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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 208 157
Rank change year-on-year -111 -51 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 410 455 883
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 1.33% 1.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.61% 9.26% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 327 369 632
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - +4.84%
75th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £39,500
90th Percentile £44,350 £42,500 £51,150
UK median annual salary £32,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -1.54% -7.14% -

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 4,762 4,912 7,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.90% 14.36% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,695 3,092 4,768
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,175
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -4.58%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
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 4 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 4 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 -49 116 £30,000 +1.69% 26
Midlands -32 85 £29,625 -7.42% 30
South East -98 72 £32,500 - 41
North West +9 68 £30,000 +3.45% 16
East of England -10 59 £34,000 -2.86% 22
East Midlands -7 52 £29,625 -15.36% 11
Yorkshire -63 41 £30,000 +1.69% 3
South West -98 41 £32,500 +10.17% 13
Scotland +31 35 £28,500 -5.00% 5
West Midlands -50 33 £30,000 -4.76% 19
North East -61 7 £24,000 -22.58% 7
Wales -77 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
1 112 (27.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (24.88%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.68%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.71%) Apache
4 7 (1.71%) nginx
5 4 (0.98%) IIS
6 2 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 80 (19.51%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 356 (86.83%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (22.44%) Azure
3 83 (20.24%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.12%) Mimecast
4 21 (5.12%) OneDrive
5 10 (2.44%) Google Workspace
5 10 (2.44%) SaaS
6 9 (2.20%) AWS
7 6 (1.46%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.98%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.73%) GCP
9 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.49%) IaaS
10 2 (0.49%) PaaS
10 2 (0.49%) ShareGate
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 121 (29.51%) DNS
2 115 (28.05%) DHCP
3 93 (22.68%) Firewall
4 71 (17.32%) VPN
5 68 (16.59%) TCP/IP
6 63 (15.37%) Wi-Fi
7 59 (14.39%) WAN
8 57 (13.90%) LAN
9 43 (10.49%) VLAN
10 38 (9.27%) VoIP
11 29 (7.07%) Wireless
12 14 (3.41%) 4G
12 14 (3.41%) Broadband
13 12 (2.93%) Skype
14 8 (1.95%) Network Security
15 7 (1.71%) Structured Cabling
16 5 (1.22%) NAS
17 2 (0.49%) SAN
17 2 (0.49%) WLAN
18 1 (0.24%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (3.17%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) Carbide.c++
General
1 195 (47.56%) Social Skills
2 25 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (5.37%) Manufacturing
4 21 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (4.39%) Retail
6 13 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.93%) Finance
8 8 (1.95%) Legal
9 7 (1.71%) Law
10 4 (0.98%) Advertising
10 4 (0.98%) Dutch Language
10 4 (0.98%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (0.98%) Spanish Language
11 3 (0.73%) Back Office
11 3 (0.73%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.49%) Automotive
12 2 (0.49%) French Language
12 2 (0.49%) Local Government
12 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 179 (43.66%) IT Support
2 133 (32.44%) IT Engineer
3 129 (31.46%) Support Engineer
4 104 (25.37%) IT Support Engineer
5 78 (19.02%) Analyst
6 57 (13.90%) 2nd Line Support
7 48 (11.71%) Support Analyst
8 47 (11.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 43 (10.49%) Support Technician
10 42 (10.24%) IT Technician
11 36 (8.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 35 (8.54%) IT Analyst
13 32 (7.80%) 1st Line Support
13 32 (7.80%) Desktop Support
13 32 (7.80%) IT Support Technician
14 29 (7.07%) Desktop Engineer
14 29 (7.07%) IT Support Analyst
15 27 (6.59%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 26 (6.34%) Service Analyst
16 26 (6.34%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.22%) .NET
1 5 (1.22%) Web Services
1 5 (1.22%) WinForms
2 3 (0.73%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 3 (0.73%) Terraform
3 2 (0.49%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 88 (21.46%) Driving Licence
2 41 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 25 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.20%) CCTV
5 8 (1.95%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.71%) FMCG
6 7 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.98%) CMDB
7 4 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.73%) EPoS
8 3 (0.73%) Shadow IT
9 2 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.49%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.49%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.49%) Replication
9 2 (0.49%) Social Media
9 2 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.24%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.24%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 408 (99.51%) Windows
2 130 (31.71%) Windows Server
3 50 (12.20%) Android
3 50 (12.20%) Apple iOS
4 22 (5.37%) Mac OS
5 18 (4.39%) Linux
6 14 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.93%) Windows 7
7 12 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.98%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.24%) CentOS
10 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (46.10%) Customer Service
2 126 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (25.37%) ITIL
4 65 (15.85%) ITSM
5 51 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (8.05%) Service Delivery
7 32 (7.80%) Time Management
8 31 (7.56%) Service Management
9 26 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (6.34%) Proactive Monitoring
9 26 (6.34%) User Experience
10 21 (5.12%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (4.63%) Mobile Device Management
11 19 (4.63%) Ticket Management
12 18 (4.39%) Patch Management
13 17 (4.15%) Service Catalogue
14 16 (3.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 15 (3.66%) Software License Management
16 14 (3.41%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (13.41%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.68%) Python
3 9 (2.20%) VBScript
4 7 (1.71%) SQL
4 7 (1.71%) VB
5 5 (1.22%) C#
6 2 (0.49%) Bash
7 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 56 (13.66%) Security Cleared
2 53 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 49 (11.95%) Degree
4 38 (9.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (5.61%) DBS Check
6 22 (5.37%) A+ Certification
7 15 (3.66%) CCNA
7 15 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (2.20%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.73%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.73%) MCSA
14 2 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (12.20%) SLA
2 18 (4.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.20%) QA
5 8 (1.95%) GDPR
6 5 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 257 (62.68%) Active Directory
2 37 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.10%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.39%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.22%) Squid
6 5 (1.22%) Terminal Services
6 5 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.24%) Firmware
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (20.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (12.68%) SCCM
3 8 (1.95%) FortiGate
3 8 (1.95%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.46%) WSUS
5 3 (0.73%) Ansible
6 2 (0.49%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.24%) Autotask
Vendors
1 329 (80.24%) Microsoft
2 49 (11.95%) VMware
3 38 (9.27%) Sophos
4 37 (9.02%) ServiceNow
5 29 (7.07%) Cisco
6 24 (5.85%) Apple
7 18 (4.39%) Logitech
8 17 (4.15%) TOWER Software
9 14 (3.41%) Starlink
10 13 (3.17%) Veeam
11 12 (2.93%) Meraki
12 11 (2.68%) Google
13 10 (2.44%) Citrix
13 10 (2.44%) Freshdesk
14 9 (2.20%) SolarWinds
15 7 (1.71%) SonicWALL
16 6 (1.46%) Dell
16 6 (1.46%) Fortinet
16 6 (1.46%) iManage
16 6 (1.46%) McAfee