Windows Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7,183 6,414 7,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.63% 11.06% 10.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.29% 66.64% 52.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,831 4,152 5,907
10th Percentile £24,696 £24,579 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £66,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -2.22%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,675 9,625 15,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.32% 16.59% 20.44%
Number of salaries quoted 8,160 5,973 9,289
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £73,675
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK excluding London 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% 373
North of England +3 1,562 £37,500 -6.25% 353
Midlands +9 1,265 £35,000 -12.50% 272
South West +5 1,001 £42,000 +5.00% 238
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% 144
East Midlands +6 546 £33,966 -14.98% 115
Scotland -45 365 £42,500 - 97
North East +14 190 £33,000 -17.50% 28
Wales +4 144 £32,500 -7.14% 37
Northern Ireland -9 47 £37,500 -16.67% 15
Isle of Man -3 12 £43,750 +45.83% 1
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1,070 (14.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 731 (10.18%) SharePoint
3 149 (2.07%) IIS
4 116 (1.61%) Apache
5 53 (0.74%) Confluence
6 38 (0.53%) CMS
7 34 (0.47%) OpenStack
8 32 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
9 28 (0.39%) Skype for Business
10 26 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
11 24 (0.33%) Tomcat
12 20 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
13 15 (0.21%) WordPress
14 12 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
14 12 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
15 11 (0.15%) Umbraco
16 7 (0.097%) ArcGIS
16 7 (0.097%) CloudStack
16 7 (0.097%) nginx
17 6 (0.084%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1,047 (14.58%) Microsoft Office
2 216 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 81 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.22%) Trello
8 12 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
9 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
9 8 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.070%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.042%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.042%) Pro Tools
11 3 (0.042%) Simulink
12 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.028%) CATIA
12 2 (0.028%) NASTRAN
12 2 (0.028%) Sketch
13 1 (0.014%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 20 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 15 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
5 9 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.084%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.070%) Shopify
8 3 (0.042%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 3 (0.042%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.028%) assyst
9 2 (0.028%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.028%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.028%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.028%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.014%) iTrent
10 1 (0.014%) Magento
10 1 (0.014%) Sage 300 ERP
10 1 (0.014%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.014%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3,076 (42.82%) Microsoft 365
2 2,620 (36.48%) Azure
3 827 (11.51%) Entra ID
4 616 (8.58%) AWS
5 320 (4.45%) OneDrive
6 228 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
6 228 (3.17%) IBM Cloud
7 212 (2.95%) SaaS
8 144 (2.00%) GCP
9 140 (1.95%) IaaS
10 136 (1.89%) Serverless
11 130 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 123 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
13 121 (1.68%) Azure Functions
14 119 (1.66%) Azure API Management
15 103 (1.43%) Power Platform
16 96 (1.34%) Google Workspace
17 92 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
18 85 (1.18%) Mimecast
19 71 (0.99%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,357 (18.89%) Firewall
2 1,047 (14.58%) DNS
3 806 (11.22%) DHCP
4 686 (9.55%) TCP/IP
5 593 (8.26%) WAN
6 582 (8.10%) LAN
7 549 (7.64%) VPN
8 390 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
9 366 (5.10%) SAN
10 317 (4.41%) Wireless
11 269 (3.74%) VoIP
12 266 (3.70%) VLAN
13 209 (2.91%) Internet
14 157 (2.19%) Network Security
15 138 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
16 132 (1.84%) NAS
17 94 (1.31%) SNMP
18 92 (1.28%) SD-WAN
19 89 (1.24%) HTTP
20 66 (0.92%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 564 (7.85%) SQL Server
2 342 (4.76%) MongoDB
3 273 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
4 271 (3.77%) DB2
5 243 (3.38%) NoSQL
6 206 (2.87%) Relational Database
7 122 (1.70%) MySQL
8 112 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
9 80 (1.11%) Power BI
10 65 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
11 35 (0.49%) Oracle Database
12 34 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 31 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 31 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (0.38%) RDBMS
15 25 (0.35%) Redis
16 24 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
17 21 (0.29%) QlikView
18 19 (0.26%) MariaDB
19 16 (0.22%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 174 (2.42%) Git
2 135 (1.88%) JIRA
3 113 (1.57%) Visual Studio
4 67 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 63 (0.88%) Subversion
6 54 (0.75%) GitLab
7 36 (0.50%) Eclipse
8 22 (0.31%) Ant
9 21 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 21 (0.29%) MSI
10 19 (0.26%) CMake
11 17 (0.24%) LabVIEW
12 16 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
13 15 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
14 14 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
15 12 (0.17%) eggPlant
16 11 (0.15%) AdminStudio
16 11 (0.15%) InstallShield
17 10 (0.14%) Trac
General
1 2,186 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 699 (9.73%) Finance
3 594 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
4 430 (5.99%) Public Sector
5 279 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 273 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
7 257 (3.58%) Manufacturing
8 240 (3.34%) Law
9 233 (3.24%) Retail
10 218 (3.03%) Telecoms
11 131 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 131 (1.82%) Electronics
11 131 (1.82%) Marketing
12 130 (1.81%) Legal
13 109 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 85 (1.18%) Games
15 76 (1.06%) Military
15 76 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 68 (0.95%) Automotive
17 56 (0.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,276 (17.76%) IT Support
2 1,130 (15.73%) Support Engineer
3 924 (12.86%) IT Engineer
4 890 (12.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 820 (11.42%) Analyst
6 771 (10.73%) Senior
7 646 (8.99%) IT Support Engineer
8 507 (7.06%) IT Technician
9 404 (5.62%) Developer
10 402 (5.60%) Lead
11 397 (5.53%) 2nd Line Support
12 369 (5.14%) Support Technician
13 307 (4.27%) Software Engineer
14 302 (4.20%) Support Analyst
15 299 (4.16%) IT Analyst
15 299 (4.16%) IT Support Technician
16 265 (3.69%) 1st Line Support
17 259 (3.61%) Administrator
18 258 (3.59%) Service Analyst
19 251 (3.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 527 (7.34%) .NET
2 396 (5.51%) HTML
3 346 (4.82%) CSS
4 316 (4.40%) AngularJS
5 310 (4.32%) ASP.NET
5 310 (4.32%) React
6 305 (4.25%) REST
7 291 (4.05%) Web Services
8 279 (3.88%) Vue
9 275 (3.83%) jQuery
10 268 (3.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 230 (3.20%) ASP.NET Core
12 228 (3.17%) Backbone.js
12 228 (3.17%) Ember.js
13 149 (2.07%) Node.js
14 114 (1.59%) WPF
15 89 (1.24%) .NET Framework
16 83 (1.16%) XML
17 76 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
18 60 (0.84%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 462 (6.43%) Data Centre
2 438 (6.10%) Driving Licence
3 361 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
4 285 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 277 (3.86%) Algorithms
6 269 (3.74%) Management Information System
7 235 (3.27%) Data Structures
8 228 (3.17%) Blockchain
9 186 (2.59%) Public Cloud
10 167 (2.32%) Replication
11 141 (1.96%) Onboarding
12 117 (1.63%) PKI
13 114 (1.59%) e-Learning
14 112 (1.56%) Clustering
15 77 (1.07%) EPoS
16 69 (0.96%) Smartphone
17 65 (0.90%) Client/Server
18 57 (0.79%) CMDB
19 55 (0.77%) NHS
19 55 (0.77%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2,736 (38.09%) Windows Server
2 1,896 (26.40%) Linux
3 1,379 (19.20%) Windows 10
4 534 (7.43%) Android
5 511 (7.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 499 (6.95%) Apple iOS
7 471 (6.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 424 (5.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 286 (3.98%) Mac OS
10 266 (3.70%) Windows 7
11 249 (3.47%) Unix
12 123 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 119 (1.66%) Windows 8
13 119 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
14 89 (1.24%) CentOS
15 74 (1.03%) Ubuntu
16 61 (0.85%) VMS
17 57 (0.79%) Mac OS X
18 50 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
19 34 (0.47%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,697 (23.63%) Problem-Solving
2 1,230 (17.12%) ITIL
3 1,221 (17.00%) Customer Service
4 1,144 (15.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 722 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
6 622 (8.66%) Agile
7 603 (8.39%) Mentoring
8 565 (7.87%) DevOps
9 436 (6.07%) Software Engineering
10 374 (5.21%) User Experience
11 370 (5.15%) Computer Science
12 357 (4.97%) Project Management
13 348 (4.84%) Service Management
14 324 (4.51%) Artificial Intelligence
14 324 (4.51%) MVC
15 319 (4.44%) OO
16 314 (4.37%) Service Delivery
17 309 (4.30%) Disaster Recovery
18 302 (4.20%) Continuous Improvement
19 294 (4.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 997 (13.88%) SQL
2 869 (12.10%) PowerShell
3 628 (8.74%) C#
4 589 (8.20%) Python
5 426 (5.93%) JavaScript
6 359 (5.00%) Java
7 306 (4.26%) C++
8 240 (3.34%) Bash
9 175 (2.44%) C
10 88 (1.23%) VB
11 57 (0.79%) T-SQL
12 56 (0.78%) VBScript
13 53 (0.74%) Perl
14 51 (0.71%) XAML
15 35 (0.49%) TypeScript
16 34 (0.47%) PHP
17 30 (0.42%) Shell Script
17 30 (0.42%) VB.NET
18 27 (0.38%) R
19 23 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,079 (15.02%) Degree
2 901 (12.54%) Security Cleared
3 534 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 442 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 395 (5.50%) DV Cleared
6 263 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 256 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
8 222 (3.09%) DBS Check
9 219 (3.05%) CCNA
10 150 (2.09%) MCP
11 147 (2.05%) A+ Certification
12 143 (1.99%) MCSE
13 98 (1.36%) Azure Certification
14 86 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
15 81 (1.13%) MCSA
16 79 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
17 68 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 66 (0.92%) CCNP
19 59 (0.82%) CISSP
20 58 (0.81%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 461 (6.42%) SLA
2 167 (2.32%) GDPR
3 120 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 115 (1.60%) QA
5 110 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 55 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 45 (0.63%) NIST
8 34 (0.47%) Accessibility
9 19 (0.26%) Data Quality
10 17 (0.24%) PMO
11 14 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (0.17%) ITGC
13 11 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.11%) ISO 13485
14 8 (0.11%) MISRA
15 7 (0.097%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.084%) GRC
16 6 (0.084%) ISO 22301
16 6 (0.084%) ISO 9000
17 5 (0.070%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3,116 (43.38%) Active Directory
2 1,195 (16.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1,025 (14.27%) Hyper-V
4 227 (3.16%) Docker
5 216 (3.01%) VMware ESXi
6 205 (2.85%) vSphere
7 179 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
8 114 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
9 105 (1.46%) Firmware
10 94 (1.31%) XenApp
11 74 (1.03%) XenDesktop
12 62 (0.86%) KVM
13 48 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
13 48 (0.67%) VirtualBox
14 43 (0.60%) Terminal Services
15 22 (0.31%) pfSense
16 21 (0.29%) VMware Server
17 20 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
17 20 (0.28%) VMware NSX
17 20 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 742 (10.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 466 (6.49%) SCCM
3 261 (3.63%) Ansible
4 257 (3.58%) Kubernetes
5 185 (2.58%) vCenter Server
6 165 (2.30%) WSUS
7 149 (2.07%) Terraform
8 121 (1.68%) SCOM
9 81 (1.13%) Puppet
10 68 (0.95%) Prometheus
11 54 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
12 52 (0.72%) FortiGate
13 48 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 48 (0.67%) ZABBIX
14 43 (0.60%) Nagios
15 38 (0.53%) EMC NetWorker
16 37 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
17 36 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
18 35 (0.49%) Progress Chef
19 34 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3,630 (50.54%) Microsoft
2 1,800 (25.06%) VMware
3 533 (7.42%) Cisco
4 441 (6.14%) Red Hat
5 418 (5.82%) Citrix
6 351 (4.89%) Veeam
7 334 (4.65%) IBM
8 276 (3.84%) Apple
9 274 (3.81%) Dell
10 234 (3.26%) HP
11 211 (2.94%) Google
12 199 (2.77%) Oracle
13 177 (2.46%) NetApp
14 126 (1.75%) ServiceNow
15 124 (1.73%) Meraki
16 115 (1.60%) Sophos
17 97 (1.35%) Adobe
18 86 (1.20%) Splunk
19 84 (1.17%) SolarWinds
20 82 (1.14%) Palo Alto