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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 247 216
Rank change year-on-year -49 -31 +97
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 130 292 383
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 1.25% 1.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.77% 9.53% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 96 231 363
10th Percentile £25,706 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,250 £28,498 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £41,000 £46,875 £58,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -9.72% +2.86% +6.38%

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 1,920 3,065 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.77% 13.07% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,894 3,238
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £38,785 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -

Windows 10
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows 10 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Windows 10
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

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

Windows 10
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Windows 10 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 22 (16.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (11.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 40 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 102 (78.46%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (30.77%) Azure
3 31 (23.85%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.46%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.92%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (6.15%) Google Docs
7 5 (3.85%) Google Workspace
7 5 (3.85%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.31%) Google Drive
8 3 (2.31%) Google Sheets
8 3 (2.31%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.77%) AWS
9 1 (0.77%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.15%) VPN
2 15 (11.54%) DNS
3 13 (10.00%) VoIP
4 12 (9.23%) DHCP
4 12 (9.23%) Firewall
5 11 (8.46%) WAN
6 10 (7.69%) TCP/IP
7 9 (6.92%) LAN
8 6 (4.62%) Wireless
9 4 (3.08%) VLAN
10 3 (2.31%) HTTP
11 2 (1.54%) Multicast
11 2 (1.54%) SAN
11 2 (1.54%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.54%) Softphone
11 2 (1.54%) WebEx
11 2 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.77%) BGP
12 1 (0.77%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (0.77%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.54%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (0.77%) JIRA
General
1 94 (72.31%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.31%) Back Office
3 10 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.38%) Finance
5 7 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.08%) Legal
8 2 (1.54%) Games
8 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.54%) Military
9 1 (0.77%) Electronics
9 1 (0.77%) Law
9 1 (0.77%) Marketing
9 1 (0.77%) Retail
9 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (37.69%) IT Support
2 34 (26.15%) Support Technician
3 24 (18.46%) Analyst
3 24 (18.46%) IT Technician
4 21 (16.15%) Support Engineer
5 20 (15.38%) Desktop Support
6 18 (13.85%) IT Support Technician
7 16 (12.31%) Desktop Support Technician
7 16 (12.31%) Desktop Technician
7 16 (12.31%) IT Engineer
8 15 (11.54%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (9.23%) Service Analyst
10 11 (8.46%) IT Analyst
11 10 (7.69%) Administrator
11 10 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (6.92%) Desktop Engineer
13 8 (6.15%) 1st Line Support
13 8 (6.15%) Support Analyst
14 7 (5.38%) IT Administrator
15 6 (4.62%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.31%) .NET
2 1 (0.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.92%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 12 (9.23%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.62%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.85%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.31%) BYOD
7 3 (2.31%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.31%) iPad
7 3 (2.31%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.54%) EPoS
8 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.54%) Replication
9 1 (0.77%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.77%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.77%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 128 (98.46%) Windows
2 32 (24.62%) Apple iOS
3 17 (13.08%) Windows Server
4 16 (12.31%) Mac OS
5 14 (10.77%) Android
6 13 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (9.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (6.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (2.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (40.77%) ITIL
2 39 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 34 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (22.31%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (20.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (14.62%) Patch Management
7 18 (13.85%) Customer Experience
8 17 (13.08%) Ticket Management
9 16 (12.31%) Analytics
9 16 (12.31%) Customer Acquisition
9 16 (12.31%) Software Deployment
10 15 (11.54%) User Experience
11 13 (10.00%) Service Management
12 7 (5.38%) Migration
13 6 (4.62%) Mentoring
13 6 (4.62%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 5 (3.85%) ITSM
14 5 (3.85%) Mobile Device Management
14 5 (3.85%) Problem Management
15 4 (3.08%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.46%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.85%) SQL
3 1 (0.77%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (33.85%) Degree
2 23 (17.69%) Security Cleared
3 18 (13.85%) SC Cleared
4 16 (12.31%) CTC Cleared
5 13 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.85%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.31%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.31%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.31%) MCP
9 3 (2.31%) MCSA
10 2 (1.54%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.77%) CCNP
11 1 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.77%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.15%) SLA
2 5 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.31%) GDPR
System Software
1 82 (63.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.62%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.31%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (24.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.46%) SCCM
3 8 (6.15%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.77%) DameWare
4 1 (0.77%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.77%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 116 (89.23%) Microsoft
2 27 (20.77%) Cisco
3 25 (19.23%) Apple
4 9 (6.92%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.92%) VMware
5 8 (6.15%) Adobe
5 8 (6.15%) Google
6 7 (5.38%) Progress
7 6 (4.62%) Freshdesk
7 6 (4.62%) HP
7 6 (4.62%) Meraki
8 5 (3.85%) Citrix
8 5 (3.85%) iManage
8 5 (3.85%) Intapp
8 5 (3.85%) Logitech
9 4 (3.08%) Datto
10 3 (2.31%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.54%) Juniper
11 2 (1.54%) NetApp
11 2 (1.54%) Splunk