Windows Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 9 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 756 807 841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.50% 14.60% 13.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.59% 69.81% 58.12%
Number of salaries quoted 649 501 574
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £39,500 £38,737
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% +1.97% -6.66%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,132 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.79% +3.53% -5.56%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,071 1,156 1,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.71% 20.91% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 921 669 736
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £24,125
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,973 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Hertfordshire +1 263 £37,500 -11.76% 57
Cambridgeshire +1 159 £37,500 -2.60% 77
Essex +14 143 £28,000 -25.83% 28
Norfolk -6 101 £32,500 -14.47% 16
Bedfordshire +1 50 £26,500 -49.52% 7
Suffolk -5 38 £40,000 +5.26% 9
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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
1 146 (19.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (14.42%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.17%) Exchange Server 2013
4 18 (2.38%) CMS
5 17 (2.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (2.25%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.93%) Confluence
7 5 (0.66%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.53%) WordPress
9 3 (0.40%) IIS
10 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 142 (18.78%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.40%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.40%) Simulink
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.40%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (0.40%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.40%) Sage 50
1 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.40%) Shopify
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 386 (51.06%) Microsoft 365
2 232 (30.69%) Azure
3 63 (8.33%) AWS
4 56 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 31 (4.10%) OneDrive
6 18 (2.38%) Mimecast
6 18 (2.38%) Power Platform
7 16 (2.12%) Google Workspace
8 13 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.19%) GCP
11 8 (1.06%) SaaS
12 7 (0.93%) Serverless
13 5 (0.66%) Nutanix
14 4 (0.53%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (0.40%) AWS KMS
15 3 (0.40%) Azure Service Fabric
15 3 (0.40%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 127 (16.80%) Firewall
2 86 (11.38%) DNS
3 72 (9.52%) TCP/IP
4 68 (8.99%) DHCP
5 63 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 60 (7.94%) WAN
7 55 (7.28%) VPN
8 53 (7.01%) LAN
9 48 (6.35%) SAN
10 39 (5.16%) VoIP
11 33 (4.37%) Internet
12 28 (3.70%) VLAN
13 21 (2.78%) Wireless
14 19 (2.51%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (2.12%) Intranet
15 16 (2.12%) NAS
16 15 (1.98%) MPLS
17 13 (1.72%) SD-WAN
18 11 (1.46%) Network Security
19 10 (1.32%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 29 (3.84%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (2.38%) Power BI
4 16 (2.12%) MySQL
5 14 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
5 14 (1.85%) QlikView
5 14 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.19%) MS Access
7 8 (1.06%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.93%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.85%) JIRA
2 9 (1.19%) Git
2 9 (1.19%) LabVIEW
3 8 (1.06%) Appium
3 8 (1.06%) UI Automator
4 7 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.40%) Rational Team Concert
6 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
General
1 251 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 90 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (4.89%) Finance
4 35 (4.63%) Manufacturing
5 28 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (2.25%) Automotive
7 15 (1.98%) Aerospace
7 15 (1.98%) Retail
7 15 (1.98%) Telecoms
8 14 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.72%) Law
9 13 (1.72%) Marketing
10 10 (1.32%) Electronics
11 9 (1.19%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.06%) Police
13 6 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.66%) Publishing
15 4 (0.53%) Advertising
15 4 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 198 (26.19%) IT Support
2 159 (21.03%) Support Engineer
3 139 (18.39%) IT Engineer
4 108 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 104 (13.76%) Analyst
6 78 (10.32%) IT Technician
7 77 (10.19%) Support Technician
8 73 (9.66%) 2nd Line Support
9 68 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (7.80%) IT Support Technician
11 58 (7.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 48 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 47 (6.22%) Senior
14 44 (5.82%) Service Analyst
14 44 (5.82%) Service Desk Analyst
15 39 (5.16%) Administrator
16 35 (4.63%) IT Analyst
17 34 (4.50%) Support Analyst
18 32 (4.23%) Technical Support
19 27 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.25%) HTML
2 13 (1.72%) Fluent Bit
3 10 (1.32%) .NET
4 7 (0.93%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.79%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.66%) CSS
7 4 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.40%) ADO
8 3 (0.40%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.40%) JSON
8 3 (0.40%) Qt
8 3 (0.40%) RESTful
9 2 (0.26%) iOS SDK
9 2 (0.26%) JWT
9 2 (0.26%) PyQt
9 2 (0.26%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.26%) XML
10 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.13%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 52 (6.88%) Driving Licence
3 28 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.78%) NHS
5 18 (2.38%) iPad
6 16 (2.12%) Operational Technology
7 15 (1.98%) Smartphone
8 11 (1.46%) Replication
9 10 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.32%) Social Media
10 9 (1.19%) EPoS
10 9 (1.19%) LIMS
10 9 (1.19%) Smartcard
11 8 (1.06%) Clustering
11 8 (1.06%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.93%) Digital Signage
12 7 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.79%) Educational Technology
13 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 297 (39.29%) Windows Server
2 185 (24.47%) Windows 10
3 162 (21.43%) Linux
4 65 (8.60%) Android
5 60 (7.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (6.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 40 (5.29%) Mac OS
8 36 (4.76%) Apple iOS
9 34 (4.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (3.70%) Windows 7
10 28 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
11 19 (2.51%) Windows 8
12 11 (1.46%) Debian
12 11 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
13 10 (1.32%) Unix
14 9 (1.19%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.93%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.66%) Windows 2000
16 5 (0.66%) Windows NT
16 5 (0.66%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (23.54%) Problem-Solving
2 141 (18.65%) Customer Service
2 141 (18.65%) ITIL
3 83 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 65 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (6.48%) Server Management
6 40 (5.29%) Project Management
7 32 (4.23%) Project Delivery
8 31 (4.10%) Computer Science
9 29 (3.84%) Time Management
10 28 (3.70%) Kalman Filter
11 26 (3.44%) Line Management
12 25 (3.31%) Software Engineering
13 24 (3.17%) Software Testing
14 23 (3.04%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (3.04%) Infrastructure Maintenance
15 22 (2.91%) Disaster Recovery
15 22 (2.91%) Performance Monitoring
15 22 (2.91%) Service Delivery
15 22 (2.91%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (11.90%) PowerShell
2 35 (4.63%) SQL
3 26 (3.44%) Python
4 22 (2.91%) Bash
5 17 (2.25%) C#
6 13 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.32%) C
8 9 (1.19%) Java
9 6 (0.79%) C++
9 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.79%) VB
10 3 (0.40%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.40%) Ruby
11 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.26%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.26%) Rust
12 1 (0.13%) Perl
12 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 107 (14.15%) Degree
2 77 (10.19%) Security Cleared
3 65 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (4.89%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.50%) CCNA
5 34 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (3.57%) A+ Certification
7 24 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (3.17%) MCSE
8 20 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.38%) DBS Check
10 14 (1.85%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (1.46%) MCP
13 9 (1.19%) HND
14 8 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.93%) MCSA
15 7 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.20%) SLA
2 14 (1.85%) PCI DSS
3 11 (1.46%) GDPR
4 10 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.19%) QA
6 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.40%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.40%) MISRA
8 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 348 (46.03%) Active Directory
2 117 (15.48%) Hyper-V
3 116 (15.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (4.50%) vSphere
5 24 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (1.85%) KVM
9 10 (1.32%) Firmware
10 8 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.93%) Docker
12 4 (0.53%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.13%) Samba
Systems Management
1 58 (7.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.12%) SCCM
3 13 (1.72%) Fluentd
3 13 (1.72%) logstash
4 8 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
4 8 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (1.06%) Terraform
4 8 (1.06%) WSUS
5 7 (0.93%) SCOM
6 6 (0.79%) Ansible
6 6 (0.79%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.79%) SmoothWall
7 5 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.66%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.40%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.40%) Puppet
10 2 (0.26%) Aspera SmartTrack
10 2 (0.26%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 412 (54.50%) Microsoft
2 205 (27.12%) VMware
3 50 (6.61%) Citrix
4 38 (5.03%) HP
5 35 (4.63%) Apple
5 35 (4.63%) Dell
6 32 (4.23%) Meraki
7 31 (4.10%) Cisco
8 30 (3.97%) NetApp
9 23 (3.04%) Veeam
10 22 (2.91%) Google
11 19 (2.51%) Sophos
12 17 (2.25%) Splunk
13 14 (1.85%) Acronis
13 14 (1.85%) Cognos
13 14 (1.85%) ServiceNow
14 13 (1.72%) Sage
15 12 (1.59%) IBM
15 12 (1.59%) WatchGuard
16 7 (0.93%) SolarWinds