Windows Jobs in Central London

Microsoft Windows
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 16 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 433 641 834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 11.52% 11.96% 10.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.74% 64.23% 57.92%
Number of salaries quoted 354 557 669
10th Percentile £31,825 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,966 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -1.88% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £85,500
London median annual salary £55,000 £52,650 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.46% +0.29% -4.55%

All Operating Systems
Central London

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 557 998 1,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 14.81% 18.62% 18.09%
Number of salaries quoted 452 868 1,215
10th Percentile £33,650 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,820 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% -1.82% +4.00%
75th Percentile £79,063 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Central London

Windows
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Windows in Central London

Windows
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Central London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Central London

Windows
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Central London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
City of London +2 401 £55,000 +4.76% 38
City of Westminster -17 11 £35,000 -45.80% 3
West End of London -7 10 £67,500 +17.39% 4
Southwark +21 3 £35,000 +9.38%
Kensington and Chelsea -5 1 £50,000 +17.65%
Camden -8 1 £39,000 -2.50% 1
Windows
London

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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
1 108 (24.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (14.78%) SharePoint
3 24 (5.54%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.00%) IIS
5 6 (1.39%) Apache
6 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.69%) SAS
7 3 (0.69%) WordPress
8 2 (0.46%) CMS
8 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.23%) Confluence
9 1 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) WildFly
Applications
1 100 (23.09%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.46%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.85%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.46%) Eikon
3 2 (0.46%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.46%) KEYPrime
3 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 230 (53.12%) Microsoft 365
2 211 (48.73%) Azure
3 82 (18.94%) Entra ID
4 39 (9.01%) AWS
5 26 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (5.31%) SaaS
7 21 (4.85%) WhatsApp
8 17 (3.93%) OneDrive
9 14 (3.23%) Google Workspace
10 12 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (2.31%) Mimecast
12 9 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (2.08%) GCP
12 9 (2.08%) IaaS
13 7 (1.62%) GitHub
13 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (1.39%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.39%) Rubrik
15 5 (1.15%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.01%) Firewall
2 48 (11.09%) DNS
3 45 (10.39%) LAN
4 32 (7.39%) Skype
5 31 (7.16%) WAN
6 28 (6.47%) Cisco IOS
6 28 (6.47%) DHCP
6 28 (6.47%) Telepresence
7 27 (6.24%) VPN
8 24 (5.54%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (5.31%) SAN
9 23 (5.31%) Wireless
10 19 (4.39%) NAS
10 19 (4.39%) TCP/IP
11 17 (3.93%) Network Security
12 14 (3.23%) SD-WAN
13 12 (2.77%) Internet
14 8 (1.85%) Broadband
14 8 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (1.62%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (15.01%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.54%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.39%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.39%) MySQL
4 4 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.92%) RDBMS
4 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.46%) Metadata
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.46%) Power BI
6 2 (0.46%) SQLite
7 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.23%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.23%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 29 (6.70%) JIRA
2 9 (2.08%) GitLab
2 9 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.15%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (0.92%) Git
5 3 (0.69%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.23%) JUnit
7 1 (0.23%) MSI
7 1 (0.23%) Postman
7 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 144 (33.26%) Social Skills
2 134 (30.95%) Finance
3 56 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (11.55%) Law
5 47 (10.85%) Legal
6 29 (6.70%) Telecoms
7 26 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 24 (5.54%) Automotive
9 23 (5.31%) Banking
10 13 (3.00%) Games
11 8 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.85%) Marketing
11 8 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.85%) Retail Banking
12 7 (1.62%) Retail
13 6 (1.39%) Advertising
13 6 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.92%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 86 (19.86%) Senior
2 78 (18.01%) Support Engineer
3 67 (15.47%) Analyst
4 50 (11.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 46 (10.62%) IT Support
6 39 (9.01%) Support Analyst
7 35 (8.08%) Consultant
8 33 (7.62%) Lead
9 29 (6.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 29 (6.70%) 2nd Line Support
10 28 (6.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (6.24%) IT Analyst
11 27 (6.24%) IT Engineer
12 25 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
13 23 (5.31%) Developer
14 22 (5.08%) IT Support Analyst
14 22 (5.08%) Software Developer
15 19 (4.39%) IT Support Engineer
15 19 (4.39%) Service Analyst
15 19 (4.39%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.16%) .NET
2 25 (5.77%) CSS
2 25 (5.77%) HTML
3 22 (5.08%) HTML5
4 21 (4.85%) WPF
5 11 (2.54%) YAML
6 6 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.15%) REST
7 5 (1.15%) X-Windows
8 4 (0.92%) XMPP
9 3 (0.69%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.69%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.69%) JSON
10 2 (0.46%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.46%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.46%) LAMP
10 2 (0.46%) XML
11 1 (0.23%) ADSI
11 1 (0.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.86%) Video Conferencing
2 32 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (5.08%) Clustering
4 17 (3.93%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.77%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.08%) Replication
10 8 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.62%) Blackberry
11 7 (1.62%) iPhone
11 7 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.39%) PKI
12 6 (1.39%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.39%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
13 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.92%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 188 (43.42%) Windows Server
2 118 (27.25%) Windows 10
3 55 (12.70%) Linux
4 38 (8.78%) Windows 7
5 31 (7.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (6.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (6.47%) Apple iOS
8 24 (5.54%) Mac OS
9 23 (5.31%) Android
10 15 (3.46%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (2.77%) Mac OS X
12 10 (2.31%) Unix
13 6 (1.39%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
14 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.92%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.92%) VMS
16 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.46%) CentOS
18 1 (0.23%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (17.55%) ITIL
3 64 (14.78%) Customer Service
4 63 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 48 (11.09%) DevOps
6 47 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (8.55%) Information Security
8 37 (8.55%) ITSM
9 33 (7.62%) Computer Science
9 33 (7.62%) Service Management
10 32 (7.39%) Collaborative Working
11 29 (6.70%) Change Management
11 29 (6.70%) Project Management
12 26 (6.00%) Incident Management
13 25 (5.77%) Service Delivery
14 24 (5.54%) Migration
15 22 (5.08%) Agile
15 22 (5.08%) Multithreaded Programming
15 22 (5.08%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 87 (20.09%) PowerShell
2 73 (16.86%) SQL
3 38 (8.78%) C#
4 27 (6.24%) Python
5 26 (6.00%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.31%) Bash
7 8 (1.85%) Java
8 6 (1.39%) C++
9 3 (0.69%) SAS Macro
10 2 (0.46%) Perl
10 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.23%) Go
11 1 (0.23%) PHP
11 1 (0.23%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (19.63%) Degree
2 29 (6.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 29 (6.70%) Master's Degree
3 24 (5.54%) MBA
4 15 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.31%) CEH
6 10 (2.31%) MCSE
7 9 (2.08%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (1.62%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.62%) CCSP
9 7 (1.62%) CISSP
9 7 (1.62%) SANS
9 7 (1.62%) Security Cleared
9 7 (1.62%) SSCP
10 6 (1.39%) CCNA
10 6 (1.39%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.39%) SLA
3 12 (2.77%) PCI DSS
4 11 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.08%) NIST
6 8 (1.85%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.39%) QA
8 3 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.46%) GDPR
9 2 (0.46%) ITGC
9 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 224 (51.73%) Active Directory
2 81 (18.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (8.55%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (4.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (4.16%) vSphere
5 15 (3.46%) Hyper-V
6 14 (3.23%) Docker
7 7 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.62%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.46%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.23%) pfSense
10 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.23%) XenApp
10 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 66 (15.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (8.78%) vCenter Server
3 33 (7.62%) SCCM
4 31 (7.16%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (4.62%) Microsoft Clustering
6 18 (4.16%) Kubernetes
7 14 (3.23%) Ansible
8 13 (3.00%) Terraform
9 7 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.62%) Nmap
10 6 (1.39%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.92%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.92%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.92%) Puppet
11 4 (0.92%) SCOM
11 4 (0.92%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 4 (0.92%) WSUS
12 3 (0.69%) Grafana
13 2 (0.46%) vRealize
Vendors
1 227 (52.42%) Microsoft
2 120 (27.71%) VMware
3 75 (17.32%) Cisco
4 49 (11.32%) Apple
5 37 (8.55%) Citrix
6 35 (8.08%) ServiceNow
7 30 (6.93%) Commvault
8 24 (5.54%) Polycom
9 23 (5.31%) Bloomberg
10 22 (5.08%) iManage
11 20 (4.62%) Sun
12 18 (4.16%) Google
12 18 (4.16%) HP
12 18 (4.16%) SolarWinds
13 17 (3.93%) Palo Alto
14 14 (3.23%) Veeam
15 13 (3.00%) NetApp
16 11 (2.54%) Meraki
17 10 (2.31%) Splunk
18 9 (2.08%) Qualys