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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -24 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 310 763 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.27% 11.85% 14.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 74.70% 69.43% 70.67%
Number of salaries quoted 221 645 466
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.31% -15.58% -0.61%
75th Percentile £57,500 £43,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £55,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year - -8.57% +1.74%

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 415 1,099 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.41% 17.07% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 274 940 614
10th Percentile £27,075 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,086 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
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 31 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 31 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 -5 111 £55,000 +46.67% 71
Cambridgeshire +3 63 £32,500 -13.33% 65
Essex -16 45 £35,000 +25.00% 32
Bedfordshire -8 44 £47,500 +79.25% 21
Suffolk -31 24 £38,750 +23.02% 11
Norfolk -12 23 £32,000 -1.54% 14
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 53 (17.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (15.81%) SharePoint
3 27 (8.71%) IIS
4 10 (3.23%) Tomcat
5 8 (2.58%) Apache
6 3 (0.97%) nginx
7 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.32%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.32%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.32%) CMS
8 1 (0.32%) Documentum
8 1 (0.32%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (10.97%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 155 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 131 (42.26%) Azure
3 64 (20.65%) Entra ID
4 37 (11.94%) AWS
5 21 (6.77%) OneDrive
6 20 (6.45%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.19%) PowerApps
8 12 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.90%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.58%) Mimecast
10 8 (2.58%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.26%) Rubrik
12 6 (1.94%) Azure Storage
13 4 (1.29%) IaaS
14 3 (0.97%) PaaS
15 2 (0.65%) Google Workspace
15 2 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (25.48%) Firewall
2 51 (16.45%) DNS
3 47 (15.16%) TCP/IP
4 44 (14.19%) VPN
5 40 (12.90%) DHCP
6 29 (9.35%) WAN
7 27 (8.71%) LAN
8 26 (8.39%) Broadband
9 22 (7.10%) VLAN
10 11 (3.55%) Wireless
11 10 (3.23%) VoIP
12 9 (2.90%) DMARC
12 9 (2.90%) Network Security
12 9 (2.90%) SSL
13 8 (2.58%) SD-WAN
14 7 (2.26%) FTP
15 6 (1.94%) Intranet
15 6 (1.94%) NGFW
15 6 (1.94%) Wireless Security
16 4 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.26%) GIS
3 7 (2.26%) Power BI
4 3 (0.97%) MySQL
4 3 (0.97%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (4.84%) Cucumber
1 15 (4.84%) Robot Framework
2 11 (3.55%) JIRA
3 7 (2.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.29%) Git
4 4 (1.29%) GitLab
4 4 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.65%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.65%) Eclipse RCP
7 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.32%) Subversion
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 148 (47.74%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (4.84%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.52%) Finance
5 14 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (3.55%) Advertising
7 9 (2.90%) Czech Language
7 9 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.26%) Local Government
9 6 (1.94%) Law
9 6 (1.94%) Legal
9 6 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.61%) Retail
11 4 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.97%) Aviation
13 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 69 (22.26%) IT Support
2 65 (20.97%) Support Engineer
3 40 (12.90%) Analyst
4 32 (10.32%) Administrator
5 30 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (8.39%) 2nd Line Support
7 24 (7.74%) IT Engineer
7 24 (7.74%) Support Analyst
8 20 (6.45%) Support Specialist
9 19 (6.13%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (6.13%) Systems Engineer
10 17 (5.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 17 (5.48%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (4.84%) Applications Support
11 15 (4.84%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (4.84%) Senior
11 15 (4.84%) Systems Administrator
11 15 (4.84%) Test Automation Engineer
11 15 (4.84%) Test Engineer
12 14 (4.52%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.90%) JSON
1 9 (2.90%) REST
1 9 (2.90%) SOAP
1 9 (2.90%) XML
2 4 (1.29%) CSS
2 4 (1.29%) HTML
2 4 (1.29%) LDAP
3 3 (0.97%) .NET
3 3 (0.97%) Web Services
4 2 (0.65%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.65%) JSP
4 2 (0.65%) Middleware
4 2 (0.65%) SAML
4 2 (0.65%) XSLT
5 1 (0.32%) CSS3
5 1 (0.32%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.32%) HTML5
5 1 (0.32%) MFC
5 1 (0.32%) STL
5 1 (0.32%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.06%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.74%) Driving Licence
3 19 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.16%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (4.84%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (4.19%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.87%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.61%) Biopharmaceutical
9 5 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.61%) Social Media
10 4 (1.29%) NHS
11 3 (0.97%) iPad
11 3 (0.97%) iPhone
11 3 (0.97%) PKI
12 2 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.65%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.65%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
13 1 (0.32%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 114 (36.77%) Windows Server
2 75 (24.19%) Linux
3 31 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 29 (9.35%) Windows 10
5 28 (9.03%) Mac OS
6 19 (6.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (5.48%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.55%) Unix
8 11 (3.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (2.58%) Android
10 7 (2.26%) VMS
11 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.65%) Debian
13 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (21.29%) Customer Service
2 66 (21.29%) ITIL
3 44 (14.19%) Coaching
4 38 (12.26%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (11.61%) Proactive Maintenance
6 33 (10.65%) ITSM
7 31 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 30 (9.68%) DevOps
9 28 (9.03%) Mentoring
9 28 (9.03%) Proactive Monitoring
10 26 (8.39%) Broadcast Engineering
10 26 (8.39%) Post-Production
10 26 (8.39%) Procure-to-Pay
11 21 (6.77%) Service Delivery
12 19 (6.13%) Project Management
13 17 (5.48%) Computer Science
13 17 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (5.16%) Mathematics
14 16 (5.16%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (24.19%) PowerShell
2 33 (10.65%) Bash
3 32 (10.32%) Python
4 29 (9.35%) JavaScript
5 25 (8.06%) SQL
6 14 (4.52%) Java
7 10 (3.23%) VBA
8 7 (2.26%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.97%) C#
10 2 (0.65%) Ada
10 2 (0.65%) Groovy
10 2 (0.65%) Rust
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) C++
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) Tcl
11 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 86 (27.74%) Degree
2 35 (11.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (7.74%) DBS Check
4 15 (4.84%) A+ Certification
5 10 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (2.26%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.94%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.29%) HNC
10 3 (0.97%) CCNA
10 3 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.97%) MCSA
11 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.65%) CCNP
11 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.65%) MCP
11 2 (0.65%) MCSE
11 2 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.48%) QA
2 12 (3.87%) SLA
3 11 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.58%) GDPR
5 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.65%) NIST
6 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (49.68%) Active Directory
2 37 (11.94%) Hyper-V
3 33 (10.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (3.87%) Docker
6 7 (2.26%) Firmware
7 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.65%) vSphere
10 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 64 (20.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (2.90%) Ansible
3 9 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.26%) NetBackup
4 7 (2.26%) SCCM
5 6 (1.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.61%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.61%) SmoothWall
7 4 (1.29%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.97%) Graylog
8 3 (0.97%) Nagios
8 3 (0.97%) Puppet
8 3 (0.97%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.65%) Autotask
10 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.32%) Nessus
10 1 (0.32%) SCOM
10 1 (0.32%) WMI
10 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 199 (64.19%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.55%) VMware
3 26 (8.39%) Sun
4 15 (4.84%) Cisco
5 13 (4.19%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.87%) Oracle
7 11 (3.55%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.23%) Apple
8 10 (3.23%) Citrix
9 7 (2.26%) Commvault
9 7 (2.26%) Zerto
10 6 (1.94%) Veeam
10 6 (1.94%) WatchGuard
11 5 (1.61%) Meraki
12 4 (1.29%) NetApp
12 4 (1.29%) Samsung
13 3 (0.97%) iManage
13 3 (0.97%) Juniper
13 3 (0.97%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.97%) SolarWinds