Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 24
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 890 1,234 899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.17% 10.60% 9.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.60% 78.10% 67.80%
Number of salaries quoted 493 1,029 615
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £25,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -12.50% +9.22%
75th Percentile £42,627 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,427 £40,000 £43,799
% change year-on-year +1.07% -8.67% +3.06%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,016 1,580 1,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.03% 13.57% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 586 1,313 865
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,200
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2025. 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
West Midlands +5 624 £36,925 +5.50% 116
East Midlands -3 265 £32,500 -4.32% 92
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 102 (11.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (9.66%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.15%) Confluence
4 16 (1.80%) IIS
5 2 (0.22%) Apache
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 97 (10.90%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.34%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 6 (0.67%) NetSuite
1 6 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.45%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 273 (30.67%) Microsoft 365
2 209 (23.48%) Azure
3 131 (14.72%) AWS
4 47 (5.28%) Entra ID
5 29 (3.26%) OneDrive
6 27 (3.03%) Google Workspace
7 20 (2.25%) SaaS
8 16 (1.80%) IaaS
9 13 (1.46%) PaaS
10 10 (1.12%) Power Platform
11 9 (1.01%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (0.67%) Google Docs
14 5 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.45%) Mimecast
15 4 (0.45%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.45%) Route 53
16 3 (0.34%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 139 (15.62%) Firewall
2 109 (12.25%) Network Security
3 108 (12.13%) WLAN
4 97 (10.90%) WAN
5 96 (10.79%) Internet
6 89 (10.00%) LAN
7 81 (9.10%) DHCP
8 79 (8.88%) DNS
9 70 (7.87%) TCP/IP
10 62 (6.97%) VPN
11 48 (5.39%) VoIP
12 37 (4.16%) VLAN
13 24 (2.70%) SAN
14 22 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
15 19 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
16 17 (1.91%) BGP
17 16 (1.80%) OSPF
18 12 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
19 11 (1.24%) 4G
20 10 (1.12%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.15%) MySQL
3 27 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.67%) Oracle Database
4 6 (0.67%) Oracle Exadata
5 5 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.45%) DB2
6 4 (0.45%) MaxDB
6 4 (0.45%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.11%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.11%) Power BI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.11%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 30 (3.37%) JIRA
2 29 (3.26%) Git
3 27 (3.03%) Bitbucket
4 15 (1.69%) Cucumber
4 15 (1.69%) Robot Framework
5 6 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (0.34%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.22%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.22%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (0.22%) GitLab
7 2 (0.22%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.11%) Appium
8 1 (0.11%) GDB
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.11%) WinDbg
General
1 322 (36.18%) Social Skills
2 100 (11.24%) Presentation Skills
3 57 (6.40%) Retail
4 50 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (4.72%) Finance
6 31 (3.48%) Legal
7 28 (3.15%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.70%) Law
9 23 (2.58%) Automotive
10 19 (2.13%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.01%) Games
12 9 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.67%) Police
14 5 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.45%) Local Government
16 3 (0.34%) Advertising
16 3 (0.34%) Electronics
16 3 (0.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 359 (40.34%) IT Support
2 174 (19.55%) IT Engineer
3 170 (19.10%) Support Engineer
4 115 (12.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 58 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 55 (6.18%) Analyst
7 50 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support
8 46 (5.17%) Support Specialist
9 41 (4.61%) IT Support Specialist
10 38 (4.27%) Lead
11 36 (4.04%) Systems Engineer
12 34 (3.82%) Senior
13 33 (3.71%) 1st Line Support
13 33 (3.71%) Support Analyst
14 27 (3.03%) Instructor
15 25 (2.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 25 (2.81%) 3rd Line Support
16 24 (2.70%) IT Analyst
17 20 (2.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 20 (2.25%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.16%) .NET
2 8 (0.90%) Middleware
3 6 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 4 (0.45%) RESTful
4 4 (0.45%) SAP Basis
4 4 (0.45%) SOAP
4 4 (0.45%) WPF
5 3 (0.34%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.34%) LDAP
6 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.22%) CSS
6 2 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.22%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.22%) HTML
6 2 (0.22%) jQuery
6 2 (0.22%) JSP
6 2 (0.22%) Web Services
7 1 (0.11%) OAuth
7 1 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 172 (19.33%) Social Media
2 148 (16.63%) Driving Licence
3 102 (11.46%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (4.38%) Management Information System
5 30 (3.37%) CCTV
6 28 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.36%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.80%) Smartphone
9 15 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.24%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.01%) Clustering
13 7 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.67%) Mobile App
15 5 (0.56%) iPhone
16 3 (0.34%) Enterprise Storage
16 3 (0.34%) EPoS
16 3 (0.34%) iPad
16 3 (0.34%) Operational Technology
17 2 (0.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 220 (24.72%) Linux
2 202 (22.70%) Windows Server
3 172 (19.33%) Windows Vista
4 113 (12.70%) Windows 10
5 44 (4.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 39 (4.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (2.92%) Ubuntu
8 22 (2.47%) Apple iOS
8 22 (2.47%) Mac OS
9 19 (2.13%) Android
10 17 (1.91%) Mac OS X
11 16 (1.80%) Windows 7
12 10 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (1.12%) Unix
12 10 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.79%) CentOS
14 6 (0.67%) Rocky
15 4 (0.45%) AIX
15 4 (0.45%) Solaris
16 3 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (40.22%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (18.09%) ITIL
3 149 (16.74%) Mentoring
4 116 (13.03%) Computer Science
5 114 (12.81%) Asset Management
6 109 (12.25%) Line Management
7 104 (11.69%) Mathematics
8 92 (10.34%) IT Asset Management
8 92 (10.34%) Network Management
9 88 (9.89%) Customer Service
10 75 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
11 58 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 48 (5.39%) Coaching
13 45 (5.06%) Agile
14 40 (4.49%) CI/CD
15 37 (4.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (3.93%) DevOps
17 34 (3.82%) Incident Management
17 34 (3.82%) Project Management
18 32 (3.60%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 106 (11.91%) PowerShell
2 66 (7.42%) SQL
3 50 (5.62%) C#
4 40 (4.49%) Python
5 32 (3.60%) Bash
6 20 (2.25%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.12%) Java
8 9 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.67%) Perl
9 6 (0.67%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.45%) ABAP
10 4 (0.45%) Groovy
10 4 (0.45%) Ruby
10 4 (0.45%) XAML
11 3 (0.34%) Ada
11 3 (0.34%) C
11 3 (0.34%) Rust
11 3 (0.34%) VB
12 2 (0.22%) C++
13 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 199 (22.36%) Degree
2 180 (20.22%) DBS Check
3 150 (16.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 125 (14.04%) MCSE
5 112 (12.58%) CCNA
5 112 (12.58%) Cisco Certification
5 112 (12.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 109 (12.25%) MCP
7 96 (10.79%) CCNP
8 92 (10.34%) LPIC
9 29 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (2.92%) MCSA
11 25 (2.81%) A+ Certification
12 20 (2.25%) Security Cleared
13 17 (1.91%) Azure Certification
14 16 (1.80%) HNC
14 16 (1.80%) HND
15 13 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
16 9 (1.01%) SC Cleared
17 8 (0.90%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.16%) SLA
2 21 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.91%) QA
4 15 (1.69%) GDPR
5 11 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.12%) COBIT
7 7 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.34%) NIST
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.11%) JTAG
10 1 (0.11%) MISRA
10 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 297 (33.37%) Active Directory
2 88 (9.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (5.96%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.57%) XenApp
5 13 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.35%) vSphere
7 10 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.01%) Firmware
9 8 (0.90%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.67%) Docker
10 6 (0.67%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 56 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (4.49%) Ansible
3 20 (2.25%) SCCM
4 8 (0.90%) SCOM
5 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (0.79%) Terraform
6 6 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (0.67%) Puppet
7 5 (0.56%) Nessus
8 4 (0.45%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.34%) Nagios
9 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.34%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.22%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.22%) SCSM
10 2 (0.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 416 (46.74%) Microsoft
2 167 (18.76%) Cisco
3 109 (12.25%) VMware
4 48 (5.39%) Apple
5 38 (4.27%) Dell
6 32 (3.60%) Meraki
7 30 (3.37%) Citrix
8 28 (3.15%) Atlassian
8 28 (3.15%) Google
9 21 (2.36%) HP
9 21 (2.36%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.13%) SAP
11 18 (2.02%) Fortinet
12 16 (1.80%) Ubiquiti
13 14 (1.57%) CheckPoint
13 14 (1.57%) SonicWALL
14 12 (1.35%) Sophos
15 10 (1.12%) Juniper
15 10 (1.12%) Red Hat
15 10 (1.12%) Sage