Windows Jobs in London

Microsoft Windows
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 30 49
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 -18
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,043 2,977 4,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.68% 8.30% 7.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.36% 53.51% 41.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 2,460 3,452
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £28,763
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,575 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% +0.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,125
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,625 £87,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,823 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% +3.11% -5.56%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,126 5,563 11,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.28% 15.51% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,381 4,253 6,298
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,548 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in London

Windows
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Windows in London

Windows
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in London

Windows
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Central London 0 435 £55,000 +4.76% 50
West London -20 95 £33,625 -17.99% 25
South London -21 50 £38,500 -14.44% 24
East London 0 49 £55,000 +10.00% 18
North London -13 8 £37,500 +14.34% 4
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 496 (24.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 243 (11.89%) SharePoint
3 56 (2.74%) IIS
4 28 (1.37%) Skype for Business
5 23 (1.13%) Confluence
6 20 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
7 16 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
7 16 (0.78%) Tomcat
8 15 (0.73%) SAS
9 13 (0.64%) Apache
10 12 (0.59%) JBoss
11 8 (0.39%) WordPress
12 7 (0.34%) WebLogic
12 7 (0.34%) WebSphere
12 7 (0.34%) WildFly
13 5 (0.24%) CMS
13 5 (0.24%) Site Server
14 3 (0.15%) nginx
14 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.098%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 353 (17.28%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.69%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.49%) Revit
6 7 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.15%) SPSS
10 2 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.098%) InCopy
10 2 (0.098%) InDesign
10 2 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.098%) S-PLUS
11 1 (0.049%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.049%) Trello
11 1 (0.049%) Weka
Business Applications
1 30 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.78%) Fidessa
2 16 (0.78%) NEC Housing
3 9 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
4 7 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.34%) Teamcenter
4 7 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.24%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.15%) Eikon
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.098%) Farmplan
8 2 (0.098%) KEYPrime
8 2 (0.098%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.049%) Adaptiv
9 1 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.049%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 944 (46.21%) Microsoft 365
2 756 (37.00%) Azure
3 238 (11.65%) AWS
4 225 (11.01%) Entra ID
5 90 (4.41%) OneDrive
6 69 (3.38%) Power Platform
7 68 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (3.33%) GCP
7 68 (3.33%) SaaS
8 52 (2.55%) GitHub
8 52 (2.55%) IaaS
9 48 (2.35%) Mimecast
10 39 (1.91%) WhatsApp
11 36 (1.76%) PaaS
11 36 (1.76%) Serverless
12 35 (1.71%) Power Automate
13 32 (1.57%) Google Workspace
14 31 (1.52%) Amazon S3
15 30 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 359 (17.57%) Firewall
2 307 (15.03%) DNS
3 281 (13.75%) WAN
4 198 (9.69%) Wireless
5 189 (9.25%) LAN
6 180 (8.81%) VPN
7 176 (8.61%) DHCP
8 151 (7.39%) Cisco IOS
9 143 (7.00%) TCP/IP
10 136 (6.66%) SD-WAN
11 121 (5.92%) WebEx
12 100 (4.89%) SAN
13 98 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
14 86 (4.21%) Internet
15 59 (2.89%) VLAN
16 48 (2.35%) Network Security
17 44 (2.15%) NAS
18 40 (1.96%) VoIP
19 36 (1.76%) Skype
20 29 (1.42%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (13.07%) SQL Server
2 57 (2.79%) Power BI
3 51 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (2.20%) MySQL
5 40 (1.96%) MongoDB
6 39 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 33 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (1.27%) DB2
10 20 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
14 12 (0.59%) BigQuery
14 12 (0.59%) Data Hub
14 12 (0.59%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 12 (0.59%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.49%) NoSQL
15 10 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 86 (4.21%) JIRA
2 69 (3.38%) Jenkins
3 62 (3.03%) Git
4 31 (1.52%) Bitbucket
4 31 (1.52%) GitLab
5 10 (0.49%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.34%) CircleCI
6 7 (0.34%) CMake
6 7 (0.34%) Snyk
7 6 (0.29%) Subversion
8 5 (0.24%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.24%) Katalon Studio
8 5 (0.24%) Postman
9 4 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.15%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.15%) MSI
10 3 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.15%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.098%) Maven
General
1 682 (33.38%) Social Skills
2 536 (26.24%) Finance
3 238 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (9.69%) Banking
5 126 (6.17%) Legal
6 116 (5.68%) Law
7 68 (3.33%) Retail
8 63 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 50 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 43 (2.10%) Public Sector
11 39 (1.91%) Investment Banking
12 38 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (1.66%) Games
14 31 (1.52%) Automotive
15 29 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 28 (1.37%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.22%) Front Office
18 24 (1.17%) Marketing
19 20 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
20 19 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 361 (17.67%) Analyst
2 331 (16.20%) IT Support
3 323 (15.81%) Senior
4 270 (13.22%) Support Engineer
5 194 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 183 (8.96%) Support Analyst
7 150 (7.34%) IT Engineer
8 149 (7.29%) Support Specialist
9 131 (6.41%) IT Analyst
10 117 (5.73%) IT Support Specialist
11 111 (5.43%) Lead
12 96 (4.70%) 2nd Line Support
13 92 (4.50%) IT Support Engineer
14 89 (4.36%) Consultant
15 86 (4.21%) Desktop Support
16 85 (4.16%) IT Support Analyst
16 85 (4.16%) Systems Engineer
17 81 (3.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 81 (3.96%) Applications Support
18 79 (3.87%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (3.28%) .NET
2 49 (2.40%) HTML
3 41 (2.01%) CSS
4 31 (1.52%) REST
5 28 (1.37%) LDAP
5 28 (1.37%) YAML
6 27 (1.32%) WPF
7 26 (1.27%) HTML5
8 24 (1.17%) ARM Templates
8 24 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
9 20 (0.98%) React
10 19 (0.93%) Middleware
11 17 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
12 16 (0.78%) ASP.NET
12 16 (0.78%) Web Services
13 14 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (0.64%) RESTful
15 12 (0.59%) JSON
15 12 (0.59%) Kafka
16 10 (0.49%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 204 (9.99%) Video Conferencing
2 108 (5.29%) Wiki
3 107 (5.24%) Data Centre
4 89 (4.36%) Management Information System
5 77 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 65 (3.18%) Replication
7 53 (2.59%) Public Cloud
8 52 (2.55%) Clustering
9 43 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 43 (2.10%) Smartphone
10 41 (2.01%) PKI
11 39 (1.91%) iPad
12 38 (1.86%) Cyberattack
13 34 (1.66%) iPhone
14 33 (1.62%) Blackberry
15 29 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
16 27 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
17 26 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
18 25 (1.22%) Security Posture
19 22 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 656 (32.11%) Windows Server
2 533 (26.09%) Windows 10
3 462 (22.61%) Linux
4 178 (8.71%) Android
5 120 (5.87%) Mac OS
6 117 (5.73%) Unix
7 99 (4.85%) Apple iOS
8 92 (4.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 85 (4.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 81 (3.96%) Ubuntu
11 72 (3.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 53 (2.59%) Windows 7
13 51 (2.50%) VMS
14 42 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
15 40 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 37 (1.81%) Mac OS X
17 33 (1.62%) CentOS
18 25 (1.22%) Solaris
19 21 (1.03%) zOS
20 14 (0.69%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (17.57%) ITIL
2 347 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 237 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
5 236 (11.55%) Customer Service
6 208 (10.18%) Computer Science
7 185 (9.06%) DevOps
8 183 (8.96%) Agile
9 174 (8.52%) Business Continuity
10 161 (7.88%) Disaster Recovery
11 158 (7.73%) ITSM
12 151 (7.39%) Mobile Device Management
13 127 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
14 126 (6.17%) BCP
15 123 (6.02%) Service Management
16 118 (5.78%) Business Continuity Planning
17 112 (5.48%) Application Virtualisation
18 111 (5.43%) CI/CD
18 111 (5.43%) Mentoring
19 109 (5.34%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 403 (19.73%) PowerShell
2 329 (16.10%) SQL
3 183 (8.96%) Python
4 155 (7.59%) Bash
5 105 (5.14%) C#
6 67 (3.28%) JavaScript
7 59 (2.89%) Perl
8 55 (2.69%) T-SQL
9 43 (2.10%) Java
10 40 (1.96%) Ruby
11 24 (1.17%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.73%) Korn
13 12 (0.59%) C++
14 10 (0.49%) RPG
15 9 (0.44%) C
16 8 (0.39%) PHP
17 6 (0.29%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.24%) SAS Macro
19 4 (0.20%) Shell Script
20 3 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 461 (22.56%) Degree
2 148 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 140 (6.85%) Master's Degree
4 128 (6.27%) Security Cleared
5 102 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 68 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 55 (2.69%) MCSE
9 49 (2.40%) SC Cleared
10 46 (2.25%) MCSA
11 43 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 38 (1.86%) Azure Certification
13 37 (1.81%) A+ Certification
14 36 (1.76%) CISSP
15 35 (1.71%) CCNA
16 31 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 28 (1.37%) DBS Check
18 25 (1.22%) MBA
19 24 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
20 23 (1.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (7.05%) SLA
2 51 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (1.96%) GDPR
4 31 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.08%) NIST
6 19 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.78%) QA
8 15 (0.73%) PMO
9 14 (0.69%) COBIT
10 10 (0.49%) GRC
10 10 (0.49%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.39%) ITGC
12 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.15%) NCSC
14 2 (0.098%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.098%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.098%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,039 (50.86%) Active Directory
2 342 (16.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 206 (10.08%) VMware ESXi
4 122 (5.97%) XenApp
5 119 (5.82%) XenDesktop
6 108 (5.29%) Microsoft App-V
7 89 (4.36%) Hyper-V
8 63 (3.08%) Docker
9 54 (2.64%) vSphere
10 44 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 41 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
12 39 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
13 19 (0.93%) Firmware
14 15 (0.73%) vCloud
15 6 (0.29%) DFS Replication
15 6 (0.29%) Forefront TMG
15 6 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.20%) Terminal Services
18 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 276 (13.51%) SCCM
2 223 (10.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 142 (6.95%) Ansible
4 128 (6.27%) Terraform
5 111 (5.43%) AirWatch
6 87 (4.26%) Kubernetes
7 62 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
7 62 (3.03%) vCenter Server
8 51 (2.50%) Puppet
9 43 (2.10%) Jamf Pro
10 34 (1.66%) Microsoft Clustering
11 32 (1.57%) Grafana
12 23 (1.13%) WSUS
13 22 (1.08%) SCOM
14 21 (1.03%) Nagios
15 20 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 14 (0.69%) Nessus
16 14 (0.69%) NetBackup
16 14 (0.69%) Prometheus
16 14 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1,020 (49.93%) Microsoft
2 481 (23.54%) VMware
3 314 (15.37%) Cisco
4 234 (11.45%) Citrix
5 117 (5.73%) Apple
6 108 (5.29%) Oracle
7 85 (4.16%) Veeam
8 79 (3.87%) HP
9 76 (3.72%) ServiceNow
10 74 (3.62%) Bloomberg
11 71 (3.48%) Red Hat
12 62 (3.03%) Google
13 56 (2.74%) Palo Alto
14 48 (2.35%) Commvault
15 46 (2.25%) Meraki
16 44 (2.15%) Sun
17 43 (2.10%) iManage
18 42 (2.06%) NetApp
19 41 (2.01%) IBM
20 39 (1.91%) Qualys