Windows Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Windows
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 765 826 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.39% 10.89% 10.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.33% 73.03% 60.69%
Number of salaries quoted 580 567 755
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,500 £21,773
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £25,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £53,750 £54,625 £50,000
90th Percentile £66,500 £63,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 North West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,208 1,131 1,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.68% 14.91% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 888 734 1,070
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Windows in the North West

Windows
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North West 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
Manchester +6 421 £42,500 - 82
Cheshire -12 142 £35,000 -6.67% 50
Lancashire -5 97 £32,000 -32.63% 27
Merseyside -11 84 £34,000 -14.45% 22
Cumbria -20 20 £42,500 -5.56% 5
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 89 (11.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.53%) Apache
4 19 (2.48%) IIS
5 8 (1.05%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.92%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.78%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.52%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.52%) CMS
8 4 (0.52%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.26%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) Confluence
10 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 98 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.26%) Sketch
4 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.05%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.65%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 288 (37.65%) Azure
2 244 (31.90%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (11.76%) AWS
4 81 (10.59%) Entra ID
5 78 (10.20%) IBM Cloud
6 70 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (6.01%) Serverless
8 43 (5.62%) Azure Logic Apps
8 43 (5.62%) Azure Service Bus
9 41 (5.36%) Azure API Management
9 41 (5.36%) Azure Functions
10 23 (3.01%) IaaS
11 19 (2.48%) GCP
12 18 (2.35%) OneDrive
13 16 (2.09%) SaaS
14 14 (1.83%) Power Platform
15 13 (1.70%) GitHub
16 12 (1.57%) Amazon S3
17 8 (1.05%) Google Workspace
18 7 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 109 (14.25%) Firewall
2 89 (11.63%) DNS
3 73 (9.54%) LAN
4 64 (8.37%) DHCP
5 63 (8.24%) WAN
6 46 (6.01%) TCP/IP
7 41 (5.36%) VPN
8 38 (4.97%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (4.71%) Wireless
10 30 (3.92%) VoIP
11 26 (3.40%) Internet
11 26 (3.40%) Remote Desktop
12 17 (2.22%) Network Security
13 15 (1.96%) VLAN
14 12 (1.57%) SAN
15 11 (1.44%) SNMP
16 10 (1.31%) IPsec
16 10 (1.31%) SSL
17 8 (1.05%) WLAN
18 6 (0.78%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (12.94%) SQL Server
2 98 (12.81%) MongoDB
3 89 (11.63%) PostgreSQL
4 85 (11.11%) NoSQL
5 79 (10.33%) DB2
6 53 (6.93%) Relational Database
7 18 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (2.35%) MySQL
8 10 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.31%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.18%) Redis
10 8 (1.05%) Power BI
10 8 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (0.92%) GIS
12 6 (0.78%) QlikView
13 5 (0.65%) MaxDB
13 5 (0.65%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 19 (2.48%) Git
2 10 (1.31%) JIRA
2 10 (1.31%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.05%) Eclipse
4 8 (1.05%) GitLab
5 7 (0.92%) Artifactory
6 6 (0.78%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (0.78%) MSI
7 5 (0.65%) AdminStudio
7 5 (0.65%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.39%) CMake
8 3 (0.39%) GCC
8 3 (0.39%) GDB
8 3 (0.39%) Subversion
9 2 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 199 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 112 (14.64%) Public Sector
3 91 (11.90%) Finance
4 87 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (6.14%) Retail
7 41 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (3.53%) Law
9 23 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.75%) Legal
11 12 (1.57%) Games
12 9 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.18%) Marketing
12 9 (1.18%) Military
13 8 (1.05%) Local Government
13 8 (1.05%) Police
13 8 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.65%) Electronics
15 4 (0.52%) Banking
Job Titles
1 106 (13.86%) IT Support
2 105 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 97 (12.68%) Developer
4 96 (12.55%) Support Engineer
5 84 (10.98%) Senior
6 82 (10.72%) Analyst
7 73 (9.54%) IT Engineer
8 56 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 52 (6.80%) IT Technician
10 51 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
11 48 (6.27%) Full Stack Developer
12 43 (5.62%) Support Technician
13 41 (5.36%) Azure Developer
14 40 (5.23%) Full Stack Engineer
15 36 (4.71%) IT Support Technician
16 34 (4.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
17 32 (4.18%) Lead
18 29 (3.79%) 1st Line Support
18 29 (3.79%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (15.82%) .NET
2 99 (12.94%) HTML
3 98 (12.81%) React
4 95 (12.42%) ASP.NET
5 93 (12.16%) AngularJS
5 93 (12.16%) CSS
5 93 (12.16%) Web Services
6 89 (11.63%) REST
7 86 (11.24%) Vue
8 84 (10.98%) jQuery
8 84 (10.98%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 78 (10.20%) ASP.NET Core
9 78 (10.20%) Backbone.js
9 78 (10.20%) Ember.js
10 56 (7.32%) Node.js
11 19 (2.48%) .NET Core
12 16 (2.09%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (1.70%) HTML5
14 11 (1.44%) .NET Framework
15 10 (1.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 87 (11.37%) Algorithms
3 78 (10.20%) Blockchain
3 78 (10.20%) Data Structures
4 64 (8.37%) Data Centre
5 54 (7.06%) Driving Licence
6 41 (5.36%) Management Information System
7 39 (5.10%) Public Cloud
8 37 (4.84%) e-Learning
9 28 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (3.27%) EPoS
11 11 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
12 10 (1.31%) Fat Client
12 10 (1.31%) iPad
12 10 (1.31%) Thin Client
13 9 (1.18%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.18%) Replication
13 9 (1.18%) Smartphone
14 8 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.05%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 266 (34.77%) Linux
2 218 (28.50%) Windows Server
3 111 (14.51%) Windows 10
4 96 (12.55%) Android
5 92 (12.03%) Apple iOS
6 39 (5.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 33 (4.31%) Mac OS
7 33 (4.31%) Unix
8 28 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (3.14%) Windows Vista
10 23 (3.01%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (1.31%) Data ONTAP
11 10 (1.31%) VMS
12 9 (1.18%) Solaris
12 9 (1.18%) Windows Phone
13 7 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
13 7 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (0.78%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.52%) Debian
15 4 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
2 159 (20.78%) ITIL
3 115 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 101 (13.20%) Customer Service
5 99 (12.94%) OO
6 97 (12.68%) User Experience
7 93 (12.16%) Artificial Intelligence
7 93 (12.16%) Full Stack Development
8 92 (12.03%) MVC
9 91 (11.90%) Agile
9 91 (11.90%) DevOps
9 91 (11.90%) Mentoring
10 86 (11.24%) Web Development
11 84 (10.98%) MVVM
11 84 (10.98%) OOP
12 81 (10.59%) Design Patterns
13 79 (10.33%) SOLID
14 78 (10.20%) Coaching
14 78 (10.20%) Co-Creation
14 78 (10.20%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 136 (17.78%) SQL
2 121 (15.82%) C#
3 107 (13.99%) JavaScript
4 98 (12.81%) Python
5 62 (8.10%) PowerShell
6 56 (7.32%) Java
7 28 (3.66%) C++
8 15 (1.96%) Bash
9 14 (1.83%) C
10 12 (1.57%) VB
11 11 (1.44%) Delphi
12 10 (1.31%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.18%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.78%) VBScript
15 5 (0.65%) ABAP
16 4 (0.52%) Go
17 3 (0.39%) Perl
17 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.26%) Groovy
18 2 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 114 (14.90%) Degree
2 43 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (5.23%) Security Cleared
4 23 (3.01%) DBS Check
5 21 (2.75%) CCNA
5 21 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.48%) SC Cleared
7 18 (2.35%) MCP
8 15 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.70%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.44%) MCSE
12 10 (1.31%) MCSA
13 8 (1.05%) HNC
13 8 (1.05%) HND
13 8 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (0.92%) A+ Certification
14 7 (0.92%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.92%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.62%) SLA
2 20 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.83%) GDPR
4 10 (1.31%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.05%) QA
7 6 (0.78%) ISO 9000
8 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.52%) NIST
9 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 273 (35.69%) Active Directory
2 67 (8.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (8.63%) Hyper-V
4 20 (2.61%) Terminal Services
5 16 (2.09%) Docker
6 14 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.57%) Firmware
8 10 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.05%) vSphere
10 7 (0.92%) KVM
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.13%) Postfix
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.13%) XenApp
12 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 70 (9.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (3.53%) SCCM
3 21 (2.75%) Ansible
4 19 (2.48%) Kubernetes
5 16 (2.09%) Terraform
6 12 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.44%) WSUS
8 10 (1.31%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.18%) AirWatch
10 6 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.65%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.52%) cPanel
12 4 (0.52%) Plesk
13 3 (0.39%) SELinux
13 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.26%) Grafana
14 2 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 339 (44.31%) Microsoft
2 108 (14.12%) VMware
3 97 (12.68%) IBM
4 91 (11.90%) Red Hat
5 41 (5.36%) Apple
6 35 (4.58%) Citrix
7 33 (4.31%) Cisco
8 26 (3.40%) Oracle
9 25 (3.27%) Veeam
10 22 (2.88%) Adobe
10 22 (2.88%) NetApp
11 21 (2.75%) Dell
12 17 (2.22%) HP
13 13 (1.70%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.31%) Dynatrace
14 10 (1.31%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.31%) SolidFire
14 10 (1.31%) Splunk
15 8 (1.05%) Avaya
15 8 (1.05%) NEC