Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 12 21 16
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,265 843 1,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.87% 9.50% 10.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.34% 67.22% 58.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 591 1,010
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,693
25th Percentile £26,000 £27,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £39,668
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.84% -0.83%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,657 1,254 2,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.93% 14.13% 18.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,333 815 1,400
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,200 £24,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +1.12% +11.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +13 713 £35,000 -12.50% 157
East Midlands +6 546 £33,966 -14.98% 114
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 202 (15.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 171 (13.52%) SharePoint
3 52 (4.11%) IIS
4 17 (1.34%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.11%) Apache
6 12 (0.95%) Confluence
7 10 (0.79%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.24%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.16%) Liferay
10 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.079%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.079%) SAP Portal
11 1 (0.079%) TYPO3
Applications
1 187 (14.78%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.87%) Trello
4 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.16%) CATIA
7 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.079%) InDesign
8 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.079%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.63%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.079%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.079%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.079%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.079%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 646 (51.07%) Microsoft 365
2 516 (40.79%) Azure
3 199 (15.73%) Entra ID
4 71 (5.61%) IBM Cloud
5 70 (5.53%) AWS
6 37 (2.92%) OneDrive
7 34 (2.69%) SaaS
8 29 (2.29%) GCP
9 19 (1.50%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.42%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.42%) IaaS
10 18 (1.42%) Mimecast
11 17 (1.34%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.19%) PaaS
13 12 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.79%) Nutanix
15 9 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (0.71%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 268 (21.19%) Firewall
2 247 (19.53%) DNS
3 207 (16.36%) DHCP
4 145 (11.46%) TCP/IP
5 104 (8.22%) WAN
6 98 (7.75%) LAN
7 96 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
8 82 (6.48%) SAN
9 78 (6.17%) VPN
10 63 (4.98%) VLAN
11 36 (2.85%) Wireless
12 28 (2.21%) Network Security
13 24 (1.90%) Internet
14 20 (1.58%) SSL
15 19 (1.50%) VoIP
16 18 (1.42%) PBX
16 18 (1.42%) Skype
17 16 (1.26%) SNMP
18 15 (1.19%) SD-WAN
19 14 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (9.41%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.01%) MongoDB
3 75 (5.93%) DB2
3 75 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (5.69%) NoSQL
5 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.34%) Power BI
7 15 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.11%) Oracle Database
9 12 (0.95%) MySQL
10 10 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.55%) Metadata
13 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.32%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.32%) Redis
14 4 (0.32%) SQLite
14 4 (0.32%) UniData
15 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 26 (2.06%) JIRA
2 16 (1.26%) Git
3 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.24%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Bower
6 2 (0.16%) CANoe
6 2 (0.16%) GitLab
6 2 (0.16%) gulp
6 2 (0.16%) Moq
7 1 (0.079%) CMake
7 1 (0.079%) Toad
General
1 372 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 110 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 96 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (7.59%) Finance
4 95 (7.51%) Public Sector
5 72 (5.69%) Law
6 71 (5.61%) Manufacturing
7 70 (5.53%) Retail
8 43 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
9 39 (3.08%) Telecoms
10 38 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (1.90%) Automotive
12 21 (1.66%) Marketing
13 18 (1.42%) Electronics
13 18 (1.42%) Legal
14 15 (1.19%) Local Government
15 14 (1.11%) Games
15 14 (1.11%) Police
16 9 (0.71%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 252 (19.92%) IT Support
2 206 (16.28%) IT Engineer
3 198 (15.65%) Support Engineer
4 140 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 124 (9.80%) Analyst
6 119 (9.41%) Senior
7 115 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 94 (7.43%) IT Technician
9 90 (7.11%) Azure Engineer
10 71 (5.61%) 1st Line Support
10 71 (5.61%) Full Stack Engineer
11 64 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support
12 61 (4.82%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 59 (4.66%) Lead
14 57 (4.51%) Support Technician
15 52 (4.11%) IT Analyst
16 51 (4.03%) Developer
16 51 (4.03%) IT Support Technician
17 48 (3.79%) Support Analyst
18 45 (3.56%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (11.15%) .NET
2 105 (8.30%) HTML
3 94 (7.43%) ASP.NET
3 94 (7.43%) REST
4 93 (7.35%) CSS
5 90 (7.11%) Vue
6 89 (7.04%) Web Services
7 86 (6.80%) AngularJS
7 86 (6.80%) React
8 85 (6.72%) jQuery
9 83 (6.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 73 (5.77%) ASP.NET Core
11 71 (5.61%) Backbone.js
11 71 (5.61%) Ember.js
12 22 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
13 21 (1.66%) WPF
14 16 (1.26%) .NET Core
14 16 (1.26%) .NET Framework
14 16 (1.26%) WinForms
15 12 (0.95%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.06%) Driving Licence
2 101 (7.98%) Data Centre
3 84 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
4 77 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 71 (5.61%) Algorithms
5 71 (5.61%) Blockchain
5 71 (5.61%) Data Structures
5 71 (5.61%) e-Learning
6 48 (3.79%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.40%) Replication
8 29 (2.29%) Public Cloud
9 28 (2.21%) Clustering
9 28 (2.21%) PKI
10 22 (1.74%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.19%) Cloud Native
12 15 (1.19%) EPoS
12 15 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
13 11 (0.87%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 546 (43.16%) Windows Server
2 254 (20.08%) Linux
3 216 (17.08%) Windows 10
4 118 (9.33%) Apple iOS
5 115 (9.09%) Android
6 90 (7.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 75 (5.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 72 (5.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 47 (3.72%) Windows 7
10 41 (3.24%) Mac OS
10 41 (3.24%) Unix
11 21 (1.66%) Windows 8
12 18 (1.42%) Ubuntu
13 16 (1.26%) Solaris
13 16 (1.26%) VMS
14 14 (1.11%) CentOS
15 12 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 8 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.40%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
2 202 (15.97%) Customer Service
3 182 (14.39%) ITIL
4 171 (13.52%) Cybersecurity
4 171 (13.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 141 (11.15%) Mentoring
6 138 (10.91%) Agile
7 98 (7.75%) Web Development
8 96 (7.59%) MVC
9 84 (6.64%) OOP
10 82 (6.48%) OO
11 81 (6.40%) Artificial Intelligence
11 81 (6.40%) Design Patterns
11 81 (6.40%) User Experience
12 80 (6.32%) Full Stack Development
13 78 (6.17%) MVVM
14 77 (6.09%) Coaching
14 77 (6.09%) SOLID
15 75 (5.93%) Code Quality
16 73 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 235 (18.58%) SQL
2 132 (10.43%) C#
3 111 (8.77%) PowerShell
4 97 (7.67%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.00%) Python
6 25 (1.98%) Java
7 24 (1.90%) T-SQL
8 17 (1.34%) C
9 15 (1.19%) C++
9 15 (1.19%) XAML
10 14 (1.11%) VB.NET
11 11 (0.87%) PHP
11 11 (0.87%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.63%) Bash
12 8 (0.63%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.40%) Bicep
13 5 (0.40%) Embedded C
13 5 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.24%) Go
14 3 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 158 (12.49%) Degree
2 95 (7.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (6.01%) Security Cleared
4 61 (4.82%) DBS Check
5 47 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (3.32%) CCNA
7 36 (2.85%) MCP
7 36 (2.85%) SC Cleared
8 34 (2.69%) Azure Certification
9 30 (2.37%) A+ Certification
10 28 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (2.21%) MCSE
11 19 (1.50%) DV Cleared
11 19 (1.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 18 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.26%) CCNP
14 15 (1.19%) MCSA
15 13 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.71%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.27%) SLA
2 30 (2.37%) GDPR
3 26 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.50%) QA
5 16 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.95%) NIST
8 5 (0.40%) MISRA
9 3 (0.24%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.079%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.079%) ITGC
11 1 (0.079%) PMO
System Software
1 595 (47.04%) Active Directory
2 226 (17.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 211 (16.68%) Hyper-V
4 41 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (3.00%) vSphere
6 28 (2.21%) Docker
7 22 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.03%) KVM
9 11 (0.87%) Firmware
9 11 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.71%) Terminal Services
10 9 (0.71%) VMware Server
11 8 (0.63%) pfSense
11 8 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
12 7 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
12 7 (0.55%) XenApp
12 7 (0.55%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.40%) NFS
13 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 155 (12.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (7.04%) SCCM
3 27 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.66%) Terraform
5 20 (1.58%) SCOM
6 17 (1.34%) vCenter Server
7 13 (1.03%) WSUS
8 10 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
8 10 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.63%) Ansible
10 7 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.40%) AirWatch
11 5 (0.40%) Autotask
11 5 (0.40%) Backup Exec
11 5 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.40%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.32%) Grafana
12 4 (0.32%) SCOrch
12 4 (0.32%) vMotion
Vendors
1 719 (56.84%) Microsoft
2 330 (26.09%) VMware
3 104 (8.22%) Cisco
4 101 (7.98%) Veeam
5 84 (6.64%) IBM
6 81 (6.40%) Red Hat
7 79 (6.25%) Dell
8 61 (4.82%) HP
9 55 (4.35%) Apple
10 52 (4.11%) Citrix
11 37 (2.92%) Google
12 32 (2.53%) ServiceNow
13 29 (2.29%) Meraki
14 28 (2.21%) Adobe
15 25 (1.98%) Sophos
16 20 (1.58%) NetApp
17 19 (1.50%) Nimble Storage
17 19 (1.50%) Oracle
18 18 (1.42%) Acronis
19 17 (1.34%) Fortinet