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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 237 204
Rank change year-on-year +33 -33 +49
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 190 178 514
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.06% 1.33% 1.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.32% 9.47% 11.36%
Number of salaries quoted 97 142 484
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,775 £24,425
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,125 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +2.96% +1.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £49,881
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -6.03%

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 1,426 1,879 4,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.96% 14.04% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,440 3,712
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,442 £36,250 £38,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.78% -14.29%

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 23 April 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 49 (25.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (23.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 90 (47.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 174 (91.58%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (42.11%) Entra ID
3 73 (38.42%) Azure
4 25 (13.16%) Google Workspace
5 24 (12.63%) AWS
5 24 (12.63%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.11%) Dropbox
6 4 (2.11%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.58%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.58%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 52 (27.37%) DNS
2 50 (26.32%) DHCP
3 46 (24.21%) TCP/IP
4 35 (18.42%) WAN
5 32 (16.84%) VPN
5 32 (16.84%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (15.26%) VoIP
7 25 (13.16%) LAN
8 13 (6.84%) Firewall
8 13 (6.84%) SD-WAN
9 9 (4.74%) VLAN
10 6 (3.16%) Internet
10 6 (3.16%) Wireless
11 3 (1.58%) NAS
12 2 (1.05%) IPsec
12 2 (1.05%) SSL
13 1 (0.53%) Broadband
13 1 (0.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.11%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.58%) Power BI
General
1 123 (64.74%) Social Skills
2 61 (32.11%) Back Office
3 15 (7.89%) Finance
4 5 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.05%) German Language
6 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.05%) Law
6 2 (1.05%) Legal
7 1 (0.53%) Agriculture
7 1 (0.53%) Banking
7 1 (0.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 102 (53.68%) Support Engineer
2 73 (38.42%) IT Support
3 60 (31.58%) Desktop Engineer
3 60 (31.58%) Desktop Support
3 60 (31.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 56 (29.47%) Site Engineer
5 41 (21.58%) IT Engineer
5 41 (21.58%) IT Support Engineer
6 35 (18.42%) 2nd Line Support
7 31 (16.32%) Analyst
8 29 (15.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 29 (15.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 21 (11.05%) Senior
10 20 (10.53%) IT Analyst
11 19 (10.00%) Support Analyst
12 16 (8.42%) Infrastructure Support
12 16 (8.42%) IT Support Analyst
13 13 (6.84%) Infrastructure Manager
14 12 (6.32%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (6.32%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.05%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.11%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.89%) Driving Licence
3 9 (4.74%) iPad
4 6 (3.16%) iPhone
4 6 (3.16%) Social Media
5 5 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.11%) CCTV
6 4 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Licensing
6 4 (2.11%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.05%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.53%) CMDB
9 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.53%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.53%) Handset
9 1 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 190 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (28.95%) Windows Server
3 24 (12.63%) Mac OS
4 21 (11.05%) Apple iOS
5 18 (9.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (9.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (8.95%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (5.26%) Android
8 1 (0.53%) Linux
8 1 (0.53%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.53%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (53.16%) Customer Service
2 100 (52.63%) ITIL
3 78 (41.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 77 (40.53%) Software Deployment
5 76 (40.00%) Patch Management
6 68 (35.79%) Cybersecurity
7 65 (34.21%) Ticket Management
8 61 (32.11%) Customer Experience
9 60 (31.58%) Analytics
9 60 (31.58%) Customer Acquisition
10 52 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (15.26%) ITSM
12 24 (12.63%) People Management
12 24 (12.63%) Service Delivery
13 18 (9.47%) Service Management
14 17 (8.95%) Problem Management
15 16 (8.42%) Emotional Intelligence
16 14 (7.37%) Root Cause Analysis
17 13 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
17 13 (6.84%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.16%) SQL
3 4 (2.11%) Delphi
3 4 (2.11%) Pascal
3 4 (2.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 68 (35.79%) Degree
1 68 (35.79%) Security Cleared
2 65 (34.21%) SC Cleared
3 60 (31.58%) CTC Cleared
4 12 (6.32%) DBS Check
5 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.16%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.63%) CCNA
7 5 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.63%) MCSA
8 4 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.11%) MCSE
8 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (2.11%) MOS
9 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.53%) ACSP
10 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (38.42%) SLA
2 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.53%) Basel III
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.53%) MiFID
System Software
1 77 (40.53%) Active Directory
2 27 (14.21%) Hyper-V
3 16 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.21%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.11%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (15.26%) SCCM
3 16 (8.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (4.21%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.11%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 122 (64.21%) Microsoft
2 62 (32.63%) Cisco
3 27 (14.21%) ServiceNow
4 24 (12.63%) Google
5 21 (11.05%) VMware
6 12 (6.32%) SolarWinds
7 8 (4.21%) Apple
7 8 (4.21%) Freshdesk
8 4 (2.11%) Adobe
8 4 (2.11%) Citrix
9 3 (1.58%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (1.58%) HP
9 3 (1.58%) Sophos
10 2 (1.05%) Datto
10 2 (1.05%) Meraki
11 1 (0.53%) Dell
11 1 (0.53%) iManage
11 1 (0.53%) Ubiquiti