Windows Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Windows
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 19 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 756 852 1,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.75% 10.73% 10.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.53% 73.77% 60.26%
Number of salaries quoted 577 609 751
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,500 £21,806
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -15.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,096 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £62,833 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,132 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.74% +2.35% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 North West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,190 1,155 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.19% 14.54% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 888 773 1,082
10th Percentile £25,175 £24,750 £23,388
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the North West over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the North West

Windows
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Manchester +9 419 £42,500 - 79
Cheshire -11 139 £35,500 -5.33% 52
Lancashire +3 94 £32,000 -32.28% 22
Merseyside -14 81 £34,000 -12.82% 23
Cumbria -16 22 £45,000 +12.50% 6
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 91 (12.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.04%) Apache
4 15 (1.98%) IIS
5 7 (0.93%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.66%) CMS
7 4 (0.53%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.53%) CloudStack
7 4 (0.53%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.53%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Confluence
9 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 89 (11.77%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.66%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 294 (38.89%) Azure
2 242 (32.01%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (12.57%) AWS
4 78 (10.32%) IBM Cloud
5 75 (9.92%) Entra ID
6 70 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (6.08%) Serverless
8 43 (5.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 43 (5.69%) Azure Service Bus
9 41 (5.42%) Azure API Management
9 41 (5.42%) Azure Functions
10 23 (3.04%) IaaS
11 20 (2.65%) OneDrive
12 19 (2.51%) GCP
12 19 (2.51%) SaaS
13 14 (1.85%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.72%) GitHub
15 12 (1.59%) Amazon S3
16 9 (1.19%) Google Workspace
17 7 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 112 (14.81%) Firewall
2 92 (12.17%) DNS
3 75 (9.92%) LAN
4 66 (8.73%) DHCP
5 65 (8.60%) WAN
6 46 (6.08%) TCP/IP
7 42 (5.56%) VPN
8 39 (5.16%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (4.76%) VoIP
9 36 (4.76%) Wireless
10 26 (3.44%) Remote Desktop
11 24 (3.17%) Internet
12 18 (2.38%) Network Security
13 15 (1.98%) VLAN
14 13 (1.72%) SAN
15 11 (1.46%) SNMP
16 10 (1.32%) IPsec
16 10 (1.32%) SSL
17 8 (1.06%) WLAN
18 7 (0.93%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (13.23%) SQL Server
2 98 (12.96%) MongoDB
3 89 (11.77%) PostgreSQL
4 85 (11.24%) NoSQL
5 78 (10.32%) DB2
6 53 (7.01%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.78%) MySQL
8 18 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.19%) Redis
11 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (0.93%) GIS
12 7 (0.93%) Power BI
13 6 (0.79%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.79%) QlikView
14 5 (0.66%) MaxDB
14 5 (0.66%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (2.65%) Git
2 11 (1.46%) GitLab
2 11 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.32%) JIRA
3 10 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.06%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.93%) Artifactory
6 6 (0.79%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (0.79%) MSI
7 5 (0.66%) AdminStudio
7 5 (0.66%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.53%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.40%) CMake
9 3 (0.40%) GCC
9 3 (0.40%) GDB
9 3 (0.40%) Subversion
10 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 205 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 106 (14.02%) Public Sector
3 89 (11.77%) Finance
4 84 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (5.95%) Retail
7 39 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.44%) Law
9 23 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.78%) Legal
11 11 (1.46%) Games
12 10 (1.32%) Marketing
13 9 (1.19%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.19%) Military
14 6 (0.79%) Banking
14 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.66%) Electronics
16 4 (0.53%) Local Government
16 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 107 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 107 (14.15%) IT Support
2 97 (12.83%) Developer
3 92 (12.17%) Support Engineer
4 85 (11.24%) Analyst
5 81 (10.71%) Senior
6 72 (9.52%) IT Engineer
7 55 (7.28%) IT Support Engineer
8 52 (6.88%) Azure Engineer
9 50 (6.61%) IT Technician
10 46 (6.08%) Full Stack Developer
11 42 (5.56%) Support Technician
12 41 (5.42%) Azure Developer
13 40 (5.29%) Full Stack Engineer
14 35 (4.63%) 2nd Line Support
14 35 (4.63%) IT Support Technician
14 35 (4.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 33 (4.37%) Lead
16 29 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
16 29 (3.84%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (15.74%) .NET
2 99 (13.10%) HTML
3 97 (12.83%) React
4 95 (12.57%) ASP.NET
5 93 (12.30%) CSS
6 92 (12.17%) AngularJS
7 89 (11.77%) REST
7 89 (11.77%) Web Services
8 86 (11.38%) Vue
9 83 (10.98%) jQuery
9 83 (10.98%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 78 (10.32%) ASP.NET Core
10 78 (10.32%) Backbone.js
10 78 (10.32%) Ember.js
11 57 (7.54%) Node.js
12 17 (2.25%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (1.72%) HTML5
15 10 (1.32%) YAML
16 9 (1.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 87 (11.51%) Algorithms
3 78 (10.32%) Blockchain
3 78 (10.32%) Data Structures
4 63 (8.33%) Data Centre
5 51 (6.75%) Driving Licence
6 48 (6.35%) Management Information System
7 38 (5.03%) Public Cloud
8 37 (4.89%) e-Learning
9 26 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (3.04%) EPoS
11 11 (1.46%) Fat Client
11 11 (1.46%) Thin Client
11 11 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
12 10 (1.32%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.19%) iPad
13 9 (1.19%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.19%) Replication
13 9 (1.19%) Smartphone
14 7 (0.93%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 265 (35.05%) Linux
2 224 (29.63%) Windows Server
3 108 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 94 (12.43%) Android
5 89 (11.77%) Apple iOS
6 43 (5.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 35 (4.63%) Mac OS
8 32 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (3.97%) Unix
10 23 (3.04%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (2.38%) Windows Vista
12 10 (1.32%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.32%) VMS
13 9 (1.19%) Windows Phone
14 7 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (0.93%) Windows 8
14 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.66%) Solaris
15 5 (0.66%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.53%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (20.90%) ITIL
3 118 (15.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 99 (13.10%) OO
5 98 (12.96%) User Experience
6 94 (12.43%) Artificial Intelligence
6 94 (12.43%) Customer Service
7 93 (12.30%) Agile
7 93 (12.30%) DevOps
7 93 (12.30%) Mentoring
8 91 (12.04%) Full Stack Development
9 90 (11.90%) MVC
10 87 (11.51%) Web Development
11 84 (11.11%) MVVM
11 84 (11.11%) OOP
12 81 (10.71%) Design Patterns
13 79 (10.45%) Coaching
13 79 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
13 79 (10.45%) SOLID
14 78 (10.32%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 138 (18.25%) SQL
2 119 (15.74%) C#
3 107 (14.15%) JavaScript
4 98 (12.96%) Python
5 65 (8.60%) PowerShell
6 56 (7.41%) Java
7 28 (3.70%) C++
8 17 (2.25%) Bash
9 14 (1.85%) C
10 13 (1.72%) VB
11 11 (1.46%) Delphi
12 8 (1.06%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.79%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.79%) VBScript
14 5 (0.66%) ABAP
15 4 (0.53%) Go
16 3 (0.40%) Groovy
16 3 (0.40%) Perl
16 3 (0.40%) PHP
16 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (14.55%) Degree
2 39 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (4.10%) Security Cleared
4 24 (3.17%) DBS Check
5 17 (2.25%) CCNA
5 17 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.85%) MCP
7 14 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (1.06%) HNC
11 8 (1.06%) HND
11 8 (1.06%) MCSE
12 7 (0.93%) MCSA
13 6 (0.79%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.66%) CFA
15 4 (0.53%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.69%) SLA
2 24 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.72%) GDPR
4 11 (1.46%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.06%) QA
6 6 (0.79%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.79%) NIST
7 5 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 275 (36.38%) Active Directory
2 69 (9.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (8.33%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.91%) Terminal Services
5 19 (2.51%) Docker
6 14 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.19%) Firmware
9 8 (1.06%) vSphere
10 7 (0.93%) KVM
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.13%) Postfix
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 67 (8.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (3.57%) SCCM
3 24 (3.17%) Ansible
4 22 (2.91%) Kubernetes
5 19 (2.51%) Terraform
6 14 (1.85%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.59%) WSUS
8 10 (1.32%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.19%) AirWatch
10 7 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.79%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.66%) cPanel
13 4 (0.53%) Grafana
13 4 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.53%) Plesk
14 3 (0.40%) SELinux
14 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 2 (0.26%) vRealize
16 1 (0.13%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 333 (44.05%) Microsoft
2 112 (14.81%) VMware
3 97 (12.83%) IBM
4 91 (12.04%) Red Hat
5 41 (5.42%) Apple
6 35 (4.63%) Cisco
6 35 (4.63%) Citrix
7 25 (3.31%) Veeam
8 23 (3.04%) Adobe
9 22 (2.91%) Oracle
10 20 (2.65%) Dell
10 20 (2.65%) NetApp
11 15 (1.98%) HP
12 14 (1.85%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.46%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.32%) Dynatrace
14 10 (1.32%) Google
14 10 (1.32%) SolidFire
14 10 (1.32%) Splunk
15 7 (0.93%) F5