Windows Job Trends in Chorley

Microsoft Windows
Lancashire > Chorley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chorley requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 18 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 3 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Chorley 6.82% 2.17% 32.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 23
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -4.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £38,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £61,250
Lancashire median annual salary £34,500 £44,274 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.08% -6.79% +55.74%

All Operating Systems
Chorley

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 Chorley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chorley 13.64% 2.17% 32.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 23
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -4.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £38,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £61,250
Lancashire median annual salary £34,750 £44,637 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.15% -6.03% +46.15%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Chorley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chorley.

Windows job vacancy trend in Chorley

Windows
Salary Trend in Chorley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chorley citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chorley citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chorley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 8
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Storage Management
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (66.67%) VMware NSX
1 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 1 (33.33%) Autotask
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) 3PAR
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) ESET
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft