Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 18 September 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 September 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Windows 10
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
18 Sep 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 239 144 173
Rank change year-on-year -95 +29 +23
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 330 90 129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.28% 1.67% 1.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.66% 8.17% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 238 83 82
10th Percentile £25,425 £20,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,063 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -24.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £60,525 £60,000 £78,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +19.05% -3.08%

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 WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

All Operating Systems
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,306 1,102 1,476
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.72% 20.40% 18.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,470 993 1,310
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,550 £35,745
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%

Windows 10
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows 10 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 10.

Windows 10 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 10
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows 10 over the 6 months to 18 September 2021.

Windows 10 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 18 September 2021, Windows 10 job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Windows 10.

1 329 (99.70%) Windows
2 268 (81.21%) Microsoft 365
3 249 (75.45%) Active Directory
4 239 (72.42%) Microsoft
5 179 (54.24%) Azure
6 167 (50.61%) Windows Server
7 140 (42.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 105 (31.82%) Azure Active Directory
9 104 (31.52%) SCCM
10 85 (25.76%) Finance
11 81 (24.55%) VPN
12 74 (22.42%) SharePoint
13 68 (20.61%) VMware
14 66 (20.00%) Presales
15 60 (18.18%) Social Skills
16 59 (17.88%) Microsoft Office
17 57 (17.27%) VMware Infrastructure
18 50 (15.15%) PowerShell
18 50 (15.15%) Windows Server 2012
19 49 (14.85%) SC Cleared
19 49 (14.85%) Security Cleared
19 49 (14.85%) SQL Server
20 48 (14.55%) Firewall
20 48 (14.55%) Windows 7
20 48 (14.55%) Data Centre
21 47 (14.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 46 (13.94%) ITIL
23 45 (13.64%) Public Cloud
24 44 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
24 44 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering

Windows 10
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 74 (22.42%) SharePoint
2 26 (7.88%) IIS
3 18 (5.45%) CMS
4 14 (4.24%) Confluence
4 14 (4.24%) MS Exchange
5 11 (3.33%) Sitecore CMS
5 11 (3.33%) Umbraco
5 11 (3.33%) WordPress
6 7 (2.12%) nginx
7 4 (1.21%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (1.21%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.61%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 59 (17.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.82%) InDesign
2 6 (1.82%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.33%) Sage 200
2 6 (1.82%) Shopify
3 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) AlphaBridge
4 2 (0.61%) Alphatax
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.61%) Farmplan
4 2 (0.61%) KEYPrime
5 1 (0.30%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.30%) Magento
5 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Sage CRM
5 1 (0.30%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 268 (81.21%) Microsoft 365
2 179 (54.24%) Azure
3 105 (31.82%) Azure Active Directory
4 36 (10.91%) OneDrive
5 31 (9.39%) SaaS
6 30 (9.09%) IaaS
7 22 (6.67%) PaaS
8 18 (5.45%) AWS
9 16 (4.85%) Mimecast
10 12 (3.64%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.03%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.12%) GitHub
13 6 (1.82%) Cloudflare
14 5 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.52%) Power Automate
15 4 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
16 3 (0.91%) GCP
17 2 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
17 2 (0.61%) ShareGate
18 1 (0.30%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 81 (24.55%) VPN
2 48 (14.55%) Firewall
3 43 (13.03%) Unified Communications
4 41 (12.42%) DNS
5 39 (11.82%) DHCP
6 35 (10.61%) TCP/IP
7 19 (5.76%) VLAN
8 16 (4.85%) VoIP
9 14 (4.24%) LAN
9 14 (4.24%) WAN
10 13 (3.94%) SAN
10 13 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (3.33%) IPsec
11 11 (3.33%) SSL
12 9 (2.73%) NetScaler
13 8 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (2.12%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (1.82%) IP Telephony
16 4 (1.21%) Internet
17 3 (0.91%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.52%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.52%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.52%) Redis
3 5 (1.52%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (1.52%) SQL Server 2012
3 5 (1.52%) SQL Server 2016
3 5 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.91%) Power BI
4 3 (0.91%) SQL Server 2014
4 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.61%) FileMaker
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.61%) SQL Server 2019
5 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (4.24%) JIRA
2 13 (3.94%) Git (software)
2 13 (3.94%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.82%) Cactus
3 6 (1.82%) gulp
3 6 (1.82%) webpack
4 5 (1.52%) Moq
4 5 (1.52%) NUnit
5 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.61%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.61%) GitLab
6 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.61%) Rational Quality Manager
7 1 (0.30%) MSI
General
1 85 (25.76%) Finance
2 60 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.85%) Law
5 12 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (3.64%) Retail
6 11 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.03%) Legal
8 7 (2.12%) Marketing
9 6 (1.82%) Advertising
9 6 (1.82%) Banking
10 5 (1.52%) German Language
10 5 (1.52%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.21%) French Language
11 4 (1.21%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.61%) Avionics
12 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Arabic Language
13 1 (0.30%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 60 (18.18%) Consultant
2 55 (16.67%) Analyst
3 48 (14.55%) Technical Consultant
4 45 (13.64%) IT Support
5 43 (13.03%) Cloud Consultant
6 36 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 36 (10.91%) IT Engineer
7 32 (9.70%) IT Analyst
8 31 (9.39%) Support Engineer
9 27 (8.18%) Support Analyst
10 22 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
11 20 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
11 20 (6.06%) Architect
11 20 (6.06%) IT Manager
12 19 (5.76%) Technical Support
13 17 (5.15%) Service Analyst
14 16 (4.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 15 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
16 14 (4.24%) Windows Engineer
17 13 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.73%) HTML
1 9 (2.73%) JSON
1 9 (2.73%) XML
2 8 (2.42%) Ajax
2 8 (2.42%) jQuery
3 7 (2.12%) CSS
4 6 (1.82%) .NET
4 6 (1.82%) Laravel
4 6 (1.82%) Node.js
4 6 (1.82%) PHP-FPM
4 6 (1.82%) Sass
4 6 (1.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 5 (1.52%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.52%) COM
5 5 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (1.21%) Software Packaging
7 3 (0.91%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.91%) OAuth
7 3 (0.91%) OpenID
7 3 (0.91%) React
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.55%) Data Centre
2 45 (13.64%) Public Cloud
3 16 (4.85%) User Experience
4 14 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.33%) iPhone
6 10 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.82%) Blog
8 6 (1.82%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.52%) iPad
9 5 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.52%) Wiki
10 4 (1.21%) Blackberry
10 4 (1.21%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.91%) BYOD
11 3 (0.91%) Clustering
12 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.30%) CMDB
13 1 (0.30%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.30%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 329 (99.70%) Windows
2 167 (50.61%) Windows Server
3 50 (15.15%) Windows Server 2012
4 48 (14.55%) Windows 7
5 37 (11.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 30 (9.09%) Android
8 29 (8.79%) Apple iOS
9 21 (6.36%) Linux
10 15 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (4.24%) Windows 8
12 10 (3.03%) Mac OS
12 10 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (2.12%) CentOS
13 7 (2.12%) Mac OS X
14 5 (1.52%) Ubuntu
15 4 (1.21%) SUSE
16 3 (0.91%) Debian
16 3 (0.91%) Unix
16 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (20.00%) Presales
2 47 (14.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (13.94%) ITIL
4 44 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 31 (9.39%) Project Management
6 29 (8.79%) Migration
7 23 (6.97%) Project Delivery
8 22 (6.67%) Agile Software Development
8 22 (6.67%) DevOps
9 21 (6.36%) Service Management
10 20 (6.06%) Service Delivery
11 17 (5.15%) Mobile Device Management
12 16 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (4.85%) Incident Management
12 16 (4.85%) Problem Management
12 16 (4.85%) Technical Architecture
13 14 (4.24%) IT Strategy
13 14 (4.24%) Mentoring
14 13 (3.94%) Application Packaging
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.15%) PowerShell
2 35 (10.61%) SQL
3 11 (3.33%) Python
4 8 (2.42%) C#
4 8 (2.42%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.82%) PHP
6 5 (1.52%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.91%) Go
7 3 (0.91%) Ruby
7 3 (0.91%) VB
8 2 (0.61%) Bash Shell
8 2 (0.61%) Groovy
8 2 (0.61%) Java
8 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.61%) X++
9 1 (0.30%) C
9 1 (0.30%) Perl
9 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (14.85%) SC Cleared
1 49 (14.85%) Security Cleared
2 33 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (2.73%) MCSE
4 6 (1.82%) Degree
5 4 (1.21%) MCDST
5 4 (1.21%) MCSA
6 3 (0.91%) CISA
6 3 (0.91%) CISSP
6 3 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (0.91%) MCP
7 2 (0.61%) CCNA
7 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.61%) CRISC
7 2 (0.61%) MCITP
7 2 (0.61%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.30%) ISSAP
8 1 (0.30%) ISSEP
8 1 (0.30%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.39%) SLA
2 23 (6.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.82%) ISO 22301
6 4 (1.21%) NIST
7 3 (0.91%) QA
8 2 (0.61%) COBIT
8 2 (0.61%) PMO
9 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 249 (75.45%) Active Directory
2 57 (17.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (12.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (6.67%) vSphere
5 21 (6.36%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.73%) Docker
7 5 (1.52%) BitLocker
7 5 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (1.52%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (0.91%) vCloud
8 3 (0.91%) XenApp
9 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.30%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 140 (42.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (31.52%) SCCM
3 15 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (3.03%) AirWatch
5 6 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.21%) Ansible
7 4 (1.21%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.21%) Cisco UCCX
7 4 (1.21%) WSUS
8 3 (0.91%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.91%) SafeCom
8 3 (0.91%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.61%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.61%) Puppet
10 1 (0.30%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.30%) Opscode Chef
Vendors
1 239 (72.42%) Microsoft
2 68 (20.61%) VMware
3 28 (8.48%) Apple
3 28 (8.48%) Sophos
4 23 (6.97%) Citrix
5 22 (6.67%) Cisco
6 20 (6.06%) ServiceNow
7 14 (4.24%) HP
7 14 (4.24%) Sage
8 11 (3.33%) Dell
8 11 (3.33%) Palo Alto
8 11 (3.33%) Sitecore
9 10 (3.03%) Google
10 8 (2.42%) Adobe
10 8 (2.42%) iManage
10 8 (2.42%) Symantec
11 7 (2.12%) Toshiba
12 6 (1.82%) Ivanti
13 5 (1.52%) Facebook
13 5 (1.52%) Zscaler