Windows Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 23 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 320 748 748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.47% 12.23% 14.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.89% 70.43% 70.30%
Number of salaries quoted 231 640 471
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -15.58% +2.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £43,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £57,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.53%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 439 1,062 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.99% 17.36% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 298 913 622
10th Percentile £26,775 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -15.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,086 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Histogram in the East of England

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

Salary histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire -6 114 £53,750 +43.33% 103
Cambridgeshire +3 64 £35,000 -6.67% 77
Bedfordshire -11 48 £47,500 +79.25% 13
Essex -14 44 £35,000 +25.00% 25
Norfolk -14 26 £32,000 -1.54% 15
Suffolk -29 24 £38,750 -3.13% 12
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 55 (17.19%) SharePoint
2 53 (16.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (8.13%) IIS
4 10 (3.13%) Tomcat
5 8 (2.50%) Apache
6 3 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.94%) nginx
7 2 (0.63%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.63%) Documentum
7 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.31%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (12.19%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 157 (49.06%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (40.00%) Azure
3 60 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 42 (13.13%) AWS
5 20 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 19 (5.94%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.75%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.44%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.81%) Mimecast
11 8 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.50%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.50%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.19%) Rubrik
13 6 (1.88%) Azure Storage
14 3 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.63%) Cloudflare
15 2 (0.63%) Cohesity
15 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 78 (24.38%) Firewall
2 54 (16.88%) DNS
3 48 (15.00%) TCP/IP
4 46 (14.38%) VPN
5 37 (11.56%) DHCP
6 29 (9.06%) WAN
7 27 (8.44%) LAN
8 26 (8.13%) Broadband
8 26 (8.13%) VLAN
9 10 (3.13%) Wireless
10 9 (2.81%) Network Security
10 9 (2.81%) SSL
10 9 (2.81%) VoIP
11 8 (2.50%) DMARC
12 7 (2.19%) FTP
12 7 (2.19%) Intranet
12 7 (2.19%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.88%) Wireless Security
14 5 (1.56%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.19%) GIS
4 7 (2.19%) Power BI
5 3 (0.94%) MySQL
5 3 (0.94%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (4.69%) Cucumber
1 15 (4.69%) Robot Framework
2 9 (2.81%) JIRA
3 7 (2.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.25%) Git
4 4 (1.25%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.94%) GitLab
5 3 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.63%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.63%) Eclipse RCP
7 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.31%) Log4j
7 1 (0.31%) Subversion
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 150 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 27 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.00%) Finance
5 16 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (4.69%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.81%) Advertising
7 9 (2.81%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.50%) Czech Language
9 7 (2.19%) Local Government
9 7 (2.19%) Retail
10 6 (1.88%) Law
11 5 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.25%) Legal
13 3 (0.94%) Aviation
14 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Electronics
14 2 (0.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 68 (21.25%) IT Support
2 64 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 33 (10.31%) Analyst
4 29 (9.06%) Administrator
5 27 (8.44%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (8.44%) IT Engineer
6 26 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.56%) Support Specialist
8 19 (5.94%) Support Analyst
8 19 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (5.63%) IT Technician
10 16 (5.00%) Applications Support
10 16 (5.00%) Senior
11 15 (4.69%) Systems Administrator
11 15 (4.69%) Technical Support
11 15 (4.69%) Test Automation Engineer
11 15 (4.69%) Test Engineer
12 13 (4.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.81%) REST
2 8 (2.50%) JSON
2 8 (2.50%) SOAP
2 8 (2.50%) XML
3 5 (1.56%) .NET
4 4 (1.25%) CSS
4 4 (1.25%) HTML
4 4 (1.25%) LDAP
5 3 (0.94%) Web Services
6 2 (0.63%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.63%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.63%) JSP
6 2 (0.63%) Middleware
6 2 (0.63%) XSLT
7 1 (0.31%) jQuery
7 1 (0.31%) MFC
7 1 (0.31%) SAML
7 1 (0.31%) Spring
7 1 (0.31%) STL
7 1 (0.31%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.81%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (4.69%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (4.06%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.75%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.56%) Social Media
10 4 (1.25%) NHS
10 4 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.94%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.63%) Blackberry
12 2 (0.63%) EPoS
12 2 (0.63%) PKI
12 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.63%) Robotics
12 2 (0.63%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.31%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 106 (33.13%) Windows Server
2 86 (26.88%) Linux
3 34 (10.63%) Windows 10
4 32 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 26 (8.13%) Mac OS
6 14 (4.38%) Apple iOS
7 12 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.44%) Unix
9 10 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (2.81%) VMS
11 7 (2.19%) Android
12 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.63%) Debian
13 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.63%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (20.31%) Customer Service
3 64 (20.00%) ITIL
4 45 (14.06%) Coaching
5 43 (13.44%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (10.94%) ITSM
7 34 (10.63%) Proactive Maintenance
8 29 (9.06%) DevOps
9 28 (8.75%) Proactive Monitoring
10 27 (8.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (8.44%) Mentoring
11 26 (8.13%) Broadcast Engineering
11 26 (8.13%) Post-Production
11 26 (8.13%) Procure-to-Pay
12 21 (6.56%) Project Management
12 21 (6.56%) Service Delivery
13 20 (6.25%) Service Management
14 19 (5.94%) Mathematics
15 17 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (5.31%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (21.56%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.63%) Python
3 32 (10.00%) Bash
4 30 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 26 (8.13%) SQL
6 14 (4.38%) Java
7 9 (2.81%) VBA
8 7 (2.19%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.88%) C#
10 2 (0.63%) Ada
10 2 (0.63%) C
10 2 (0.63%) C++
10 2 (0.63%) Groovy
10 2 (0.63%) Rust
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) PHP
11 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.31%) Tcl
11 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 89 (27.81%) Degree
2 31 (9.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (7.19%) DBS Check
4 15 (4.69%) A+ Certification
5 11 (3.44%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.50%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.88%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.25%) HNC
11 3 (0.94%) MCSA
12 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.63%) CCNA
12 2 (0.63%) CCNP
12 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.63%) MCP
12 2 (0.63%) MCSE
12 2 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.31%) QA
2 12 (3.75%) SLA
3 10 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.88%) GDPR
5 4 (1.25%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.63%) NIST
6 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 157 (49.06%) Active Directory
2 32 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (9.06%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.06%) Docker
5 10 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (2.19%) Firmware
7 5 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.63%) pfSense
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (18.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.50%) Ansible
3 8 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.19%) NetBackup
5 6 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.88%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.88%) SCCM
6 5 (1.56%) SmoothWall
7 4 (1.25%) Graylog
8 3 (0.94%) Autotask
8 3 (0.94%) Nagios
8 3 (0.94%) Puppet
8 3 (0.94%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.63%) cPanel
10 1 (0.31%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.31%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.31%) SCOM
10 1 (0.31%) WMI
10 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 198 (61.88%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.19%) VMware
3 26 (8.13%) Sun
4 16 (5.00%) Cisco
5 14 (4.38%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.44%) Oracle
6 11 (3.44%) Palo Alto
7 10 (3.13%) Citrix
8 7 (2.19%) Apple
8 7 (2.19%) Commvault
8 7 (2.19%) Zerto
9 6 (1.88%) WatchGuard
10 5 (1.56%) Meraki
10 5 (1.56%) NetApp
11 3 (0.94%) iManage
11 3 (0.94%) Juniper
11 3 (0.94%) PagerDuty
11 3 (0.94%) Pure Storage
11 3 (0.94%) Remedy
11 3 (0.94%) SolarWinds