Windows Jobs in Lancashire

Microsoft Windows
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 17 17 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 96 78 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 7.44% 11.35% 12.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.80% 85.71% 77.36%
Number of salaries quoted 84 52 86
10th Percentile £22,614 £24,200 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £21,806
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £47,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +56.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £49,594 £38,438
90th Percentile £61,875 £57,050 £50,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,149
% change year-on-year - +10.65% -14.94%

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 125 91 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.69% 13.25% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 112 61 96
10th Percentile £22,614 £24,000 £21,375
25th Percentile £26,813 £28,250 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £47,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +56.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £41,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £53,000 £50,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Lancashire 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
Preston -4 29 £27,500 -42.11% 7
Blackburn +2 19 £23,076 -3.85% 3
Blackpool -3 17 £45,000 +91.49% 2
Lancaster - 5 £27,500 - 3
Newton-le-Willows - 2 £30,000 -
Chorley 0 1 £47,500 -13.64% 3
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (39.58%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (27.08%) Azure
3 10 (10.42%) IaaS
4 9 (9.38%) AWS
5 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.13%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.83%) Firewall
2 15 (15.63%) TCP/IP
3 14 (14.58%) VoIP
4 13 (13.54%) DNS
5 9 (9.38%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (7.29%) DHCP
7 6 (6.25%) LAN
7 6 (6.25%) WAN
8 4 (4.17%) VPN
8 4 (4.17%) Wireless
9 3 (3.13%) VLAN
9 3 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (2.08%) Internet
11 1 (1.04%) SAN
11 1 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (6.25%) Visual Studio
2 4 (4.17%) Artifactory
2 4 (4.17%) GitLab
General
1 26 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 25 (26.04%) Finance
3 18 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.46%) Retail
5 8 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 8 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.29%) Military
7 6 (6.25%) Marketing
8 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (22.92%) Support Engineer
2 20 (20.83%) IT Support
3 18 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (17.71%) IT Engineer
5 14 (14.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (14.58%) Senior
6 13 (13.54%) Analyst
7 10 (10.42%) IT Manager
8 8 (8.33%) 1st Line Engineer
8 8 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 8 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Junior Desktop Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Junior Desktop Support
9 6 (6.25%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Junior Support Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.25%) .NET
1 6 (6.25%) ASP.NET
1 6 (6.25%) Classic ASP
1 6 (6.25%) HTML
1 6 (6.25%) HTML5
1 6 (6.25%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.58%) Public Cloud
2 12 (12.50%) Driving Licence
3 9 (9.38%) iPad
3 9 (9.38%) Smartphone
4 8 (8.33%) Management Information System
5 7 (7.29%) Cyberattack
5 7 (7.29%) Data Centre
6 4 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.13%) Fat Client
7 3 (3.13%) Thin Client
8 2 (2.08%) SCADA
9 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (34.38%) Windows Server
2 15 (15.63%) Linux
3 11 (11.46%) Unix
4 9 (9.38%) Windows Phone
5 7 (7.29%) Windows 10
6 6 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (5.21%) Android
8 4 (4.17%) Debian
9 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (33.33%) ITIL
2 23 (23.96%) Customer Service
3 21 (21.88%) Coaching
3 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (17.71%) ITSM
5 17 (17.71%) Mentoring
6 12 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (10.42%) Architecture Roadmap
7 10 (10.42%) Change Management
7 10 (10.42%) Dashboard Development
7 10 (10.42%) Roadmaps
8 9 (9.38%) Agile
8 9 (9.38%) CRM
9 8 (8.33%) Service Management
10 7 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (7.29%) Incident Response
10 7 (7.29%) Migration
11 6 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 6 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.42%) SQL
2 6 (6.25%) C#
2 6 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 6 (6.25%) VB
2 6 (6.25%) VBScript
3 4 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (26.04%) Degree
2 8 (8.33%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.17%) CCNA
3 4 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (4.17%) MCSE
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.13%) CISSP
4 3 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.08%) GIAC
5 2 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.04%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 35 (36.46%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.38%) Terminal Services
2 9 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.13%) vSphere
4 2 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (9.38%) AirWatch
2 4 (4.17%) Ansible
2 4 (4.17%) Terraform
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.04%) Nessus
Vendors
1 48 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.63%) VMware
3 6 (6.25%) Dynatrace
3 6 (6.25%) Splunk
4 4 (4.17%) BMC
4 4 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.13%) Sophos
6 2 (2.08%) CA
6 2 (2.08%) Cisco
7 1 (1.04%) arcserve
7 1 (1.04%) Google
7 1 (1.04%) Spotify
7 1 (1.04%) Veeam