10%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (25.36%) ITIL
4 70 (16.75%) ITSM
5 50 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (9.33%) Service Management
7 33 (7.89%) User Experience
8 32 (7.66%) Service Delivery
9 30 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (6.94%) Time Management
11 27 (6.46%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (6.22%) Proactive Monitoring
13 22 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 20 (4.78%) Patch Management
15 19 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
15 19 (4.55%) Ticket Management
16 18 (4.31%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 18 (4.31%) Service Catalogue
17 16 (3.83%) Asset Management
17 16 (3.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (14.59%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.63%) Python
3 9 (2.15%) VBScript
4 8 (1.91%) SQL
5 7 (1.67%) C#
5 7 (1.67%) VB
6 2 (0.48%) Bash
6 2 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 56 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 52 (12.44%) Degree
2 52 (12.44%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (7.89%) A+ Certification
5 21 (5.02%) DBS Check
6 16 (3.83%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (3.59%) CCNA
7 15 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.48%) MCSE
14 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.68%) SLA
2 17 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.39%) QA
5 7 (1.67%) GDPR
6 5 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 263 (62.92%) Active Directory
2 43 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.74%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.78%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.20%) Squid
6 5 (1.20%) Terminal Services
6 5 (1.20%) vSphere
7 3 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.48%) UAG
9 1 (0.24%) Firmware
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 83 (19.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (13.16%) SCCM
3 6 (1.44%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.20%) WSUS
5 3 (0.72%) Ansible
6 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.48%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.48%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 334 (79.90%) Microsoft
2 61 (14.59%) VMware
3 42 (10.05%) Sophos
4 40 (9.57%) Cisco
5 37 (8.85%) ServiceNow
6 25 (5.98%) Apple
7 18 (4.31%) Logitech
7 18 (4.31%) TOWER Software
8 16 (3.83%) Google
8 16 (3.83%) Meraki
9 15 (3.59%) Veeam
10 13 (3.11%) Starlink
11 10 (2.39%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.15%) Citrix
12 9 (2.15%) Fortinet
12 9 (2.15%) Freshdesk
13 6 (1.44%) SonicWALL
14 5 (1.20%) Dell
14 5 (1.20%) McAfee
14 5 (1.20%) Thales