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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 203 142
Rank change year-on-year -23 -61 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 482 395 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 1.44% 2.04%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.08% 8.71% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 355 284 1,247
10th Percentile £25,925 £26,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £30,281
Median % change year-on-year - +7.33% -3.87%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £50,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -5.80%

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 3,685 4,535 10,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.62% 16.51% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,739 2,970 8,248
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,300
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -4.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,512 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -43 125 £30,000 - 14
South East -40 86 £35,000 +6.06% 22
South West +2 85 £32,500 -7.14% 19
Midlands -70 68 £30,750 -3.91% 20
North West -4 66 £30,000 -8.05% 10
Yorkshire -56 55 £30,000 +1.69% 3
Scotland +25 53 £28,000 -20.00% 3
East of England -4 48 £32,500 -7.14% 14
West Midlands -63 36 £32,810 -6.26% 11
East Midlands -35 32 £29,625 -5.95% 9
Wales -16 16 £34,000 -9.33% 1
North East -32 4 £32,000 -14.67% 2
Northern Ireland -36 1 - - 5
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
1 104 (21.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (19.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.04%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 166 (34.44%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 412 (85.48%) Microsoft 365
2 154 (31.95%) Entra ID
3 132 (27.39%) Azure
4 33 (6.85%) OneDrive
5 30 (6.22%) Google Workspace
6 16 (3.32%) AWS
7 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (1.66%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.24%) Google Docs
8 6 (1.24%) Google Sheets
9 5 (1.04%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.83%) Nutanix
10 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.41%) IaaS
11 2 (0.41%) PaaS
11 2 (0.41%) SaaS
12 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 115 (23.86%) DNS
2 110 (22.82%) DHCP
3 84 (17.43%) Firewall
4 79 (16.39%) VPN
5 71 (14.73%) Wi-Fi
6 70 (14.52%) LAN
7 66 (13.69%) WAN
8 63 (13.07%) TCP/IP
9 53 (11.00%) VLAN
10 52 (10.79%) VoIP
11 22 (4.56%) Wireless
12 15 (3.11%) Broadband
13 13 (2.70%) 4G
14 9 (1.87%) SD-WAN
14 9 (1.87%) WLAN
15 6 (1.24%) PBX
15 6 (1.24%) Skype
16 4 (0.83%) Ethernet
16 4 (0.83%) Network Security
16 4 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.04%) Power BI
2 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (2.28%) JIRA
General
1 263 (54.56%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.45%) Back Office
3 31 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (3.73%) Manufacturing
5 16 (3.32%) Legal
6 15 (3.11%) Retail
7 13 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.70%) Law
8 12 (2.49%) Advertising
9 10 (2.07%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.04%) Finance
12 4 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (0.83%) Dutch Language
12 4 (0.83%) Portuguese Language
12 4 (0.83%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.41%) French Language
14 1 (0.21%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.21%) German Language
14 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (42.74%) Support Engineer
2 202 (41.91%) IT Support
3 138 (28.63%) IT Engineer
4 113 (23.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 97 (20.12%) Desktop Support
6 86 (17.84%) Desktop Engineer
7 85 (17.63%) Analyst
8 82 (17.01%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 62 (12.86%) 2nd Line Support
9 62 (12.86%) Support Analyst
10 57 (11.83%) Site Engineer
11 55 (11.41%) Support Technician
12 47 (9.75%) IT Analyst
13 45 (9.34%) IT Technician
14 43 (8.92%) IT Support Analyst
15 40 (8.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 39 (8.09%) IT Support Technician
17 37 (7.68%) 1st Line Support
18 31 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 25 (5.19%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.41%) .NET
2 1 (0.21%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 63 (13.07%) Driving Licence
2 45 (9.34%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (1.66%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.04%) FMCG
7 4 (0.83%) CCTV
7 4 (0.83%) Digital Signage
7 4 (0.83%) Educational Technology
7 4 (0.83%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Licensing
7 4 (0.83%) Social Media
8 3 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.62%) CMDB
8 3 (0.62%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.62%) EPoS
8 3 (0.62%) iPad
9 2 (0.41%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.41%) Life Science
10 1 (0.21%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 482 (100.00%) Windows
2 122 (25.31%) Windows Server
3 43 (8.92%) Android
4 37 (7.68%) Apple iOS
5 34 (7.05%) Mac OS
6 22 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (3.32%) Windows 7
8 12 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (1.66%) Windows 8
10 6 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.83%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.62%) Linux
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (42.95%) Customer Service
2 172 (35.68%) ITIL
3 123 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (19.50%) Cybersecurity
6 91 (18.88%) Patch Management
7 89 (18.46%) ITSM
8 84 (17.43%) Software Deployment
9 72 (14.94%) Ticket Management
10 67 (13.90%) Customer Experience
11 60 (12.45%) Analytics
11 60 (12.45%) Customer Acquisition
12 48 (9.96%) Service Delivery
13 44 (9.13%) Service Management
14 35 (7.26%) Asset Management
15 31 (6.43%) Time Management
16 27 (5.60%) Emotional Intelligence
17 24 (4.98%) People Management
18 23 (4.77%) Infrastructure Monitoring
18 23 (4.77%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.09%) PowerShell
2 12 (2.49%) SQL
3 9 (1.87%) Python
4 5 (1.04%) VB
5 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (24.69%) Degree
2 95 (19.71%) Security Cleared
3 79 (16.39%) SC Cleared
4 60 (12.45%) CTC Cleared
5 45 (9.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (7.05%) A+ Certification
7 23 (4.77%) DBS Check
8 17 (3.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 9 (1.87%) CCNA
9 9 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.66%) MCSA
11 6 (1.24%) HNC
11 6 (1.24%) HND
11 6 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.04%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.62%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (23.03%) SLA
2 15 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.66%) GDPR
5 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.62%) QA
6 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 297 (61.62%) Active Directory
2 42 (8.71%) Hyper-V
3 39 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.32%) BitLocker
5 8 (1.66%) Terminal Services
5 8 (1.66%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 111 (23.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (16.80%) SCCM
3 16 (3.32%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (1.87%) Autotask
4 9 (1.87%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.83%) WSUS
6 3 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 334 (69.29%) Microsoft
2 70 (14.52%) Cisco
3 56 (11.62%) VMware
4 42 (8.71%) ServiceNow
5 34 (7.05%) Apple
6 30 (6.22%) Google
7 24 (4.98%) SolarWinds
8 22 (4.56%) Sophos
9 20 (4.15%) Citrix
10 13 (2.70%) Logitech
10 13 (2.70%) Starlink
11 11 (2.28%) Freshdesk
12 10 (2.07%) Dell
13 8 (1.66%) ESET
13 8 (1.66%) Yealink
14 6 (1.24%) McAfee
14 6 (1.24%) Meraki
15 5 (1.04%) Adobe
15 5 (1.04%) HP
15 5 (1.04%) Veeam