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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 512 525 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.83% 14.44% 11.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.02% 70.66% 60.53%
Number of salaries quoted 402 379 573
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £38,737
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.19% -3.16%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,125 £43,150
% change year-on-year -3.68% +2.26% -4.11%

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 764 743 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.67% 20.43% 19.28%
Number of salaries quoted 629 498 756
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -4 175 £37,500 +4.17% 35
Cambridgeshire +3 122 £38,000 +8.57% 19
Essex +11 91 £30,000 +9.09% 19
Norfolk -5 68 £32,500 -14.47% 11
Bedfordshire +3 28 £30,000 -45.45% 15
Suffolk -1 28 £40,000 +5.26% 4
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 92 (17.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (12.70%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.93%) CMS
4 9 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.78%) Confluence
7 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.39%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) Apache
8 1 (0.20%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 114 (22.27%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.59%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.59%) Pro Tools
6 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Windchill
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 266 (51.95%) Microsoft 365
2 149 (29.10%) Azure
3 38 (7.42%) AWS
4 24 (4.69%) Entra ID
5 21 (4.10%) OneDrive
6 13 (2.54%) Google Workspace
7 8 (1.56%) GCP
7 8 (1.56%) Mimecast
8 7 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (1.37%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.37%) SaaS
9 3 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.59%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.59%) Serverless
9 3 (0.59%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.39%) Amazon ECR
10 2 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.39%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.39%) AWS KMS
10 2 (0.39%) Rackspace Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 67 (13.09%) Firewall
2 51 (9.96%) DNS
3 48 (9.38%) LAN
4 47 (9.18%) TCP/IP
5 45 (8.79%) DHCP
6 44 (8.59%) WAN
7 37 (7.23%) VPN
8 33 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (5.86%) VoIP
10 27 (5.27%) Internet
11 17 (3.32%) VLAN
12 15 (2.93%) SAN
13 14 (2.73%) Intranet
13 14 (2.73%) Wireless
14 13 (2.54%) Bluetooth
15 10 (1.95%) 3G
15 10 (1.95%) 4G
15 10 (1.95%) GPRS
15 10 (1.95%) GSM
15 10 (1.95%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.56%) MS Access
4 7 (1.37%) Power BI
5 6 (1.17%) MySQL
6 5 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (0.98%) QlikView
6 5 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.59%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.37%) JIRA
2 6 (1.17%) Git
2 6 (1.17%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.59%) Appium
3 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.59%) UI Automator
4 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.20%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.20%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 163 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (5.66%) Manufacturing
4 26 (5.08%) Finance
5 16 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 13 (2.54%) Marketing
7 9 (1.76%) Automotive
7 9 (1.76%) Retail
8 8 (1.56%) Electronics
8 8 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (1.56%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.37%) Law
10 6 (1.17%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.17%) Police
11 4 (0.78%) Advertising
12 3 (0.59%) Games
12 3 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.59%) Publishing
13 2 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (20.51%) IT Support
2 100 (19.53%) Support Engineer
3 76 (14.84%) IT Engineer
4 74 (14.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 69 (13.48%) Analyst
6 54 (10.55%) IT Support Engineer
7 42 (8.20%) IT Technician
8 40 (7.81%) 2nd Line Support
9 38 (7.42%) Support Technician
10 36 (7.03%) Senior
11 35 (6.84%) Service Analyst
12 34 (6.64%) Service Desk Analyst
13 29 (5.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 28 (5.47%) IT Support Technician
15 26 (5.08%) Technical Support
16 23 (4.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 23 (4.49%) Support Analyst
17 22 (4.30%) Technical Engineer
18 21 (4.10%) IT Analyst
19 20 (3.91%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.37%) HTML
2 6 (1.17%) .NET
2 6 (1.17%) CSS
3 5 (0.98%) Fluent Bit
4 4 (0.78%) XML
5 3 (0.59%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.59%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.59%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (0.59%) WDF
6 2 (0.39%) JSON
6 2 (0.39%) MFC
6 2 (0.39%) PyQt
6 2 (0.39%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.20%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.20%) Flask
7 1 (0.20%) iOS SDK
7 1 (0.20%) REST
7 1 (0.20%) Spring
7 1 (0.20%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.64%) Driving Licence
2 22 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (2.54%) Operational Technology
4 10 (1.95%) Social Media
5 9 (1.76%) Digital Signage
5 9 (1.76%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.76%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.56%) Clustering
6 8 (1.56%) NHS
7 7 (1.37%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.37%) Smartphone
8 6 (1.17%) EPoS
9 5 (0.98%) Smartcard
10 4 (0.78%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.78%) CMDB
10 4 (0.78%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.78%) IoT
10 4 (0.78%) Robotics
11 3 (0.59%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 185 (36.13%) Windows Server
2 136 (26.56%) Windows 10
3 86 (16.80%) Linux
4 61 (11.91%) Android
5 39 (7.62%) Apple iOS
6 30 (5.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (5.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (5.47%) Mac OS
8 23 (4.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (2.73%) Windows 7
9 14 (2.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (1.95%) Mac OS X
11 8 (1.56%) Unix
12 7 (1.37%) Windows 8
12 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.78%) Windows 2000
13 4 (0.78%) Windows NT
13 4 (0.78%) Windows XP
14 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (20.12%) ITIL
3 99 (19.34%) Customer Service
4 80 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (5.86%) Computer Science
6 30 (5.86%) Project Management
7 26 (5.08%) Asset Management
8 23 (4.49%) Break/Fix
8 23 (4.49%) ITSM
9 22 (4.30%) Change Management
10 21 (4.10%) Project Delivery
11 20 (3.91%) Time Management
12 19 (3.71%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (3.71%) Software Engineering
13 18 (3.52%) Statistics
14 17 (3.32%) Mentoring
15 16 (3.13%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (3.13%) Ticket Management
16 15 (2.93%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.84%) PowerShell
2 24 (4.69%) SQL
3 20 (3.91%) Python
4 17 (3.32%) Bash
5 14 (2.73%) C#
6 11 (2.15%) C++
6 11 (2.15%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.95%) C
8 8 (1.56%) Java
9 4 (0.78%) Rust
10 3 (0.59%) Assembly Language
10 3 (0.59%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.59%) VB
11 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.39%) VBScript
12 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.20%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.20%) VC++
Qualifications
1 83 (16.21%) Degree
2 54 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 38 (7.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (4.30%) CCNA
5 22 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (3.71%) A+ Certification
7 16 (3.13%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (2.73%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.54%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.95%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.95%) MCSE
12 8 (1.56%) MCSA
12 8 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.37%) HND
14 5 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.98%) MCP
15 4 (0.78%) CCNP
15 4 (0.78%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.01%) SLA
2 12 (2.34%) GDPR
3 9 (1.76%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.78%) QA
7 2 (0.39%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.20%) GxP
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) MISRA
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 243 (47.46%) Active Directory
2 72 (14.06%) Hyper-V
2 72 (14.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.30%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (3.52%) vSphere
5 13 (2.54%) Firmware
6 11 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.76%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.56%) KVM
9 6 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.59%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.20%) Docker
12 1 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 34 (6.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.32%) SCCM
3 11 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (2.15%) WSUS
4 8 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (1.37%) SCOM
6 6 (1.17%) Ansible
7 5 (0.98%) Fluentd
7 5 (0.98%) logstash
8 4 (0.78%) Grafana
8 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.78%) Puppet
8 4 (0.78%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.78%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.39%) Aspera SmartTrack
9 2 (0.39%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) Autotask
10 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.20%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 277 (54.10%) Microsoft
2 116 (22.66%) VMware
3 24 (4.69%) Apple
4 20 (3.91%) Cisco
5 19 (3.71%) HP
6 18 (3.52%) Google
7 17 (3.32%) Dell
8 13 (2.54%) Meraki
9 11 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.95%) WatchGuard
11 9 (1.76%) Citrix
11 9 (1.76%) IBM
11 9 (1.76%) Veeam
12 8 (1.56%) NetApp
13 7 (1.37%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.37%) Sophos
13 7 (1.37%) Splunk
14 6 (1.17%) Sage
15 5 (0.98%) Cognos
16 4 (0.78%) Salesforce