Windows Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 262 261 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.45% 11.36% 10.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 74.22% 88.18% 72.96%
Number of salaries quoted 210 207 295
10th Percentile £25,625 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,028
90th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,325 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.37% -9.82% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 353 296 588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.99% 12.88% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 260 226 418
10th Percentile £26,225 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,875 £27,563 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £65,013 £57,000 £57,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% -8.57%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Windows job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in the East Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Leicestershire -4 67 £42,500 +21.43% 11
Nottinghamshire -16 58 £31,000 -11.43% 16
Derbyshire -2 55 £29,500 -1.67% 4
Northamptonshire -3 54 £39,750 -0.63% 12
Lincolnshire -14 23 £29,000 -38.95% 3
Rutland - 4 £45,000 - 1
Windows
England

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 37 (14.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.49%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.67%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (12.98%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Exchequer
1 4 (1.53%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (1.53%) Primavera
1 4 (1.53%) SAP Business One
1 4 (1.53%) Shopify
2 3 (1.15%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (1.15%) Infor LN
2 3 (1.15%) Infor M3
2 3 (1.15%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.76%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 163 (62.21%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (42.75%) Azure
3 65 (24.81%) Entra ID
4 14 (5.34%) Mimecast
5 12 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (4.58%) SaaS
6 11 (4.20%) IaaS
6 11 (4.20%) PaaS
7 7 (2.67%) SonarCloud
8 6 (2.29%) AWS
9 5 (1.91%) npm
9 5 (1.91%) NuGet
9 5 (1.91%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.15%) GCP
10 3 (1.15%) GitHub
10 3 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.15%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 73 (27.86%) DNS
2 72 (27.48%) Firewall
3 63 (24.05%) DHCP
4 40 (15.27%) TCP/IP
5 37 (14.12%) VPN
6 30 (11.45%) VLAN
7 28 (10.69%) LAN
8 27 (10.31%) WAN
9 17 (6.49%) Wireless
10 10 (3.82%) Network Security
10 10 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.44%) VoIP
12 5 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.53%) MQTT
13 4 (1.53%) Value-Added Service
14 3 (1.15%) Internet
15 2 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
15 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
16 1 (0.38%) NX-OS
16 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.67%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.29%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.76%) KNIME
5 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.05%) Git
2 7 (2.67%) JIRA
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
General
1 106 (40.46%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (6.87%) Manufacturing
4 13 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.58%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.20%) Finance
7 10 (3.82%) Retail
8 7 (2.67%) Legal
9 6 (2.29%) Advertising
10 5 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Dutch Language
11 4 (1.53%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (1.53%) Spanish Language
12 3 (1.15%) Automotive
12 3 (1.15%) Aviation
13 2 (0.76%) French Language
13 2 (0.76%) Law
14 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 107 (40.84%) IT Support
2 78 (29.77%) IT Engineer
3 48 (18.32%) IT Technician
4 43 (16.41%) Support Engineer
5 41 (15.65%) Support Technician
6 40 (15.27%) IT Support Technician
7 38 (14.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 35 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (11.83%) Senior
10 28 (10.69%) Analyst
11 23 (8.78%) Support Analyst
12 16 (6.11%) Applications Support
13 13 (4.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.96%) Field Engineer
13 13 (4.96%) Field Service Engineer
13 13 (4.96%) Senior IT Engineer
14 12 (4.58%) IT Support Specialist
14 12 (4.58%) Support Specialist
15 11 (4.20%) 3rd Line Support
15 11 (4.20%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.67%) .NET
1 7 (2.67%) YAML
2 6 (2.29%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.91%) ASP.NET
3 5 (1.91%) ASP.NET Core
3 5 (1.91%) Node.js
3 5 (1.91%) React
4 4 (1.53%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.15%) EDI
6 2 (0.76%) Middleware
6 2 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.38%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.41%) Driving Licence
2 28 (10.69%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.44%) CCTV
5 7 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.29%) Clustering
6 6 (2.29%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.91%) EPoS
7 5 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.53%) IoT
8 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.15%) FMCG
10 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.76%) PKI
10 2 (0.76%) SCADA
10 2 (0.76%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 102 (38.93%) Windows Server
2 49 (18.70%) Windows 10
3 41 (15.65%) Linux
4 23 (8.78%) Android
5 17 (6.49%) Apple iOS
6 12 (4.58%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.05%) Solaris
8 4 (1.53%) VMS
9 2 (0.76%) Unix
10 1 (0.38%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (40.46%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (25.19%) Customer Service
3 47 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (17.56%) ITIL
5 37 (14.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 33 (12.60%) ITSM
7 31 (11.83%) Mentoring
8 22 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (8.02%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (7.63%) Service Delivery
11 18 (6.87%) Process Improvement
12 17 (6.49%) Patch Management
12 17 (6.49%) Service Management
13 16 (6.11%) ERP
13 16 (6.11%) Time Management
14 15 (5.73%) Asset Management
14 15 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
14 15 (5.73%) Proactive Monitoring
15 14 (5.34%) Collaborative Working
16 13 (4.96%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (20.61%) PowerShell
2 49 (18.70%) SQL
3 12 (4.58%) VBA
4 11 (4.20%) Bash
5 10 (3.82%) Python
6 9 (3.44%) C#
7 3 (1.15%) Bicep
8 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) C++
Qualifications
1 29 (11.07%) Degree
2 15 (5.73%) DBS Check
3 12 (4.58%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.44%) CCNA
5 9 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.67%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.15%) CCNP
8 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.76%) CISSP
9 2 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.38%) HNC
10 1 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 16 (6.11%) SLA
2 9 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.05%) GDPR
4 5 (1.91%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.76%) QA
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 139 (53.05%) Active Directory
2 47 (17.94%) Hyper-V
3 21 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.58%) Docker
5 7 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.91%) Firmware
6 5 (1.91%) vSphere
7 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 43 (16.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.96%) Terraform
3 12 (4.58%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.05%) SCCM
5 7 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.29%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (1.15%) Ansible
7 3 (1.15%) BMC PATROL
7 3 (1.15%) Control-M
7 3 (1.15%) Grafana
7 3 (1.15%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.76%) Nessus
8 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.38%) Argo
9 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 171 (65.27%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.07%) VMware
3 21 (8.02%) Cisco
4 17 (6.49%) Logitech
5 16 (6.11%) Sophos
6 15 (5.73%) Apple
7 13 (4.96%) Sage
7 13 (4.96%) TOWER Software
8 12 (4.58%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.44%) SAP
10 7 (2.67%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (2.67%) Veeam
11 6 (2.29%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.29%) OpenText
11 6 (2.29%) Oracle
12 5 (1.91%) IFS
13 4 (1.53%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.53%) Freshdesk
13 4 (1.53%) Yealink
14 3 (1.15%) Salesforce