Windows Engineer Jobs in England

Windows Engineer
UK > England

The median Windows Engineer salary in England is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 691 696 988
Rank change year-on-year +5 +292 -384
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 149 225 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.28% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 132 183 141
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +17.95% -2.50%
75th Percentile £70,625 £78,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,250 £91,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £56,222 £48,375
% change year-on-year -24.41% +16.22% -3.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,017 81,732 129,546
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,430 51,948 75,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Windows Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 +70 55 £72,500 -1.69% 13
South East +13 51 £34,000 -15.00% 9
Midlands +7 16 £34,000 -38.18% 5
West Midlands +17 15 £34,000 -38.74% 4
North of England +24 10 £45,000 +63.64% 1
South West -25 10 £37,500 -6.25% 3
Yorkshire +85 6 £45,000 +63.64%
East of England -19 6 £37,500 -25.00% 6
North West -4 3 £27,500 - 1
East Midlands -26 1 £44,000 -20.00% 1
North East - 1 £50,000 -
Windows Engineer
UK

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Windows Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 149 (100.00%) Windows
2 95 (63.76%) Windows Server
3 68 (45.64%) Microsoft
4 62 (41.61%) Active Directory
5 48 (32.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 46 (30.87%) Azure
7 44 (29.53%) PowerShell
8 40 (26.85%) VMware
9 37 (24.83%) Configuration Management
10 34 (22.82%) Security Cleared
11 33 (22.15%) Linux
12 32 (21.48%) SC Cleared
13 31 (20.81%) VMware Infrastructure
14 29 (19.46%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (18.79%) AWS
16 27 (18.12%) DHCP
16 27 (18.12%) DNS
17 25 (16.78%) DV Cleared
18 24 (16.11%) CMDB
19 21 (14.09%) DevOps
20 19 (12.75%) Agile
20 19 (12.75%) Finance
21 18 (12.08%) SCCM
22 17 (11.41%) Entra ID
22 17 (11.41%) Degree
22 17 (11.41%) Firewall
23 16 (10.74%) SCOM
23 16 (10.74%) Social Skills
23 16 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
24 15 (10.07%) Banking

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 13 (8.72%) IIS
2 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (30.87%) Azure
2 29 (19.46%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (18.79%) AWS
4 17 (11.41%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.70%) GitHub
6 6 (4.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (3.36%) OCI
7 5 (3.36%) Rubrik
8 3 (2.01%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.67%) Dropbox
9 1 (0.67%) IaaS
9 1 (0.67%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.67%) PaaS
9 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (18.12%) DHCP
1 27 (18.12%) DNS
2 17 (11.41%) Firewall
3 13 (8.72%) SNMP
4 7 (4.70%) SAN
5 6 (4.03%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.36%) WAN
7 3 (2.01%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.01%) VoIP
8 2 (1.34%) LAN
9 1 (0.67%) Internet
9 1 (0.67%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.67%) Multicast
9 1 (0.67%) NAS
9 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.70%) Git
1 7 (4.70%) GitLab
2 3 (2.01%) Snyk
3 2 (1.34%) JIRA
3 2 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.34%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (12.75%) Finance
2 16 (10.74%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.07%) Banking
4 7 (4.70%) Investment Banking
5 6 (4.03%) Law
6 4 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.01%) Legal
7 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.34%) Games
8 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.34%) .NET
2 1 (0.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.11%) CMDB
2 14 (9.40%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.70%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.70%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.36%) PKI
4 5 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.36%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.01%) Replication
6 2 (1.34%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.67%) Derivative
7 1 (0.67%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.67%) iPad
7 1 (0.67%) iPhone
7 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.67%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.67%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.67%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 149 (100.00%) Windows
2 95 (63.76%) Windows Server
3 33 (22.15%) Linux
4 15 (10.07%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.37%) Unix
5 8 (5.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (3.36%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.36%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.34%) Android
10 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.67%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (32.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (24.83%) Configuration Management
3 21 (14.09%) DevOps
4 19 (12.75%) Agile
5 16 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (8.72%) Computer Science
6 13 (8.72%) Waterfall
7 11 (7.38%) Project Delivery
8 10 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (6.04%) CI/CD
9 9 (6.04%) Customer Service
9 9 (6.04%) Data Protection
10 8 (5.37%) Asset Management
11 6 (4.03%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (4.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (4.03%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (4.03%) Service Management
12 5 (3.36%) IT Strategy
12 5 (3.36%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 5 (3.36%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 44 (29.53%) PowerShell
2 13 (8.72%) SQL
3 8 (5.37%) Bash
3 8 (5.37%) Python
4 7 (4.70%) Korn
4 7 (4.70%) Perl
4 7 (4.70%) Ruby
5 2 (1.34%) C#
6 1 (0.67%) C
6 1 (0.67%) C++
6 1 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 34 (22.82%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.48%) SC Cleared
3 25 (16.78%) DV Cleared
4 17 (11.41%) Degree
5 7 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.03%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (2.01%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.34%) MCSA
9 2 (1.34%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.36%) SLA
2 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (41.61%) Active Directory
2 31 (20.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.71%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.36%) DFS Replication
6 4 (2.68%) vSphere
7 3 (2.01%) Docker
7 3 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.67%) KVM
9 1 (0.67%) QEMU
9 1 (0.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 18 (12.08%) SCCM
2 16 (10.74%) SCOM
3 15 (10.07%) Ansible
4 12 (8.05%) Puppet
5 7 (4.70%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (4.03%) Terraform
7 5 (3.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (3.36%) NetBackup
7 5 (3.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (2.01%) Kubernetes
8 3 (2.01%) Nessus
8 3 (2.01%) Nexpose
9 2 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.67%) SCDPM
10 1 (0.67%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (45.64%) Microsoft
2 40 (26.85%) VMware
3 13 (8.72%) Dynatrace
4 10 (6.71%) Veeam
5 8 (5.37%) Citrix
5 8 (5.37%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.70%) ServiceNow
6 7 (4.70%) Sun
6 7 (4.70%) TOWER Software
7 5 (3.36%) Oracle
8 4 (2.68%) Apple
8 4 (2.68%) HP
9 3 (2.01%) Dell
9 3 (2.01%) Qualys
10 2 (1.34%) Cisco
11 1 (0.67%) arcserve
11 1 (0.67%) Avaya
11 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.67%) Intel
11 1 (0.67%) NetApp