Microsoft Windows 10
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 207 244
Rank change year-on-year +52 +37 -63
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 1,892 1,822 2,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.89% 1.84% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.54% 11.44% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,616 1,442 2,153
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +6.25% -1.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,338 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £31,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year -3.17% +10.53% -

All Operating Systems
UK

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 requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

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 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 10 in the UK

Windows 10
Top 18 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 May 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 +54 1,798 £32,500 -4.41% 359
UK excluding London +41 1,369 £30,500 -3.17% 301
London +39 496 £42,500 +11.84% 81
Work from Home +47 480 £38,000 -2.84% 87
South East +37 436 £32,750 +5.65% 91
North of England +13 268 £30,000 -6.98% 64
Midlands +63 212 £29,250 -10.00% 51
South West +12 203 £32,000 +3.23% 45
East of England +48 181 £30,000 -2.44% 35
West Midlands +75 167 £29,500 -9.23% 25
North West -47 109 £30,000 -7.69% 30
Yorkshire +64 105 £30,500 -4.69% 32
North East +27 54 £27,250 -9.17% 2
East Midlands +2 44 £28,165 -6.89% 26
Scotland -84 39 £31,000 -22.50% 19
Wales +9 23 £27,000 -10.00% 1
Northern Ireland +18 4 £90,000 +176.92% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

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
1 546 (28.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 302 (15.96%) SharePoint
3 45 (2.38%) Skype for Business
4 12 (0.63%) CMS
5 9 (0.48%) IIS
6 7 (0.37%) Confluence
6 7 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2000
7 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (0.21%) WordPress
10 3 (0.16%) Apache
10 3 (0.16%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.053%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.053%) Moodle
Applications
1 595 (31.45%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.11%) InCopy
5 2 (0.11%) InDesign
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.053%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.26%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.16%) Eikon
4 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.11%) Farmplan
4 2 (0.11%) KEYPrime
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.053%) iTrent
5 1 (0.053%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.053%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.053%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,325 (70.03%) Microsoft 365
2 604 (31.92%) Azure
3 291 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 148 (7.82%) OneDrive
5 49 (2.59%) Mimecast
6 46 (2.43%) AWS
7 32 (1.69%) Power Platform
8 28 (1.48%) Google Workspace
8 28 (1.48%) Power Automate
9 27 (1.43%) SaaS
10 23 (1.22%) IaaS
11 20 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
12 16 (0.85%) PaaS
13 13 (0.69%) WhatsApp
14 12 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.63%) OCI
15 11 (0.58%) Nutanix
16 10 (0.53%) GCP
17 9 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 280 (14.80%) Firewall
2 276 (14.59%) DNS
3 261 (13.79%) WAN
4 219 (11.58%) DHCP
5 214 (11.31%) TCP/IP
6 189 (9.99%) Wireless
7 174 (9.20%) LAN
8 159 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
9 142 (7.51%) VPN
10 125 (6.61%) Cisco IOS
11 102 (5.39%) SD-WAN
12 98 (5.18%) WebEx
13 77 (4.07%) VoIP
14 73 (3.86%) VLAN
15 67 (3.54%) SAN
16 59 (3.12%) Internet
17 47 (2.48%) Skype
18 43 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
19 29 (1.53%) Telepresence
20 20 (1.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.27%) MySQL
2 24 (1.27%) Power BI
3 23 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.48%) DB2
6 8 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.32%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.32%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.21%) UniData
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.11%) DTS
9 2 (0.11%) Metadata
9 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.11%) MS Access
9 2 (0.11%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.11%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.053%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 24 (1.27%) JIRA
2 23 (1.22%) Git
3 15 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 13 (0.69%) Subversion
5 8 (0.42%) IntelliJ
5 8 (0.42%) MSI
6 7 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.32%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.21%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.053%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.053%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.053%) GitLab
10 1 (0.053%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.053%) Zephyr
General
1 773 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 222 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
3 208 (10.99%) Finance
4 119 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
5 107 (5.66%) Law
6 95 (5.02%) Legal
7 78 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 72 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 70 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (2.70%) Retail
11 40 (2.11%) Automotive
12 35 (1.85%) Banking
12 35 (1.85%) Public Sector
13 31 (1.64%) Back Office
14 28 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 25 (1.32%) Marketing
16 21 (1.11%) Advertising
17 16 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.85%) Electronics
17 16 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 588 (31.08%) IT Support
2 428 (22.62%) Analyst
3 409 (21.62%) Support Engineer
4 274 (14.48%) IT Engineer
5 221 (11.68%) IT Support Engineer
6 207 (10.94%) IT Analyst
7 206 (10.89%) Support Analyst
8 200 (10.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 167 (8.83%) IT Technician
10 135 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 134 (7.08%) Service Analyst
12 126 (6.66%) Senior
13 125 (6.61%) Support Specialist
14 123 (6.50%) IT Support Analyst
15 122 (6.45%) 1st Line Support
16 121 (6.40%) Support Technician
17 115 (6.08%) Service Desk Analyst
18 112 (5.92%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 111 (5.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 106 (5.60%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.22%) .NET
2 11 (0.58%) .NET Framework
2 11 (0.58%) Qt
3 9 (0.48%) X-Windows
4 8 (0.42%) REST
5 5 (0.26%) .NET Core
5 5 (0.26%) EDI
5 5 (0.26%) React
6 4 (0.21%) ADO
6 4 (0.21%) XMPP
7 3 (0.16%) Hibernate
7 3 (0.16%) HTML
7 3 (0.16%) JSON
7 3 (0.16%) Spring
8 2 (0.11%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (0.11%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.11%) TAPI
9 1 (0.053%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.053%) Kafka
9 1 (0.053%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 167 (8.83%) Video Conferencing
2 139 (7.35%) Driving Licence
3 96 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
4 87 (4.60%) Wiki
5 76 (4.02%) Management Information System
6 65 (3.44%) Data Centre
6 65 (3.44%) Smartphone
7 61 (3.22%) Replication
8 55 (2.91%) iPhone
9 34 (1.80%) iPad
10 29 (1.53%) CCTV
11 28 (1.48%) Blackberry
11 28 (1.48%) Private Cloud
12 26 (1.37%) Onboarding
13 25 (1.32%) Clustering
13 25 (1.32%) EPoS
14 19 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
15 17 (0.90%) NHS
16 14 (0.74%) Digital Signage
16 14 (0.74%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,887 (99.74%) Windows
2 610 (32.24%) Windows Server
3 266 (14.06%) Windows 7
4 248 (13.11%) Android
5 235 (12.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 229 (12.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 201 (10.62%) Windows Server 2012
8 144 (7.61%) Apple iOS
9 122 (6.45%) Linux
10 105 (5.55%) Mac OS
11 93 (4.92%) Windows 8
12 61 (3.22%) Windows Server 2008
13 38 (2.01%) Mac OS X
14 25 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (1.27%) Windows XP
16 21 (1.11%) Ubuntu
17 19 (1.00%) CentOS
18 15 (0.79%) VMS
18 15 (0.79%) Windows NT
18 15 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (26.90%) ITIL
2 486 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
3 469 (24.79%) Customer Service
4 145 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
5 143 (7.56%) ITSM
6 141 (7.45%) Mobile Device Management
7 135 (7.14%) Service Management
8 132 (6.98%) Computer Science
9 131 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 127 (6.71%) Time Management
11 121 (6.40%) Service Delivery
12 94 (4.97%) Business Continuity
13 90 (4.76%) Application Virtualisation
14 89 (4.70%) Continuous Improvement
15 87 (4.60%) BCP
16 86 (4.55%) Business Continuity Planning
16 86 (4.55%) Change Management
16 86 (4.55%) Contract Negotiation
16 86 (4.55%) Project Management
17 83 (4.39%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 202 (10.68%) PowerShell
2 160 (8.46%) SQL
3 20 (1.06%) Python
4 17 (0.90%) Bash
5 13 (0.69%) Perl
6 12 (0.63%) C
6 12 (0.63%) C#
6 12 (0.63%) C++
7 11 (0.58%) VB
8 10 (0.53%) Java
9 6 (0.32%) Ruby
10 5 (0.26%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.16%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.11%) PHP
13 2 (0.11%) Scala
14 1 (0.053%) Go
14 1 (0.053%) Swift
Qualifications
1 377 (19.93%) Degree
2 151 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 128 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 115 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 114 (6.03%) Master's Degree
6 91 (4.81%) SC Cleared
7 68 (3.59%) DBS Check
8 65 (3.44%) DV Cleared
9 56 (2.96%) A+ Certification
10 53 (2.80%) MCP
11 51 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 36 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
13 29 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
14 28 (1.48%) MCSA
15 25 (1.32%) CCNA
15 25 (1.32%) CCNP
15 25 (1.32%) MBA
15 25 (1.32%) MCSE
16 24 (1.27%) HNC
17 23 (1.22%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (9.04%) SLA
2 54 (2.85%) GDPR
3 37 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.69%) NIST
6 9 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.16%) PMO
7 3 (0.16%) QA
7 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.11%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.053%) DICOM
9 1 (0.053%) HL7
9 1 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.053%) NCSC
9 1 (0.053%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1,268 (67.02%) Active Directory
2 337 (17.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 234 (12.37%) Hyper-V
4 158 (8.35%) XenApp
5 148 (7.82%) VMware ESXi
6 145 (7.66%) XenDesktop
7 94 (4.97%) Microsoft App-V
8 53 (2.80%) vSphere
9 43 (2.27%) VirtualBox
10 36 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
11 28 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
12 24 (1.27%) Firmware
13 16 (0.85%) Terminal Services
13 16 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (0.74%) KVM
15 11 (0.58%) Docker
16 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 7 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
18 6 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 6 (0.32%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 354 (18.71%) SCCM
2 299 (15.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 86 (4.55%) AirWatch
4 47 (2.48%) WSUS
5 44 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
6 26 (1.37%) SCOM
7 21 (1.11%) vCenter Server
8 19 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
9 18 (0.95%) Terraform
10 13 (0.69%) EMC NetWorker
10 13 (0.69%) NetBackup
11 12 (0.63%) Ansible
11 12 (0.63%) McAfee ePO
12 11 (0.58%) Sysprep
13 9 (0.48%) Autotask
13 9 (0.48%) Backup Exec
13 9 (0.48%) SmoothWall
14 8 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
14 8 (0.42%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1,392 (73.57%) Microsoft
2 455 (24.05%) VMware
3 291 (15.38%) Cisco
4 277 (14.64%) Citrix
5 160 (8.46%) Apple
6 97 (5.13%) Veeam
7 58 (3.07%) HP
8 56 (2.96%) Dell
9 52 (2.75%) ServiceNow
10 51 (2.70%) Adobe
11 41 (2.17%) Sophos
12 39 (2.06%) iManage
13 35 (1.85%) Google
14 30 (1.59%) Palo Alto
15 28 (1.48%) Polycom
15 28 (1.48%) SolarWinds
16 27 (1.43%) Bloomberg
17 25 (1.32%) MobileIron
18 24 (1.27%) McAfee
19 23 (1.22%) Symantec