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 18 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 157 240
Rank change year-on-year -44 +83 -47
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 1,175 1,391 2,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 2.17% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.53% 12.47% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 793 1,237 2,080
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £35,000 £32,900
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +6.38% +1.23%
75th Percentile £47,250 £48,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £59,750 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% +3.45%

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 10,188 11,156 26,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.25% 17.40% 17.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,078 8,303 14,835
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £27,209
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £89,190
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -

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 18 September 2024.

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 18 September 2024. 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 -40 1,114 £36,500 +4.29% 231
UK excluding London -2 861 £32,500 +3.17% 208
London -93 302 £42,500 +10.39% 57
Work from Home -45 301 £37,500 -6.25% 56
South East -35 229 £35,000 +16.67% 66
Midlands +28 189 £32,500 - 32
North of England -39 180 £31,500 -3.08% 43
South West +13 136 £32,000 -0.78% 26
West Midlands +39 129 £32,500 -0.76% 14
North West -38 81 £31,500 -16.00% 32
Yorkshire +13 80 £30,500 +10.91% 8
East of England -29 76 £42,500 +54.55% 14
East Midlands -9 60 £32,000 +15.32% 18
Scotland -27 39 £30,250 -3.97% 22
North East -15 19 £33,000 +1.54% 3
Northern Ireland +24 9 £105,000 +200.00% 1
Wales +15 4 £34,000 +1.72% 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
1 262 (22.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 195 (16.60%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.36%) Skype for Business
4 9 (0.77%) CMS
5 8 (0.68%) Confluence
6 5 (0.43%) IIS
7 2 (0.17%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.17%) Site Server
8 1 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.085%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.085%) WordPress
Applications
1 338 (28.77%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.17%) Farmplan
4 2 (0.17%) KEYPrime
4 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.085%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 721 (61.36%) Microsoft 365
2 391 (33.28%) Azure
3 217 (18.47%) Entra ID
4 79 (6.72%) OneDrive
5 33 (2.81%) AWS
5 33 (2.81%) Google Workspace
6 31 (2.64%) Mimecast
7 14 (1.19%) IaaS
8 13 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (0.85%) Power Platform
11 9 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (0.77%) PaaS
11 9 (0.77%) SaaS
12 8 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (0.60%) Dropbox
13 7 (0.60%) GCP
14 6 (0.51%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.43%) Datadog
16 4 (0.34%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 269 (22.89%) DNS
2 215 (18.30%) Firewall
3 207 (17.62%) DHCP
4 168 (14.30%) TCP/IP
5 140 (11.91%) VPN
6 134 (11.40%) LAN
7 127 (10.81%) WAN
8 101 (8.60%) Wireless
9 92 (7.83%) Wi-Fi
10 89 (7.57%) VLAN
11 47 (4.00%) SAN
12 44 (3.74%) WLAN
13 42 (3.57%) Internet
14 24 (2.04%) VoIP
15 23 (1.96%) 4G
15 23 (1.96%) FTP
16 20 (1.70%) Remote Desktop
17 19 (1.62%) SMTP
18 18 (1.53%) Skype
18 18 (1.53%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (1.36%) MySQL
4 8 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.34%) UniData
7 3 (0.26%) Metadata
8 2 (0.17%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.17%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.17%) Power BI
9 1 (0.085%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.085%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (1.87%) JIRA
2 15 (1.28%) MSI
3 14 (1.19%) InstallShield
4 12 (1.02%) AdminStudio
5 9 (0.77%) Git
6 7 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.60%) LabVIEW
6 7 (0.60%) Subversion
6 7 (0.60%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.26%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.17%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 470 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 165 (14.04%) Finance
3 95 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.72%) Legal
5 76 (6.47%) Law
6 70 (5.96%) Manufacturing
7 35 (2.98%) Retail
7 35 (2.98%) Telecoms
8 34 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (2.89%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.64%) Banking
10 25 (2.13%) Games
11 24 (2.04%) Back Office
12 22 (1.87%) Automotive
12 22 (1.87%) Marketing
13 15 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.19%) Advertising
14 14 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.11%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 362 (30.81%) Analyst
2 304 (25.87%) IT Support
3 192 (16.34%) Support Engineer
4 182 (15.49%) IT Analyst
5 181 (15.40%) Support Analyst
6 133 (11.32%) IT Engineer
7 127 (10.81%) Service Analyst
8 119 (10.13%) Service Desk Analyst
9 118 (10.04%) IT Support Analyst
10 113 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 98 (8.34%) Senior
12 88 (7.49%) IT Technician
13 83 (7.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 82 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
15 81 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 80 (6.81%) Desktop Engineer
17 69 (5.87%) Support Technician
18 68 (5.79%) Desktop Support
19 58 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
20 56 (4.77%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.77%) ADO
2 8 (0.68%) .NET
3 7 (0.60%) .NET Framework
3 7 (0.60%) Qt
4 5 (0.43%) LDAP
5 4 (0.34%) XMPP
6 3 (0.26%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.26%) Web Services
7 2 (0.17%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.17%) JSON
7 2 (0.17%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.17%) Spring
7 2 (0.17%) TAPI
7 2 (0.17%) X-Windows
8 1 (0.085%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.085%) Classic ASP
8 1 (0.085%) EDI
8 1 (0.085%) Middleware
8 1 (0.085%) RESTEasy
8 1 (0.085%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.81%) Self-Motivation
2 62 (5.28%) Smartphone
3 61 (5.19%) Driving Licence
4 50 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.72%) Video Conferencing
7 31 (2.64%) Replication
8 24 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 24 (2.04%) iPhone
9 18 (1.53%) iPad
10 17 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.19%) CCTV
11 14 (1.19%) Clustering
11 14 (1.19%) Robotics
12 13 (1.11%) Blackberry
13 12 (1.02%) EPoS
14 11 (0.94%) CMDB
14 11 (0.94%) PKI
14 11 (0.94%) Shadow IT
15 9 (0.77%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 1,175 (100.00%) Windows
2 371 (31.57%) Windows Server
3 149 (12.68%) Windows Server 2019
4 138 (11.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 119 (10.13%) Android
6 101 (8.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 100 (8.51%) Apple iOS
8 98 (8.34%) Windows 7
9 86 (7.32%) Linux
10 74 (6.30%) Mac OS
11 35 (2.98%) Windows Server 2008
12 28 (2.38%) Mac OS X
13 24 (2.04%) Ubuntu
14 16 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 13 (1.11%) Windows 8
16 11 (0.94%) Windows NT
17 9 (0.77%) CentOS
18 8 (0.68%) Unix
19 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
20 5 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (30.47%) Customer Service
2 320 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
3 280 (23.83%) ITIL
4 113 (9.62%) ITSM
5 105 (8.94%) Service Management
6 92 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
7 90 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 87 (7.40%) Change Management
9 79 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (6.55%) Time Management
11 76 (6.47%) Service Delivery
12 59 (5.02%) Project Management
13 56 (4.77%) Computer Science
14 54 (4.60%) Asset Management
15 46 (3.91%) Incident Management
15 46 (3.91%) Inventory Management
16 44 (3.74%) Software Deployment
17 41 (3.49%) Patch Management
18 40 (3.40%) Project Delivery
18 40 (3.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 152 (12.94%) PowerShell
2 88 (7.49%) SQL
3 25 (2.13%) VB
4 16 (1.36%) C#
5 14 (1.19%) Bash
6 12 (1.02%) Python
7 8 (0.68%) C
7 8 (0.68%) Java
7 8 (0.68%) VBScript
8 7 (0.60%) C++
9 3 (0.26%) Perl
10 1 (0.085%) Go
10 1 (0.085%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 178 (15.15%) Degree
2 112 (9.53%) Security Cleared
3 104 (8.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.06%) SC Cleared
5 46 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (3.49%) MCP
7 40 (3.40%) DBS Check
8 39 (3.32%) DV Cleared
9 38 (3.23%) MCSE
10 27 (2.30%) A+ Certification
11 26 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 24 (2.04%) HND
14 23 (1.96%) HNC
14 23 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
15 18 (1.53%) CCNA
16 17 (1.45%) Azure Certification
17 13 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
18 12 (1.02%) MCSA
19 10 (0.85%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.49%) SLA
2 33 (2.81%) GDPR
3 31 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.77%) QA
7 7 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.43%) NIST
9 4 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.34%) PMO
10 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.085%) NCSC
System Software
1 725 (61.70%) Active Directory
2 183 (15.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 147 (12.51%) Hyper-V
4 42 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 36 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (1.79%) XenApp
7 20 (1.70%) vSphere
8 16 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (1.36%) XenDesktop
9 14 (1.19%) Firmware
10 12 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.51%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.43%) Docker
13 4 (0.34%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.34%) pfSense
13 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.17%) NFS
Systems Management
1 246 (20.94%) SCCM
2 214 (18.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 59 (5.02%) WSUS
4 35 (2.98%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (1.45%) Terraform
6 14 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (1.19%) vCenter Server
7 13 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.94%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 11 (0.94%) SCDPM
9 9 (0.77%) McAfee ePO
9 9 (0.77%) Sysprep
10 8 (0.68%) SCOM
11 7 (0.60%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.51%) Nessus
13 5 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 4 (0.34%) Ansible
14 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
14 4 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 798 (67.91%) Microsoft
2 251 (21.36%) VMware
3 155 (13.19%) Cisco
4 111 (9.45%) Citrix
5 72 (6.13%) Apple
6 65 (5.53%) Veeam
7 47 (4.00%) ServiceNow
8 46 (3.91%) Dell
9 42 (3.57%) Google
10 29 (2.47%) Bloomberg
10 29 (2.47%) iManage
11 27 (2.30%) Fortinet
11 27 (2.30%) Sophos
12 26 (2.21%) Meraki
13 23 (1.96%) SolarWinds
14 22 (1.87%) Ubiquiti
15 18 (1.53%) McAfee
16 17 (1.45%) HP
17 16 (1.36%) Palo Alto
18 14 (1.19%) Autodesk