Windows Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 14 19 32
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8,600 8,687 12,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.61% 10.06% 8.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.49% 62.01% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,985 6,200 8,916
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -2.22%

All Operating Systems
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 England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,557 14,010 26,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.03% 16.22% 19.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,806 9,542 14,842
10th Percentile £25,759 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,188 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Windows in England

Windows
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the 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
South East +3 2,035 £40,000 +6.67% 374
London +5 1,947 £55,000 +4.46% 424
North of England +3 1,562 £37,500 -6.25% 355
Midlands +9 1,265 £35,000 -12.50% 271
South West +5 1,001 £42,000 +5.00% 239
North West -6 765 £40,000 -5.88% 186
East of England +1 760 £32,500 -14.47% 186
West Midlands +13 713 £35,000 -12.50% 157
Yorkshire +14 609 £36,000 -4.00% 146
East Midlands +6 546 £33,966 -14.98% 114
North East +14 190 £33,000 -17.50% 28
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1,426 (16.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 914 (10.63%) SharePoint
3 206 (2.40%) IIS
4 116 (1.35%) Apache
5 61 (0.71%) Confluence
6 56 (0.65%) Skype for Business
7 47 (0.55%) CMS
8 46 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
8 46 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 42 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
10 23 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 22 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
11 22 (0.26%) WordPress
12 19 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
13 18 (0.21%) SAS
13 18 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
14 15 (0.17%) JBoss
15 11 (0.13%) Umbraco
16 9 (0.10%) nginx
16 9 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,299 (15.10%) Microsoft Office
2 258 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 84 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 28 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 22 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 17 (0.20%) Trello
8 15 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
9 10 (0.12%) Photoshop
10 9 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.081%) Revit
12 6 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
13 5 (0.058%) Adobe XD
14 3 (0.035%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.035%) Pro Tools
14 3 (0.035%) Simulink
14 3 (0.035%) SPSS
15 2 (0.023%) CATIA
15 2 (0.023%) InDesign
15 2 (0.023%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 44 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.41%) NEC Housing
3 17 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 17 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 9 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.10%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.10%) Teamcenter
5 6 (0.070%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.070%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.058%) Carpe Diem
6 5 (0.058%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (0.058%) Shopify
6 5 (0.058%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.047%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.035%) Eikon
8 3 (0.035%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 3 (0.035%) Sage 50
9 2 (0.023%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.023%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3,702 (43.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3,194 (37.14%) Azure
3 990 (11.51%) Entra ID
4 793 (9.22%) AWS
5 372 (4.33%) OneDrive
6 293 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
7 257 (2.99%) SaaS
8 238 (2.77%) IBM Cloud
9 187 (2.17%) GCP
10 177 (2.06%) Serverless
11 174 (2.02%) IaaS
12 167 (1.94%) Power Platform
13 141 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
14 139 (1.62%) Azure Functions
15 136 (1.58%) Azure API Management
16 135 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
17 128 (1.49%) Google Workspace
18 126 (1.47%) Mimecast
19 104 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
20 95 (1.10%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1,603 (18.64%) Firewall
2 1,293 (15.03%) DNS
3 923 (10.73%) DHCP
4 795 (9.24%) WAN
5 775 (9.01%) TCP/IP
6 740 (8.60%) LAN
7 650 (7.56%) VPN
8 457 (5.31%) Wireless
9 456 (5.30%) Wi-Fi
10 424 (4.93%) SAN
11 297 (3.45%) VLAN
12 279 (3.24%) VoIP
13 259 (3.01%) Internet
14 189 (2.20%) Network Security
15 178 (2.07%) SD-WAN
16 161 (1.87%) NAS
17 148 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
18 121 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
19 96 (1.12%) HTTP
20 90 (1.05%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 783 (9.10%) SQL Server
2 360 (4.19%) MongoDB
3 322 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
4 289 (3.36%) DB2
5 255 (2.97%) NoSQL
6 227 (2.64%) Relational Database
7 150 (1.74%) MySQL
8 131 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 129 (1.50%) Power BI
10 61 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
10 61 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 58 (0.67%) Oracle Database
12 54 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 49 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
14 26 (0.30%) RDBMS
15 25 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
15 25 (0.29%) Redis
16 21 (0.24%) QlikView
17 20 (0.23%) MariaDB
18 18 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 228 (2.65%) Git
2 190 (2.21%) JIRA
3 136 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 99 (1.15%) Visual Studio
5 71 (0.83%) GitLab
6 67 (0.78%) Subversion
7 40 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 36 (0.42%) Eclipse
9 27 (0.31%) CMake
10 24 (0.28%) MSI
11 23 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
12 22 (0.26%) Ant
12 22 (0.26%) Artifactory
13 20 (0.23%) TeamCity
14 18 (0.21%) LabVIEW
15 15 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.14%) eggPlant
17 11 (0.13%) AdminStudio
17 11 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
17 11 (0.13%) InstallShield
General
1 2,684 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 1,141 (13.27%) Finance
3 799 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
4 474 (5.51%) Public Sector
5 324 (3.77%) Law
6 296 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 287 (3.34%) Retail
8 281 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
9 259 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 258 (3.00%) Manufacturing
11 231 (2.69%) Legal
12 221 (2.57%) Banking
13 155 (1.80%) Marketing
14 139 (1.62%) Aerospace
15 129 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
16 126 (1.47%) Electronics
17 112 (1.30%) Games
18 94 (1.09%) Automotive
19 92 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
20 62 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,482 (17.23%) IT Support
2 1,301 (15.13%) Support Engineer
3 1,114 (12.95%) Analyst
4 1,039 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1,020 (11.86%) IT Engineer
6 979 (11.38%) Senior
7 701 (8.15%) IT Support Engineer
8 518 (6.02%) IT Technician
9 504 (5.86%) Lead
10 463 (5.38%) Developer
11 448 (5.21%) Support Analyst
12 445 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support
13 399 (4.64%) IT Analyst
14 367 (4.27%) Support Technician
15 310 (3.60%) Service Analyst
16 309 (3.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 303 (3.52%) Software Engineer
18 301 (3.50%) IT Support Technician
19 300 (3.49%) Administrator
20 290 (3.37%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 590 (6.86%) .NET
2 435 (5.06%) HTML
3 385 (4.48%) CSS
4 340 (3.95%) REST
5 338 (3.93%) React
6 332 (3.86%) AngularJS
6 332 (3.86%) ASP.NET
7 321 (3.73%) Web Services
8 291 (3.38%) Vue
9 288 (3.35%) jQuery
10 279 (3.24%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 240 (2.79%) ASP.NET Core
12 238 (2.77%) Backbone.js
12 238 (2.77%) Ember.js
13 160 (1.86%) Node.js
14 128 (1.49%) WPF
15 91 (1.06%) XML
16 86 (1.00%) .NET Framework
17 67 (0.78%) .NET Core
18 65 (0.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 509 (5.92%) Data Centre
2 423 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
3 410 (4.77%) Driving Licence
4 346 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 307 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 287 (3.34%) Algorithms
7 248 (2.88%) Data Structures
8 238 (2.77%) Blockchain
9 225 (2.62%) Public Cloud
10 211 (2.45%) Video Conferencing
11 206 (2.40%) Replication
12 173 (2.01%) Onboarding
13 159 (1.85%) Clustering
13 159 (1.85%) PKI
14 126 (1.47%) e-Learning
15 95 (1.10%) Smartphone
16 87 (1.01%) Client/Server
17 83 (0.97%) EPoS
18 78 (0.91%) Wiki
19 72 (0.84%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3,136 (36.47%) Windows Server
2 2,209 (25.69%) Linux
3 1,781 (20.71%) Windows 10
4 657 (7.64%) Android
5 589 (6.85%) Apple iOS
6 575 (6.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 524 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 477 (5.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 361 (4.20%) Mac OS
10 334 (3.88%) Unix
11 305 (3.55%) Windows 7
12 161 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 151 (1.76%) Ubuntu
13 151 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
14 118 (1.37%) CentOS
15 116 (1.35%) Windows 8
16 112 (1.30%) VMS
17 72 (0.84%) Mac OS X
18 68 (0.79%) Solaris
19 38 (0.44%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,917 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1,472 (17.12%) ITIL
3 1,336 (15.53%) Customer Service
4 1,324 (15.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 903 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
6 769 (8.94%) Agile
7 710 (8.26%) DevOps
8 661 (7.69%) Mentoring
9 513 (5.97%) Computer Science
10 467 (5.43%) Software Engineering
11 452 (5.26%) Service Management
12 424 (4.93%) Disaster Recovery
13 402 (4.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 400 (4.65%) User Experience
15 396 (4.60%) Project Management
16 364 (4.23%) ITSM
17 353 (4.10%) MVC
18 350 (4.07%) Change Management
19 349 (4.06%) Artificial Intelligence
20 344 (4.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1,261 (14.66%) SQL
2 1,217 (14.15%) PowerShell
3 734 (8.53%) Python
4 718 (8.35%) C#
5 499 (5.80%) JavaScript
6 397 (4.62%) Java
7 369 (4.29%) Bash
8 292 (3.40%) C++
9 183 (2.13%) C
10 107 (1.24%) Perl
11 105 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 86 (1.00%) VB
13 58 (0.67%) VBScript
14 53 (0.62%) XAML
15 49 (0.57%) Ruby
16 44 (0.51%) TypeScript
17 40 (0.47%) PHP
17 40 (0.47%) Shell Script
18 30 (0.35%) PL/SQL
18 30 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,378 (16.02%) Degree
2 1,022 (11.88%) Security Cleared
3 584 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 520 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 469 (5.45%) DV Cleared
6 328 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 270 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
8 254 (2.95%) DBS Check
9 208 (2.42%) CCNA
10 186 (2.16%) MCSE
11 173 (2.01%) A+ Certification
12 154 (1.79%) MCP
13 140 (1.63%) Master's Degree
14 130 (1.51%) Azure Certification
15 113 (1.31%) MCSA
16 101 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
17 94 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 83 (0.97%) CISSP
19 81 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
20 72 (0.84%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 543 (6.31%) SLA
2 185 (2.15%) GDPR
3 170 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 139 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 123 (1.43%) QA
6 71 (0.83%) NIST
7 67 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 61 (0.71%) Accessibility
9 23 (0.27%) COBIT
10 22 (0.26%) Data Quality
11 20 (0.23%) PMO
12 19 (0.22%) SOC 2
13 17 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 16 (0.19%) GRC
15 12 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 12 (0.14%) NCSC
16 9 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 9 (0.10%) ITGC
17 8 (0.093%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.093%) MISRA
System Software
1 3,842 (44.67%) Active Directory
2 1,389 (16.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1,048 (12.19%) Hyper-V
4 365 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
5 255 (2.97%) Docker
6 245 (2.85%) vSphere
7 214 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
8 194 (2.26%) XenApp
9 171 (1.99%) XenDesktop
10 151 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
11 116 (1.35%) Firmware
12 85 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
13 83 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
14 51 (0.59%) KVM
15 50 (0.58%) Terminal Services
16 49 (0.57%) VirtualBox
17 26 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
18 21 (0.24%) VMware Server
19 20 (0.23%) NFS
19 20 (0.23%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 909 (10.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 675 (7.85%) SCCM
3 340 (3.95%) Ansible
4 299 (3.48%) Kubernetes
5 261 (3.03%) Terraform
6 228 (2.65%) vCenter Server
7 177 (2.06%) WSUS
8 137 (1.59%) SCOM
9 119 (1.38%) Puppet
10 100 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
11 93 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
12 87 (1.01%) AirWatch
13 74 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 63 (0.73%) Nagios
15 57 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
15 57 (0.66%) Prometheus
16 52 (0.60%) Grafana
17 45 (0.52%) FortiGate
18 44 (0.51%) ZABBIX
19 43 (0.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4,373 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 2,084 (24.23%) VMware
3 744 (8.65%) Cisco
4 603 (7.01%) Citrix
5 489 (5.69%) Red Hat
6 408 (4.74%) Veeam
7 371 (4.31%) IBM
8 358 (4.16%) Apple
9 299 (3.48%) Oracle
10 286 (3.33%) HP
11 272 (3.16%) Dell
12 266 (3.09%) Google
13 188 (2.19%) ServiceNow
14 174 (2.02%) NetApp
15 157 (1.83%) Meraki
16 122 (1.42%) Adobe
17 119 (1.38%) Splunk
18 113 (1.31%) SolarWinds
19 112 (1.30%) Sophos
20 105 (1.22%) Palo Alto