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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 211 160
Rank change year-on-year -109 -51 -14
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 408 435 841
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.47% 1.26% 1.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.30% 9.31% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 317 352 518
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - +4.84%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,313 £40,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,450 £52,875
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year - -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 4,915 4,672 7,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.71% 13.58% 13.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,710 2,863 4,066
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,031 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -18.02% -0.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -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 28 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 28 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 -57 108 £30,000 +1.69% 19
Midlands -29 92 £30,000 -4.76% 24
South East -93 81 £35,000 +7.69% 17
North West -17 65 £30,000 +3.45% 17
East Midlands -3 56 £29,625 -15.36% 14
East of England -23 54 £34,000 +4.62% 19
Scotland +33 38 £28,250 -5.83% 8
Yorkshire -41 37 £30,000 +1.69% 2
West Midlands -51 36 £34,000 +7.94% 9
South West -118 32 £32,500 +9.24% 13
North East -64 6 £16,000 -48.39%
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 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
1 116 (28.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (23.77%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.21%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.72%) Apache
4 7 (1.72%) nginx
5 4 (0.98%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 74 (18.14%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.25%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 350 (85.78%) Microsoft 365
2 91 (22.30%) Azure
2 91 (22.30%) Entra ID
3 25 (6.13%) OneDrive
4 23 (5.64%) Mimecast
5 12 (2.94%) Google Workspace
6 11 (2.70%) AWS
7 8 (1.96%) SaaS
8 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.23%) GCP
9 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.23%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.23%) ShareGate
10 4 (0.98%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.49%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.49%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 137 (33.58%) DNS
2 131 (32.11%) DHCP
3 98 (24.02%) Firewall
4 71 (17.40%) TCP/IP
4 71 (17.40%) VPN
5 62 (15.20%) Wi-Fi
6 53 (12.99%) WAN
7 50 (12.25%) LAN
8 42 (10.29%) VoIP
9 40 (9.80%) VLAN
10 29 (7.11%) Wireless
11 13 (3.19%) 4G
11 13 (3.19%) Broadband
12 10 (2.45%) Skype
13 6 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (1.47%) Network Security
14 5 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (0.98%) NAS
16 2 (0.49%) SAN
16 2 (0.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.49%) Power BI
3 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (3.68%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.25%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.25%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.25%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.25%) MSI
General
1 212 (51.96%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (5.64%) Manufacturing
4 21 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (4.90%) Retail
6 17 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.70%) Finance
9 6 (1.47%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.98%) Advertising
10 4 (0.98%) Automotive
10 4 (0.98%) Back Office
10 4 (0.98%) Dutch Language
10 4 (0.98%) Law
10 4 (0.98%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.74%) Electronics
11 3 (0.74%) Legal
12 2 (0.49%) French Language
12 2 (0.49%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 181 (44.36%) IT Support
2 136 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 133 (32.60%) Support Engineer
4 106 (25.98%) IT Support Engineer
5 74 (18.14%) Analyst
6 57 (13.97%) 2nd Line Support
7 48 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 45 (11.03%) Support Analyst
9 41 (10.05%) IT Analyst
9 41 (10.05%) Support Technician
10 39 (9.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 36 (8.82%) IT Technician
12 33 (8.09%) 1st Line Support
12 33 (8.09%) IT Support Analyst
13 29 (7.11%) Desktop Engineer
14 28 (6.86%) IT Support Technician
15 26 (6.37%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 25 (6.13%) Desktop Support
17 24 (5.88%) Field Engineer
17 24 (5.88%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.96%) .NET
1 8 (1.96%) WinForms
2 6 (1.47%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (1.23%) Web Services
4 3 (0.74%) Terraform
5 2 (0.49%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.25%) Google JAX
6 1 (0.25%) JAX
6 1 (0.25%) LDAP
6 1 (0.25%) OpenCV
6 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 93 (22.79%) Driving Licence
2 39 (9.56%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.21%) FMCG
4 9 (2.21%) Smartphone
5 7 (1.72%) CCTV
6 6 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.23%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.98%) CMDB
9 3 (0.74%) EPoS
9 3 (0.74%) iPhone
9 3 (0.74%) Shadow IT
10 2 (0.49%) CSOC
10 2 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.49%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.49%) Replication
10 2 (0.49%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 406 (99.51%) Windows
2 142 (34.80%) Windows Server
3 59 (14.46%) Android
4 52 (12.75%) Apple iOS
5 28 (6.86%) Linux
6 19 (4.66%) Mac OS
7 14 (3.43%) Windows 7
7 14 (3.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.49%) CentOS
10 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.25%) Debian
11 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (45.83%) Customer Service
2 126 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (25.98%) ITIL
4 67 (16.42%) ITSM
5 50 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (9.80%) Service Management
7 34 (8.33%) User Experience
8 32 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (7.60%) Service Delivery
10 29 (7.11%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (6.62%) Proactive Monitoring
11 27 (6.62%) Time Management
12 24 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (4.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 19 (4.66%) Patch Management
14 19 (4.66%) Service Catalogue
14 19 (4.66%) Ticket Management
15 18 (4.41%) Mobile Device Management
16 15 (3.68%) Mentoring
16 15 (3.68%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.44%) PowerShell
2 12 (2.94%) Python
3 9 (2.21%) SQL
3 9 (2.21%) VBScript
4 8 (1.96%) C#
5 7 (1.72%) VB
6 4 (0.98%) Ruby
7 2 (0.49%) Bash
8 1 (0.25%) C
8 1 (0.25%) Fortran
8 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (12.99%) Degree
1 53 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 49 (12.01%) SC Cleared
3 44 (10.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (8.58%) A+ Certification
5 19 (4.66%) DBS Check
6 16 (3.92%) CCNA
6 16 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (3.92%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.01%) SLA
2 17 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.45%) QA
5 8 (1.96%) GDPR
6 5 (1.23%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 258 (63.24%) Active Directory
2 41 (10.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (6.37%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.41%) BitLocker
5 11 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.47%) vSphere
8 5 (1.23%) Squid
8 5 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.98%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.49%) UAG
11 1 (0.25%) Ceph
11 1 (0.25%) Firmware
11 1 (0.25%) Lustre
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.25%) NFS
11 1 (0.25%) Samba
11 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 81 (19.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (12.50%) SCCM
3 5 (1.23%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.98%) Backup Exec
5 3 (0.74%) Ansible
5 3 (0.74%) WSUS
6 2 (0.49%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.49%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 328 (80.39%) Microsoft
2 60 (14.71%) VMware
3 43 (10.54%) Cisco
4 41 (10.05%) Sophos
5 36 (8.82%) ServiceNow
6 23 (5.64%) Apple
7 19 (4.66%) Logitech
7 19 (4.66%) TOWER Software
8 18 (4.41%) Meraki
9 17 (4.17%) Google
9 17 (4.17%) Veeam
10 13 (3.19%) Starlink
11 9 (2.21%) Citrix
11 9 (2.21%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.21%) SolarWinds
12 8 (1.96%) Freshdesk
13 6 (1.47%) Datto
14 5 (1.23%) iManage
14 5 (1.23%) SonicWALL
14 5 (1.23%) Thales