Windows Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 50 59 139
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 4.74% 9.93% 10.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.95% 54.13% 45.87%
Number of salaries quoted 34 45 106
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,200 £24,240
25th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -9.86% -11.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £51,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £86,875 £64,250 £54,375
East of England median annual salary £39,152 £41,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +29.69% -20.00%

All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 91 109 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.63% 18.35% 22.43%
Number of salaries quoted 46 72 234
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,809 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,625 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.55% +1.39% -5.26%
75th Percentile £81,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £77,125
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -25.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Cambridge -20 18 £42,175 +31.80% 9
Peterborough +2 17 £60,000 +9.09% 2
St Neots - 3 £45,000 - 3
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Apache Solr
2 1 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (40.00%) Azure
3 16 (32.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (14.00%) AWS
5 5 (10.00%) IaaS
5 5 (10.00%) PaaS
6 2 (4.00%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.00%) SaaS
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.00%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.00%) Firewall
2 7 (14.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (12.00%) DHCP
3 6 (12.00%) DNS
4 5 (10.00%) VPN
5 4 (8.00%) VLAN
6 3 (6.00%) LAN
6 3 (6.00%) WAN
7 2 (4.00%) Wireshark
8 1 (2.00%) Broadband
8 1 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.00%) VoIP
8 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.00%) GIS
3 1 (2.00%) MySQL
3 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Git
1 1 (2.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (20.00%) Finance
4 4 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) IT Support
2 8 (16.00%) Support Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) IT Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Lead
4 5 (10.00%) Technical Leader
5 4 (8.00%) Analyst
5 4 (8.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Senior
5 4 (8.00%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Support Technician
5 4 (8.00%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.00%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) IT Technician
7 2 (4.00%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) .NET
1 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Robotics
2 4 (8.00%) Client/Server
3 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 11 (22.00%) Linux
3 4 (8.00%) Mac OS
3 4 (8.00%) VMS
3 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.00%) Android
5 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (20.00%) AI
4 9 (18.00%) ITIL
5 7 (14.00%) Data Protection
6 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (12.00%) Virtual Environments
7 5 (10.00%) Business Continuity
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (10.00%) Migration
7 5 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.00%) Runbook
7 5 (10.00%) Server Management
7 5 (10.00%) Software Engineering
7 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (8.00%) Change Management
8 4 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (8.00%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.00%) C++
3 3 (6.00%) Python
3 3 (6.00%) SQL
3 3 (6.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.00%) Bash
4 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.00%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.00%) DBS Check
3 4 (8.00%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.00%) CEH
4 2 (4.00%) GIAC
4 2 (4.00%) GREM
4 2 (4.00%) OSCP
5 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) GDPR
1 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (42.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.00%) vSphere
4 2 (4.00%) Docker
5 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (8.00%) SolarWinds Orion
1 4 (8.00%) vCenter Server
2 2 (4.00%) Ansible
2 2 (4.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 2 (4.00%) QRadar
3 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (72.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) VMware
3 4 (8.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (6.00%) Oracle
4 3 (6.00%) Splunk
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco
5 2 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (4.00%) Veeam
6 1 (2.00%) Acronis
6 1 (2.00%) Apple
6 1 (2.00%) Aruba
6 1 (2.00%) Dynatrace
6 1 (2.00%) MobileIron
6 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto