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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 10 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 753 784 856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.40% 14.38% 13.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.51% 69.94% 58.19%
Number of salaries quoted 647 489 580
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% - -8.55%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £54,625
90th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,132 £43,606 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.97% +2.60% -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 1,068 1,121 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.58% 20.56% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 919 652 744
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £57,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,000 £72,450 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +1 265 £37,500 -6.83% 64
Cambridgeshire +6 162 £37,500 -2.60% 80
Essex +14 140 £28,000 -21.13% 30
Norfolk -5 100 £32,500 -14.47% 19
Bedfordshire 0 47 £26,500 -49.52% 11
Suffolk -5 37 £40,000 +5.26% 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
1 148 (19.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 110 (14.61%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.19%) Exchange Server 2013
4 20 (2.66%) CMS
5 17 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.93%) Confluence
7 4 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.53%) WordPress
8 3 (0.40%) IIS
9 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 138 (18.33%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.40%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.40%) Simulink
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.40%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (0.40%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.40%) Sage 50
1 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.40%) Shopify
2 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 383 (50.86%) Microsoft 365
2 228 (30.28%) Azure
3 64 (8.50%) AWS
4 55 (7.30%) Entra ID
5 30 (3.98%) OneDrive
6 18 (2.39%) Power Platform
7 17 (2.26%) Mimecast
8 16 (2.12%) Google Workspace
9 12 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (1.33%) GCP
11 9 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.06%) SaaS
13 7 (0.93%) Serverless
14 5 (0.66%) Nutanix
15 3 (0.40%) Amazon ECR
15 3 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (0.40%) Azure API Management
15 3 (0.40%) Loggly
15 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 125 (16.60%) Firewall
2 85 (11.29%) DNS
3 73 (9.69%) TCP/IP
4 68 (9.03%) DHCP
5 63 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
6 59 (7.84%) WAN
7 53 (7.04%) LAN
7 53 (7.04%) VPN
8 49 (6.51%) SAN
9 39 (5.18%) VoIP
10 33 (4.38%) Internet
11 26 (3.45%) VLAN
12 20 (2.66%) Wireless
13 19 (2.52%) Remote Desktop
14 16 (2.12%) Intranet
14 16 (2.12%) NAS
15 15 (1.99%) MPLS
16 13 (1.73%) SD-WAN
17 11 (1.46%) Network Security
18 10 (1.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.76%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.72%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (2.39%) Power BI
4 16 (2.12%) MySQL
5 14 (1.86%) BusinessObjects
5 14 (1.86%) QlikView
5 14 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.20%) MS Access
7 8 (1.06%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.93%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.86%) JIRA
2 9 (1.20%) Git
2 9 (1.20%) LabVIEW
3 8 (1.06%) Appium
3 8 (1.06%) UI Automator
4 7 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.40%) Rational Team Concert
6 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
General
1 253 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 90 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (4.91%) Finance
4 35 (4.65%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (2.12%) Automotive
7 15 (1.99%) Aerospace
7 15 (1.99%) Marketing
7 15 (1.99%) Retail
7 15 (1.99%) Telecoms
8 14 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.73%) Law
10 10 (1.33%) Electronics
11 8 (1.06%) Police
11 8 (1.06%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.66%) Publishing
14 4 (0.53%) Advertising
14 4 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (26.16%) IT Support
2 157 (20.85%) Support Engineer
3 138 (18.33%) IT Engineer
4 108 (14.34%) IT Support Engineer
5 102 (13.55%) Analyst
6 78 (10.36%) IT Technician
7 77 (10.23%) Support Technician
8 73 (9.69%) 2nd Line Support
9 70 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (7.84%) IT Support Technician
11 56 (7.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 47 (6.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 45 (5.98%) Senior
14 43 (5.71%) Service Analyst
14 43 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
15 39 (5.18%) Administrator
16 34 (4.52%) IT Analyst
17 33 (4.38%) Support Analyst
18 32 (4.25%) Technical Support
19 28 (3.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.26%) HTML
2 13 (1.73%) Fluent Bit
3 10 (1.33%) .NET
4 7 (0.93%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.80%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.66%) CSS
7 4 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.40%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.40%) JSON
8 3 (0.40%) Qt
8 3 (0.40%) RESTful
9 2 (0.27%) ADO
9 2 (0.27%) iOS SDK
9 2 (0.27%) JWT
9 2 (0.27%) PyQt
9 2 (0.27%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.27%) XML
10 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.13%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.10%) Self-Motivation
2 52 (6.91%) Driving Licence
3 28 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 20 (2.66%) NHS
5 18 (2.39%) iPad
6 16 (2.12%) Operational Technology
7 14 (1.86%) Smartphone
8 11 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.33%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.33%) Replication
9 10 (1.33%) Social Media
10 9 (1.20%) Digital Signage
10 9 (1.20%) EPoS
10 9 (1.20%) LIMS
10 9 (1.20%) Smartcard
11 8 (1.06%) Clustering
11 8 (1.06%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 297 (39.44%) Windows Server
2 185 (24.57%) Windows 10
3 161 (21.38%) Linux
4 66 (8.76%) Android
5 60 (7.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (6.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 40 (5.31%) Mac OS
8 36 (4.78%) Apple iOS
9 33 (4.38%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (3.72%) Windows 7
11 26 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (2.52%) Windows 8
13 12 (1.59%) Windows Server 2003
14 11 (1.46%) Debian
15 10 (1.33%) Unix
16 8 (1.06%) Mac OS X
17 7 (0.93%) Ubuntu
18 4 (0.53%) Windows 2000
18 4 (0.53%) Windows NT
18 4 (0.53%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (19.12%) Customer Service
3 139 (18.46%) ITIL
4 85 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 66 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (6.51%) Server Management
7 42 (5.58%) Project Management
8 34 (4.52%) Project Delivery
9 32 (4.25%) Computer Science
10 28 (3.72%) Time Management
11 27 (3.59%) Kalman Filter
12 25 (3.32%) Line Management
12 25 (3.32%) Software Engineering
13 23 (3.05%) Break/Fix
13 23 (3.05%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (3.05%) Disaster Recovery
13 23 (3.05%) Infrastructure Maintenance
13 23 (3.05%) Software Testing
14 22 (2.92%) Mentoring
14 22 (2.92%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 91 (12.08%) PowerShell
2 37 (4.91%) SQL
3 26 (3.45%) Python
4 23 (3.05%) Bash
5 16 (2.12%) C#
6 13 (1.73%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.33%) C
8 9 (1.20%) Java
9 6 (0.80%) C++
9 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.80%) VB
10 3 (0.40%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.27%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.27%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.27%) Ruby
11 2 (0.27%) Rust
12 1 (0.13%) Perl
12 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 108 (14.34%) Degree
2 79 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 66 (8.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (4.91%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.52%) CCNA
5 34 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (3.59%) A+ Certification
7 25 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (3.19%) MCSE
9 20 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (2.52%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.99%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (1.46%) MCP
14 9 (1.20%) HND
15 8 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (1.06%) MCSA
16 7 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 5 (0.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.50%) SLA
2 14 (1.86%) PCI DSS
3 12 (1.59%) GDPR
4 10 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.20%) QA
6 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.40%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.40%) MISRA
8 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 347 (46.08%) Active Directory
2 117 (15.54%) Hyper-V
3 116 (15.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (4.38%) vSphere
5 24 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (1.86%) KVM
9 10 (1.33%) Firmware
10 8 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.93%) Docker
12 4 (0.53%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.13%) Samba
Systems Management
1 56 (7.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.99%) SCCM
3 13 (1.73%) Fluentd
3 13 (1.73%) logstash
4 8 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
4 8 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (0.93%) Ansible
5 7 (0.93%) Terraform
5 7 (0.93%) WSUS
6 6 (0.80%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.80%) SCOM
6 6 (0.80%) SmoothWall
7 5 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.66%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.40%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.40%) Puppet
10 2 (0.27%) Aspera SmartTrack
10 2 (0.27%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 409 (54.32%) Microsoft
2 203 (26.96%) VMware
3 50 (6.64%) Citrix
4 38 (5.05%) HP
5 35 (4.65%) Dell
6 34 (4.52%) Apple
7 32 (4.25%) Meraki
8 30 (3.98%) NetApp
9 29 (3.85%) Cisco
10 22 (2.92%) Google
10 22 (2.92%) Veeam
11 18 (2.39%) Sophos
12 17 (2.26%) Splunk
13 14 (1.86%) Acronis
13 14 (1.86%) Cognos
14 13 (1.73%) Sage
14 13 (1.73%) ServiceNow
15 12 (1.59%) IBM
15 12 (1.59%) WatchGuard
16 7 (0.93%) Commvault