Windows Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 760 716 886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.85% 14.34% 12.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.47% 70.47% 57.80%
Number of salaries quoted 644 463 588
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,625 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £38,619
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% -1.60% -7.38%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 advertised in the East of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,094 1,016 1,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.05% 20.34% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 937 610 757
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £30,906 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the East of England.

Salary trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Hertfordshire +1 272 £37,500 - 63
Cambridgeshire +8 166 £37,500 -2.60% 56
Essex +13 142 £28,000 -12.50% 27
Norfolk -8 102 £32,500 -14.47% 21
Suffolk -4 40 £31,500 -17.11% 12
Bedfordshire -6 37 £26,500 -49.52% 5
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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
1 149 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 114 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.16%) Exchange Server 2013
4 20 (2.63%) CMS
5 17 (2.24%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (2.24%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.92%) Confluence
7 4 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.53%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.26%) IIS
9 1 (0.13%) Apache
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 139 (18.29%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.39%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.39%) Simulink
6 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.39%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (0.39%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.39%) Sage 50
1 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (0.39%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.39%) Shopify
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 389 (51.18%) Microsoft 365
2 229 (30.13%) Azure
3 63 (8.29%) AWS
4 57 (7.50%) Entra ID
5 35 (4.61%) OneDrive
6 20 (2.63%) Power Platform
7 16 (2.11%) Google Workspace
7 16 (2.11%) Mimecast
8 10 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.32%) GCP
9 8 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.05%) SaaS
10 6 (0.79%) Nutanix
10 6 (0.79%) Serverless
11 3 (0.39%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.39%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.39%) Azure Service Fabric
11 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 120 (15.79%) Firewall
2 89 (11.71%) DNS
3 74 (9.74%) TCP/IP
4 72 (9.47%) DHCP
5 64 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
6 61 (8.03%) WAN
7 55 (7.24%) LAN
8 51 (6.71%) VPN
9 48 (6.32%) SAN
10 40 (5.26%) VoIP
11 34 (4.47%) Internet
12 25 (3.29%) VLAN
13 23 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
14 19 (2.50%) Wireless
15 17 (2.24%) Intranet
16 16 (2.11%) NAS
17 15 (1.97%) MPLS
18 14 (1.84%) SD-WAN
19 11 (1.45%) Network Security
20 10 (1.32%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (2.63%) Power BI
4 17 (2.24%) MySQL
5 15 (1.97%) BusinessObjects
5 15 (1.97%) QlikView
5 15 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.32%) MS Access
7 8 (1.05%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.84%) JIRA
2 9 (1.18%) Git
2 9 (1.18%) LabVIEW
3 8 (1.05%) Appium
3 8 (1.05%) UI Automator
4 7 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.39%) Rational Team Concert
7 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
General
1 259 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 93 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (5.00%) Finance
4 37 (4.87%) Manufacturing
5 25 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (2.24%) Automotive
6 17 (2.24%) Telecoms
7 16 (2.11%) Retail
8 15 (1.97%) Marketing
9 14 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.71%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.32%) Electronics
12 9 (1.18%) Law
13 8 (1.05%) Police
14 6 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.66%) Publishing
16 4 (0.53%) Advertising
16 4 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 198 (26.05%) IT Support
2 152 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 133 (17.50%) IT Engineer
4 104 (13.68%) Analyst
4 104 (13.68%) IT Support Engineer
5 82 (10.79%) IT Technician
6 80 (10.53%) Support Technician
7 75 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 69 (9.08%) 2nd Line Support
9 62 (8.16%) IT Support Technician
10 50 (6.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 50 (6.58%) Senior
11 45 (5.92%) Service Analyst
12 44 (5.79%) Service Desk Analyst
13 42 (5.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 40 (5.26%) Administrator
15 35 (4.61%) IT Analyst
16 34 (4.47%) Support Analyst
17 31 (4.08%) Technical Support
18 28 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.11%) HTML
2 12 (1.58%) Fluent Bit
3 10 (1.32%) .NET
4 6 (0.79%) .NET Framework
4 6 (0.79%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.66%) CSS
6 4 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.39%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.39%) JSON
7 3 (0.39%) Qt
7 3 (0.39%) RESTful
8 2 (0.26%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.26%) JWT
8 2 (0.26%) PyQt
8 2 (0.26%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.26%) XML
9 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.13%) Flask
9 1 (0.13%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 62 (8.16%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 30 (3.95%) Data Centre
4 20 (2.63%) NHS
5 17 (2.24%) iPad
6 16 (2.11%) Operational Technology
7 14 (1.84%) Smartphone
8 12 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.32%) EPoS
9 10 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.32%) Social Media
10 9 (1.18%) Digital Signage
10 9 (1.18%) LIMS
10 9 (1.18%) Smartcard
11 8 (1.05%) Clustering
11 8 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.92%) Replication
12 7 (0.92%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (0.79%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 301 (39.61%) Windows Server
2 186 (24.47%) Windows 10
3 160 (21.05%) Linux
4 67 (8.82%) Android
5 60 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 56 (7.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 41 (5.39%) Apple iOS
8 40 (5.26%) Mac OS
9 36 (4.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (3.68%) Windows 7
11 27 (3.55%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (2.50%) Windows 8
13 13 (1.71%) Windows Server 2003
14 12 (1.58%) Unix
15 11 (1.45%) Debian
16 9 (1.18%) Mac OS X
17 7 (0.92%) Ubuntu
18 5 (0.66%) Windows 2000
18 5 (0.66%) Windows NT
18 5 (0.66%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (19.34%) Customer Service
3 146 (19.21%) ITIL
4 90 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 64 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (6.18%) Server Management
7 44 (5.79%) Project Management
8 34 (4.47%) Computer Science
9 33 (4.34%) Project Delivery
10 28 (3.68%) Break/Fix
10 28 (3.68%) Time Management
11 26 (3.42%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (3.42%) Kalman Filter
12 25 (3.29%) Asset Management
12 25 (3.29%) Software Engineering
13 24 (3.16%) Line Management
14 23 (3.03%) Disaster Recovery
14 23 (3.03%) Mentoring
14 23 (3.03%) Performance Monitoring
14 23 (3.03%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 87 (11.45%) PowerShell
2 36 (4.74%) SQL
3 24 (3.16%) Python
4 21 (2.76%) Bash
5 15 (1.97%) C#
6 12 (1.58%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.32%) C
7 10 (1.32%) Java
8 7 (0.92%) C++
9 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.66%) VB
11 3 (0.39%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.39%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.26%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.26%) Rust
13 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.13%) Ruby
13 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 111 (14.61%) Degree
2 84 (11.05%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.47%) CCNA
5 34 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (3.42%) A+ Certification
8 24 (3.16%) MCSE
9 23 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (2.89%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.71%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (1.32%) MCP
13 9 (1.18%) HND
13 9 (1.18%) MCSA
14 8 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (1.05%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.29%) SLA
2 14 (1.84%) PCI DSS
3 12 (1.58%) GDPR
4 9 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (1.18%) QA
5 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.39%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.39%) MISRA
8 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 357 (46.97%) Active Directory
2 120 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (15.66%) Hyper-V
4 31 (4.08%) vSphere
5 24 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 24 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (1.97%) Firmware
7 14 (1.84%) KVM
7 14 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.79%) Docker
10 4 (0.53%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.13%) Samba
Systems Management
1 59 (7.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.24%) SCCM
3 12 (1.58%) Fluentd
3 12 (1.58%) logstash
4 10 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (1.18%) WSUS
6 8 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (1.05%) SCOM
7 7 (0.92%) Ansible
8 6 (0.79%) SmoothWall
8 6 (0.79%) Terraform
9 5 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.66%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.66%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.39%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.39%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.26%) Aspera SmartTrack
11 2 (0.26%) NetCrunch
11 2 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 415 (54.61%) Microsoft
2 203 (26.71%) VMware
3 52 (6.84%) Citrix
4 36 (4.74%) Apple
5 34 (4.47%) NetApp
6 33 (4.34%) HP
7 32 (4.21%) Dell
8 30 (3.95%) Meraki
9 29 (3.82%) Cisco
10 22 (2.89%) Google
11 21 (2.76%) Veeam
12 16 (2.11%) Sophos
13 15 (1.97%) Cognos
14 14 (1.84%) Splunk
15 13 (1.71%) Acronis
15 13 (1.71%) IBM
16 12 (1.58%) Sage
16 12 (1.58%) WatchGuard
17 11 (1.45%) ServiceNow
18 7 (0.92%) Synology