๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom ยท 2026
Complete city-by-city guide to Windows 11 adoption across 15 major UK cities โ estimated user counts, home/business/student/IT support breakdown, search queries, and FAQs.
England ยท Pop. 9.6 million
Win11: ~1.4 million estimated users
Finance, AI, Cybersecurity, Media, Creative T...
England ยท Pop. 2.8 million
Win11: ~380,000 estimated users
Media, Broadcasting, Digital, Football Tech, ...
England ยท Pop. 2.7 million
Win11: ~370,000 estimated users
Finance (HSBC UK HQ), Automotive, Retail, Pro...
England ยท Pop. 812,000
Win11: ~115,000 estimated users
Financial Services, Legal Tech, NHS Digital, ...
Scotland ยท Pop. 635,000
Win11: ~88,000 estimated users
Financial Services, Life Sciences, Creative D...
England ยท Pop. 498,000
Win11: ~69,000 estimated users
Creative Digital, Healthcare, Port Logistics,...
England ยท Pop. 470,000
Win11: ~65,000 estimated users
Aerospace (Rolls-Royce, Airbus), Fintech, Gam...
Scotland ยท Pop. 524,000
Win11: ~73,000 estimated users
Fintech, Games Development, Data Science, Fin...
England ยท Pop. 584,000
Win11: ~81,000 estimated users
Advanced Manufacturing, Steel Tech, Digital C...
England ยท Pop. 302,000
Win11: ~42,000 estimated users
Digital Health, Games Development, FinTech, C...
England ยท Pop. 322,000
Win11: ~45,000 estimated users
Games Development, Healthcare/Pharma, Digital...
Wales ยท Pop. 362,000
Win11: ~50,000 estimated users
Media (BBC Wales), Welsh Government, Financia...
Northern Ireland ยท Pop. 344,000
Win11: ~48,000 estimated users
Cybersecurity, Fintech, Legal Tech, Financial...
England ยท Pop. 355,000
Win11: ~49,000 estimated users
Textiles Tech, Retail/E-commerce, NHS, Food M...
England ยท Pop. 253,000
Win11: ~35,000 estimated users
Maritime Tech, Oceanography, Cruise Industry,...
Microsoft ended Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025 โ pushing millions of UK users to upgrade urgently.
Windows 11's built-in Microsoft Copilot AI assistant drove upgrade interest across UK's knowledge economy.
UK public sector, NHS, and FTSE companies completed Windows 11 Enterprise migrations by 2025.
All major UK universities upgraded to Windows 11 on managed devices, driving strong student adoption.