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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 180 131
Rank change year-on-year -29 -49 +26
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 398 587 748
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.95% 1.58% 2.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.86% 10.26% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 321 344 681
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,710 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,712 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £35,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +12.90% -
75th Percentile £37,500 £42,562 £43,500
90th Percentile £41,500 £54,625 £55,000
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 3,357 5,722 5,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.00% 15.36% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,487 3,094 4,399
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% +4.44% -
75th Percentile £52,775 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,242 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% +0.48% -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 1 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 1 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 +7 101 £30,000 -7.69% 34
South East +17 96 £33,500 -10.67% 33
South West -4 79 £32,000 +5.79% 12
North West 0 59 £29,500 -9.23% 18
Midlands -68 55 £31,500 -10.00% 15
East of England +30 50 £32,500 - 15
Yorkshire +3 36 £32,500 +8.33% 12
West Midlands -55 30 £31,810 -9.12% 8
East Midlands -42 25 £30,000 +5.26% 7
Scotland -7 11 £35,000 - 2
North East +8 6 £31,000 -22.50% 4
Wales +5 6 £35,000 +2.94% 3
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 99 (24.87%) SharePoint
2 97 (24.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.02%) IIS
4 7 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.26%) WordPress
6 2 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 107 (26.88%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 326 (81.91%) Microsoft 365
2 143 (35.93%) Azure
3 125 (31.41%) Entra ID
4 33 (8.29%) OneDrive
5 12 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.76%) Google Workspace
7 8 (2.01%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.51%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.51%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.75%) AWS
11 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 134 (33.67%) DNS
2 129 (32.41%) DHCP
3 83 (20.85%) Firewall
4 82 (20.60%) TCP/IP
5 81 (20.35%) VPN
6 59 (14.82%) VLAN
7 52 (13.07%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (10.05%) WAN
9 37 (9.30%) LAN
10 33 (8.29%) VoIP
11 17 (4.27%) Internet
12 13 (3.27%) Wireless
13 12 (3.02%) Kerberos
14 8 (2.01%) SAN
15 7 (1.76%) PBX
16 6 (1.51%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.26%) IP Telephony
17 5 (1.26%) Unified Communications
17 5 (1.26%) WLAN
18 4 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.76%) Power BI
2 4 (1.01%) Metadata
3 3 (0.75%) Data Mining
3 3 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.50%) MySQL
5 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.25%) JIRA
1 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 251 (63.07%) Social Skills
2 28 (7.04%) Back Office
3 26 (6.53%) Law
4 23 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (4.77%) Finance
6 10 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.26%) Legal
8 8 (2.01%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.01%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.26%) Advertising
10 5 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.01%) German Language
12 3 (0.75%) Marketing
12 3 (0.75%) Retail
13 2 (0.50%) Automotive
14 1 (0.25%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 195 (48.99%) IT Support
2 126 (31.66%) Support Engineer
3 85 (21.36%) 2nd Line Support
4 71 (17.84%) IT Engineer
5 69 (17.34%) Analyst
6 66 (16.58%) Support Technician
7 59 (14.82%) IT Support Engineer
8 55 (13.82%) IT Technician
9 52 (13.07%) Support Analyst
10 50 (12.56%) IT Support Technician
11 44 (11.06%) Desktop Engineer
11 44 (11.06%) Desktop Support
12 38 (9.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 34 (8.54%) IT Analyst
14 32 (8.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 28 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 28 (7.04%) IT Support Analyst
16 27 (6.78%) 1st Line Support
17 25 (6.28%) Site Engineer
18 23 (5.78%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.27%) LDAP
2 7 (1.76%) .NET
3 5 (1.26%) HTML
3 5 (1.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 56 (14.07%) Driving Licence
1 56 (14.07%) Onboarding
2 15 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.52%) iPad
4 12 (3.02%) PKI
5 8 (2.01%) Clustering
6 7 (1.76%) e-Learning
6 7 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.76%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.26%) LIMS
8 5 (1.26%) SCADA
9 4 (1.01%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.01%) iPhone
10 3 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Licensing
11 2 (0.50%) CMDB
11 2 (0.50%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 398 (100.00%) Windows
2 122 (30.65%) Windows Server
3 39 (9.80%) Mac OS
4 38 (9.55%) Apple iOS
5 33 (8.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (7.54%) Linux
7 27 (6.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (6.03%) Android
9 16 (4.02%) Windows 7
10 10 (2.51%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.75%) Debian
11 3 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.25%) AIX
12 1 (0.25%) SUSE
12 1 (0.25%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (38.19%) Customer Service
2 125 (31.41%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (28.64%) ITIL
4 74 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (18.09%) ITSM
6 63 (15.83%) Cybersecurity
7 53 (13.32%) Patch Management
8 39 (9.80%) Software Deployment
9 38 (9.55%) Service Delivery
10 32 (8.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 31 (7.79%) Customer Experience
11 31 (7.79%) Mobile Device Management
11 31 (7.79%) Service Management
12 28 (7.04%) Analytics
12 28 (7.04%) Asset Management
12 28 (7.04%) Customer Acquisition
12 28 (7.04%) Ticket Management
13 26 (6.53%) People Management
14 23 (5.78%) Incident Management
15 22 (5.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (11.81%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.02%) SQL
3 13 (3.27%) VBScript
4 12 (3.02%) VB
5 7 (1.76%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (13.32%) Degree
2 47 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 46 (11.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (10.80%) SC Cleared
5 28 (7.04%) CTC Cleared
6 24 (6.03%) A+ Certification
7 20 (5.03%) MCP
8 14 (3.52%) MCSA
9 13 (3.27%) CCNA
9 13 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (2.51%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.26%) DBS Check
11 9 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.26%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.01%) HND
13 4 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.75%) MCSE
15 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (20.10%) SLA
2 24 (6.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.01%) GDPR
6 5 (1.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (1.26%) GxP
7 3 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 270 (67.84%) Active Directory
2 59 (14.82%) Hyper-V
3 46 (11.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.26%) BitLocker
4 5 (1.26%) vSphere
5 4 (1.01%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 124 (31.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (14.07%) SCCM
3 12 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
3 12 (3.02%) WSUS
4 4 (1.01%) Autotask
5 3 (0.75%) SCOM
6 2 (0.50%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.50%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.50%) Plesk
6 2 (0.50%) SCSM
7 1 (0.25%) Nagios
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 291 (73.12%) Microsoft
2 62 (15.58%) Cisco
3 54 (13.57%) VMware
4 37 (9.30%) Apple
4 37 (9.30%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.27%) HP
5 13 (3.27%) Meraki
6 11 (2.76%) Dell
6 11 (2.76%) Google
7 10 (2.51%) Citrix
7 10 (2.51%) Freshdesk
7 10 (2.51%) Veeam
8 8 (2.01%) SolarWinds
8 8 (2.01%) SonicWALL
8 8 (2.01%) Sophos
8 8 (2.01%) Supermicro
9 7 (1.76%) Datto
10 6 (1.51%) Remedy
11 5 (1.26%) Mitel
11 5 (1.26%) Samsung