Microsoft Windows
Essex > Colchester
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Colchester 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 | 6 | 21 | 11 |
Rank change year-on-year | +15 | -10 | -7 |
Permanent jobs citing Windows | 2 | 5 | 12 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester | 8.00% | 4.07% | 10.08% |
As % of the Operating Systems category | 66.67% | 38.46% | 100.00% |
Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 3 | 5 |
10th Percentile | - | £34,500 | £33,250 |
25th Percentile | £41,250 | £52,500 | £36,250 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £85,000 | £62,500 |
Median % change year-on-year | -50.00% | +36.00% | -26.47% |
75th Percentile | £43,750 | £87,500 | £67,500 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £69,150 |
Essex median annual salary | £32,500 | £28,000 | £32,500 |
% change year-on-year | +16.07% | -13.85% | -7.14% |
All Operating Systems
Colchester
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 Colchester.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 3 | 13 | 12 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester | 12.00% | 10.57% | 10.08% |
Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 11 | 5 |
10th Percentile | £41,750 | £33,750 | £33,250 |
25th Percentile | £42,500 | £35,000 | £36,250 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £40,000 | £62,500 |
Median % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -36.00% | -26.47% |
75th Percentile | £47,500 | £61,250 | £67,500 |
90th Percentile | £48,250 | £87,500 | £69,150 |
Essex median annual salary | £35,000 | £29,500 | £40,000 |
% change year-on-year | +18.64% | -26.25% | +3.90% |
Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Colchester.

Windows
Salary Trend in Colchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Colchester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Colchester 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: