Hybrid/Remote Windows 10 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Windows 10 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 282 218
Rank change year-on-year -74 -64 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 93 152 353
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.92% 1.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.92% 7.34% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 74 102 311
10th Percentile £26,650 £26,170 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,813 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,250 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% -12.50% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,563 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £73,125 £57,500 £57,600
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.94% -0.53%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,572 2,072 3,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.95% 12.57% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 1,205 2,359
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,250 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -8.57%

Windows 10
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows 10 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows 10 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Windows 10
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows 10.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows 10

Windows 10
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Windows 10 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Windows 10
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 34 (36.56%) SharePoint
2 28 (30.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (8.60%) Apache
3 8 (8.60%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.08%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 78 (83.87%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (50.54%) Azure
3 31 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 14 (15.05%) OneDrive
5 9 (9.68%) AWS
5 9 (9.68%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.23%) Dropbox
6 3 (3.23%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.08%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.08%) SaaS
8 1 (1.08%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 37 (39.78%) DNS
2 31 (33.33%) DHCP
3 22 (23.66%) TCP/IP
4 18 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (18.28%) VPN
6 16 (17.20%) Firewall
7 11 (11.83%) VoIP
8 6 (6.45%) LAN
8 6 (6.45%) WAN
9 3 (3.23%) Internet
9 3 (3.23%) NAS
10 2 (2.15%) VLAN
11 1 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (1.08%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (1.08%) IP Telephony
11 1 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (3.23%) Power BI
1 3 (3.23%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 46 (49.46%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.83%) Finance
3 9 (9.68%) Manufacturing
3 9 (9.68%) Retail
4 8 (8.60%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Law
6 4 (4.30%) Legal
7 3 (3.23%) Back Office
7 3 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.15%) Games
8 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.08%) Advertising
9 1 (1.08%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.08%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 56 (60.22%) IT Support
2 38 (40.86%) Support Engineer
3 33 (35.48%) IT Engineer
3 33 (35.48%) IT Support Engineer
4 20 (21.51%) Analyst
5 15 (16.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 15 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support
5 15 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 11 (11.83%) IT Analyst
6 11 (11.83%) Support Analyst
7 9 (9.68%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (8.60%) IT Support Technician
8 8 (8.60%) IT Technician
8 8 (8.60%) NOC Manager
8 8 (8.60%) Operations Manager
8 8 (8.60%) Support Technician
9 6 (6.45%) Service Analyst
9 6 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
10 5 (5.38%) 1st Line Support
10 5 (5.38%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.45%) Web Services
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.43%) Driving Licence
2 17 (18.28%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.23%) CCTV
4 2 (2.15%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.15%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.15%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.08%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.08%) Handset
5 1 (1.08%) iPad
5 1 (1.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 93 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (36.56%) Windows Server
3 10 (10.75%) Android
4 9 (9.68%) Linux
4 9 (9.68%) Mac OS
5 7 (7.53%) Apple iOS
6 6 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (5.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (4.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.08%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.08%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (44.09%) Customer Service
2 39 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (30.11%) ITIL
4 21 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (11.83%) ITSM
5 11 (11.83%) Mobile Device Management
5 11 (11.83%) Software Deployment
6 8 (8.60%) Application Packaging
6 8 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (8.60%) High Availability
6 8 (8.60%) Project Delivery
6 8 (8.60%) Service Delivery
6 8 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (8.60%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (7.53%) Process Improvement
7 7 (7.53%) Ticket Management
8 6 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (6.45%) Load Balancing
8 6 (6.45%) Patch Management
8 6 (6.45%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.23%) Delphi
2 3 (3.23%) Pascal
2 3 (3.23%) PHP
2 3 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (11.83%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (7.53%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.53%) DBS Check
5 7 (7.53%) Degree
6 3 (3.23%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (2.15%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.08%) ACSP
8 1 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.13%) SLA
2 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.08%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 51 (54.84%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (9.68%) BitLocker
3 9 (9.68%) Hyper-V
4 8 (8.60%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (6.45%) Squid
6 5 (5.38%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (36.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (12.90%) SCCM
3 5 (5.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.15%) HAProxy
4 2 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 76 (81.72%) Microsoft
2 18 (19.35%) VMware
3 9 (9.68%) ServiceNow
4 8 (8.60%) Google
4 8 (8.60%) Veeam
5 7 (7.53%) Cisco
6 5 (5.38%) Adobe
6 5 (5.38%) Apple
6 5 (5.38%) Citrix
6 5 (5.38%) Freshdesk
7 3 (3.23%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (3.23%) iManage
7 3 (3.23%) Sophos
8 2 (2.15%) Acronis
8 2 (2.15%) Datto
9 1 (1.08%) Intapp
9 1 (1.08%) Litera
9 1 (1.08%) Meraki
9 1 (1.08%) Okta
9 1 (1.08%) SolarWinds