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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 217 160
Rank change year-on-year -93 -57 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 417 440 851
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.50% 1.28% 1.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.64% 9.27% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 327 359 544
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £28,498
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -1.52% +6.45%
75th Percentile £37,250 £37,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £32,000 £32,500 £36,315
% change year-on-year -1.54% -10.51% +3.76%

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 4,827 4,749 7,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.77% 13.82% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,711 2,935 4,323
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -3.23%
75th Percentile £61,250 £51,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -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 16 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 16 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 -49 118 £30,000 +1.69% 28
Midlands -19 88 £29,625 -7.42% 35
South East -98 75 £35,000 +7.69% 47
North West +10 69 £30,000 +3.45% 19
East of England -22 58 £34,000 -2.86% 21
East Midlands -3 53 £29,625 -15.36% 18
Yorkshire -47 41 £30,000 +1.69% 4
Scotland +33 37 £28,500 -5.00% 10
South West -99 37 £32,500 +10.17% 15
West Midlands -58 35 £30,000 -4.76% 17
North East -60 8 £24,000 -22.58% 5
Wales -82 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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
1 116 (27.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (24.70%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.64%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.68%) Apache
4 7 (1.68%) nginx
5 4 (0.96%) IIS
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 77 (18.47%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 362 (86.81%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (21.58%) Azure
3 88 (21.10%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.00%) OneDrive
5 21 (5.04%) Mimecast
6 11 (2.64%) AWS
7 10 (2.40%) Google Workspace
8 9 (2.16%) SaaS
9 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.96%) GCP
11 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.96%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.96%) ShareGate
12 3 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.72%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.48%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.24%) IaaS
14 1 (0.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 132 (31.65%) DNS
2 126 (30.22%) DHCP
3 94 (22.54%) Firewall
4 73 (17.51%) VPN
5 71 (17.03%) TCP/IP
6 68 (16.31%) Wi-Fi
7 57 (13.67%) WAN
8 54 (12.95%) LAN
9 41 (9.83%) VoIP
10 39 (9.35%) VLAN
11 30 (7.19%) Wireless
12 13 (3.12%) 4G
12 13 (3.12%) Broadband
13 12 (2.88%) Skype
14 7 (1.68%) Network Security
15 6 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
16 5 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
16 5 (1.20%) NAS
17 4 (0.96%) WLAN
18 2 (0.48%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.60%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) Carbide.c++
General
1 208 (49.88%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (5.76%) Manufacturing
4 21 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (4.56%) Retail
6 13 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.64%) Finance
8 7 (1.68%) Law
9 6 (1.44%) Advertising
9 6 (1.44%) Legal
10 5 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.96%) Automotive
11 4 (0.96%) Dutch Language
11 4 (0.96%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (0.96%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.96%) Spanish Language
11 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.72%) Back Office
13 2 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 183 (43.88%) IT Support
2 140 (33.57%) IT Engineer
3 136 (32.61%) Support Engineer
4 109 (26.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 76 (18.23%) Analyst
6 61 (14.63%) 2nd Line Support
7 51 (12.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 46 (11.03%) Support Analyst
9 45 (10.79%) Support Technician
10 41 (9.83%) IT Technician
11 40 (9.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 36 (8.63%) IT Analyst
13 33 (7.91%) 1st Line Support
13 33 (7.91%) IT Support Technician
14 30 (7.19%) Desktop Engineer
14 30 (7.19%) Desktop Support
15 28 (6.71%) IT Support Analyst
16 27 (6.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 25 (6.00%) Service Analyst
17 25 (6.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.44%) .NET
1 6 (1.44%) WinForms
2 5 (1.20%) Web Services
3 4 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.72%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 92 (22.06%) Driving Licence
2 41 (9.83%) Onboarding
3 24 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.16%) FMCG
4 9 (2.16%) Smartphone
5 8 (1.92%) CCTV
6 6 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.96%) CMDB
7 4 (0.96%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.72%) EPoS
8 3 (0.72%) Shadow IT
9 2 (0.48%) CSOC
9 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.48%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.48%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.48%) Replication
9 2 (0.48%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 415 (99.52%) Windows
2 140 (33.57%) Windows Server
3 53 (12.71%) Android
4 50 (11.99%) Apple iOS
5 23 (5.52%) Linux
6 19 (4.56%) Mac OS
7 14 (3.36%) Windows 7
7 14 (3.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.96%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.24%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (46.04%) Customer Service
2 128 (30.70%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (24.94%) ITIL
4 67 (16.07%) ITSM
5 51 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (8.39%) Service Management
7 33 (7.91%) Service Delivery
8 30 (7.19%) Time Management
8 30 (7.19%) User Experience
9 29 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (6.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (6.00%) Proactive Monitoring
12 21 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 21 (5.04%) Mobile Device Management
13 19 (4.56%) Patch Management
13 19 (4.56%) Ticket Management
14 17 (4.08%) Service Catalogue
15 16 (3.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 16 (3.84%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 15 (3.60%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.64%) Python
3 9 (2.16%) VBScript
4 7 (1.68%) SQL
4 7 (1.68%) VB
5 6 (1.44%) C#
6 2 (0.48%) Bash
6 2 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 53 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.23%) Degree
4 42 (10.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (7.19%) A+ Certification
6 22 (5.28%) DBS Check
7 16 (3.84%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (3.60%) CCNA
8 15 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (1.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 7 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.71%) SLA
2 17 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.16%) QA
5 7 (1.68%) GDPR
6 5 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 263 (63.07%) Active Directory
2 41 (9.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.76%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.80%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.20%) Squid
7 5 (1.20%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.72%) vSphere
9 2 (0.48%) UAG
10 1 (0.24%) Firmware
10 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 84 (20.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (12.95%) SCCM
3 6 (1.44%) FortiGate
3 6 (1.44%) WSUS
4 5 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.72%) Ansible
6 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.48%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.24%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 334 (80.10%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.67%) VMware
3 40 (9.59%) Sophos
4 37 (8.87%) ServiceNow
5 36 (8.63%) Cisco
6 25 (6.00%) Apple
7 17 (4.08%) Logitech
7 17 (4.08%) TOWER Software
8 14 (3.36%) Google
9 13 (3.12%) Meraki
9 13 (3.12%) Starlink
9 13 (3.12%) Veeam
10 10 (2.40%) Freshdesk
10 10 (2.40%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.16%) Citrix
11 9 (2.16%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.44%) Dell
12 6 (1.44%) McAfee
12 6 (1.44%) SonicWALL
13 5 (1.20%) iManage