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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 217 158
Rank change year-on-year -95 -59 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 417 454 849
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 1.31% 1.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.64% 9.27% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 333 371 566
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,625 £28,312
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -1.52% +6.45%
75th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £32,000 £32,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -1.54% -9.72% +2.86%

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 4,826 4,897 7,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.86% 14.18% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,749 3,063 4,408
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -3.39%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £74,326
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 9 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 9 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 -55 115 £30,000 +1.69% 23
Midlands -38 89 £29,625 -7.42% 30
South East -79 75 £34,000 +4.62% 44
North West +12 67 £30,000 +3.45% 13
East of England -21 60 £34,000 -2.86% 20
East Midlands -4 54 £29,625 -15.36% 12
Yorkshire -67 41 £30,000 +1.69% 3
South West -100 39 £32,500 +10.17% 8
Scotland +33 36 £28,500 -5.00% 4
West Midlands -55 35 £30,000 -4.76% 18
North East -63 7 £24,000 -22.58% 7
Wales -76 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 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
2 105 (25.18%) 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 80 (19.18%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.68%) 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 91 (21.82%) Azure
3 84 (20.14%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.00%) OneDrive
5 21 (5.04%) Mimecast
6 10 (2.40%) Google Workspace
6 10 (2.40%) SaaS
7 9 (2.16%) AWS
8 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.96%) GCP
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.96%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.72%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.72%) ShareGate
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.48%) IaaS
11 2 (0.48%) PaaS
12 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 126 (30.22%) DNS
2 120 (28.78%) DHCP
3 94 (22.54%) Firewall
4 73 (17.51%) VPN
5 70 (16.79%) TCP/IP
6 66 (15.83%) Wi-Fi
7 59 (14.15%) WAN
8 56 (13.43%) LAN
9 42 (10.07%) VLAN
10 40 (9.59%) VoIP
11 29 (6.95%) Wireless
12 14 (3.36%) 4G
12 14 (3.36%) Broadband
13 12 (2.88%) Skype
14 8 (1.92%) Network Security
15 7 (1.68%) Structured Cabling
16 5 (1.20%) NAS
17 3 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
17 3 (0.72%) WLAN
18 2 (0.48%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.96%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (3.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) Carbide.c++
General
1 201 (48.20%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (5.52%) Manufacturing
4 21 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (4.56%) Retail
6 18 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.88%) Finance
9 8 (1.92%) Legal
10 7 (1.68%) Law
11 5 (1.20%) Advertising
12 4 (0.96%) Dutch Language
12 4 (0.96%) Portuguese Language
12 4 (0.96%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.72%) Automotive
13 3 (0.72%) Back Office
13 3 (0.72%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.48%) French Language
Job Titles
1 183 (43.88%) IT Support
2 137 (32.85%) IT Engineer
3 133 (31.89%) Support Engineer
4 107 (25.66%) IT Support Engineer
5 79 (18.94%) Analyst
6 59 (14.15%) 2nd Line Support
7 49 (11.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 48 (11.51%) Support Analyst
9 44 (10.55%) Support Technician
10 42 (10.07%) IT Technician
11 38 (9.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 37 (8.87%) IT Analyst
13 34 (8.15%) 1st Line Support
14 32 (7.67%) IT Support Technician
15 31 (7.43%) Desktop Support
16 30 (7.19%) IT Support Analyst
17 29 (6.95%) Desktop Engineer
18 27 (6.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
19 26 (6.24%) Service Analyst
19 26 (6.24%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.20%) .NET
1 5 (1.20%) Web Services
1 5 (1.20%) WinForms
2 3 (0.72%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.72%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 91 (21.82%) Driving Licence
2 41 (9.83%) Onboarding
3 26 (6.24%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.16%) CCTV
4 9 (2.16%) Smartphone
5 8 (1.92%) FMCG
6 7 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.96%) CMDB
7 4 (0.96%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.72%) EPoS
8 3 (0.72%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.72%) Shadow IT
9 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.48%) Replication
9 2 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.24%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.24%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.24%) iPhone
10 1 (0.24%) Social Media
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 415 (99.52%) Windows
2 133 (31.89%) Windows Server
3 52 (12.47%) Android
4 50 (11.99%) Apple iOS
5 21 (5.04%) Mac OS
6 19 (4.56%) Linux
7 14 (3.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.88%) Windows 7
8 12 (2.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.16%) 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
2 127 (30.46%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (24.94%) ITIL
4 68 (16.31%) ITSM
5 50 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (8.15%) Service Management
7 33 (7.91%) Service Delivery
8 31 (7.43%) Time Management
9 27 (6.47%) User Experience
10 26 (6.24%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (6.24%) Proactive Monitoring
11 24 (5.76%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (4.80%) Mobile Device Management
12 20 (4.80%) Patch Management
13 19 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 19 (4.56%) Ticket Management
14 17 (4.08%) Service Catalogue
15 16 (3.84%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 15 (3.60%) Software License Management
17 14 (3.36%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 56 (13.43%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.64%) Python
3 9 (2.16%) VBScript
4 7 (1.68%) SQL
4 7 (1.68%) VB
5 5 (1.20%) C#
6 2 (0.48%) Bash
6 2 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 56 (13.43%) Security Cleared
2 53 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 50 (11.99%) Degree
4 39 (9.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (6.47%) A+ Certification
6 22 (5.28%) DBS Check
7 15 (3.60%) CCNA
7 15 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (3.12%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.96%) 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%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.23%) SLA
2 17 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.16%) QA
4 8 (1.92%) GDPR
5 5 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 262 (62.83%) Active Directory
2 38 (9.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.00%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.56%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.20%) Squid
7 5 (1.20%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.48%) vSphere
10 1 (0.24%) Firmware
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 82 (19.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (12.71%) SCCM
3 8 (1.92%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.44%) WSUS
6 3 (0.72%) Ansible
7 2 (0.48%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.24%) Autotask
Vendors
1 334 (80.10%) Microsoft
2 52 (12.47%) VMware
3 40 (9.59%) Sophos
4 37 (8.87%) ServiceNow
5 33 (7.91%) Cisco
6 24 (5.76%) Apple
7 18 (4.32%) Logitech
8 17 (4.08%) TOWER Software
9 14 (3.36%) Starlink
10 13 (3.12%) Meraki
11 12 (2.88%) Google
11 12 (2.88%) Veeam
12 10 (2.40%) Citrix
12 10 (2.40%) Freshdesk
13 9 (2.16%) SolarWinds
14 7 (1.68%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.68%) SonicWALL
15 6 (1.44%) Dell
15 6 (1.44%) iManage
15 6 (1.44%) McAfee