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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 219 153
Rank change year-on-year -70 -66 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 449 478 989
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.58% 1.38% 1.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.46% 9.22% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 364 375 779
10th Percentile £25,575 £26,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - +6.56%
75th Percentile £37,000 £37,250 £39,250
90th Percentile £44,800 £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 4,745 5,184 7,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.14% 14.92% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,662 3,338 5,557
10th Percentile £27,162 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £58,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -13.40% -7.62%

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 14 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 14 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 -43 124 £30,000 +1.69% 31
Midlands -23 90 £29,625 -7.42% 15
South East -84 78 £33,750 +3.85% 36
North West +25 74 £30,000 +1.69% 19
East of England -3 57 £35,000 - 17
South West -69 56 £32,500 +9.24% 17
East Midlands -2 49 £29,625 -15.36% 4
Yorkshire -63 45 £30,000 +3.45% 8
West Midlands -47 41 £30,000 -4.76% 11
Scotland +28 34 £28,500 -5.00% 8
Wales -61 9 £37,500 +7.14%
North East -62 5 £24,000 -22.58% 5
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
1 123 (27.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (23.16%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.45%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.56%) Apache
4 7 (1.56%) nginx
5 4 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.67%) IIS
7 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 97 (21.60%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 386 (85.97%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (25.17%) Azure
3 96 (21.38%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.45%) OneDrive
5 19 (4.23%) Mimecast
6 14 (3.12%) Google Workspace
7 12 (2.67%) AWS
8 10 (2.23%) SaaS
9 6 (1.34%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.89%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.67%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.45%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.45%) GCP
12 2 (0.45%) IaaS
12 2 (0.45%) PaaS
13 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.22%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 122 (27.17%) DNS
2 116 (25.84%) DHCP
3 97 (21.60%) Firewall
4 80 (17.82%) VPN
5 75 (16.70%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (16.26%) TCP/IP
7 68 (15.14%) WAN
8 67 (14.92%) LAN
9 50 (11.14%) VLAN
10 39 (8.69%) VoIP
11 25 (5.57%) Wireless
12 19 (4.23%) Broadband
13 18 (4.01%) 4G
14 13 (2.90%) Skype
15 10 (2.23%) Network Security
16 9 (2.00%) Structured Cabling
17 5 (1.11%) NAS
18 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
18 3 (0.67%) SD-WAN
19 2 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.22%) Carbide.c++
General
1 197 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 23 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (4.90%) Retail
4 20 (4.45%) Manufacturing
4 20 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (3.12%) Finance
6 13 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.45%) Legal
8 9 (2.00%) Law
9 7 (1.56%) Advertising
10 4 (0.89%) Dutch Language
10 4 (0.89%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (0.89%) Spanish Language
11 3 (0.67%) Back Office
12 2 (0.45%) Automotive
12 2 (0.45%) French Language
12 2 (0.45%) Local Government
12 2 (0.45%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 201 (44.77%) IT Support
2 138 (30.73%) Support Engineer
3 137 (30.51%) IT Engineer
4 111 (24.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 85 (18.93%) Analyst
6 60 (13.36%) 2nd Line Support
7 56 (12.47%) Support Technician
8 54 (12.03%) Support Analyst
9 50 (11.14%) IT Technician
10 46 (10.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 40 (8.91%) IT Support Technician
12 39 (8.69%) 1st Line Support
13 38 (8.46%) Desktop Support
13 38 (8.46%) IT Analyst
14 34 (7.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 33 (7.35%) IT Support Analyst
16 32 (7.13%) Desktop Engineer
17 29 (6.46%) Service Analyst
17 29 (6.46%) Service Desk Analyst
18 28 (6.24%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.11%) Web Services
2 2 (0.45%) .NET
2 2 (0.45%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.45%) WinForms
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 88 (19.60%) Driving Licence
2 46 (10.24%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.24%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.45%) CCTV
5 10 (2.23%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.11%) FMCG
8 4 (0.89%) CMDB
8 4 (0.89%) Educational Technology
8 4 (0.89%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.67%) Digital Signage
9 3 (0.67%) EPoS
9 3 (0.67%) Shadow IT
9 3 (0.67%) Social Media
9 3 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.45%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.45%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.45%) Replication
11 1 (0.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 447 (99.55%) Windows
2 129 (28.73%) Windows Server
3 55 (12.25%) Android
4 49 (10.91%) Apple iOS
5 26 (5.79%) Mac OS
6 19 (4.23%) Linux
7 17 (3.79%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.89%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.67%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.22%) CentOS
13 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (42.32%) Customer Service
2 135 (30.07%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (24.72%) ITIL
4 76 (16.93%) ITSM
5 54 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (8.91%) Service Delivery
7 38 (8.46%) Service Management
8 33 (7.35%) Time Management
9 27 (6.01%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (6.01%) User Experience
10 25 (5.57%) Proactive Monitoring
11 24 (5.35%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (4.90%) Mobile Device Management
12 22 (4.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 21 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 21 (4.68%) Ticket Management
14 20 (4.45%) Patch Management
15 19 (4.23%) Software License Management
16 18 (4.01%) Asset Management
17 15 (3.34%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.03%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.45%) Python
3 9 (2.00%) VBScript
4 6 (1.34%) VB
5 4 (0.89%) SQL
6 2 (0.45%) Bash
6 2 (0.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 60 (13.36%) Degree
1 60 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 53 (11.80%) SC Cleared
3 40 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (5.12%) DBS Check
5 22 (4.90%) A+ Certification
6 14 (3.12%) CCNA
6 14 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 9 (2.00%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.11%) MCSA
12 3 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.67%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (12.69%) SLA
2 21 (4.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.23%) GDPR
5 9 (2.00%) QA
6 5 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 291 (64.81%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (6.68%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.90%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.11%) Squid
6 5 (1.11%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.22%) Firmware
10 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 88 (19.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 62 (13.81%) SCCM
3 11 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (2.23%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.34%) WSUS
6 4 (0.89%) Autotask
7 3 (0.67%) Ansible
7 3 (0.67%) Terraform
8 2 (0.45%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 354 (78.84%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.80%) VMware
3 40 (8.91%) ServiceNow
4 37 (8.24%) Sophos
5 27 (6.01%) Cisco
6 26 (5.79%) Apple
7 18 (4.01%) Starlink
8 17 (3.79%) Logitech
9 15 (3.34%) Veeam
10 14 (3.12%) Google
10 14 (3.12%) TOWER Software
11 12 (2.67%) Citrix
11 12 (2.67%) Meraki
12 11 (2.45%) SolarWinds
13 10 (2.23%) Freshdesk
14 9 (2.00%) SonicWALL
15 8 (1.78%) Dell
16 6 (1.34%) Adobe
16 6 (1.34%) Fortinet
16 6 (1.34%) McAfee