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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 848 1,167 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.53% 10.79% 9.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 84.63% 77.96% 68.61%
Number of salaries quoted 420 1,002 664
10th Percentile £25,975 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.88%

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 1,002 1,497 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.99% 13.84% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 534 1,274 921
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £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 £53,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.88% -0.48%

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 3 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 3 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 +4 617 £36,925 +5.50% 141
East Midlands -4 228 £32,500 -4.32% 134
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 75 (8.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (8.25%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.30%) Confluence
4 15 (1.77%) IIS
5 2 (0.24%) Apache
5 2 (0.24%) CMS
5 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 91 (10.73%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 9 (1.06%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 229 (27.00%) Microsoft 365
2 188 (22.17%) Azure
3 127 (14.98%) AWS
4 40 (4.72%) Entra ID
5 27 (3.18%) Google Workspace
6 21 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 18 (2.12%) IaaS
7 18 (2.12%) SaaS
8 11 (1.30%) PaaS
9 10 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.06%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (0.59%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.47%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.47%) Route 53
13 3 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.24%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 176 (20.75%) WLAN
2 172 (20.28%) Network Security
3 161 (18.99%) Internet
4 124 (14.62%) Firewall
5 88 (10.38%) WAN
6 80 (9.43%) LAN
7 72 (8.49%) DNS
8 70 (8.25%) DHCP
9 43 (5.07%) TCP/IP
10 41 (4.83%) VLAN
11 40 (4.72%) VPN
12 34 (4.01%) VoIP
13 27 (3.18%) SAN
14 20 (2.36%) BGP
14 20 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
15 19 (2.24%) OSPF
16 17 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
17 11 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
18 8 (0.94%) SD-WAN
19 6 (0.71%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.01%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.30%) MySQL
3 27 (3.18%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (0.71%) DB2
5 6 (0.71%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.71%) Oracle Exadata
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.47%) MaxDB
7 4 (0.47%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.12%) Power BI
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.54%) JIRA
2 29 (3.42%) Git
3 27 (3.18%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.24%) Eclipse RCP
5 2 (0.24%) TestComplete
5 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.12%) Appium
6 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.12%) GDB
6 1 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.12%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.12%) Subversion
6 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.12%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.12%) WinDbg
General
1 283 (33.37%) Social Skills
2 100 (11.79%) Presentation Skills
3 60 (7.08%) Retail
4 43 (5.07%) Finance
5 36 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.77%) Legal
7 29 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (3.07%) Automotive
9 25 (2.95%) Public Sector
10 21 (2.48%) Law
11 16 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.53%) Police
13 9 (1.06%) Local Government
14 8 (0.94%) Games
14 8 (0.94%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.71%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.35%) Advertising
17 3 (0.35%) Electronics
18 2 (0.24%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 384 (45.28%) IT Support
2 238 (28.07%) IT Engineer
3 233 (27.48%) Support Engineer
4 182 (21.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 58 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 49 (5.78%) Analyst
7 39 (4.60%) Systems Engineer
8 37 (4.36%) Support Specialist
9 35 (4.13%) Senior
10 33 (3.89%) IT Support Specialist
11 32 (3.77%) 2nd Line Support
12 26 (3.07%) Lead
13 23 (2.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 22 (2.59%) Service Analyst
14 22 (2.59%) Service Desk Analyst
14 22 (2.59%) Support Analyst
15 21 (2.48%) 1st Line Support
16 20 (2.36%) Instructor
17 19 (2.24%) 3rd Line Support
17 19 (2.24%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.36%) .NET
2 8 (0.94%) Middleware
3 6 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.71%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 4 (0.47%) HTML
4 4 (0.47%) RESTful
4 4 (0.47%) SAP Basis
4 4 (0.47%) SOAP
4 4 (0.47%) WPF
5 3 (0.35%) LDAP
5 3 (0.35%) SAML
6 2 (0.24%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.24%) CSS
6 2 (0.24%) jQuery
6 2 (0.24%) JSP
6 2 (0.24%) Node.js
6 2 (0.24%) ODBC
6 2 (0.24%) Web Services
7 1 (0.12%) OAuth
7 1 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 195 (23.00%) Driving Licence
2 132 (15.57%) Social Media
3 102 (12.03%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (4.95%) Management Information System
5 31 (3.66%) CCTV
6 22 (2.59%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.48%) Data Centre
8 19 (2.24%) Smartphone
9 10 (1.18%) Clustering
9 10 (1.18%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (0.94%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.59%) iPhone
13 3 (0.35%) EPoS
13 3 (0.35%) iPad
13 3 (0.35%) Public Cloud
14 2 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.24%) e-Learning
14 2 (0.24%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 271 (31.96%) Linux
2 186 (21.93%) Windows Server
3 132 (15.57%) Windows Vista
4 123 (14.50%) Windows 10
5 48 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 41 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (3.07%) Ubuntu
8 19 (2.24%) Mac OS X
9 16 (1.89%) Android
10 15 (1.77%) Windows 7
11 13 (1.53%) Apple iOS
12 11 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (1.18%) Unix
14 9 (1.06%) Solaris
15 8 (0.94%) Mac OS
15 8 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.71%) CentOS
17 5 (0.59%) Rocky
18 4 (0.47%) AIX
18 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (44.93%) Problem-Solving
2 214 (25.24%) ITIL
3 193 (22.76%) Mentoring
4 184 (21.70%) Computer Science
5 174 (20.52%) Asset Management
6 157 (18.51%) IT Asset Management
6 157 (18.51%) Network Management
7 108 (12.74%) Mathematics
8 107 (12.62%) Line Management
9 64 (7.55%) Customer Service
10 58 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
11 57 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 43 (5.07%) Agile
13 40 (4.72%) CI/CD
14 35 (4.13%) Business Case
14 35 (4.13%) Systems Engineering
15 33 (3.89%) Incident Management
16 31 (3.66%) Project Management
17 30 (3.54%) Continuous Improvement
18 29 (3.42%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 81 (9.55%) PowerShell
2 76 (8.96%) SQL
3 50 (5.90%) C#
4 21 (2.48%) Python
5 16 (1.89%) Bash
6 8 (0.94%) Java
7 7 (0.83%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.83%) Shell Script
8 6 (0.71%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.47%) ABAP
9 4 (0.47%) XAML
10 3 (0.35%) Ada
10 3 (0.35%) C
10 3 (0.35%) Rust
10 3 (0.35%) VB
11 2 (0.24%) C++
11 2 (0.24%) Perl
11 2 (0.24%) RPG
11 2 (0.24%) RPG IV
11 2 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 239 (28.18%) Degree
2 209 (24.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 188 (22.17%) MCSE
4 179 (21.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 171 (20.17%) CCNA
5 171 (20.17%) Cisco Certification
6 167 (19.69%) MCP
7 157 (18.51%) CCNP
7 157 (18.51%) LPIC
8 145 (17.10%) DBS Check
9 29 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (2.71%) A+ Certification
11 20 (2.36%) HNC
11 20 (2.36%) HND
11 20 (2.36%) MCSA
12 16 (1.89%) Security Cleared
13 13 (1.53%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (1.06%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.01%) SLA
2 17 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.18%) COBIT
4 10 (1.18%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.94%) GDPR
6 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.35%) NIST
7 2 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.12%) JTAG
8 1 (0.12%) MISRA
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 260 (30.66%) Active Directory
2 81 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (5.54%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.65%) XenApp
5 11 (1.30%) vSphere
6 9 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.71%) Firmware
7 6 (0.71%) Terminal Services
8 5 (0.59%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.35%) Docker
9 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 50 (5.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (4.13%) Ansible
3 17 (2.00%) SCCM
4 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
6 5 (0.59%) SCOM
6 5 (0.59%) Terraform
7 4 (0.47%) AirWatch
7 4 (0.47%) Puppet
7 4 (0.47%) VxRail
8 3 (0.35%) Nessus
8 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.12%) Nagios
10 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 446 (52.59%) Microsoft
2 233 (27.48%) Cisco
3 108 (12.74%) VMware
4 38 (4.48%) Dell
5 37 (4.36%) Apple
6 33 (3.89%) Citrix
7 29 (3.42%) Google
8 28 (3.30%) Atlassian
9 27 (3.18%) ServiceNow
10 24 (2.83%) Meraki
11 21 (2.48%) Fortinet
12 20 (2.36%) Ubiquiti
13 15 (1.77%) HP
14 14 (1.65%) CheckPoint
14 14 (1.65%) SAP
14 14 (1.65%) SonicWALL
15 11 (1.30%) Oracle
16 9 (1.06%) NEC
17 8 (0.94%) Juniper
17 8 (0.94%) Red Hat