Windows Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 9 12 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 63 169 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 12.68% 10.24% 11.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.95% 48.42% 52.52%
Number of salaries quoted 45 122 99
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,240 £25,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -2.60% -3.75%
75th Percentile £51,000 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,750 £54,875 £66,250
East of England median annual salary £43,000 £32,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year +32.31% -15.58% -0.61%

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 97 349 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.52% 21.15% 21.30%
Number of salaries quoted 69 272 155
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% -3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,625 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,500 £84,875 £82,250
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.88%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Cambridgeshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

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 31 May 2025. 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 0 31 £35,695 -6.07% 28
Huntingdon +7 6 £34,000 -41.38% 3
Ely +1 2 £42,475 +63.37% 1
Peterborough -7 1 £67,500 +86.21% 5
Wisbech - 1 £32,450 -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 12 (19.05%) IIS
1 12 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.29%) Tomcat
3 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (9.52%) Apache
5 3 (4.76%) nginx
6 1 (1.59%) Apache Solr
6 1 (1.59%) CMS
6 1 (1.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (39.68%) Entra ID
3 24 (38.10%) Azure
4 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
4 9 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 9 (14.29%) Power Automate
5 6 (9.52%) Mimecast
6 3 (4.76%) Nutanix
7 2 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.17%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.59%) AWS
8 1 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.59%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.59%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.81%) Firewall
2 9 (14.29%) DMARC
2 9 (14.29%) SSL
2 9 (14.29%) VLAN
2 9 (14.29%) VPN
3 8 (12.70%) DNS
4 5 (7.94%) DHCP
4 5 (7.94%) VoIP
5 4 (6.35%) Wireless
6 3 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (4.76%) HTTP
6 3 (4.76%) IPv4
7 2 (3.17%) LAN
7 2 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.17%) WAN
7 2 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.59%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.59%) Broadband
8 1 (1.59%) IPsec
8 1 (1.59%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.17%) MySQL
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) GitLab
2 3 (4.76%) Git
2 3 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.59%) JIRA
3 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (50.79%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (14.29%) Czech Language
5 4 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.76%) Legal
6 3 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.17%) Finance
7 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (1.59%) Marketing
8 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (28.57%) IT Support
2 16 (25.40%) Administrator
3 13 (20.63%) IT Administrator
4 8 (12.70%) IT Technician
5 5 (7.94%) Help Desk Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Help Desk Technician
5 5 (7.94%) Lead
6 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Operations Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 1st Line Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.76%) Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Senior
7 3 (4.76%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (3.17%) Firewall Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.29%) JSON
1 9 (14.29%) REST
1 9 (14.29%) SOAP
1 9 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (1.59%) .NET
2 1 (1.59%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.59%) CSS
2 1 (1.59%) CSS3
2 1 (1.59%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.59%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.59%) HTML
2 1 (1.59%) HTML5
2 1 (1.59%) jQuery
2 1 (1.59%) MFC
2 1 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.59%) SAML
2 1 (1.59%) STL
2 1 (1.59%) Swagger
2 1 (1.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.40%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (9.52%) Data Centre
4 5 (7.94%) Driving Licence
5 4 (6.35%) NHS
6 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.17%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.17%) PKI
7 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.59%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.59%) CCTV
8 1 (1.59%) FMCG
8 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.59%) Robotics
8 1 (1.59%) Smartcard
8 1 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (39.68%) Windows Server
2 18 (28.57%) Linux
3 9 (14.29%) Unix
4 7 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 7 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 6 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (7.94%) Android
6 5 (7.94%) Mac OS
7 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.59%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.81%) Customer Service
3 14 (22.22%) Agile
4 13 (20.63%) ITIL
5 10 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (15.87%) Project Management
6 9 (14.29%) CRM
6 9 (14.29%) Data Privacy
6 9 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 9 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 9 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
7 8 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (11.11%) Change Management
8 7 (11.11%) Line Management
8 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
8 7 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 5 (7.94%) ERP
9 5 (7.94%) ITSM
9 5 (7.94%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (7.94%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.81%) PowerShell
2 13 (20.63%) SQL
3 11 (17.46%) JavaScript
4 9 (14.29%) Java
4 9 (14.29%) VBA
5 6 (9.52%) Bash
6 2 (3.17%) Python
7 1 (1.59%) C#
7 1 (1.59%) C++
7 1 (1.59%) PHP
7 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (17.46%) Degree
2 9 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.35%) HNC
4 3 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.59%) CCNA
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.59%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (12.70%) GDPR
3 5 (7.94%) SLA
4 2 (3.17%) NIST
4 2 (3.17%) QA
4 2 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.59%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (68.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.17%) Docker
7 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (26.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (17.46%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (11.11%) Ansible
4 3 (4.76%) Graylog
4 3 (4.76%) Nagios
4 3 (4.76%) Puppet
4 3 (4.76%) Rundeck
5 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.59%) Nessus
5 1 (1.59%) WMI
5 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.46%) Oracle
3 7 (11.11%) Cisco
4 6 (9.52%) VMware
5 5 (7.94%) Apple
6 4 (6.35%) Citrix
6 4 (6.35%) Samsung
7 3 (4.76%) Juniper
7 3 (4.76%) NetApp
7 3 (4.76%) PagerDuty
7 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.76%) Pure Storage
7 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.76%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.59%) Dell
8 1 (1.59%) Draytek
8 1 (1.59%) Facebook
8 1 (1.59%) HP
8 1 (1.59%) Sun
8 1 (1.59%) Veeam