Windows Jobs in Devon

Microsoft Windows
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 10 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 85 96 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 17.24% 11.12% 12.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.89% 64.43% 85.37%
Number of salaries quoted 60 61 53
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,500 £24,554
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +21.21% +1.76%
75th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £48,000
90th Percentile £53,000 £57,500 £64,000
South West median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £39,289
% change year-on-year -11.76% +8.17% +4.77%

All Operating Systems
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 112 149 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 22.72% 17.27% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 61 79 65
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,500 £24,770
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £40,000 £38,279
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +4.50% -4.30%
75th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,900 £58,000
South West median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Windows in Devon

Windows
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Devon over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Devon

Windows
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Devon region over the 6 months to 16 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
Paignton -3 10 £60,000 -
Plymouth +3 8 £31,875 -20.31% 5
Exeter +1 8 £31,000 -22.50% 8
Exmouth - 6 £40,000 -
Barnstaple - 5 - -
Tiverton - 1 £40,000 -
Windows
South West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 5 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (28.24%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (12.94%) Azure
3 7 (8.24%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.06%) AWS
5 4 (4.71%) GitHub
5 4 (4.71%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.76%) WAN
2 7 (8.24%) SD-WAN
3 6 (7.06%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.88%) Firewall
5 4 (4.71%) 5G
5 4 (4.71%) DHCP
5 4 (4.71%) DNS
6 3 (3.53%) Broadband
6 3 (3.53%) IPsec
6 3 (3.53%) LAN
6 3 (3.53%) VLAN
6 3 (3.53%) VoIP
6 3 (3.53%) VPN
7 1 (1.18%) Network Security
7 1 (1.18%) SAN
7 1 (1.18%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Git
1 4 (4.71%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.18%) Selenium
General
1 24 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.29%) Electronics
3 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.41%) Retail
5 6 (7.06%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.53%) Automotive
7 3 (3.53%) Games
8 2 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.18%) Finance
9 1 (1.18%) Marketing
9 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (20.00%) Support Technician
2 11 (12.94%) Technical Support
3 8 (9.41%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (8.24%) IT Support
4 7 (8.24%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) FPGA Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) Senior
5 6 (7.06%) Senior FPGA Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 5 (5.88%) Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) IT Technician
6 5 (5.88%) Senior VHDL Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) VHDL Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Electronics Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (4.71%) Product Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Product Test Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Test Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) pytest
2 1 (1.18%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.18%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 35 (41.18%) Social Media
2 6 (7.06%) FPGA
2 6 (7.06%) MicroBlaze
2 6 (7.06%) VHDL
2 6 (7.06%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.88%) GNSS
3 5 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.88%) Satnav
4 4 (4.71%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.71%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (4.71%) Self-Driving Car
4 4 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.53%) FMCG
5 3 (3.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 35 (41.18%) Windows Vista
2 17 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (10.59%) Linux
4 4 (4.71%) Unix
5 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (47.06%) Computer Science
2 23 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 9 (10.59%) B2B
5 6 (7.06%) FPGA Design
5 6 (7.06%) Test Automation
6 5 (5.88%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (5.88%) Defect Tracking
6 5 (5.88%) Innovative Thinking
6 5 (5.88%) ITIL
6 5 (5.88%) Manual Testing
6 5 (5.88%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (5.88%) Signal Processing
7 4 (4.71%) Agile
7 4 (4.71%) CI/CD
7 4 (4.71%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (4.71%) Physics
7 4 (4.71%) Test Assurance
8 3 (3.53%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) MATLAB
2 6 (7.06%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.88%) C
3 5 (5.88%) C++
3 5 (5.88%) Perl
3 5 (5.88%) Tcl
3 5 (5.88%) VB
4 4 (4.71%) Python
5 1 (1.18%) C#
5 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (41.18%) DBS Check
2 14 (16.47%) Degree
3 12 (14.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 10 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 9 (10.59%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.71%) HND
7 2 (2.35%) CCNA
7 2 (2.35%) CCNP
7 2 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.35%) CISSP
7 2 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.35%) QA
2 1 (1.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.06%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (7.06%) Firmware
3 2 (2.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (10.59%) SCCM
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.35%) Ansible
3 2 (2.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) Cisco
2 6 (7.06%) Xilinx
3 5 (5.88%) Altera
3 5 (5.88%) Fortinet
3 5 (5.88%) Green Hills
3 5 (5.88%) VMware
4 3 (3.53%) Aruba
4 3 (3.53%) Okta
4 3 (3.53%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.53%) Sun
5 2 (2.35%) HP
6 1 (1.18%) SAP