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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 237 546 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.83% 11.31% 11.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.45% 72.22% 65.93%
Number of salaries quoted 171 418 204
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,925 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,966 £39,950
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% -14.98% +28.87%
75th Percentile £40,250 £47,500 £53,923
90th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,799
% change year-on-year - -8.67% +1.86%

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 271 756 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.10% 15.67% 17.85%
Number of salaries quoted 191 586 269
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,375 £26,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £66,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 30 May 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 30 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
Derbyshire +1 67 £30,000 -14.29% 134
Northamptonshire -22 64 £32,500 +7.44% 61
Nottinghamshire +3 50 £35,000 - 84
Leicestershire -27 38 £28,500 -16.09% 70
Lincolnshire -24 15 £41,000 +2.50% 78
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 59 (24.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (18.99%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.80%) Confluence
4 7 (2.95%) IIS
5 2 (0.84%) Apache
Applications
1 25 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 133 (56.12%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (32.49%) Azure
3 31 (13.08%) Entra ID
4 23 (9.70%) AWS
5 22 (9.28%) OneDrive
6 10 (4.22%) IaaS
6 10 (4.22%) PaaS
6 10 (4.22%) SaaS
7 8 (3.38%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.11%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.69%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.84%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.42%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.77%) DNS
1 35 (14.77%) VPN
2 34 (14.35%) DHCP
3 33 (13.92%) Firewall
3 33 (13.92%) TCP/IP
4 22 (9.28%) VoIP
5 15 (6.33%) Remote Desktop
6 14 (5.91%) Network Security
7 11 (4.64%) 3G
7 11 (4.64%) 4G
7 11 (4.64%) ADSL
7 11 (4.64%) WAN
8 9 (3.80%) SAN
9 8 (3.38%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (3.38%) LAN
9 8 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.95%) Ethernet
11 6 (2.53%) Internet
12 5 (2.11%) VLAN
12 5 (2.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.86%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.80%) MySQL
2 9 (3.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (5.49%) Cucumber
1 13 (5.49%) Robot Framework
2 9 (3.80%) Bitbucket
2 9 (3.80%) Git
2 9 (3.80%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.84%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 106 (44.73%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (5.91%) Telecoms
4 13 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (3.80%) Retail
6 7 (2.95%) Finance
7 5 (2.11%) Games
8 4 (1.69%) Legal
9 3 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.84%) Billing
10 2 (0.84%) Law
10 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.42%) Automotive
11 1 (0.42%) Electronics
11 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 98 (41.35%) IT Support
2 36 (15.19%) 2nd Line Support
3 35 (14.77%) IT Engineer
4 33 (13.92%) Support Engineer
5 24 (10.13%) 1st Line Support
6 23 (9.70%) Analyst
6 23 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (8.02%) Lead
8 16 (6.75%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (6.75%) Senior
8 16 (6.75%) Support Specialist
9 15 (6.33%) Team Leader
10 14 (5.91%) Support Team Leader
11 13 (5.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (5.49%) 3rd Line Support
11 13 (5.49%) Test Automation Engineer
11 13 (5.49%) Test Engineer
12 11 (4.64%) IT Support Specialist
12 11 (4.64%) Support Analyst
13 10 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.80%) .NET
2 8 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.84%) CSS
3 2 (0.84%) HTML
3 2 (0.84%) JSP
3 2 (0.84%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.46%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.49%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.38%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.27%) EPoS
8 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.42%) Clustering
9 1 (0.42%) IoT
9 1 (0.42%) iPhone
9 1 (0.42%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.42%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 84 (35.44%) Windows Server
2 60 (25.32%) Linux
3 24 (10.13%) Windows 10
4 23 (9.70%) Mac OS
5 17 (7.17%) Android
6 9 (3.80%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.95%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.95%) CentOS
7 7 (2.95%) Rocky
7 7 (2.95%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (40.08%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (21.52%) Customer Service
3 39 (16.46%) Mentoring
4 32 (13.50%) Coaching
4 32 (13.50%) ITIL
5 27 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (10.55%) DevOps
7 24 (10.13%) ITSM
8 23 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (8.44%) Line Management
9 20 (8.44%) Mobile Device Management
10 19 (8.02%) Mathematics
11 17 (7.17%) CRM
11 17 (7.17%) Migration
11 17 (7.17%) Project Management
12 15 (6.33%) Task Automation
13 13 (5.49%) System Testing
13 13 (5.49%) Test Automation
13 13 (5.49%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.94%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.55%) Python
3 22 (9.28%) Bash
4 13 (5.49%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.64%) C#
5 11 (4.64%) SQL
6 2 (0.84%) Ada
6 2 (0.84%) Java
6 2 (0.84%) Rust
7 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (16.88%) Degree
2 22 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (8.86%) CCNA
3 21 (8.86%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (6.75%) MCSE
5 15 (6.33%) MCP
6 13 (5.49%) CCNP
6 13 (5.49%) MCSA
7 11 (4.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.80%) A+ Certification
8 9 (3.80%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.11%) LPIC
10 3 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.27%) MCDST
10 3 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.55%) SLA
2 14 (5.91%) QA
3 12 (5.06%) GDPR
4 5 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 137 (57.81%) Active Directory
2 36 (15.19%) Hyper-V
3 26 (10.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (6.33%) vSphere
5 9 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (3.38%) Docker
6 8 (3.38%) VMware NSX
7 6 (2.53%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (10.55%) Ansible
2 23 (9.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.22%) SCCM
4 9 (3.80%) Terraform
5 6 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.27%) Autotask
6 3 (1.27%) SCOM
7 2 (0.84%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.42%) Puppet
8 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 146 (61.60%) Microsoft
2 41 (17.30%) Cisco
3 31 (13.08%) VMware
4 21 (8.86%) Meraki
5 11 (4.64%) HP
5 11 (4.64%) Sage
6 9 (3.80%) Atlassian
7 8 (3.38%) 3PAR
7 8 (3.38%) Juniper
7 8 (3.38%) SAP
7 8 (3.38%) Splunk
7 8 (3.38%) Zoho
8 7 (2.95%) Sophos
8 7 (2.95%) Veeam
9 6 (2.53%) Barracuda Networks
9 6 (2.53%) Dell
9 6 (2.53%) NetApp
10 5 (2.11%) Apple
10 5 (2.11%) Google
11 3 (1.27%) Red Hat