Microsoft Windows 10
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 10 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 10 over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 135 193 176
Rank change year-on-year +58 -17 -21
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 1,331 2,452 2,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.55% 2.01% 2.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.70% 12.06% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,136 2,016 2,360
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £31,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year -1.61% +6.90% -3.33%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 10 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,056 20,329 22,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.32% 16.63% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,010 13,652 16,244
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 10 December 2023.

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 10 December 2023. 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 +65 1,266 £35,000 - 433
UK excluding London +28 735 £30,500 -1.61% 354
London +85 586 £40,000 - 87
Work from Home +40 371 £38,273 +2.06% 105
South East +53 254 £30,000 -3.23% 114
North of England +40 180 £30,500 +2.95% 89
Midlands +2 97 £32,500 -7.24% 62
North West +23 92 £32,500 +8.33% 44
South West +24 83 £30,750 +4.24% 43
West Midlands +42 80 £32,500 -13.33% 36
Yorkshire +56 79 £28,000 -3.45% 39
East of England +78 61 £27,000 -0.92% 28
Scotland -13 29 £28,000 -13.85% 17
Wales +17 21 £37,000 -12.94% 1
East Midlands -11 15 £32,500 -4.41% 26
Northern Ireland +37 11 £46,000 +58.62% 9
North East +40 10 £32,500 +38.30% 8

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
1 186 (13.97%) SharePoint
2 166 (12.47%) MS Exchange
3 22 (1.65%) IIS
4 7 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (0.38%) Apache
5 5 (0.38%) nginx
6 4 (0.30%) CMS
6 4 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.30%) MQSeries
6 4 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.23%) Confluence
7 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.075%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.075%) Exchange Server 2000
8 1 (0.075%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.075%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.075%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 339 (25.47%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.60%) InCopy
5 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.53%) InDesign
5 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.45%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.15%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.075%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
5 4 (0.30%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.15%) Salerio
8 1 (0.075%) Eikon
8 1 (0.075%) Endur
8 1 (0.075%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.075%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 1,028 (77.24%) Microsoft 365
2 434 (32.61%) Azure
3 196 (14.73%) Entra ID
4 70 (5.26%) OneDrive
5 66 (4.96%) AWS
6 43 (3.23%) Mimecast
7 34 (2.55%) IaaS
8 32 (2.40%) PaaS
9 29 (2.18%) SaaS
10 25 (1.88%) WhatsApp
11 22 (1.65%) Power Platform
12 21 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (0.98%) Power Automate
14 12 (0.90%) Google Workspace
15 10 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (0.75%) Azure AKS
15 10 (0.75%) GitHub
15 10 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.68%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 265 (19.91%) DNS
2 255 (19.16%) WAN
3 232 (17.43%) DHCP
4 206 (15.48%) Firewall
5 177 (13.30%) Wireless
6 161 (12.10%) LAN
7 137 (10.29%) TCP/IP
8 126 (9.47%) Cisco IOS
9 125 (9.39%) VPN
10 114 (8.56%) WebEx
11 109 (8.19%) SD-WAN
12 89 (6.69%) VLAN
13 72 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
14 41 (3.08%) Remote Desktop
15 39 (2.93%) VoIP
16 35 (2.63%) SAN
17 30 (2.25%) Broadband
18 27 (2.03%) ADSL
19 22 (1.65%) Internet
20 20 (1.50%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.11%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.98%) Power BI
3 12 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.53%) MySQL
6 5 (0.38%) InfluxDB
7 4 (0.30%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.23%) GIS
8 3 (0.23%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.075%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.075%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.075%) Metadata
10 1 (0.075%) Power Query
10 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (1.35%) MSI
2 17 (1.28%) JIRA
3 15 (1.13%) AdminStudio
3 15 (1.13%) InstallShield
4 11 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
5 10 (0.75%) Git
6 8 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.38%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.38%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
General
1 512 (38.47%) Social Skills
2 177 (13.30%) Finance
3 106 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
5 86 (6.46%) Law
5 86 (6.46%) Legal
6 60 (4.51%) Banking
7 56 (4.21%) Telecoms
8 25 (1.88%) Retail
9 22 (1.65%) Public Sector
10 20 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.05%) Financial Institution
13 13 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (0.98%) Marketing
14 11 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (0.75%) Local Government
16 9 (0.68%) Investment Banking
17 8 (0.60%) Advertising
17 8 (0.60%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 387 (29.08%) IT Support
2 345 (25.92%) Support Engineer
3 308 (23.14%) Analyst
4 185 (13.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 184 (13.82%) Support Analyst
6 174 (13.07%) IT Engineer
7 156 (11.72%) IT Analyst
8 133 (9.99%) Service Analyst
9 130 (9.77%) Support Specialist
10 126 (9.47%) Service Desk Analyst
11 120 (9.02%) Senior
12 118 (8.87%) Desktop Support
12 118 (8.87%) IT Support Analyst
13 115 (8.64%) IT Support Engineer
14 111 (8.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 105 (7.89%) IT Support Specialist
16 92 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 88 (6.61%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 73 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
19 69 (5.18%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.13%) SAML
2 9 (0.68%) MFC
3 5 (0.38%) .NET
3 5 (0.38%) JSON
3 5 (0.38%) Kafka
3 5 (0.38%) LAPP Stack
4 4 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (0.30%) Hibernate
4 4 (0.30%) Middleware
4 4 (0.30%) Spring
5 3 (0.23%) Web Services
6 2 (0.15%) Node.js
6 2 (0.15%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.15%) REST
6 2 (0.15%) RESTful
6 2 (0.15%) WSH
6 2 (0.15%) XML
6 2 (0.15%) XMPP
7 1 (0.075%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.075%) React
Miscellaneous
1 136 (10.22%) Video Conferencing
2 102 (7.66%) Wiki
3 70 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (3.38%) Smartphone
5 40 (3.01%) Driving Licence
6 37 (2.78%) iPhone
7 34 (2.55%) Replication
8 31 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 28 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 23 (1.73%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.28%) CMDB
12 15 (1.13%) Shadow IT
13 14 (1.05%) Hedge funds
14 11 (0.83%) CCTV
15 9 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.68%) iPad
16 8 (0.60%) Blackberry
17 7 (0.53%) BYOD
17 7 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
17 7 (0.53%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1,328 (99.77%) Windows
2 381 (28.63%) Windows Server
3 198 (14.88%) Android
4 195 (14.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 169 (12.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 148 (11.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 138 (10.37%) Windows 7
8 102 (7.66%) Apple iOS
9 61 (4.58%) Linux
9 61 (4.58%) Windows 8
10 58 (4.36%) Mac OS
11 37 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
12 33 (2.48%) Mac OS X
13 18 (1.35%) Windows NT
14 16 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
15 14 (1.05%) CentOS
16 10 (0.75%) Windows Mobile
17 9 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 8 (0.60%) Windows XP
19 7 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (28.63%) Customer Service
2 366 (27.50%) ITIL
3 282 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
4 155 (11.65%) Mobile Device Management
5 145 (10.89%) ITSM
6 140 (10.52%) Computer Science
7 137 (10.29%) Service Management
8 126 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 117 (8.79%) Business Continuity
10 106 (7.96%) Application Virtualisation
11 103 (7.74%) Contract Negotiation
12 102 (7.66%) BCP
12 102 (7.66%) Business Continuity Planning
13 82 (6.16%) Service Delivery
14 71 (5.33%) Cybersecurity
15 65 (4.88%) Incident Management
16 59 (4.43%) Project Management
17 57 (4.28%) Agile
18 54 (4.06%) Change Management
19 53 (3.98%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 185 (13.90%) PowerShell
2 84 (6.31%) SQL
3 32 (2.40%) Bash
4 25 (1.88%) Python
5 22 (1.65%) C#
6 21 (1.58%) VB
7 10 (0.75%) Perl
8 9 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.53%) Java
10 5 (0.38%) PHP
11 4 (0.30%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.30%) VBScript
12 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.15%) Go
14 1 (0.075%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.075%) R
14 1 (0.075%) Ruby
14 1 (0.075%) VBA
Qualifications
1 287 (21.56%) Degree
2 133 (9.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 117 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 103 (7.74%) Master's Degree
5 100 (7.51%) Security Cleared
6 70 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 62 (4.66%) DV Cleared
8 47 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
9 45 (3.38%) CCNA
10 37 (2.78%) MCITP
11 32 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
12 30 (2.25%) Azure Certification
13 26 (1.95%) MCP
14 25 (1.88%) Network+ Certification
15 17 (1.28%) MCSA
16 14 (1.05%) MCSE
17 13 (0.98%) A+ Certification
18 11 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 8 (0.60%) CCNP
20 7 (0.53%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.12%) SLA
2 28 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.35%) GDPR
5 10 (0.75%) QA
6 6 (0.45%) NIST
7 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.23%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.15%) WCAG
10 1 (0.075%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.075%) DICOM
10 1 (0.075%) HL7
10 1 (0.075%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 975 (73.25%) Active Directory
2 239 (17.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 152 (11.42%) VMware ESXi
4 141 (10.59%) Hyper-V
5 127 (9.54%) XenApp
6 119 (8.94%) Microsoft App-V
7 112 (8.41%) XenDesktop
8 48 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
9 36 (2.70%) vSphere
10 28 (2.10%) Firmware
11 16 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
12 13 (0.98%) vCloud
13 10 (0.75%) BitLocker
14 9 (0.68%) VirtualBox
15 8 (0.60%) VMware NSX
16 7 (0.53%) Docker
17 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 6 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
18 4 (0.30%) Terminal Services
18 4 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 408 (30.65%) SCCM
2 226 (16.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 95 (7.14%) AirWatch
4 49 (3.68%) WSUS
5 32 (2.40%) SCOM
6 26 (1.95%) Terraform
7 24 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
8 16 (1.20%) ServiceCenter
8 16 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (1.13%) Grafana
9 15 (1.13%) Sysprep
10 14 (1.05%) Ansible
11 12 (0.90%) Kubernetes
11 12 (0.90%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.83%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.83%) Nessus
13 9 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.68%) PaperCut
14 8 (0.60%) Backup Exec
14 8 (0.60%) SCSM
Vendors
1 906 (68.07%) Microsoft
2 336 (25.24%) VMware
3 265 (19.91%) Cisco
4 248 (18.63%) Citrix
5 101 (7.59%) Apple
6 87 (6.54%) ServiceNow
7 66 (4.96%) HP
8 51 (3.83%) Dell
9 46 (3.46%) Sophos
10 37 (2.78%) Meraki
10 37 (2.78%) Veeam
11 33 (2.48%) Bloomberg
12 31 (2.33%) iManage
13 27 (2.03%) Adobe
13 27 (2.03%) SolarWinds
14 22 (1.65%) N-able
15 21 (1.58%) Fortinet
15 21 (1.58%) Ivanti
15 21 (1.58%) MobileIron
16 20 (1.50%) Google