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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 209 156
Rank change year-on-year -66 -53 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 471 482 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.62% 1.40% 1.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.92% 9.28% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 385 371 813
10th Percentile £25,454 £26,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% - +4.84%
75th Percentile £37,250 £37,375 £38,750
90th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £48,925
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.94% -1.45%

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 4,749 5,196 7,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.26% 15.11% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,687 3,348 5,687
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,719 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,991
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -8.57%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -25 133 £30,000 +1.69% 37
Midlands -31 92 £29,625 -7.42% 19
South East -96 81 £35,000 +7.69% 34
North West +31 79 £30,000 - 29
South West -61 61 £32,500 +8.33% 12
East of England -7 57 £35,000 - 10
Yorkshire -48 49 £30,000 +1.69% 5
East Midlands +6 48 £29,625 -15.36% 12
West Midlands -46 44 £30,000 -4.76% 7
Scotland +48 34 £28,500 -5.00% 5
Wales -50 12 £30,875 -11.79%
North East -52 5 £24,000 -22.58% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
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
1 126 (26.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 108 (22.93%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.34%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.49%) Apache
4 7 (1.49%) nginx
5 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.64%) IIS
Applications
1 109 (23.14%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 404 (85.77%) Microsoft 365
2 122 (25.90%) Azure
3 104 (22.08%) Entra ID
4 22 (4.67%) OneDrive
5 18 (3.82%) Mimecast
6 15 (3.18%) AWS
6 15 (3.18%) Google Workspace
7 10 (2.12%) SaaS
8 6 (1.27%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.85%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.64%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.42%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.42%) GCP
11 2 (0.42%) IaaS
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.42%) PaaS
12 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.21%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 130 (27.60%) DNS
2 124 (26.33%) DHCP
3 102 (21.66%) Firewall
4 83 (17.62%) VPN
5 79 (16.77%) TCP/IP
6 76 (16.14%) Wi-Fi
7 71 (15.07%) LAN
7 71 (15.07%) WAN
8 54 (11.46%) VLAN
9 43 (9.13%) VoIP
10 26 (5.52%) Wireless
11 21 (4.46%) Broadband
12 20 (4.25%) 4G
13 13 (2.76%) Skype
14 9 (1.91%) Network Security
14 9 (1.91%) Structured Cabling
15 5 (1.06%) NAS
15 5 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
16 4 (0.85%) SD-WAN
17 3 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.64%) Power BI
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.34%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.21%) Carbide.c++
General
1 209 (44.37%) Social Skills
2 24 (5.10%) Retail
3 22 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (4.25%) Manufacturing
5 14 (2.97%) Finance
6 13 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (2.76%) Legal
7 11 (2.34%) Law
8 7 (1.49%) Advertising
9 4 (0.85%) Dutch Language
9 4 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
9 4 (0.85%) Spanish Language
10 3 (0.64%) Back Office
10 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.42%) French Language
11 2 (0.42%) Local Government
12 1 (0.21%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.21%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 217 (46.07%) IT Support
2 144 (30.57%) Support Engineer
3 143 (30.36%) IT Engineer
4 117 (24.84%) IT Support Engineer
5 92 (19.53%) Analyst
6 61 (12.95%) 2nd Line Support
7 60 (12.74%) Support Analyst
8 59 (12.53%) Support Technician
9 53 (11.25%) IT Technician
10 46 (9.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 45 (9.55%) IT Analyst
12 44 (9.34%) 1st Line Support
13 43 (9.13%) IT Support Technician
14 40 (8.49%) IT Support Analyst
15 38 (8.07%) Desktop Support
16 34 (7.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 32 (6.79%) Desktop Engineer
18 30 (6.37%) Service Analyst
18 30 (6.37%) Service Desk Analyst
19 29 (6.16%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.06%) Web Services
2 2 (0.42%) .NET
2 2 (0.42%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.42%) WinForms
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 89 (18.90%) Driving Licence
2 49 (10.40%) Onboarding
3 29 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.34%) CCTV
5 10 (2.12%) Smartphone
6 9 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.06%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.06%) FMCG
8 4 (0.85%) Digital Signage
8 4 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.64%) CMDB
9 3 (0.64%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.64%) EPoS
9 3 (0.64%) Shadow IT
9 3 (0.64%) Social Media
9 3 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.42%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.42%) Life Science
10 2 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 469 (99.58%) Windows
2 137 (29.09%) Windows Server
3 60 (12.74%) Android
4 50 (10.62%) Apple iOS
5 30 (6.37%) Mac OS
6 19 (4.03%) Linux
6 19 (4.03%) Windows 7
7 14 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.85%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.85%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.21%) CentOS
11 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (42.25%) Customer Service
2 142 (30.15%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (24.63%) ITIL
4 83 (17.62%) ITSM
5 56 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (9.34%) Service Delivery
7 42 (8.92%) Service Management
8 33 (7.01%) Time Management
9 28 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (5.73%) User Experience
11 25 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
12 24 (5.10%) Proactive Monitoring
13 23 (4.88%) Mobile Device Management
13 23 (4.88%) Patch Management
13 23 (4.88%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 23 (4.88%) Ticket Management
14 21 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (4.46%) Software License Management
15 19 (4.03%) Asset Management
16 18 (3.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 56 (11.89%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.34%) Python
3 9 (1.91%) VBScript
4 6 (1.27%) VB
5 4 (0.85%) SQL
6 2 (0.42%) Bash
6 2 (0.42%) C#
Qualifications
1 65 (13.80%) Degree
2 62 (13.16%) Security Cleared
3 52 (11.04%) SC Cleared
4 44 (9.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.31%) A+ Certification
6 24 (5.10%) DBS Check
7 14 (2.97%) CCNA
7 14 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 9 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (1.27%) MCSA
13 5 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
16 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (12.10%) SLA
2 22 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.34%) GDPR
5 9 (1.91%) QA
6 5 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.64%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 306 (64.97%) Active Directory
2 40 (8.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (7.01%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.67%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.06%) Squid
6 5 (1.06%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.21%) Firmware
9 1 (0.21%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 97 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (13.59%) SCCM
3 14 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.12%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.27%) WSUS
6 5 (1.06%) Autotask
7 3 (0.64%) Ansible
7 3 (0.64%) Terraform
8 2 (0.42%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 365 (77.49%) Microsoft
2 58 (12.31%) VMware
3 41 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 36 (7.64%) Sophos
5 29 (6.16%) Apple
6 26 (5.52%) Cisco
7 20 (4.25%) Starlink
8 18 (3.82%) Logitech
9 15 (3.18%) Google
9 15 (3.18%) Veeam
10 13 (2.76%) Meraki
10 13 (2.76%) TOWER Software
11 12 (2.55%) Citrix
11 12 (2.55%) SolarWinds
12 11 (2.34%) Freshdesk
13 9 (1.91%) Dell
13 9 (1.91%) SonicWALL
14 6 (1.27%) Adobe
14 6 (1.27%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.27%) McAfee