Microsoft Windows
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 16 | 19 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | +17 | -13 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows | 9,262 | 9,703 | 14,129 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.18% | 9.85% | 8.63% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 66.47% | 61.32% | 45.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,537 | 6,840 | 9,800 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,200 | £25,750 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,000 | £31,250 | £30,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £45,000 | £44,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +2.27% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,750 | £61,250 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £78,750 | £76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | - | - |
All Operating Systems
UK
Windows 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 | 13,934 | 15,823 | 30,904 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 13.81% | 16.06% | 18.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,696 | 10,615 | 16,434 |
| 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
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows.
Windows
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.
Windows
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 |
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| England | +5 | 8,554 | £40,000 | -8.60% | 2,111 |
| UK excluding London | +6 | 7,123 | £37,500 | -6.25% | 1,798 |
| Work from Home | +6 | 2,723 | £49,000 | -2.00% | 730 |
| South East | +3 | 2,029 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 568 |
| London | +7 | 1,960 | £55,000 | +4.46% | 588 |
| North of England | +6 | 1,554 | £37,500 | -6.25% | 369 |
| Midlands | +10 | 1,233 | £35,000 | -12.50% | 291 |
| South West | +5 | 999 | £42,000 | +5.00% | 251 |
| North West | -4 | 757 | £40,000 | -4.76% | 184 |
| East of England | +2 | 748 | £32,500 | -14.47% | 238 |
| West Midlands | +15 | 692 | £35,000 | -12.11% | 165 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 610 | £36,128 | -3.66% | 155 |
| East Midlands | +9 | 535 | £35,000 | -10.71% | 120 |
| Scotland | -45 | 366 | £42,202 | -6.22% | 99 |
| North East | +13 | 189 | £33,000 | -17.50% | 35 |
| Wales | +8 | 145 | £32,500 | -7.14% | 34 |
| Northern Ireland | -11 | 45 | £36,250 | -27.50% | 16 |
| Isle of Man | -2 | 12 | £43,750 | +45.83% | 1 |
Windows
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:
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