Windows Jobs in Bolton

Microsoft Windows
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 1 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 +25 -14
Permanent jobs citing Windows 58 44 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 41.43% 33.59% 7.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 95.08% 91.67% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 53 29 10
10th Percentile £28,100 £30,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +27.78% +80.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £51,938
90th Percentile £74,000 £65,000 £53,075
Manchester median annual salary £36,250 £42,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year -14.71% -2.86% +9.38%

All Operating Systems
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 61 48 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 43.57% 36.64% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 53 33 12
10th Percentile £28,100 £30,250 £24,700
25th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +80.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £64,250 £53,675
Manchester median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £51,573
% change year-on-year -7.00% -3.05% +8.57%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Bolton

Windows
Salary Trend in Bolton

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

Salary trend for Windows in Bolton

Windows
Salary Histogram in Bolton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Bolton over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Bolton

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (10.34%) MS Visio
1 6 (10.34%) Trello
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.45%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) Firewall
1 6 (10.34%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (5.17%) LAN
2 3 (5.17%) VPN
2 3 (5.17%) WAN
3 2 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (3.45%) VoIP
4 1 (1.72%) DHCP
4 1 (1.72%) DNS
4 1 (1.72%) PBX
4 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.72%) VLAN
4 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Power BI
1 4 (6.90%) Tableau
2 1 (1.72%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 31 (53.45%) Social Skills
2 29 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (37.93%) Finance
4 17 (29.31%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (15.52%) Legal
6 4 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Vendor Manager
2 10 (17.24%) Analyst
3 6 (10.34%) Architect
3 6 (10.34%) Project Manager
3 6 (10.34%) Security Architect
4 5 (8.62%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) Lead
6 2 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) IT Support
6 2 (3.45%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (1.72%) Developer
7 1 (1.72%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (1.72%) IT Support Technician
7 1 (1.72%) IT Technician
7 1 (1.72%) Network Support
7 1 (1.72%) Network Support Technician
7 1 (1.72%) Network Technician
7 1 (1.72%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.72%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.72%) Classic ASP
2 1 (1.72%) CSS
2 1 (1.72%) HTML
2 1 (1.72%) JSON
2 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (91.38%) Social Media
2 19 (32.76%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (32.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 10 (17.24%) Management Information System
4 6 (10.34%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.45%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.72%) IVR
6 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 51 (87.93%) Windows Vista
2 2 (3.45%) Android
2 2 (3.45%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (56.90%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (51.72%) Collaborative Working
3 24 (41.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (32.76%) Computer Science
5 17 (29.31%) Budgeting
5 17 (29.31%) Decision-Making
6 16 (27.59%) Data Protection
7 13 (22.41%) Contingency Planning
7 13 (22.41%) Contract Management
7 13 (22.41%) Contract Negotiation
7 13 (22.41%) Cost Control
7 13 (22.41%) Financial Analysis
7 13 (22.41%) Market Research
7 13 (22.41%) Order Management
7 13 (22.41%) Performance Metrics
7 13 (22.41%) Service Delivery
7 13 (22.41%) Supplier Management
7 13 (22.41%) Supply Chain Management
7 13 (22.41%) Time Management
8 12 (20.69%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.45%) Bash
2 2 (3.45%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) C#
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.72%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 53 (91.38%) DBS Check
2 45 (77.59%) Degree
3 19 (32.76%) Master's Degree
4 6 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (10.34%) CEH
4 6 (10.34%) CISA
4 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (10.34%) CISM
4 6 (10.34%) CISSP
4 6 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (10.34%) PMI Certification
4 6 (10.34%) PMP
5 4 (6.90%) ACCA
5 4 (6.90%) CIMA
6 1 (1.72%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) GDPR
1 6 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (10.34%) NIST
1 6 (10.34%) QA
2 5 (8.62%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
1 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
1 2 (3.45%) VMware NSX
1 2 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Ansible
1 2 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.45%) SmoothWall
1 2 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Cisco
2 4 (6.90%) Cognos
3 2 (3.45%) 3PAR
3 2 (3.45%) Juniper
3 2 (3.45%) Meraki
3 2 (3.45%) Splunk