Windows Jobs in the City of London

Microsoft Windows
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 18 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows 392 514 656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 11.73% 11.10% 9.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 78.56% 61.41% 53.73%
Number of salaries quoted 310 440 495
10th Percentile £31,475 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,813 £37,188 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -2.54%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £92,500 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% -1.82%

All Operating Systems
City of 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 City of London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 499 837 1,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 14.93% 18.08% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 394 713 996
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,350 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £47,647
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £109,750 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £60,000 £64,140 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% -1.32% +4.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the City of London

Windows
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the City of London.

Salary trend for Windows in the City of London

Windows
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the City of London

Windows
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the City of London region over the 6 months to 7 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
London Bridge - 1 £35,000 -
Windows
Central London

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 89 (22.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 25 (6.38%) Skype for Business
4 12 (3.06%) IIS
5 6 (1.53%) Apache
6 5 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.77%) SAS
8 2 (0.51%) CMS
8 2 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.51%) WordPress
9 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.26%) Confluence
9 1 (0.26%) JBoss
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.26%) WildFly
Applications
1 91 (23.21%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.51%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Carpe Diem
2 5 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.51%) Eikon
3 2 (0.51%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.51%) KEYPrime
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 196 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 185 (47.19%) Azure
3 76 (19.39%) Entra ID
4 40 (10.20%) AWS
5 23 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (5.87%) SaaS
6 16 (4.08%) WhatsApp
7 13 (3.32%) Google Workspace
7 13 (3.32%) OneDrive
8 12 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (2.30%) GitHub
10 8 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.04%) Mimecast
11 7 (1.79%) Azure API Management
11 7 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (1.79%) Azure Storage
11 7 (1.79%) GCP
11 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (1.53%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 51 (13.01%) Firewall
2 40 (10.20%) DNS
3 38 (9.69%) LAN
4 34 (8.67%) Skype
5 28 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
5 28 (7.14%) Telepresence
6 27 (6.89%) WAN
7 23 (5.87%) VPN
8 21 (5.36%) SAN
8 21 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (5.36%) Wireless
9 18 (4.59%) DHCP
9 18 (4.59%) NAS
10 16 (4.08%) Network Security
11 15 (3.83%) TCP/IP
12 14 (3.57%) SD-WAN
13 12 (3.06%) Internet
14 8 (2.04%) Broadband
15 7 (1.79%) WebEx
15 7 (1.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (15.82%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.81%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.53%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.28%) MySQL
4 5 (1.28%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.77%) SQLite
7 2 (0.51%) Metadata
7 2 (0.51%) Power BI
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.26%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 31 (7.91%) JIRA
2 11 (2.81%) GitLab
3 8 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.79%) Katalon Studio
5 4 (1.02%) Git
6 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.51%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.26%) JUnit
8 1 (0.26%) MSI
8 1 (0.26%) Postman
8 1 (0.26%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 139 (35.46%) Social Skills
2 125 (31.89%) Finance
3 54 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.48%) Law
5 36 (9.18%) Legal
6 30 (7.65%) Telecoms
7 27 (6.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 24 (6.12%) Automotive
9 22 (5.61%) Banking
10 12 (3.06%) Games
11 10 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.04%) Marketing
12 8 (2.04%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.53%) Advertising
14 5 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.02%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.77%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (19.64%) Support Engineer
2 76 (19.39%) Senior
3 59 (15.05%) Analyst
4 40 (10.20%) IT Support
5 37 (9.44%) Support Analyst
6 36 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 35 (8.93%) Consultant
8 32 (8.16%) Lead
9 26 (6.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 25 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
10 25 (6.38%) IT Analyst
11 24 (6.12%) Developer
12 23 (5.87%) Azure Engineer
12 23 (5.87%) Software Developer
13 21 (5.36%) IT Engineer
13 21 (5.36%) IT Support Analyst
14 20 (5.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (4.85%) Team Leader
16 18 (4.59%) Senior Developer
16 18 (4.59%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.91%) .NET
2 26 (6.63%) CSS
2 26 (6.63%) HTML
3 23 (5.87%) HTML5
4 21 (5.36%) WPF
5 13 (3.32%) YAML
6 6 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.28%) REST
7 5 (1.28%) X-Windows
8 4 (1.02%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.02%) XMPP
9 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.51%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET Web API
10 1 (0.26%) Kafka
10 1 (0.26%) React
10 1 (0.26%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.03%) Video Conferencing
2 31 (7.91%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (5.10%) Clustering
4 15 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.81%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (2.81%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.04%) Blackberry
8 8 (2.04%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.04%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (1.79%) Replication
9 7 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.53%) PKI
11 5 (1.28%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.28%) iPhone
12 4 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 167 (42.60%) Windows Server
2 103 (26.28%) Windows 10
3 54 (13.78%) Linux
4 38 (9.69%) Windows 7
5 27 (6.89%) Apple iOS
5 27 (6.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 27 (6.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (5.36%) Android
6 21 (5.36%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (3.06%) Mac OS X
9 10 (2.55%) Unix
10 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.28%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.77%) VMS
13 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.26%) AIX
14 1 (0.26%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (18.11%) ITIL
3 60 (15.31%) Customer Service
4 49 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 48 (12.24%) DevOps
6 44 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (9.44%) Information Security
7 37 (9.44%) ITSM
8 35 (8.93%) Computer Science
9 33 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
10 32 (8.16%) Service Management
11 27 (6.89%) Incident Management
12 26 (6.63%) CI/CD
12 26 (6.63%) Project Management
13 25 (6.38%) Change Management
14 24 (6.12%) Agile
15 23 (5.87%) Multithreaded Programming
15 23 (5.87%) Multithreading
16 21 (5.36%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 83 (21.17%) PowerShell
2 73 (18.62%) SQL
3 37 (9.44%) C#
4 28 (7.14%) Python
5 27 (6.89%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.12%) Bash
7 8 (2.04%) Java
8 6 (1.53%) C++
9 3 (0.77%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.77%) SAS Macro
10 2 (0.51%) Perl
11 1 (0.26%) Go
11 1 (0.26%) PHP
11 1 (0.26%) Ruby
11 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (21.43%) Degree
2 29 (7.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 29 (7.40%) Master's Degree
3 24 (6.12%) MBA
4 13 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (2.81%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.55%) CEH
7 9 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.30%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (1.79%) A+ Certification
8 7 (1.79%) CCSP
8 7 (1.79%) CISSP
8 7 (1.79%) MCSE
8 7 (1.79%) SANS
8 7 (1.79%) SSCP
9 6 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.28%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.34%) SLA
3 13 (3.32%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.30%) NIST
6 8 (2.04%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.53%) QA
8 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.51%) ITGC
9 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.26%) GDPR
10 1 (0.26%) GRC
10 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 199 (50.77%) Active Directory
2 66 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (9.44%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (4.59%) vSphere
5 15 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (3.57%) Docker
7 8 (2.04%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.77%) Firmware
10 2 (0.51%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.26%) KVM
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.26%) pfSense
11 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 55 (14.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (9.69%) vCenter Server
3 32 (8.16%) SCCM
4 31 (7.91%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (5.10%) Kubernetes
6 18 (4.59%) Microsoft Clustering
7 15 (3.83%) Terraform
8 13 (3.32%) Ansible
9 7 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (1.79%) Nmap
10 6 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.53%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.28%) AirWatch
11 5 (1.28%) SCOM
12 4 (1.02%) Backup Exec
12 4 (1.02%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 4 (1.02%) WSUS
13 3 (0.77%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.77%) Puppet
13 3 (0.77%) vRealize
Vendors
1 207 (52.81%) Microsoft
2 105 (26.79%) VMware
3 70 (17.86%) Cisco
4 47 (11.99%) Apple
5 34 (8.67%) ServiceNow
6 31 (7.91%) Citrix
6 31 (7.91%) Commvault
7 24 (6.12%) Polycom
8 23 (5.87%) Bloomberg
9 20 (5.10%) Sun
10 17 (4.34%) iManage
11 16 (4.08%) Google
11 16 (4.08%) Palo Alto
12 15 (3.83%) SolarWinds
13 14 (3.57%) HP
13 14 (3.57%) NetApp
14 13 (3.32%) Veeam
15 10 (2.55%) Splunk
16 9 (2.30%) Qualys
16 9 (2.30%) Remedy