Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,236 887 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.58% 9.26% 11.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.78% 66.94% 60.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,029 606 1,058
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,625 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,250 £43,606 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.70% +2.60% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,589 1,325 2,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.60% 13.83% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 853 1,450
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,100 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £29,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +1.19%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

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 1 May 2024.

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 1 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
West Midlands +12 700 £35,000 -12.50% 166
East Midlands +8 530 £34,000 -14.89% 122
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
1 211 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 176 (14.24%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.32%) IIS
4 12 (0.97%) Confluence
4 12 (0.97%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.81%) Apache
6 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.16%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.16%) Liferay
8 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.081%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.081%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.081%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 187 (15.13%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.89%) Trello
4 10 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.16%) CATIA
8 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.081%) InDesign
9 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.081%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.081%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.081%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.081%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 643 (52.02%) Microsoft 365
2 505 (40.86%) Azure
3 207 (16.75%) Entra ID
4 74 (5.99%) AWS
5 64 (5.18%) IBM Cloud
6 38 (3.07%) OneDrive
7 31 (2.51%) SaaS
8 30 (2.43%) GCP
9 22 (1.78%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.62%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.29%) IaaS
12 16 (1.29%) Power Automate
13 15 (1.21%) Mimecast
14 13 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (1.05%) PaaS
15 10 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.81%) GitHub
16 9 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
16 9 (0.73%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 272 (22.01%) Firewall
2 250 (20.23%) DNS
3 213 (17.23%) DHCP
4 145 (11.73%) TCP/IP
5 100 (8.09%) WAN
6 97 (7.85%) LAN
7 95 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
8 85 (6.88%) SAN
9 80 (6.47%) VPN
10 67 (5.42%) VLAN
11 35 (2.83%) Wireless
12 26 (2.10%) Internet
12 26 (2.10%) Network Security
12 26 (2.10%) VoIP
13 21 (1.70%) SSL
14 17 (1.38%) PBX
14 17 (1.38%) SNMP
15 15 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
15 15 (1.21%) SMTP
16 14 (1.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 69 (5.58%) MongoDB
3 67 (5.42%) DB2
3 67 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 24 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.62%) Power BI
7 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.73%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.65%) MySQL
10 7 (0.57%) Metadata
11 5 (0.40%) InfluxDB
11 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.32%) SQLite
12 4 (0.32%) UniData
13 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
13 3 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (2.10%) JIRA
2 14 (1.13%) Git
3 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.24%) GitLab
5 3 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.24%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Bower
6 2 (0.16%) CANoe
6 2 (0.16%) gulp
6 2 (0.16%) Moq
7 1 (0.081%) CMake
7 1 (0.081%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.081%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.081%) Toad
General
1 367 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 109 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 92 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (7.44%) Finance
4 82 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.74%) Retail
6 68 (5.50%) Law
7 67 (5.42%) Manufacturing
8 46 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
9 39 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 19 (1.54%) Automotive
10 19 (1.54%) Marketing
11 18 (1.46%) Games
11 18 (1.46%) Legal
12 15 (1.21%) Electronics
13 12 (0.97%) Local Government
14 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.73%) Police
15 7 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 234 (18.93%) IT Support
2 204 (16.50%) IT Engineer
3 193 (15.61%) Support Engineer
4 152 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 113 (9.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 112 (9.06%) Analyst
7 106 (8.58%) Senior
8 89 (7.20%) IT Technician
9 86 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
10 69 (5.58%) 1st Line Support
11 64 (5.18%) Full Stack Engineer
12 62 (5.02%) 2nd Line Support
13 60 (4.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 60 (4.85%) Lead
14 54 (4.37%) Support Technician
15 48 (3.88%) IT Support Technician
16 45 (3.64%) Developer
17 44 (3.56%) Administrator
18 43 (3.48%) IT Analyst
19 41 (3.32%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (10.44%) .NET
2 92 (7.44%) HTML
3 86 (6.96%) ASP.NET
4 85 (6.88%) REST
5 84 (6.80%) CSS
6 81 (6.55%) Vue
7 79 (6.39%) AngularJS
7 79 (6.39%) React
8 78 (6.31%) jQuery
8 78 (6.31%) Web Services
9 75 (6.07%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 66 (5.34%) ASP.NET Core
11 64 (5.18%) Backbone.js
11 64 (5.18%) Ember.js
12 21 (1.70%) ASP.NET MVC
13 19 (1.54%) WPF
14 14 (1.13%) .NET Framework
15 13 (1.05%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.05%) WinForms
16 12 (0.97%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.58%) Driving Licence
2 101 (8.17%) Data Centre
3 77 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 64 (5.18%) Algorithms
5 64 (5.18%) Blockchain
5 64 (5.18%) Data Structures
5 64 (5.18%) e-Learning
6 51 (4.13%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.48%) Replication
8 27 (2.18%) PKI
9 26 (2.10%) Clustering
10 22 (1.78%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.62%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (1.05%) Cloud Native
15 12 (0.97%) EPoS
16 11 (0.89%) Private Cloud
17 10 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 551 (44.58%) Windows Server
2 233 (18.85%) Linux
3 211 (17.07%) Windows 10
4 109 (8.82%) Apple iOS
5 103 (8.33%) Android
6 82 (6.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 81 (6.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 69 (5.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 55 (4.45%) Windows 7
10 43 (3.48%) Mac OS
11 36 (2.91%) Unix
12 24 (1.94%) Windows 8
13 17 (1.38%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.21%) VMS
14 15 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
15 14 (1.13%) CentOS
16 10 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.81%) Solaris
17 9 (0.73%) Windows Vista
18 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
2 196 (15.86%) Customer Service
3 180 (14.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 174 (14.08%) ITIL
5 162 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
6 135 (10.92%) Mentoring
7 128 (10.36%) Agile
8 87 (7.04%) MVC
9 86 (6.96%) Web Development
10 78 (6.31%) User Experience
11 74 (5.99%) Artificial Intelligence
11 74 (5.99%) OOP
12 72 (5.83%) Design Patterns
12 72 (5.83%) Full Stack Development
12 72 (5.83%) OO
13 69 (5.58%) Coaching
13 69 (5.58%) MVVM
13 69 (5.58%) SOLID
14 68 (5.50%) Code Quality
15 64 (5.18%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 219 (17.72%) SQL
2 121 (9.79%) C#
3 119 (9.63%) PowerShell
4 87 (7.04%) JavaScript
5 36 (2.91%) Python
6 25 (2.02%) T-SQL
7 22 (1.78%) Java
8 15 (1.21%) C
8 15 (1.21%) XAML
9 12 (0.97%) VB.NET
10 11 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.73%) Bash
11 9 (0.73%) C++
12 7 (0.57%) PHP
13 5 (0.40%) Bicep
13 5 (0.40%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.24%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.24%) R
15 3 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 146 (11.81%) Degree
2 91 (7.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 71 (5.74%) Security Cleared
4 63 (5.10%) DBS Check
5 45 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (3.24%) CCNA
7 39 (3.16%) SC Cleared
8 34 (2.75%) MCP
9 31 (2.51%) A+ Certification
10 28 (2.27%) MCSE
11 26 (2.10%) Azure Certification
11 26 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.54%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.54%) MCSA
13 17 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.13%) CCNP
16 13 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
17 10 (0.81%) AWS Certification
18 6 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.29%) SLA
2 30 (2.43%) GDPR
3 26 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.54%) PCI DSS
5 18 (1.46%) QA
6 13 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.05%) NIST
7 10 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.40%) MISRA
9 3 (0.24%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.081%) GRC
11 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.081%) ITGC
11 1 (0.081%) NCSC
11 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 602 (48.71%) Active Directory
2 233 (18.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 217 (17.56%) Hyper-V
4 39 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (2.59%) vSphere
6 28 (2.27%) Docker
7 22 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.05%) KVM
8 13 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
9 11 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.73%) Firmware
11 8 (0.65%) pfSense
11 8 (0.65%) Terminal Services
11 8 (0.65%) VMware Server
11 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.49%) NFS
13 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 157 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 95 (7.69%) SCCM
3 27 (2.18%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.70%) Terraform
5 19 (1.54%) WSUS
6 17 (1.38%) SCOM
6 17 (1.38%) vCenter Server
7 13 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.81%) Ansible
9 9 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.65%) AirWatch
11 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
12 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.40%) Autotask
13 5 (0.40%) Backup Exec
13 5 (0.40%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.40%) Grafana
13 5 (0.40%) PaperCut
13 5 (0.40%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 712 (57.61%) Microsoft
2 330 (26.70%) VMware
3 103 (8.33%) Cisco
4 102 (8.25%) Veeam
5 83 (6.72%) Dell
6 74 (5.99%) Red Hat
7 73 (5.91%) IBM
8 67 (5.42%) HP
9 62 (5.02%) Apple
10 50 (4.05%) Citrix
11 41 (3.32%) Google
12 33 (2.67%) Meraki
13 30 (2.43%) ServiceNow
14 28 (2.27%) Adobe
15 25 (2.02%) Sophos
16 22 (1.78%) Nimble Storage
17 18 (1.46%) Acronis
17 18 (1.46%) NetApp
18 17 (1.38%) Fortinet
19 15 (1.21%) Ubiquiti