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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 51 102 81
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.90% 11.59% 11.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.45% 60.00% 53.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41 72 43
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £24,350
25th Percentile £30,956 £29,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,175 £45,375 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% +68.06% -40.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £82,500 - £53,750
East of England median annual salary £38,000 £39,445 £35,000
% change year-on-year -3.66% +12.70% -12.50%

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 83 170 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.61% 19.32% 21.60%
Number of salaries quoted 49 101 75
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £26,400
25th Percentile £30,956 £30,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +31.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £72,850
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -11.11%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -14 19 £42,175 +29.77% 21
Peterborough +2 15 £33,500 -4.29% 12
Huntingdon +3 4 - - 2
St Neots - 3 £45,000 - 1
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 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.92%) Apache Solr
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.96%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (39.22%) Azure
2 19 (37.25%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (23.53%) AWS
4 11 (21.57%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.80%) OneDrive
6 4 (7.84%) SaaS
7 1 (1.96%) IaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.96%) PaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) Firewall
2 4 (7.84%) DHCP
2 4 (7.84%) DNS
2 4 (7.84%) LAN
2 4 (7.84%) SAN
2 4 (7.84%) VPN
2 4 (7.84%) WAN
2 4 (7.84%) Wireless
3 3 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.92%) IPsec
4 2 (3.92%) SSL
4 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.92%) VLAN
5 1 (1.96%) Internet
5 1 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.96%) VoIP
5 1 (1.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.92%) MySQL
3 1 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.96%) GIS
3 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) LoadRunner
General
1 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Finance
3 7 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.96%) Electronics
5 1 (1.96%) Law
5 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.96%) Marketing
5 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) IT Support
2 7 (13.73%) Applications Support
3 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) Senior
4 5 (9.80%) Administrator
4 5 (9.80%) Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) IT Administrator
5 4 (7.84%) Applications Support Technician
5 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (7.84%) IT Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Lead
5 4 (7.84%) Support Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Support Technician
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Leader
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) Node.js
2 1 (1.96%) .NET
2 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (9.80%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (5.88%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.92%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (3.92%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.96%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 21 (41.18%) Linux
2 16 (31.37%) Windows Server
3 12 (23.53%) Mac OS
4 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (9.80%) Android
5 5 (9.80%) Apple iOS
5 5 (9.80%) Windows 10
6 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.96%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (23.53%) ITIL
3 11 (21.57%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (11.76%) AI
4 6 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 6 (11.76%) Customer Service
4 6 (11.76%) Data Protection
4 6 (11.76%) DevOps
4 6 (11.76%) Process Improvement
4 6 (11.76%) Software Engineering
5 5 (9.80%) Cloud Security
5 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (9.80%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (9.80%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (7.84%) CI/CD
6 4 (7.84%) Cost Control
6 4 (7.84%) Data Centre Operations
6 4 (7.84%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (7.84%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) Python
2 6 (11.76%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.84%) C++
4 3 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.88%) SQL
4 3 (5.88%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.92%) PHP
6 1 (1.96%) Bash
6 1 (1.96%) C
6 1 (1.96%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (15.69%) DBS Check
4 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (7.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (3.92%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.92%) CCNA
6 2 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.92%) MCSE
7 1 (1.96%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.96%) CEH
7 1 (1.96%) GIAC
7 1 (1.96%) GREM
7 1 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.96%) OSCP
7 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) GDPR
2 2 (3.92%) GxP
2 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.84%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.84%) vSphere
4 3 (5.88%) Docker
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.96%) Firmware
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (5.88%) Ansible
4 1 (1.96%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.96%) QRadar
Vendors
1 31 (60.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) VMware
3 5 (9.80%) Apple
3 5 (9.80%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (9.80%) Palo Alto
3 5 (9.80%) Veeam
4 4 (7.84%) Dell
4 4 (7.84%) Fortinet
4 4 (7.84%) Samsung
5 3 (5.88%) Oracle
6 2 (3.92%) Cisco
6 2 (3.92%) Splunk
7 1 (1.96%) Aruba
7 1 (1.96%) Citrix
7 1 (1.96%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.96%) SAP
7 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow