Windows Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Windows
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 28 21
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 +18
Permanent jobs citing Windows 106 66 185
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 3.39% 5.96% 7.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.27% 70.97% 60.26%
Number of salaries quoted 71 55 131
10th Percentile £29,250 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +21.62% -22.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £61,750
South West median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.41% -12.94%

All Operating Systems
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 173 93 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.53% 8.40% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 135 72 224
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £31,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.24% -11.90% +4.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £74,164
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £87,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £37,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.38% -17.78% -8.16%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Windows job vacancy trend in Bristol

Windows
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Bristol

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (27.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.72%) Confluence
2 5 (4.72%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.89%) nginx
4 1 (0.94%) IIS
4 1 (0.94%) Site Server
Applications
1 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (39.62%) Azure
1 42 (39.62%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
2 15 (14.15%) IaaS
2 15 (14.15%) Serverless
3 14 (13.21%) AWS
3 14 (13.21%) PaaS
4 13 (12.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 13 (12.26%) Azure Monitor
4 13 (12.26%) GitHub
5 12 (11.32%) Azure Functions
5 12 (11.32%) Azure Key Vault
6 9 (8.49%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.83%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.83%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.81%) VPN
2 12 (11.32%) DNS
3 11 (10.38%) DHCP
3 11 (10.38%) WAN
4 6 (5.66%) Firewall
5 2 (1.89%) LAN
5 2 (1.89%) PPP
5 2 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.89%) SNMP
5 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.94%) BGP
6 1 (0.94%) Internet
6 1 (0.94%) NAS
6 1 (0.94%) SAN
6 1 (0.94%) Skype
6 1 (0.94%) SSL
6 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.32%) Amazon RDS
1 12 (11.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (7.55%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.66%) MySQL
4 5 (4.72%) Oracle Database
4 5 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 19 (17.92%) Git
2 13 (12.26%) JIRA
3 7 (6.60%) GitLab
4 6 (5.66%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.89%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.89%) git-flow
5 2 (1.89%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (43.40%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (13.21%) Law
4 13 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.43%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (6.60%) Local Government
8 6 (5.66%) Finance
9 2 (1.89%) Electronics
9 2 (1.89%) Military
9 2 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.94%) Advertising
10 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (24.53%) Senior
2 25 (23.58%) Analyst
3 21 (19.81%) IT Support
4 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 12 (11.32%) IT Analyst
4 12 (11.32%) IT Support Analyst
4 12 (11.32%) Support Analyst
5 9 (8.49%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Software Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Support Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) C++ Developer
7 7 (6.60%) Developer
7 7 (6.60%) IT Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (6.60%) Senior C++ Developer
7 7 (6.60%) Senior Developer
8 6 (5.66%) Lead
8 6 (5.66%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.09%) Terraform
2 7 (6.60%) MFC
3 3 (2.83%) .NET
4 2 (1.89%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.89%) Avalonia
4 2 (1.89%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.89%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.89%) React
4 2 (1.89%) WPF
5 1 (0.94%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.26%) Public Cloud
1 13 (12.26%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (11.32%) Podcast
2 12 (11.32%) Security Posture
3 9 (8.49%) Cloud Native
3 9 (8.49%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (7.55%) Client/Server
5 7 (6.60%) NHS
6 4 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.83%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.83%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.89%) Social Media
9 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.94%) iPhone
9 1 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (31.13%) Linux
2 32 (30.19%) Windows Server
3 14 (13.21%) VMS
3 14 (13.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.77%) Android
5 4 (3.77%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.83%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.83%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (41.51%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (31.13%) Agile
3 28 (26.42%) CI/CD
4 24 (22.64%) Customer Service
4 24 (22.64%) Migration
5 23 (21.70%) Mentoring
6 20 (18.87%) DevOps
7 19 (17.92%) AI
8 18 (16.98%) Computer Science
8 18 (16.98%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (16.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (16.04%) Observability
10 15 (14.15%) Analytics
11 14 (13.21%) Cloud Security
11 14 (13.21%) DevSecOps
11 14 (13.21%) Generative AI
11 14 (13.21%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (13.21%) Scrum
12 13 (12.26%) Customer Experience
12 13 (12.26%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.53%) SQL
2 22 (20.75%) PowerShell
3 17 (16.04%) Bash
4 12 (11.32%) Bicep
4 12 (11.32%) C++
4 12 (11.32%) Kusto Query Language
4 12 (11.32%) Python
5 10 (9.43%) JavaScript
6 9 (8.49%) C#
7 4 (3.77%) Java
8 2 (1.89%) XAML
Qualifications
1 18 (16.98%) SC Cleared
1 18 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.32%) Azure Certification
2 12 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (6.60%) Degree
4 4 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.83%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.83%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.83%) PhD
6 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.94%) CEH
7 1 (0.94%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.94%) Cyber Scheme
7 1 (0.94%) GPEN
7 1 (0.94%) GXPN
7 1 (0.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (8.49%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.77%) SLA
4 2 (1.89%) QA
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 40 (37.74%) Active Directory
2 19 (17.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (12.26%) vSphere
4 12 (11.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (10.38%) Hyper-V
6 9 (8.49%) Terminal Server
7 3 (2.83%) Docker
7 3 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.94%) KVM
8 1 (0.94%) QEMU
8 1 (0.94%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.55%) Ansible
2 8 (7.55%) Puppet
3 5 (4.72%) Progress Chef
4 4 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.89%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (1.89%) Nagios
5 2 (1.89%) Netcool
5 2 (1.89%) Tivoli
5 2 (1.89%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.94%) Autotask
6 1 (0.94%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.94%) Packer
6 1 (0.94%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.94%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (56.60%) Microsoft
2 28 (26.42%) VMware
3 12 (11.32%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (10.38%) SolarWinds
5 9 (8.49%) Brocade
5 9 (8.49%) Nimble Storage
5 9 (8.49%) Splunk
5 9 (8.49%) Tanium
5 9 (8.49%) Veeam
6 6 (5.66%) Cisco
7 5 (4.72%) Intel
7 5 (4.72%) Oracle
8 4 (3.77%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.83%) Meraki
10 2 (1.89%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.89%) BMC
10 2 (1.89%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.89%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.94%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.94%) Zscaler