Windows Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft Windows
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 18 6
Rank change year-on-year -11 -12 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows 74 137 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.60% 8.86% 18.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.73% 74.05% 90.91%
Number of salaries quoted 29 98 116
10th Percentile £30,150 £24,500 £21,375
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,438 £25,420
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +33.93%
75th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £48,000
90th Percentile £50,145 £62,500 £55,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.59%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 126 185 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.34% 11.97% 20.26%
Number of salaries quoted 30 126 126
10th Percentile £30,700 £24,807 £22,375
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £25,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +14.67% +12.55%
75th Percentile £47,167 £55,000 £48,000
90th Percentile £57,750 £61,875 £57,500
North West median annual salary £44,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.11% - +5.88%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
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 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Warrington -6 14 £41,653 -4.25% 7
Chester +20 7 £34,000 -2.86% 9
Macclesfield +8 6 £42,500 +77.08% 3
Knutsford +12 2 £80,000 +255.56% 1
Lymm - 2 - -
Wilmslow - 2 - -
Winsford +5 1 £42,500 -19.05%
Alderley Edge +5 1 - -
Neston -2 1 £50,000 -9.09%
Runcorn -3 1 - - 1
Northwich -9 1 £26,500 -3.64%
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.05%) SAS
4 1 (1.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (4.05%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.22%) Azure
3 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.70%) AWS
5 1 (1.35%) GCP
5 1 (1.35%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 43 (58.11%) VPN
2 39 (52.70%) Cisco IOS
3 10 (13.51%) DNS
4 9 (12.16%) DHCP
5 6 (8.11%) LAN
5 6 (8.11%) WAN
6 5 (6.76%) Firewall
6 5 (6.76%) Internet
6 5 (6.76%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (4.05%) Skype
7 3 (4.05%) VoIP
8 2 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.05%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Git
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
1 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (62.16%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (52.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
4 9 (12.16%) Manufacturing
5 8 (10.81%) Automotive
6 5 (6.76%) Aerospace
7 4 (5.41%) Finance
8 3 (4.05%) Banking
8 3 (4.05%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.70%) Legal
9 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Marketing
10 1 (1.35%) Publishing
10 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (52.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (9.46%) Analyst
3 6 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (8.11%) IT Support
3 6 (8.11%) Support Analyst
3 6 (8.11%) Technical Support
4 5 (6.76%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 5 (6.76%) Senior
5 4 (5.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Data Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 3 (4.05%) IT Support Specialist
6 3 (4.05%) Service Desk Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Support Specialist
7 2 (2.70%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (52.70%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.35%) .NET
2 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 39 (52.70%) Cyberattack
2 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 50 (67.57%) Linux
2 40 (54.05%) Android
3 11 (14.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.76%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.76%) Windows 7
4 5 (6.76%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.70%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.35%) Unix
6 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (66.22%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (55.41%) Mathematics
3 40 (54.05%) DevOps
3 40 (54.05%) Line Management
3 40 (54.05%) Task Automation
4 39 (52.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (52.70%) Platform Engineering
4 39 (52.70%) Risk Management
4 39 (52.70%) Storage Management
5 10 (13.51%) ITIL
6 9 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (6.76%) Change Management
7 5 (6.76%) Coaching
7 5 (6.76%) Customer Service
7 5 (6.76%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (5.41%) Analytics
8 4 (5.41%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.41%) IT Strategy
9 3 (4.05%) Chat Support
9 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (63.51%) PowerShell
1 47 (63.51%) Python
2 43 (58.11%) Bash
3 2 (2.70%) C++
3 2 (2.70%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.35%) C
4 1 (1.35%) C#
4 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.35%) PHP
4 1 (1.35%) VB
4 1 (1.35%) VBScript
4 1 (1.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 13 (17.57%) Degree
2 4 (5.41%) MCSE
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.05%) CCNA
3 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.05%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) MCP
5 1 (1.35%) MCSA
5 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.35%) NCSC
2 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (60.81%) Hyper-V
2 39 (52.70%) Docker
2 39 (52.70%) VMware NSX
2 39 (52.70%) vSphere
3 19 (25.68%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.76%) Terminal Services
5 4 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.35%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (52.70%) Ansible
1 39 (52.70%) Terraform
2 5 (6.76%) SCCM
3 4 (5.41%) SCOM
3 4 (5.41%) SCOrch
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 51 (68.92%) Cisco
2 39 (52.70%) 3PAR
2 39 (52.70%) Juniper
2 39 (52.70%) Splunk
3 19 (25.68%) Microsoft
4 14 (18.92%) VMware
5 4 (5.41%) Citrix
6 3 (4.05%) Acronis
6 3 (4.05%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.05%) Kaseya
6 3 (4.05%) Meraki
6 3 (4.05%) Oracle
6 3 (4.05%) Remedy
6 3 (4.05%) Sage
6 3 (4.05%) SonicWALL
6 3 (4.05%) WatchGuard
7 2 (2.70%) Sun
8 1 (1.35%) Google
8 1 (1.35%) McAfee
8 1 (1.35%) Symantec