Windows Job Trends in Cornwall

Microsoft Windows
South West > Cornwall

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cornwall requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 19 10 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 13.01% 13.51% 14.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 95.00% 83.33% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19 4 10
10th Percentile £30,625 - £27,325
25th Percentile £31,500 £34,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -10.97% +29.17%
75th Percentile £36,000 £37,813 £42,500
90th Percentile - £43,325 £43,000
South West median annual salary £33,500 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.29% -17.65% +6.25%

All Operating Systems
Cornwall

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 Cornwall.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 20 12 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cornwall 13.70% 16.22% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 15
10th Percentile £30,625 - £28,700
25th Percentile £31,500 £34,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £40,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.02% +1.88% +33.33%
75th Percentile £36,000 £72,688 £43,000
90th Percentile - £81,250 £54,000
South West median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -18.37% +8.89%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Windows
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Windows

Windows
Job Locations in Cornwall

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cornwall region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Bodmin - 6 £31,250 -
Truro -3 1 £32,000 -
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (94.74%) SharePoint
2 12 (63.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) Entra ID
2 6 (31.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (63.16%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) DHCP
2 7 (36.84%) DNS
2 7 (36.84%) VLAN
3 6 (31.58%) IPsec
3 6 (31.58%) LAN
3 6 (31.58%) VPN
3 6 (31.58%) WAN
3 6 (31.58%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 12 (63.16%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (42.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) Field Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) Support Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (31.58%) Field Support Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Service Desk Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Support
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (84.21%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Customer Service
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (15.79%) Data Security
4 2 (10.53%) Agile
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 17 (89.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (63.16%) ConnectWise
2 12 (63.16%) Sophos
3 2 (10.53%) VMware