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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 169 124
Rank change year-on-year -30 -45 +40
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 425 613 737
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.02% 1.57% 2.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.13% 10.37% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 347 375 673
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,598 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £34,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +9.68% -
75th Percentile £37,500 £42,999 £42,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £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 3,505 5,913 5,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.41% 15.18% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 3,264 4,369
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,307 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% +5.13% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -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 16 December 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 16 December 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 -8 106 £30,000 -6.25% 65
South East +17 105 £33,500 -10.67% 76
South West +5 79 £32,000 +4.92% 32
Midlands -50 64 £31,500 -10.00% 42
North West -10 56 £29,500 -9.23% 35
East of England +28 50 £32,500 -7.14% 42
Yorkshire -3 44 £32,500 +8.33% 23
West Midlands -26 37 £31,500 -10.00% 25
East Midlands -42 27 £30,000 - 15
Scotland -10 13 £35,000 - 9
Wales +2 8 £35,000 +2.94% 11
North East 0 6 £31,000 -22.50% 7
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
1 105 (24.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (23.76%) SharePoint
3 17 (4.00%) IIS
4 7 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.18%) WordPress
6 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.24%) JOnAS
Applications
1 110 (25.88%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 344 (80.94%) Microsoft 365
2 148 (34.82%) Azure
3 128 (30.12%) Entra ID
4 31 (7.29%) OneDrive
5 12 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.59%) Google Workspace
7 8 (1.88%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.41%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.41%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.71%) AWS
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 142 (33.41%) DNS
2 139 (32.71%) DHCP
3 96 (22.59%) Firewall
4 91 (21.41%) TCP/IP
5 85 (20.00%) VPN
6 64 (15.06%) VLAN
7 54 (12.71%) Wi-Fi
8 46 (10.82%) WAN
9 43 (10.12%) LAN
10 33 (7.76%) VoIP
11 23 (5.41%) Internet
12 17 (4.00%) Kerberos
13 13 (3.06%) Wireless
14 11 (2.59%) SAN
15 7 (1.65%) PBX
16 6 (1.41%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (1.41%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.18%) IP Telephony
17 5 (1.18%) WebEx
17 5 (1.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.65%) Power BI
2 4 (0.94%) Metadata
3 3 (0.71%) Data Mining
3 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.47%) MySQL
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.24%) JIRA
1 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 278 (65.41%) Social Skills
2 32 (7.53%) Law
3 28 (6.59%) Back Office
4 25 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (4.47%) Finance
6 10 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.12%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.88%) Legal
8 8 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (0.94%) German Language
12 3 (0.71%) Advertising
12 3 (0.71%) Marketing
12 3 (0.71%) Retail
13 2 (0.47%) Automotive
14 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.24%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 216 (50.82%) IT Support
2 128 (30.12%) Support Engineer
3 86 (20.24%) 2nd Line Support
4 79 (18.59%) Analyst
5 75 (17.65%) Support Technician
6 72 (16.94%) IT Engineer
7 65 (15.29%) IT Technician
8 61 (14.35%) IT Support Engineer
9 60 (14.12%) IT Support Technician
10 58 (13.65%) Support Analyst
11 48 (11.29%) Desktop Engineer
12 47 (11.06%) Desktop Support
13 41 (9.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 36 (8.47%) IT Analyst
15 29 (6.82%) IT Support Analyst
16 28 (6.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 27 (6.35%) 1st Line Support
17 27 (6.35%) Service Analyst
18 25 (5.88%) Site Engineer
19 24 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.24%) LDAP
2 7 (1.65%) .NET
3 5 (1.18%) HTML
3 5 (1.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.82%) Driving Licence
2 54 (12.71%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.00%) PKI
4 16 (3.76%) iPad
5 15 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.59%) Clustering
7 7 (1.65%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.18%) LIMS
9 5 (1.18%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.18%) SCADA
10 4 (0.94%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.94%) iPhone
11 3 (0.71%) AS400
11 3 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.47%) CCTV
12 2 (0.47%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 425 (100.00%) Windows
2 132 (31.06%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 35 (8.24%) Apple iOS
4 35 (8.24%) Linux
4 35 (8.24%) Mac OS
5 32 (7.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (5.18%) Android
7 17 (4.00%) Windows 7
8 10 (2.35%) Windows 8
9 5 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.71%) Debian
11 1 (0.24%) AIX
11 1 (0.24%) SUSE
11 1 (0.24%) VMS
11 1 (0.24%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.24%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (37.41%) Customer Service
2 143 (33.65%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (26.59%) ITIL
4 77 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 70 (16.47%) Cybersecurity
6 69 (16.24%) ITSM
7 51 (12.00%) Patch Management
8 37 (8.71%) Software Deployment
9 36 (8.47%) Service Delivery
10 34 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (7.76%) Customer Experience
12 31 (7.29%) Mobile Device Management
13 29 (6.82%) Service Management
14 28 (6.59%) Analytics
14 28 (6.59%) Customer Acquisition
14 28 (6.59%) Ticket Management
15 26 (6.12%) People Management
16 24 (5.65%) Asset Management
16 24 (5.65%) Mentoring
17 23 (5.41%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.00%) VB
3 16 (3.76%) SQL
4 13 (3.06%) VBScript
5 7 (1.65%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (12.47%) Degree
2 51 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (10.59%) Security Cleared
4 41 (9.65%) SC Cleared
5 28 (6.59%) CTC Cleared
6 21 (4.94%) A+ Certification
7 18 (4.24%) MCP
8 15 (3.53%) CCNA
8 15 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (3.29%) MCSA
10 10 (2.35%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.12%) DBS Check
11 9 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.18%) MCSE
12 5 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.94%) HND
13 4 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (20.47%) SLA
2 24 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.88%) GDPR
6 5 (1.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (1.18%) GxP
7 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 288 (67.76%) Active Directory
2 62 (14.59%) Hyper-V
3 43 (10.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.65%) vSphere
5 4 (0.94%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.94%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 128 (30.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (12.00%) SCCM
3 17 (4.00%) WSUS
4 10 (2.35%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.94%) Autotask
6 3 (0.71%) SCOM
7 2 (0.47%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.47%) Plesk
7 2 (0.47%) SCSM
8 1 (0.24%) Nagios
8 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 315 (74.12%) Microsoft
2 66 (15.53%) Cisco
3 53 (12.47%) VMware
4 40 (9.41%) Apple
5 39 (9.18%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.76%) HP
7 15 (3.53%) Meraki
8 14 (3.29%) Dell
9 12 (2.82%) Citrix
10 11 (2.59%) Google
10 11 (2.59%) SonicWALL
10 11 (2.59%) Supermicro
11 10 (2.35%) Freshdesk
11 10 (2.35%) Veeam
12 8 (1.88%) Sophos
13 7 (1.65%) Datto
14 6 (1.41%) Progress
14 6 (1.41%) Remedy
14 6 (1.41%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.18%) Mitel