Windows Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 9 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 270 739 696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.62% 12.94% 12.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.50% 60.92% 66.86%
Number of salaries quoted 229 522 508
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,250 £20,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £24,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £38,737 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% +17.38% -17.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £61,625
England median annual salary £44,400 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.33% +5.88% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
East of England

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 406 1,213 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 20.48% 21.24% 18.51%
Number of salaries quoted 307 709 699
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 +4 103 £42,500 +21.43% 62
Cambridgeshire +3 63 £27,250 -35.50% 60
Essex -1 41 £34,750 -7.33% 43
Bedfordshire +16 37 £26,500 -37.65% 16
Norfolk +7 15 £29,000 +19.59% 14
Suffolk +2 9 £32,500 -16.67% 10
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 26 (9.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.59%) MS Exchange
3 3 (1.11%) Confluence
3 3 (1.11%) IIS
4 2 (0.74%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.37%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.37%) JBoss
5 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 49 (18.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.74%) LibreOffice
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 113 (41.85%) Microsoft 365
2 84 (31.11%) Azure
3 17 (6.30%) AWS
3 17 (6.30%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.81%) OneDrive
5 8 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (2.96%) Mimecast
5 8 (2.96%) Serverless
6 5 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.74%) PaaS
8 2 (0.74%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.37%) SaaS
9 1 (0.37%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 58 (21.48%) Firewall
2 53 (19.63%) DNS
3 47 (17.41%) DHCP
4 29 (10.74%) VPN
5 19 (7.04%) WAN
6 17 (6.30%) VLAN
7 15 (5.56%) Wireless
8 14 (5.19%) TCP/IP
9 13 (4.81%) LAN
10 9 (3.33%) Network Security
10 9 (3.33%) VoIP
11 7 (2.59%) Internet
12 6 (2.22%) SAN
13 5 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.74%) DMARC
14 2 (0.74%) IPsec
14 2 (0.74%) OSPF
14 2 (0.74%) Skype
14 2 (0.74%) WebEx
14 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.70%) Oracle Database
3 10 (3.70%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.11%) Firebird
4 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.22%) JIRA
2 5 (1.85%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.11%) Git
5 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.74%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.37%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.37%) MSI
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.67%) Law
3 16 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (5.56%) Finance
4 15 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.33%) Retail
7 6 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.85%) Automotive
9 3 (1.11%) Front Office
10 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.74%) French Language
10 2 (0.74%) German Language
10 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.37%) Aviation
11 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 63 (23.33%) Support Engineer
2 45 (16.67%) Senior
3 41 (15.19%) IT Engineer
4 40 (14.81%) Field Engineer
5 39 (14.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 39 (14.44%) 2nd Line Support
5 39 (14.44%) IT Support
6 36 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 31 (11.48%) Field Service Engineer
7 31 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (9.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 26 (9.63%) IT Support Engineer
9 25 (9.26%) Analyst
10 24 (8.89%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 24 (8.89%) Field Support Engineer
11 17 (6.30%) Lead
12 16 (5.93%) Administrator
13 15 (5.56%) Support Analyst
13 15 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
14 13 (4.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.85%) ADO
1 5 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.11%) DirectX
2 3 (1.11%) JSON
2 3 (1.11%) OpenGL
2 3 (1.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (1.11%) Vulkan
3 2 (0.74%) .NET
3 2 (0.74%) ATL
3 2 (0.74%) Fluent Bit
3 2 (0.74%) Kafka
3 2 (0.74%) ODBC
3 2 (0.74%) WebSockets
3 2 (0.74%) XML
3 2 (0.74%) XSL
3 2 (0.74%) XSLT
3 2 (0.74%) X-Windows
4 1 (0.37%) HTML
4 1 (0.37%) Middleware
4 1 (0.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.22%) Driving Licence
2 31 (11.48%) Data Centre
3 21 (7.78%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (7.41%) Virtual Team
5 10 (3.70%) Blackberry
5 10 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (3.33%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.96%) Life Science
7 8 (2.96%) NHS
7 8 (2.96%) Replication
8 6 (2.22%) IoT
9 4 (1.48%) PKI
10 3 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (1.11%) Clustering
10 3 (1.11%) CUDA
10 3 (1.11%) EPoS
10 3 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.11%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
11 2 (0.74%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 112 (41.48%) Windows Server
2 63 (23.33%) Windows 10
3 58 (21.48%) Linux
4 17 (6.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (5.56%) Android
5 15 (5.56%) Mac OS
6 14 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (3.33%) Mac OS X
7 9 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.96%) Debian
8 8 (2.96%) Windows 7
8 8 (2.96%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (2.22%) Windows XP
10 3 (1.11%) Windows 2000
10 3 (1.11%) Windows NT
10 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (16.67%) ITIL
3 40 (14.81%) Customer Service
4 31 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (7.41%) Customer Requirements
6 20 (7.41%) Technology Transformation
7 16 (5.93%) Agile
7 16 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (5.93%) Service Delivery
8 13 (4.81%) DevOps
9 12 (4.44%) Kalman Filter
9 12 (4.44%) Mobile Device Management
10 11 (4.07%) SIEM
10 11 (4.07%) Task Automation
10 11 (4.07%) Test Strategy
11 10 (3.70%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (3.70%) Migration
11 10 (3.70%) Time Management
12 9 (3.33%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 32 (11.85%) PowerShell
2 27 (10.00%) SQL
3 10 (3.70%) PL/SQL
4 9 (3.33%) Python
5 8 (2.96%) C
6 7 (2.59%) Ruby
7 5 (1.85%) Bash
8 4 (1.48%) C#
8 4 (1.48%) C++
9 3 (1.11%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.74%) Java
10 2 (0.74%) Perl
11 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (15.19%) Degree
2 26 (9.63%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 19 (7.04%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.22%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.48%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.11%) CCNA
9 3 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.74%) HND
10 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.74%) MCP
10 2 (0.74%) MCTS
11 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.37%) CCAA
11 1 (0.37%) CCNP
11 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.74%) SLA
2 10 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 144 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 64 (23.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (12.59%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.33%) Docker
4 9 (3.33%) vSphere
5 6 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.48%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.37%) Ceph
8 1 (0.37%) Firmware
8 1 (0.37%) Gluster
Systems Management
1 33 (12.22%) SCCM
2 18 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.44%) Terraform
4 10 (3.70%) Puppet
5 9 (3.33%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.22%) SCOM
6 6 (2.22%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.85%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.48%) Nagios
8 4 (1.48%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.11%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.11%) WSUS
10 2 (0.74%) Ansible
10 2 (0.74%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.74%) logstash
10 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 143 (52.96%) Microsoft
2 91 (33.70%) VMware
3 36 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 23 (8.52%) Remedy
5 19 (7.04%) HP
6 17 (6.30%) Red Hat
7 16 (5.93%) Cisco
8 14 (5.19%) SolarWinds
9 13 (4.81%) Veeam
10 12 (4.44%) Apple
10 12 (4.44%) Dell
11 11 (4.07%) Aruba
11 11 (4.07%) Sophos
12 10 (3.70%) Google
12 10 (3.70%) MobileIron
12 10 (3.70%) Oracle
12 10 (3.70%) Samsung
13 8 (2.96%) Fortinet
14 7 (2.59%) Citrix
15 6 (2.22%) NetApp