Windows Engineer Job Trends in Cheshire

Windows Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Windows Engineer salary in Cheshire is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £38,200 - -
25th Percentile £38,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £39,500 - -
90th Percentile £39,800 - -
North West median annual salary £48,750 £65,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +54.76% +57.01%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,253 405 1,053
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.16% 82.48% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 644 238 819
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £24,795
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +1.06%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,150 £76,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Windows Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Windows Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Windows Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Crewe - 2 £39,000 -
Windows Engineer
North West

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Windows Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow