Windows Jobs in the East Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 242 588 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.10% 10.61% 12.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 86.12% 72.24% 66.87%
Number of salaries quoted 187 426 198
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,625 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,733 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -15.67% +23.08%
75th Percentile £40,250 £43,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £61,625
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,125
% change year-on-year - -7.25% +1.47%

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 281 814 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.57% 14.69% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 209 601 258
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £26,500 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -13.04% +5.75%
75th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,750 £58,750 £66,625
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Windows in the East Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

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 19 June 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
Derbyshire +2 77 £30,000 -14.29% 110
Northamptonshire -15 67 £37,500 +25.00% 74
Nottinghamshire 0 49 £35,000 +4.48% 112
Leicestershire -32 30 £28,500 -16.18% 82
Lincolnshire -22 17 £41,000 +2.50% 68
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 61 (25.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (20.25%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.72%) Confluence
4 7 (2.89%) IIS
5 2 (0.83%) Apache
Applications
1 27 (11.16%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 149 (61.57%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (35.54%) Azure
3 32 (13.22%) Entra ID
4 23 (9.50%) OneDrive
5 14 (5.79%) IaaS
5 14 (5.79%) PaaS
6 12 (4.96%) AWS
7 11 (4.55%) Mimecast
8 8 (3.31%) SaaS
9 7 (2.89%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.07%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.83%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.41%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 46 (19.01%) Firewall
2 44 (18.18%) DNS
3 41 (16.94%) VPN
4 40 (16.53%) DHCP
5 37 (15.29%) TCP/IP
6 22 (9.09%) VoIP
7 18 (7.44%) WAN
8 15 (6.20%) Remote Desktop
9 13 (5.37%) Network Security
9 13 (5.37%) SAN
10 12 (4.96%) 3G
10 12 (4.96%) 4G
10 12 (4.96%) ADSL
10 12 (4.96%) LAN
11 11 (4.55%) Ethernet
11 11 (4.55%) VLAN
11 11 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (3.31%) Cisco IOS
12 8 (3.31%) SD-WAN
13 5 (2.07%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.72%) MySQL
2 9 (3.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (5.37%) Cucumber
1 13 (5.37%) Robot Framework
2 9 (3.72%) Bitbucket
2 9 (3.72%) Git
2 9 (3.72%) JIRA
3 2 (0.83%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.83%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 103 (42.56%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (11.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (5.79%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.37%) Retail
6 9 (3.72%) Finance
7 5 (2.07%) Billing
7 5 (2.07%) Games
7 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.65%) Legal
9 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.24%) Automotive
9 3 (1.24%) Law
9 3 (1.24%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.41%) Electronics
10 1 (0.41%) Local Government
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 88 (36.36%) IT Support
2 38 (15.70%) 2nd Line Support
2 38 (15.70%) IT Engineer
3 35 (14.46%) Support Engineer
4 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (9.92%) 1st Line Support
5 24 (9.92%) Analyst
6 19 (7.85%) Lead
7 18 (7.44%) Senior
8 16 (6.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 16 (6.61%) 3rd Line Support
8 16 (6.61%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (6.61%) Support Specialist
9 15 (6.20%) Team Leader
10 14 (5.79%) Support Team Leader
11 13 (5.37%) Test Automation Engineer
11 13 (5.37%) Test Engineer
12 11 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 11 (4.55%) IT Support Specialist
12 11 (4.55%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.72%) .NET
2 8 (3.31%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.83%) CSS
3 2 (0.83%) HTML
3 2 (0.83%) JSP
3 2 (0.83%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.53%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.37%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.31%) Cyberattack
5 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.24%) EPoS
7 2 (0.83%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.41%) Clustering
8 1 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.41%) IoT
8 1 (0.41%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.41%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 96 (39.67%) Windows Server
2 56 (23.14%) Linux
3 26 (10.74%) Mac OS
4 25 (10.33%) Windows 10
5 17 (7.02%) Android
6 12 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (4.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (3.72%) Windows 7
9 8 (3.31%) Apple iOS
10 7 (2.89%) CentOS
10 7 (2.89%) Rocky
10 7 (2.89%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.65%) AIX
12 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (22.31%) Customer Service
3 33 (13.64%) Mentoring
4 32 (13.22%) Coaching
5 31 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (11.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 29 (11.98%) ITIL
7 23 (9.50%) DevOps
7 23 (9.50%) ITSM
8 20 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (8.26%) Migration
8 20 (8.26%) Mobile Device Management
9 17 (7.02%) Project Management
10 16 (6.61%) CRM
11 15 (6.20%) Task Automation
12 13 (5.37%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (5.37%) System Testing
12 13 (5.37%) Test Automation
12 13 (5.37%) Test Management
13 12 (4.96%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.33%) Python
3 22 (9.09%) Bash
4 13 (5.37%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.55%) C#
6 10 (4.13%) SQL
7 3 (1.24%) VB
8 2 (0.83%) Ada
8 2 (0.83%) Java
8 2 (0.83%) Rust
Qualifications
1 35 (14.46%) Degree
2 18 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (7.02%) CCNA
3 17 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (5.79%) MCSA
5 11 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (4.55%) MCSE
6 10 (4.13%) MCP
7 9 (3.72%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.31%) A+ Certification
8 8 (3.31%) CCNP
9 4 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.24%) MCDST
11 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.83%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.74%) SLA
2 13 (5.37%) GDPR
2 13 (5.37%) QA
3 6 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 152 (62.81%) Active Directory
2 38 (15.70%) Hyper-V
3 27 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (6.20%) vSphere
5 9 (3.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (3.31%) Docker
6 8 (3.31%) VMware NSX
7 6 (2.48%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (11.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (10.33%) Ansible
3 16 (6.61%) SCCM
4 9 (3.72%) Terraform
5 6 (2.48%) Autotask
5 6 (2.48%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.24%) SCOM
7 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.41%) Puppet
8 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 155 (64.05%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.36%) Cisco
3 31 (12.81%) VMware
4 24 (9.92%) Meraki
5 15 (6.20%) HP
6 11 (4.55%) Sage
7 9 (3.72%) Atlassian
7 9 (3.72%) Juniper
7 9 (3.72%) SAP
8 8 (3.31%) 3PAR
8 8 (3.31%) Sophos
8 8 (3.31%) Splunk
8 8 (3.31%) Zoho
9 7 (2.89%) Veeam
10 6 (2.48%) Barracuda Networks
10 6 (2.48%) Dell
10 6 (2.48%) Nasuni
10 6 (2.48%) NetApp
10 6 (2.48%) Rapid7
11 5 (2.07%) Datto