Windows Systems Engineer Jobs

Windows System Engineer
UK

The median Windows System Engineer salary in the UK is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 871 985 1218
Rank change year-on-year +114 +233 -316
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Systems Engineer 36 10 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.011% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 36 10 17
10th Percentile - £39,804 £43,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.74% -2.27% -19.12%
75th Percentile - £73,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £81,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +6.67% -44.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Windows Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Windows Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Systems Engineer in the UK

Windows Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Windows Systems Engineer in the UK

Windows Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Systems Engineer in the UK

Windows Systems Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +116 36 £34,000 -36.74% 1
UK excluding London +20 36 £34,000 -15.00%
South East +50 30 £32,000 -43.11%
North of England +49 6 £45,000 +13.22%
Yorkshire - 5 £45,000 -
Work from Home +70 1 £50,000 -9.09%
North West +14 1 £50,000 +25.81%

Windows Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Windows Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Windows Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (66.67%) CMDB
2 24 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 24 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 24 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 24 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 24 (66.67%) Configuration Management
3 18 (50.00%) Linux
4 13 (36.11%) DHCP
4 13 (36.11%) SNMP
4 13 (36.11%) DNS
4 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
4 13 (36.11%) Active Directory
4 13 (36.11%) Firewall
4 13 (36.11%) SQL
4 13 (36.11%) IIS
4 13 (36.11%) SCOM
4 13 (36.11%) Agile
4 13 (36.11%) Azure
4 13 (36.11%) Dynatrace
4 13 (36.11%) Waterfall
5 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.56%) Customer Experience
7 1 (2.78%) Stakeholder Engagement

Windows Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (36.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (36.11%) DHCP
1 13 (36.11%) DNS
1 13 (36.11%) Firewall
1 13 (36.11%) SNMP
General
1 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 24 (66.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 18 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 13 (36.11%) Agile
2 13 (36.11%) Waterfall
3 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (5.56%) Customer Experience
5 1 (2.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 24 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 24 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 13 (36.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (36.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Dynatrace
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft