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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 220 143
Rank change year-on-year -51 -77 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 464 461 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.36% 1.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.23% 8.97% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 386 350 1,023
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £30,695
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +5.88% -1.78%
75th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £48,925
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -4.41%

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 4,536 5,140 9,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.25% 15.15% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,546 3,314 7,007
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.55% -1.72%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -9.52%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -8 140 £30,000 +1.69% 28
North West +36 87 £30,000 - 15
Midlands -30 82 £29,625 -7.42% 13
South East -79 82 £32,500 - 35
South West -62 61 £32,500 +8.33% 10
East of England +18 58 £34,000 -2.86% 9
Yorkshire -60 48 £30,000 +3.45% 10
East Midlands -9 43 £29,625 -7.42% 7
West Midlands -38 39 £30,000 -4.76% 6
Scotland +31 28 £28,500 -5.00% 10
Wales -54 12 £30,875 -11.79%
North East -49 5 £24,000 -36.00% 4
Northern Ireland -65 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
1 118 (25.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (22.20%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.94%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.08%) Apache
5 5 (1.08%) nginx
6 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 119 (25.65%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 404 (87.07%) Microsoft 365
2 124 (26.72%) Azure
3 99 (21.34%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.31%) Google Workspace
4 20 (4.31%) OneDrive
5 17 (3.66%) AWS
6 16 (3.45%) Mimecast
7 8 (1.72%) SaaS
8 6 (1.29%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.86%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.65%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.43%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.43%) IaaS
11 2 (0.43%) PaaS
12 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.22%) GCP
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 132 (28.45%) DNS
2 127 (27.37%) DHCP
3 107 (23.06%) Firewall
4 85 (18.32%) VPN
5 75 (16.16%) Wi-Fi
6 72 (15.52%) TCP/IP
7 69 (14.87%) LAN
8 66 (14.22%) WAN
9 54 (11.64%) VLAN
10 45 (9.70%) VoIP
11 27 (5.82%) Wireless
12 25 (5.39%) Broadband
13 23 (4.96%) 4G
14 11 (2.37%) Skype
15 9 (1.94%) Network Security
15 9 (1.94%) Structured Cabling
16 6 (1.29%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
18 4 (0.86%) NAS
18 4 (0.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (2.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.22%) Carbide.c++
General
1 214 (46.12%) Social Skills
2 27 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
3 26 (5.60%) Retail
4 16 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.23%) Legal
5 15 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 13 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (2.80%) Law
7 10 (2.16%) Finance
8 7 (1.51%) Advertising
9 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.86%) Dutch Language
10 4 (0.86%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (0.86%) Spanish Language
11 3 (0.65%) Back Office
12 2 (0.43%) French Language
12 2 (0.43%) Local Government
13 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 227 (48.92%) IT Support
2 150 (32.33%) Support Engineer
3 148 (31.90%) IT Engineer
4 124 (26.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 98 (21.12%) Analyst
6 65 (14.01%) Support Analyst
7 63 (13.58%) 2nd Line Support
8 59 (12.72%) Support Technician
9 52 (11.21%) IT Analyst
10 51 (10.99%) IT Technician
11 48 (10.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 47 (10.13%) 1st Line Support
12 47 (10.13%) IT Support Analyst
13 43 (9.27%) IT Support Technician
14 37 (7.97%) Desktop Support
15 35 (7.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 32 (6.90%) Service Analyst
16 32 (6.90%) Service Desk Analyst
17 30 (6.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
18 28 (6.03%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.86%) Web Services
2 2 (0.43%) .NET
2 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.43%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 84 (18.10%) Driving Licence
2 51 (10.99%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.16%) CCTV
4 10 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (2.16%) Smartphone
5 5 (1.08%) FMCG
6 4 (0.86%) Digital Signage
6 4 (0.86%) Educational Technology
7 3 (0.65%) CMDB
7 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.65%) EPoS
7 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.65%) Social Media
8 2 (0.43%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.43%) Life Science
8 2 (0.43%) Shadow IT
9 1 (0.22%) iPad
9 1 (0.22%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 462 (99.57%) Windows
2 138 (29.74%) Windows Server
3 61 (13.15%) Android
4 44 (9.48%) Apple iOS
5 30 (6.47%) Mac OS
6 18 (3.88%) Windows 7
7 17 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (2.59%) Linux
10 10 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.29%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.86%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.22%) CentOS
13 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (42.03%) Customer Service
2 145 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (24.57%) ITIL
4 84 (18.10%) ITSM
5 57 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (9.91%) Service Delivery
6 46 (9.91%) Service Management
7 35 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (7.54%) Time Management
8 28 (6.03%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 25 (5.39%) User Experience
10 24 (5.17%) Software License Management
11 22 (4.74%) Asset Management
11 22 (4.74%) Patch Management
11 22 (4.74%) Proactive Monitoring
12 21 (4.53%) Mobile Device Management
12 21 (4.53%) Ticket Management
13 20 (4.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (4.09%) Project Delivery
15 18 (3.88%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.42%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.16%) Python
3 7 (1.51%) VBScript
4 6 (1.29%) VB
5 3 (0.65%) SQL
6 2 (0.43%) C#
7 1 (0.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 67 (14.44%) Degree
2 60 (12.93%) Security Cleared
3 47 (10.13%) SC Cleared
4 43 (9.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (6.25%) A+ Certification
6 22 (4.74%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.59%) CCNA
7 12 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 8 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.29%) MCSA
12 5 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.65%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.22%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.85%) SLA
2 24 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.37%) GDPR
5 8 (1.72%) QA
6 5 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 306 (65.95%) Active Directory
2 35 (7.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (6.90%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.88%) BitLocker
5 6 (1.29%) VMware Workstation
6 5 (1.08%) Terminal Services
6 5 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.86%) Squid
8 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 94 (20.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (12.93%) SCCM
3 14 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.16%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.51%) Autotask
6 4 (0.86%) WSUS
7 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.22%) Ansible
7 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 351 (75.65%) Microsoft
2 55 (11.85%) VMware
3 41 (8.84%) ServiceNow
4 34 (7.33%) Sophos
5 28 (6.03%) Apple
6 23 (4.96%) Starlink
7 22 (4.74%) Cisco
8 20 (4.31%) Google
9 18 (3.88%) Logitech
10 13 (2.80%) SolarWinds
11 12 (2.59%) Freshdesk
11 12 (2.59%) Meraki
12 11 (2.37%) Citrix
12 11 (2.37%) TOWER Software
13 10 (2.16%) Dell
13 10 (2.16%) Veeam
14 9 (1.94%) SonicWALL
15 7 (1.51%) Yealink
16 6 (1.29%) ESET
16 6 (1.29%) iManage