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

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -13 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 255 540 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.60% 12.28% 10.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.03% 73.97% 64.52%
Number of salaries quoted 190 415 200
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -11.11% +27.50%
75th Percentile £42,188 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year - -8.57% +2.94%

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 293 730 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.03% 16.60% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 216 568 283
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,925 £25,125
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -11.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £42,627 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £67,500
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 10 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 10 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
Northamptonshire -26 67 £32,500 +7.44% 10
Derbyshire +4 61 £30,000 -17.24% 30
Leicestershire -15 58 £37,500 +10.40% 23
Nottinghamshire +7 55 £35,000 - 34
Lincolnshire -27 11 £40,101 +0.25% 26
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 60 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (17.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.71%) IIS
4 9 (3.53%) Confluence
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
Applications
1 25 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.39%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 133 (52.16%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (33.33%) Azure
3 32 (12.55%) AWS
3 32 (12.55%) Entra ID
4 22 (8.63%) OneDrive
5 13 (5.10%) SaaS
6 11 (4.31%) IaaS
6 11 (4.31%) PaaS
7 6 (2.35%) Mimecast
8 5 (1.96%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.78%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.78%) GCP
11 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.39%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.39%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (14.90%) Firewall
2 37 (14.51%) DNS
3 36 (14.12%) DHCP
4 35 (13.73%) VPN
5 30 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 22 (8.63%) VoIP
7 17 (6.67%) Network Security
8 14 (5.49%) Remote Desktop
9 13 (5.10%) SAN
10 11 (4.31%) WAN
11 10 (3.92%) 3G
11 10 (3.92%) 4G
11 10 (3.92%) ADSL
12 8 (3.14%) Internet
12 8 (3.14%) LAN
12 8 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.75%) Ethernet
14 6 (2.35%) Wireless
15 5 (1.96%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.53%) MySQL
2 9 (3.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (5.10%) Cucumber
1 13 (5.10%) Robot Framework
2 10 (3.92%) JIRA
3 9 (3.53%) Bitbucket
3 9 (3.53%) Git
4 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.78%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.39%) Subversion
5 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
General
1 112 (43.92%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.31%) Retail
8 8 (3.14%) Finance
9 6 (2.35%) Law
10 5 (1.96%) Games
10 5 (1.96%) Legal
11 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.78%) Banking
12 2 (0.78%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.39%) Electronics
13 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 108 (42.35%) IT Support
2 36 (14.12%) 2nd Line Support
3 33 (12.94%) Support Engineer
4 32 (12.55%) IT Engineer
5 25 (9.80%) 1st Line Support
6 23 (9.02%) Analyst
7 19 (7.45%) Lead
8 17 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (6.67%) Senior
9 16 (6.27%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (6.27%) Support Specialist
10 15 (5.88%) Team Leader
11 14 (5.49%) Support Team Leader
11 14 (5.49%) Test Engineer
12 13 (5.10%) Test Automation Engineer
13 12 (4.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (4.71%) 3rd Line Support
14 11 (4.31%) IT Support Specialist
14 11 (4.31%) Support Analyst
15 10 (3.92%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.49%) .NET
2 4 (1.57%) RESTful
2 4 (1.57%) SOAP
2 4 (1.57%) WPF
3 2 (0.78%) CSS
3 2 (0.78%) HTML
3 2 (0.78%) JSP
3 2 (0.78%) LDAP
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
3 2 (0.78%) Web Services
4 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.39%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.39%) jQuery
4 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.90%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (5.49%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.10%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.35%) Clustering
5 6 (2.35%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.18%) EPoS
6 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.78%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.39%) IoT
8 1 (0.39%) iPhone
8 1 (0.39%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.39%) NB-IoT
8 1 (0.39%) PKI
8 1 (0.39%) PlayStation
8 1 (0.39%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 94 (36.86%) Windows Server
2 58 (22.75%) Linux
3 29 (11.37%) Windows 10
4 20 (7.84%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.53%) Android
5 9 (3.53%) Windows 7
6 7 (2.75%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.75%) CentOS
6 7 (2.75%) Rocky
6 7 (2.75%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (38.43%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (20.39%) Customer Service
3 40 (15.69%) Mentoring
4 34 (13.33%) ITIL
5 31 (12.16%) Coaching
6 29 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (10.20%) ITSM
8 21 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (8.24%) Mathematics
9 20 (7.84%) Line Management
9 20 (7.84%) Mobile Device Management
9 20 (7.84%) Project Management
10 19 (7.45%) CRM
10 19 (7.45%) DevOps
11 17 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (6.27%) Logistics
13 15 (5.88%) Migration
13 15 (5.88%) Test Automation
14 14 (5.49%) Agile
14 14 (5.49%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 45 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.84%) SQL
3 18 (7.06%) Python
4 17 (6.67%) C#
5 15 (5.88%) Bash
6 14 (5.49%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.57%) XAML
8 3 (1.18%) Ada
8 3 (1.18%) Rust
9 2 (0.78%) Java
10 1 (0.39%) C
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.39%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.39%) Groovy
10 1 (0.39%) Perl
10 1 (0.39%) Ruby
10 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (16.86%) Degree
2 23 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (8.24%) CCNA
3 21 (8.24%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (6.27%) MCSE
5 15 (5.88%) MCP
6 13 (5.10%) CCNP
6 13 (5.10%) MCSA
7 11 (4.31%) A+ Certification
7 11 (4.31%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.96%) LPIC
9 5 (1.96%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.57%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.80%) SLA
2 14 (5.49%) QA
3 12 (4.71%) GDPR
4 5 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.39%) JTAG
6 1 (0.39%) MISRA
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 140 (54.90%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.16%) Hyper-V
3 30 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (2.75%) vSphere
6 6 (2.35%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.18%) Firmware
7 3 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (8.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (6.67%) Ansible
3 7 (2.75%) SCCM
4 6 (2.35%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (1.18%) SCOM
6 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.39%) Autotask
7 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.39%) Puppet
7 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 153 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (13.33%) VMware
3 30 (11.76%) Cisco
4 19 (7.45%) Meraki
5 11 (4.31%) HP
5 11 (4.31%) Sage
6 9 (3.53%) Atlassian
6 9 (3.53%) Dell
6 9 (3.53%) SAP
6 9 (3.53%) Sophos
7 8 (3.14%) Zoho
8 7 (2.75%) Google
9 6 (2.35%) Apple
9 6 (2.35%) Barracuda Networks
9 6 (2.35%) NetApp
9 6 (2.35%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.35%) Veeam
10 4 (1.57%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.18%) MobileIron
12 2 (0.78%) Imperva