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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 165 146
Rank change year-on-year -52 -19 +32
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 456 844 816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.32% 1.52% 2.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.38% 11.77% 12.64%
Number of salaries quoted 373 557 717
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,498 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £55,250
UK median annual salary £32,500 £36,315 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.51% +3.76% +7.69%

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 4,859 7,172 6,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.07% 12.89% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 4,421 5,000
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% -4.26% +4.44%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -4.76% -

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 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 13 September 2025.

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 13 September 2025. 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
South East -33 130 £32,500 -7.14% 62
North of England -28 109 £29,500 -6.35% 57
Midlands -21 82 £32,000 -1.54% 52
South West +12 68 £29,500 -9.23% 44
Yorkshire +13 60 £29,500 -4.84% 19
West Midlands -22 57 £31,500 -3.08% 21
East of England -23 48 £35,000 -17.65% 19
North West -26 43 £29,000 -8.66% 33
East Midlands -1 25 £35,000 +9.38% 30
Scotland +49 11 £30,000 -0.83% 7
Wales +29 8 £35,000 +2.94% 5
North East +6 6 £31,000 -6.06% 6
Windows 10
UK

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 97 (21.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (18.64%) SharePoint
3 25 (5.48%) IIS
4 5 (1.10%) WordPress
5 3 (0.66%) JOnAS
6 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 108 (23.68%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.54%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.32%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 346 (75.88%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (30.48%) Azure
3 114 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 37 (8.11%) OneDrive
5 18 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (2.85%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.97%) Google Docs
8 7 (1.54%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.32%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.66%) Google Drive
11 3 (0.66%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.22%) IaaS
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.22%) PaaS
12 1 (0.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 125 (27.41%) Firewall
2 102 (22.37%) DNS
3 100 (21.93%) DHCP
4 75 (16.45%) VLAN
5 74 (16.23%) VPN
6 66 (14.47%) TCP/IP
7 60 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
8 53 (11.62%) VoIP
9 47 (10.31%) LAN
9 47 (10.31%) WAN
10 25 (5.48%) SAN
11 23 (5.04%) Internet
12 19 (4.17%) Wireless
13 17 (3.73%) Kerberos
14 7 (1.54%) FTP
14 7 (1.54%) MPLS
15 6 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
16 5 (1.10%) Intranet
16 5 (1.10%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.10%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.63%) Power BI
3 4 (0.88%) Metadata
4 3 (0.66%) DB2
5 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) GitLab
General
1 258 (56.58%) Social Skills
2 36 (7.89%) Law
3 25 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (5.26%) Telecoms
5 22 (4.82%) Back Office
6 18 (3.95%) Legal
7 15 (3.29%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.07%) Finance
9 12 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.97%) Retail
11 7 (1.54%) Local Government
12 5 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.44%) Advertising
13 2 (0.44%) Automotive
13 2 (0.44%) Military
14 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 225 (49.34%) IT Support
2 104 (22.81%) Analyst
3 88 (19.30%) Support Engineer
4 74 (16.23%) Support Technician
5 69 (15.13%) Support Analyst
6 63 (13.82%) IT Technician
7 62 (13.60%) IT Analyst
8 61 (13.38%) 2nd Line Support
9 49 (10.75%) IT Support Technician
10 42 (9.21%) IT Support Analyst
11 35 (7.68%) IT Engineer
12 33 (7.24%) Desktop Support
13 32 (7.02%) 1st Line Support
14 31 (6.80%) Administrator
15 29 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
16 28 (6.14%) IT Administrator
17 27 (5.92%) Service Analyst
18 25 (5.48%) 3rd Line Support
19 23 (5.04%) Desktop Engineer
20 21 (4.61%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.73%) LDAP
2 5 (1.10%) HTML
3 3 (0.66%) .NET
4 1 (0.22%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.43%) Driving Licence
2 39 (8.55%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.95%) PKI
4 14 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (2.85%) Clustering
5 13 (2.85%) iPad
5 13 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.54%) CCTV
6 7 (1.54%) e-Learning
6 7 (1.54%) Replication
7 5 (1.10%) Blackberry
7 5 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.10%) LIMS
7 5 (1.10%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.10%) SCADA
8 4 (0.88%) AS400
8 4 (0.88%) iPhone
8 4 (0.88%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.66%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (0.66%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 454 (99.56%) Windows
2 166 (36.40%) Windows Server
3 63 (13.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 54 (11.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 44 (9.65%) Android
6 41 (8.99%) Mac OS
7 36 (7.89%) Apple iOS
8 32 (7.02%) Linux
9 10 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (1.97%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.88%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.66%) VMS
12 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.22%) SUSE
13 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.22%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (38.38%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (28.07%) Customer Service
3 100 (21.93%) ITIL
4 85 (18.64%) Cybersecurity
5 57 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (9.43%) Mobile Device Management
7 41 (8.99%) ITSM
8 27 (5.92%) Service Management
9 26 (5.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (5.70%) Patch Management
10 24 (5.26%) Customer Experience
11 23 (5.04%) User Experience
12 20 (4.39%) Mentoring
13 18 (3.95%) Service Delivery
14 17 (3.73%) Analytics
14 17 (3.73%) Data Loss Prevention
15 16 (3.51%) Customer Acquisition
15 16 (3.51%) Project Delivery
15 16 (3.51%) Software Deployment
15 16 (3.51%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.62%) PowerShell
2 24 (5.26%) SQL
3 17 (3.73%) VB
4 7 (1.54%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.32%) VBScript
6 3 (0.66%) Python
Qualifications
1 90 (19.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 69 (15.13%) Degree
3 33 (7.24%) Security Cleared
4 31 (6.80%) A+ Certification
5 27 (5.92%) SC Cleared
6 23 (5.04%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (5.04%) MCSA
7 20 (4.39%) CCNA
8 16 (3.51%) CTC Cleared
9 14 (3.07%) MCP
10 12 (2.63%) DBS Check
11 10 (2.19%) MCSE
12 9 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.88%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.66%) CCNP
14 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (13.82%) SLA
2 13 (2.85%) GDPR
3 11 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.10%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (1.10%) GxP
7 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 267 (58.55%) Active Directory
2 66 (14.47%) Hyper-V
3 43 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.63%) vSphere
5 8 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.44%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.22%) RHEV
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 110 (24.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (6.14%) SCCM
3 18 (3.95%) WSUS
4 8 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.66%) Autotask
5 3 (0.66%) SCOM
6 2 (0.44%) SCSM
7 1 (0.22%) Ansible
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) Nessus
7 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 371 (81.36%) Microsoft
2 67 (14.69%) Cisco
3 62 (13.60%) VMware
4 51 (11.18%) Apple
5 33 (7.24%) ServiceNow
6 22 (4.82%) Progress
7 17 (3.73%) Meraki
7 17 (3.73%) Veeam
8 16 (3.51%) SonicWALL
9 15 (3.29%) Dell
10 13 (2.85%) HP
10 13 (2.85%) Supermicro
11 10 (2.19%) Google
11 10 (2.19%) Samsung
12 9 (1.97%) iManage
12 9 (1.97%) Sage
13 8 (1.75%) Adobe
13 8 (1.75%) Citrix
14 7 (1.54%) Aruba
14 7 (1.54%) Remedy