Windows Job Trends in East Sussex

Microsoft Windows
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 30 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 14 24 37
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 3.38% 5.91% 7.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.84% 48.98% 57.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 36
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,450 £27,625
25th Percentile £26,500 £42,125 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £49,479 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.39% +2.02% -3.00%
75th Percentile £37,570 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,825 - £71,250
South East median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £41,750
% change year-on-year -24.21% +13.77% -1.76%

All Operating Systems
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 37 49 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 8.94% 12.07% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 37 34 47
10th Percentile £26,500 £41,975 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Windows job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Windows
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in East Sussex over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in East Sussex

Windows
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Hailsham - 6 £29,000 - 2
Brighton -11 4 £48,250 -2.48% 8
Hove - 4 £30,810 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DHCP
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Git
General
1 6 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Games
4 1 (7.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) IT Support
2 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Applications Support
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Developer
3 1 (7.14%) IT Technician
3 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Android
1 6 (42.86%) Mac OS
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) Change Control
3 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Filmmaking
3 2 (14.29%) Line Management
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (14.29%) Server Management
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) MCP
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (21.43%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Apple