Windows 10 Jobs

Microsoft Windows 10
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows 10 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows 10 over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 145 199
Rank change year-on-year -88 +54 +29
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 675 1,947 1,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 1.98% 1.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.25% 13.79% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 503 1,656 1,534
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £34,432
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.61% +7.60%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £46,188
90th Percentile £66,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -3.23% +8.77%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,583 14,121 16,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.36% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 10,927 11,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 10.

Salary trend for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
England -80 643 £35,000 +7.69% 216
UK excluding London -103 400 £32,500 +8.33% 174
London -35 261 £45,000 +6.96% 56
Work from Home -38 168 £35,000 -7.89% 75
Midlands -3 114 £32,000 +9.40% 21
North of England -46 107 £30,000 - 51
South East -88 105 £33,250 +2.31% 46
West Midlands -13 84 £35,000 +18.64% 13
Yorkshire +26 53 £29,500 -3.28% 17
North West -26 51 £32,500 +8.33% 29
East of England -63 31 £35,000 +16.67% 20
East Midlands +34 30 £31,500 +11.84% 8
South West -25 27 £41,250 +28.91% 28
Scotland +91 8 £35,000 +16.67% 8
Northern Ireland +36 5 £52,500 -50.00% 1
Wales +21 4 £37,500 +38.89% 4
North East +4 3 £37,500 +36.36% 5

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 149 (22.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (17.19%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.33%) IIS
4 3 (0.44%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.30%) Confluence
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 203 (30.07%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.59%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.15%) 1Password
7 1 (0.15%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (1.48%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.89%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.30%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.15%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 510 (75.56%) Microsoft 365
2 250 (37.04%) Azure
3 108 (16.00%) Entra ID
4 45 (6.67%) OneDrive
5 32 (4.74%) AWS
6 30 (4.44%) Google Workspace
7 23 (3.41%) Mimecast
8 18 (2.67%) SaaS
9 15 (2.22%) IaaS
10 14 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.07%) Power Platform
11 9 (1.33%) PaaS
12 8 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (1.19%) Google Docs
13 7 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
15 5 (0.74%) Nutanix
16 3 (0.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 131 (19.41%) Firewall
2 103 (15.26%) DNS
3 89 (13.19%) VoIP
4 85 (12.59%) DHCP
4 85 (12.59%) LAN
4 85 (12.59%) WAN
5 82 (12.15%) VPN
6 76 (11.26%) VLAN
7 74 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
8 43 (6.37%) TCP/IP
9 42 (6.22%) SAN
10 36 (5.33%) Wireless
11 28 (4.15%) Cisco IOS
12 26 (3.85%) WLAN
13 23 (3.41%) PBX
14 22 (3.26%) FTP
14 22 (3.26%) Network Security
15 19 (2.81%) WebEx
16 18 (2.67%) Structured Cabling
17 17 (2.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (1.48%) Power BI
3 6 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (0.89%) DB2
3 6 (0.89%) Metadata
4 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.19%) JIRA
1 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.59%) InstallShield
3 4 (0.59%) WiX
4 3 (0.44%) MSI
5 2 (0.30%) AutoIt
6 1 (0.15%) Git
6 1 (0.15%) Hudson
6 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 272 (40.30%) Social Skills
2 101 (14.96%) Finance
3 81 (12.00%) Law
4 54 (8.00%) Retail
5 52 (7.70%) Legal
6 43 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (5.04%) Telecoms
8 25 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (3.11%) Banking
10 20 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (2.81%) Automotive
11 19 (2.81%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.33%) Back Office
13 8 (1.19%) Front Office
13 8 (1.19%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.04%) Local Government
15 6 (0.89%) Public Sector
16 5 (0.74%) Advertising
17 4 (0.59%) Electronics
17 4 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 218 (32.30%) IT Support
2 187 (27.70%) Analyst
3 135 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 124 (18.37%) Support Analyst
5 107 (15.85%) IT Analyst
6 82 (12.15%) IT Engineer
7 77 (11.41%) IT Support Analyst
8 73 (10.81%) Senior
9 65 (9.63%) 2nd Line Support
10 53 (7.85%) IT Support Engineer
10 53 (7.85%) Support Specialist
11 51 (7.56%) Service Analyst
12 48 (7.11%) Desktop Support
13 45 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 43 (6.37%) Service Desk Analyst
15 42 (6.22%) IT Support Specialist
16 34 (5.04%) IT Technician
17 33 (4.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 31 (4.59%) 1st Line Support
18 31 (4.59%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.74%) .NET
1 5 (0.74%) LDAP
1 5 (0.74%) SOAP
2 4 (0.59%) .NET Framework
2 4 (0.59%) Blazor
2 4 (0.59%) COM
2 4 (0.59%) Entity Framework
2 4 (0.59%) REST
2 4 (0.59%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.15%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.15%) CSS
4 1 (0.15%) React
4 1 (0.15%) RESTful
4 1 (0.15%) SAML
4 1 (0.15%) ServiceStack
4 1 (0.15%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.15%) Universal Windows Platform
4 1 (0.15%) WPF
4 1 (0.15%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 44 (6.52%) CCTV
3 32 (4.74%) Driving Licence
3 32 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.26%) Video Conferencing
5 20 (2.96%) Data Centre
6 19 (2.81%) Smartphone
7 18 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.93%) iPhone
9 9 (1.33%) EPoS
9 9 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.19%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.19%) Replication
11 7 (1.04%) Blackberry
11 7 (1.04%) BYOD
11 7 (1.04%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.89%) CMDB
12 6 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 674 (99.85%) Windows
2 233 (34.52%) Windows Server
3 90 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 73 (10.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 64 (9.48%) Linux
6 60 (8.89%) Android
7 52 (7.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 49 (7.26%) Mac OS
9 48 (7.11%) Apple iOS
10 35 (5.19%) Mac OS X
11 26 (3.85%) Windows 7
12 16 (2.37%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.78%) AIX
14 8 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (1.04%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.30%) VMS
17 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (21.48%) ITIL
3 126 (18.67%) Customer Service
4 81 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 75 (11.11%) ITSM
6 48 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 44 (6.52%) Service Delivery
8 37 (5.48%) Mobile Device Management
9 35 (5.19%) Time Management
10 34 (5.04%) Service Management
11 31 (4.59%) Problem Management
12 30 (4.44%) Incident Management
13 28 (4.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (3.56%) Computer Science
15 23 (3.41%) Change Management
15 23 (3.41%) Migration
15 23 (3.41%) Network Management
16 22 (3.26%) Disaster Recovery
17 20 (2.96%) Project Delivery
17 20 (2.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 102 (15.11%) PowerShell
2 69 (10.22%) SQL
3 25 (3.70%) Python
4 8 (1.19%) T-SQL
5 7 (1.04%) Bash
6 6 (0.89%) C#
7 5 (0.74%) C++
7 5 (0.74%) VB
8 4 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.30%) VBScript
10 1 (0.15%) C
10 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.15%) XAML
Qualifications
1 156 (23.11%) Degree
2 85 (12.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (7.85%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (5.04%) CCNA
5 28 (4.15%) MCSA
6 27 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
7 25 (3.70%) CCNP
8 24 (3.56%) MCSE
9 23 (3.41%) A+ Certification
9 23 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (2.96%) HND
10 20 (2.96%) Security Cleared
11 19 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
12 18 (2.67%) HNC
13 16 (2.37%) SC Cleared
14 14 (2.07%) MCP
15 13 (1.93%) DBS Check
16 10 (1.48%) Azure Certification
17 8 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 7 (1.04%) IBM AIX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (8.89%) SLA
2 15 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.04%) GDPR
5 3 (0.44%) NIST
5 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.30%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.30%) QA
7 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.15%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 476 (70.52%) Active Directory
2 103 (15.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (7.26%) Hyper-V
4 31 (4.59%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (2.07%) vSphere
7 12 (1.78%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (1.33%) BitLocker
9 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.30%) pfSense
11 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.15%) Firmware
12 1 (0.15%) RHEV
12 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 126 (18.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 102 (15.11%) SCCM
3 17 (2.52%) WSUS
4 8 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.89%) SCOM
6 5 (0.74%) Autotask
6 5 (0.74%) Terraform
6 5 (0.74%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.74%) WMI
7 3 (0.44%) Ansible
7 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) cPanel
8 2 (0.30%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 2 (0.30%) SCSM
9 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.15%) DameWare
9 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 493 (73.04%) Microsoft
2 139 (20.59%) VMware
3 123 (18.22%) Cisco
4 84 (12.44%) Apple
5 61 (9.04%) Citrix
6 57 (8.44%) ServiceNow
7 49 (7.26%) Veeam
8 42 (6.22%) Meraki
9 32 (4.74%) Google
10 25 (3.70%) Dell
10 25 (3.70%) HP
10 25 (3.70%) iManage
11 20 (2.96%) Fortinet
12 17 (2.52%) Ubiquiti
13 16 (2.37%) Remedy
14 12 (1.78%) Adobe
15 11 (1.63%) Mitel
15 11 (1.63%) Palo Alto
15 11 (1.63%) Sophos
16 10 (1.48%) SolarWinds