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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 212 156
Rank change year-on-year -87 -56 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 421 464 932
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 1.33% 1.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.84% 9.10% 12.25%
Number of salaries quoted 336 373 676
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - +4.84%
75th Percentile £36,000 £37,500 £39,500
90th Percentile £44,500 £42,500 £50,000
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 4,765 5,098 7,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.93% 14.62% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,694 3,240 5,049
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -4.36%
75th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
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 1 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 1 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 -39 123 £30,000 +1.69% 28
Midlands -41 84 £29,625 -7.42% 27
South East -97 73 £32,500 - 38
North West +12 71 £30,000 +3.45% 16
East of England -4 59 £34,000 -2.86% 21
East Midlands +5 50 £29,625 -15.36% 9
Yorkshire -60 45 £30,000 +3.45% 4
South West -97 44 £32,500 +10.17% 15
Scotland +22 35 £28,500 -5.00% 5
West Midlands -46 34 £30,000 -4.76% 18
North East -60 7 £24,000 -22.58% 8
Wales -71 3 - -
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
1 113 (26.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (24.47%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.61%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.66%) Apache
4 7 (1.66%) nginx
5 3 (0.71%) IIS
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 83 (19.71%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 364 (86.46%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (22.57%) Azure
3 85 (20.19%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.23%) OneDrive
5 20 (4.75%) Mimecast
6 11 (2.61%) Google Workspace
7 10 (2.38%) SaaS
8 8 (1.90%) AWS
9 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.95%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.71%) GCP
11 3 (0.71%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.48%) IaaS
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.48%) PaaS
12 2 (0.48%) ShareGate
13 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 122 (28.98%) DNS
2 116 (27.55%) DHCP
3 94 (22.33%) Firewall
4 72 (17.10%) VPN
5 69 (16.39%) TCP/IP
6 67 (15.91%) Wi-Fi
7 60 (14.25%) WAN
8 58 (13.78%) LAN
9 45 (10.69%) VLAN
10 40 (9.50%) VoIP
11 29 (6.89%) Wireless
12 16 (3.80%) Broadband
13 15 (3.56%) 4G
14 12 (2.85%) Skype
15 9 (2.14%) Network Security
16 8 (1.90%) Structured Cabling
17 5 (1.19%) NAS
18 2 (0.48%) SAN
18 2 (0.48%) WLAN
19 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (3.09%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) Carbide.c++
General
1 196 (46.56%) Social Skills
2 25 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (5.23%) Manufacturing
4 21 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (4.28%) Retail
7 13 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.85%) Finance
9 8 (1.90%) Legal
10 7 (1.66%) Law
11 4 (0.95%) Advertising
11 4 (0.95%) Dutch Language
11 4 (0.95%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (0.95%) Spanish Language
12 3 (0.71%) Back Office
12 3 (0.71%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.48%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) French Language
13 2 (0.48%) Local Government
13 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 186 (44.18%) IT Support
2 135 (32.07%) IT Engineer
3 133 (31.59%) Support Engineer
4 107 (25.42%) IT Support Engineer
5 83 (19.71%) Analyst
6 58 (13.78%) 2nd Line Support
7 53 (12.59%) Support Analyst
8 46 (10.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 46 (10.93%) Support Technician
9 44 (10.45%) IT Technician
10 37 (8.79%) IT Analyst
11 36 (8.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 36 (8.55%) Desktop Support
12 34 (8.08%) 1st Line Support
12 34 (8.08%) IT Support Technician
13 31 (7.36%) IT Support Analyst
14 30 (7.13%) Desktop Engineer
15 27 (6.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
16 26 (6.18%) Service Analyst
16 26 (6.18%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.19%) .NET
1 5 (1.19%) Web Services
1 5 (1.19%) WinForms
2 3 (0.71%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 3 (0.71%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 88 (20.90%) Driving Licence
2 42 (9.98%) Onboarding
3 26 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.38%) CCTV
5 8 (1.90%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.66%) FMCG
7 6 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.95%) CMDB
8 4 (0.95%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.71%) EPoS
9 3 (0.71%) Shadow IT
10 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.48%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.48%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.48%) Replication
10 2 (0.48%) Social Media
10 2 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.24%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.24%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 419 (99.52%) Windows
2 131 (31.12%) Windows Server
3 50 (11.88%) Android
4 49 (11.64%) Apple iOS
5 22 (5.23%) Mac OS
6 17 (4.04%) Linux
7 13 (3.09%) Windows 7
7 13 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.95%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.24%) CentOS
10 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (44.89%) Customer Service
2 129 (30.64%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (24.70%) ITIL
4 65 (15.44%) ITSM
5 51 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (8.08%) Service Delivery
7 33 (7.84%) Time Management
8 32 (7.60%) Service Management
9 27 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (6.18%) Proactive Monitoring
11 25 (5.94%) User Experience
12 20 (4.75%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (4.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 19 (4.51%) Mobile Device Management
13 19 (4.51%) Patch Management
13 19 (4.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 19 (4.51%) Ticket Management
14 16 (3.80%) Service Catalogue
14 16 (3.80%) Software License Management
15 14 (3.33%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.83%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.61%) Python
3 9 (2.14%) VBScript
4 7 (1.66%) SQL
4 7 (1.66%) VB
5 5 (1.19%) C#
6 2 (0.48%) Bash
7 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 56 (13.30%) Security Cleared
2 52 (12.35%) Degree
2 52 (12.35%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (5.70%) DBS Check
5 22 (5.23%) A+ Certification
6 15 (3.56%) CCNA
6 15 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.61%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (2.14%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.71%) MCSA
13 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.11%) SLA
2 18 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.14%) QA
4 8 (1.90%) GDPR
5 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 266 (63.18%) Active Directory
2 38 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (5.94%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.75%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.19%) Squid
6 5 (1.19%) Terminal Services
6 5 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.24%) Firmware
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 83 (19.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (13.78%) SCCM
3 9 (2.14%) FortiGate
4 8 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.43%) WSUS
6 3 (0.71%) Ansible
7 2 (0.48%) Autotask
7 2 (0.48%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 336 (79.81%) Microsoft
2 49 (11.64%) VMware
3 38 (9.03%) ServiceNow
4 37 (8.79%) Sophos
5 28 (6.65%) Cisco
6 24 (5.70%) Apple
7 17 (4.04%) Logitech
8 16 (3.80%) TOWER Software
9 15 (3.56%) Starlink
10 13 (3.09%) Veeam
11 12 (2.85%) Google
12 11 (2.61%) Meraki
13 10 (2.38%) Citrix
13 10 (2.38%) Freshdesk
13 10 (2.38%) SolarWinds
14 8 (1.90%) SonicWALL
15 6 (1.43%) Dell
15 6 (1.43%) Fortinet
15 6 (1.43%) iManage
15 6 (1.43%) McAfee