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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 180 146
Rank change year-on-year -30 -34 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 398 550 801
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.92% 1.54% 2.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.89% 9.98% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 301 317 729
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,216
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.00% +0.81%
75th Percentile £37,250 £41,934 £42,750
90th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £55,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +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 3,346 5,509 5,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.76% 15.40% 15.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 2,903 4,826
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +9 109 £30,000 -7.69% 37
South East +29 88 £33,500 -10.67% 47
South West 0 77 £32,000 -3.03% 14
North West +4 67 £29,750 -8.81% 21
Midlands -72 48 £31,500 -10.00% 19
East of England +24 45 £32,500 - 26
Yorkshire +1 37 £32,500 +8.33% 13
Scotland +9 28 £35,000 -8.77% 5
East Midlands -43 24 £30,000 +9.09% 10
West Midlands -44 24 £31,500 -10.00% 9
North East +3 5 £31,000 -22.50% 3
Wales +1 3 - - 7
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 98 (24.62%) SharePoint
2 93 (23.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.01%) IIS
4 7 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.26%) WordPress
6 2 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 121 (30.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 330 (82.91%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (34.92%) Azure
3 138 (34.67%) Entra ID
4 33 (8.29%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.27%) Google Workspace
6 11 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.01%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.76%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.51%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.26%) AWS
11 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.01%) Google Docs
12 4 (1.01%) Google Sheets
13 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 136 (34.17%) DNS
2 131 (32.91%) DHCP
3 87 (21.86%) VPN
4 80 (20.10%) TCP/IP
5 77 (19.35%) Firewall
6 59 (14.82%) VLAN
7 51 (12.81%) Wi-Fi
8 36 (9.05%) VoIP
8 36 (9.05%) WAN
9 34 (8.54%) LAN
10 13 (3.27%) Internet
11 12 (3.02%) Wireless
12 8 (2.01%) Kerberos
13 6 (1.51%) PBX
13 6 (1.51%) WLAN
14 5 (1.26%) IP Telephony
14 5 (1.26%) SAN
14 5 (1.26%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.26%) Unified Communications
15 3 (0.75%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.76%) Power BI
2 3 (0.75%) Data Mining
2 3 (0.75%) Metadata
2 3 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.50%) MySQL
4 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (1.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 251 (63.07%) Social Skills
2 44 (11.06%) Back Office
3 22 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (5.03%) Law
5 19 (4.77%) Finance
6 13 (3.27%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.26%) Legal
7 9 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.01%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.26%) Advertising
10 5 (1.26%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.01%) German Language
12 3 (0.75%) Marketing
12 3 (0.75%) Retail
13 1 (0.25%) Automotive
13 1 (0.25%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 186 (46.73%) IT Support
2 141 (35.43%) Support Engineer
3 87 (21.86%) 2nd Line Support
4 76 (19.10%) IT Engineer
5 65 (16.33%) Analyst
6 62 (15.58%) IT Support Engineer
7 59 (14.82%) Desktop Engineer
7 59 (14.82%) Desktop Support
8 58 (14.57%) Support Technician
9 53 (13.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 49 (12.31%) Support Analyst
11 48 (12.06%) IT Technician
12 44 (11.06%) IT Support Technician
13 41 (10.30%) Site Engineer
14 39 (9.80%) IT Analyst
15 34 (8.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 32 (8.04%) IT Support Analyst
17 30 (7.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 27 (6.78%) 1st Line Support
19 21 (5.28%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.26%) LDAP
2 7 (1.76%) .NET
3 5 (1.26%) HTML
3 5 (1.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 56 (14.07%) Driving Licence
2 55 (13.82%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.76%) iPad
5 8 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.01%) PKI
6 7 (1.76%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.51%) e-Learning
7 6 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.26%) Clustering
9 4 (1.01%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.01%) LIMS
9 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (1.01%) SCADA
10 3 (0.75%) iPhone
10 3 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.50%) CCTV
11 2 (0.50%) CMDB
11 2 (0.50%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 398 (100.00%) Windows
2 119 (29.90%) Windows Server
3 38 (9.55%) Mac OS
4 37 (9.30%) Apple iOS
5 28 (7.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 24 (6.03%) Android
7 21 (5.28%) Linux
8 20 (5.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (3.77%) Windows 7
10 10 (2.51%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.75%) Debian
12 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.25%) AIX
13 1 (0.25%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (40.95%) Customer Service
2 122 (30.65%) ITIL
3 121 (30.40%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (21.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (18.34%) Cybersecurity
6 69 (17.34%) Patch Management
7 66 (16.58%) ITSM
8 56 (14.07%) Software Deployment
9 46 (11.56%) Customer Experience
9 46 (11.56%) Ticket Management
10 44 (11.06%) Analytics
10 44 (11.06%) Customer Acquisition
11 41 (10.30%) Service Delivery
12 30 (7.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 29 (7.29%) Asset Management
13 29 (7.29%) Service Management
14 27 (6.78%) Mobile Device Management
15 24 (6.03%) People Management
16 20 (5.03%) Mentoring
16 20 (5.03%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 44 (11.06%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.77%) SQL
3 13 (3.27%) VBScript
4 8 (2.01%) VB
5 7 (1.76%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 74 (18.59%) Degree
2 62 (15.58%) Security Cleared
3 56 (14.07%) SC Cleared
4 44 (11.06%) CTC Cleared
5 42 (10.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (7.79%) A+ Certification
7 23 (5.78%) MCP
8 13 (3.27%) MCSA
9 10 (2.51%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.51%) CCNA
9 10 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (2.26%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.76%) HND
11 7 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.51%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.01%) HNC
13 4 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (22.86%) SLA
2 23 (5.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.76%) GDPR
6 4 (1.01%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (1.01%) GxP
7 3 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 259 (65.08%) Active Directory
2 56 (14.07%) Hyper-V
3 44 (11.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.51%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.01%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.75%) vSphere
7 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 117 (29.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (14.07%) SCCM
3 13 (3.27%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (2.01%) WSUS
5 4 (1.01%) Autotask
5 4 (1.01%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.50%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.50%) Plesk
6 2 (0.50%) SCOM
6 2 (0.50%) SCSM
7 1 (0.25%) Nagios
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 293 (73.62%) Microsoft
2 70 (17.59%) Cisco
3 49 (12.31%) VMware
4 36 (9.05%) ServiceNow
5 32 (8.04%) Apple
6 17 (4.27%) Google
7 13 (3.27%) Citrix
8 11 (2.76%) Freshdesk
8 11 (2.76%) Meraki
9 10 (2.51%) HP
9 10 (2.51%) Veeam
10 9 (2.26%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.01%) Sophos
12 7 (1.76%) Datto
12 7 (1.76%) Dell
13 5 (1.26%) Mitel
13 5 (1.26%) Remedy
13 5 (1.26%) SonicWALL
13 5 (1.26%) Supermicro
14 4 (1.01%) ESET