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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 28
Rank change year-on-year -2 +26 -17
Permanent jobs citing Windows 75 38 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 48.08% 33.04% 5.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 96.15% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 70 24 9
10th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +23.68% +90.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £60,313 £53,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £53,150
Manchester median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

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 78 38 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 50.00% 33.04% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 70 24 9
10th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +23.68% +90.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £60,313 £53,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £53,150
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

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 16 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 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (8.00%) MS Visio
2 6 (8.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.67%) Firewall
1 14 (18.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.67%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (2.67%) LAN
2 2 (2.67%) VoIP
2 2 (2.67%) VPN
2 2 (2.67%) WAN
3 1 (1.33%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.33%) Power BI
2 4 (5.33%) Tableau
3 1 (1.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 49 (65.33%) Social Skills
2 43 (57.33%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (42.67%) Finance
4 17 (22.67%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (12.00%) Legal
7 2 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (21.33%) Analyst
2 14 (18.67%) Architect
2 14 (18.67%) Security Architect
3 13 (17.33%) Vendor Manager
4 10 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Financial Analyst
5 6 (8.00%) Report Analyst
6 5 (6.67%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Lead
7 4 (5.33%) Senior
7 4 (5.33%) Senior Manager
7 4 (5.33%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (2.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) IT Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) Service Desk Engineer
9 1 (1.33%) Developer
9 1 (1.33%) IT Support
9 1 (1.33%) IT Support Analyst
9 1 (1.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.33%) .NET
2 1 (1.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.33%) Classic ASP
2 1 (1.33%) CSS
2 1 (1.33%) HTML
2 1 (1.33%) JSON
2 1 (1.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (94.67%) Social Media
2 27 (36.00%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (36.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 18 (24.00%) Management Information System
4 14 (18.67%) Security Posture
5 4 (5.33%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.67%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.33%) IVR
7 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 69 (92.00%) Windows Vista
2 2 (2.67%) Android
2 2 (2.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (54.67%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (50.67%) Collaborative Working
3 32 (42.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (37.33%) Data Protection
5 27 (36.00%) Computer Science
6 23 (30.67%) Budgeting
6 23 (30.67%) Decision-Making
7 17 (22.67%) Financial Analysis
8 16 (21.33%) Change Management
8 16 (21.33%) Risk Management
9 14 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (18.67%) Ethical Hacking
9 14 (18.67%) Identity Management
9 14 (18.67%) Information Assurance
9 14 (18.67%) Information Security
9 14 (18.67%) Risk Analysis
9 14 (18.67%) Security Architecture
9 14 (18.67%) SIEM
9 14 (18.67%) TOGAF
9 14 (18.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.67%) Bash
2 2 (2.67%) Python
3 1 (1.33%) C#
3 1 (1.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (94.67%) DBS Check
2 63 (84.00%) Degree
3 27 (36.00%) Master's Degree
4 14 (18.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (18.67%) CEH
4 14 (18.67%) CISA
4 14 (18.67%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (18.67%) CISM
4 14 (18.67%) CISSP
4 14 (18.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (13.33%) ACCA
5 10 (13.33%) CIMA
5 10 (13.33%) PMI Certification
5 10 (13.33%) PMP
6 6 (8.00%) AAT
7 4 (5.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.33%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.67%) GDPR
1 14 (18.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (18.67%) NIST
2 6 (8.00%) QA
3 5 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.67%) Docker
1 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.67%) VMware NSX
1 2 (2.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Ansible
1 2 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.67%) SmoothWall
1 2 (2.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) Cisco
2 4 (5.33%) Cognos
3 2 (2.67%) 3PAR
3 2 (2.67%) Juniper
3 2 (2.67%) Meraki
3 2 (2.67%) Splunk