Windows Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 4,318 8,599 8,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.84% 10.01% 9.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.46% 68.70% 61.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,093 7,057 6,421
10th Percentile £26,375 £25,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,290 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £43,823
Median % change year-on-year - -8.72% +3.11%
75th Percentile £56,161 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +3.45%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,596 12,517 14,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.51% 14.57% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,151 9,893 9,945
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,759 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £46,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.22% -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in England.

Salary trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in England

Windows
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London -10 1,055 £57,500 +4.55% 909
South East -3 894 £38,325 -4.19% 689
North of England -13 857 £35,000 -6.67% 456
Midlands -1 840 £36,925 +5.50% 294
West Midlands +4 586 £36,925 +5.50% 162
North West -37 426 £40,000 - 218
Yorkshire +1 383 £32,000 -13.51% 186
South West -4 334 £37,500 -11.76% 278
East of England -23 306 £42,500 +30.77% 271
East Midlands -10 252 £32,500 -7.14% 115
North East -21 46 £44,000 +33.33% 64
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 556 (12.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 398 (9.22%) SharePoint
3 91 (2.11%) IIS
4 65 (1.51%) Confluence
5 43 (1.00%) Apache
6 18 (0.42%) Tomcat
7 15 (0.35%) nginx
7 15 (0.35%) OpenEdge
8 14 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
9 13 (0.30%) WordPress
10 8 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
11 7 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
11 7 (0.16%) IBM Domino
12 6 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
12 6 (0.14%) Skype for Business
13 5 (0.12%) CMS
13 5 (0.12%) Moodle
14 4 (0.093%) Alfresco
14 4 (0.093%) Documentum
14 4 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 506 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 134 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 81 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.14%) Trello
8 5 (0.12%) Blender
8 5 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
8 5 (0.12%) Maya
9 4 (0.093%) Acrobat
9 4 (0.093%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.069%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 3 (0.069%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.023%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.023%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.023%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 23 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 21 (0.49%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 16 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 11 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.21%) SAP Business One
6 8 (0.19%) Sage 50
7 7 (0.16%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 6 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
8 6 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.14%) Temenos T24
9 5 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 5 (0.12%) Sage 200
10 4 (0.093%) Carpe Diem
11 2 (0.046%) Eikon
12 1 (0.023%) iTrent
12 1 (0.023%) Oracle Payables
12 1 (0.023%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,509 (34.95%) Microsoft 365
2 1,280 (29.64%) Azure
3 605 (14.01%) AWS
4 405 (9.38%) Entra ID
5 155 (3.59%) SaaS
6 142 (3.29%) OneDrive
7 85 (1.97%) GCP
8 74 (1.71%) Power Platform
9 68 (1.57%) Mimecast
10 67 (1.55%) PaaS
11 61 (1.41%) IaaS
12 51 (1.18%) Google Workspace
13 47 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
14 41 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
15 40 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
16 36 (0.83%) PowerApps
17 33 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
18 32 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
19 29 (0.67%) GitHub
19 29 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 717 (16.60%) Firewall
2 520 (12.04%) DNS
3 464 (10.75%) VPN
4 420 (9.73%) DHCP
5 370 (8.57%) WAN
6 363 (8.41%) LAN
7 332 (7.69%) TCP/IP
8 198 (4.59%) VLAN
9 175 (4.05%) VoIP
10 164 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
11 158 (3.66%) SAN
12 138 (3.20%) Network Security
13 137 (3.17%) Cisco IOS
14 127 (2.94%) Wireless
15 106 (2.45%) Internet
16 63 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
17 62 (1.44%) NAS
18 60 (1.39%) Broadband
19 57 (1.32%) WLAN
20 52 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 291 (6.74%) SQL Server
2 63 (1.46%) Relational Database
3 61 (1.41%) MySQL
4 54 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
5 45 (1.04%) DB2
6 32 (0.74%) Power BI
7 30 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (0.58%) MongoDB
10 21 (0.49%) NoSQL
11 19 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.25%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.21%) Metadata
15 8 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (0.16%) GIS
16 7 (0.16%) Oracle Exadata
17 6 (0.14%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 126 (2.92%) JIRA
2 111 (2.57%) Git
3 64 (1.48%) Cucumber
3 64 (1.48%) Robot Framework
4 56 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 46 (1.07%) Bitbucket
6 21 (0.49%) Eclipse
7 19 (0.44%) Eclipse RCP
8 18 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 16 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
10 15 (0.35%) MSI
11 12 (0.28%) GitLab
12 8 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (0.19%) Vagrant
13 7 (0.16%) Artifactory
13 7 (0.16%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.16%) Selenium
14 6 (0.14%) Subversion
15 5 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
15 5 (0.12%) TeamCity
General
1 1,579 (36.57%) Social Skills
2 477 (11.05%) Finance
3 414 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
4 304 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 250 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
6 192 (4.45%) Law
7 178 (4.12%) Telecoms
8 151 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 147 (3.40%) Legal
10 137 (3.17%) Retail
11 115 (2.66%) Banking
12 108 (2.50%) Manufacturing
13 66 (1.53%) Public Sector
14 58 (1.34%) Esports
15 50 (1.16%) Marketing
16 47 (1.09%) Back Office
17 45 (1.04%) Automotive
17 45 (1.04%) Electronics
18 42 (0.97%) Local Government
19 36 (0.83%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 988 (22.88%) IT Support
2 647 (14.98%) Analyst
3 560 (12.97%) Support Engineer
4 404 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 388 (8.99%) Support Analyst
6 355 (8.22%) IT Engineer
7 310 (7.18%) Senior
8 252 (5.84%) IT Analyst
9 237 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support
10 227 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
11 198 (4.59%) IT Support Analyst
12 189 (4.38%) Lead
13 150 (3.47%) Administrator
14 146 (3.38%) Desktop Support
15 140 (3.24%) 1st Line Support
16 137 (3.17%) Technical Support
17 121 (2.80%) Service Analyst
18 120 (2.78%) Support Specialist
19 119 (2.76%) IT Technician
20 113 (2.62%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (3.06%) .NET
2 86 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
3 60 (1.39%) HTML
4 47 (1.09%) CSS
5 43 (1.00%) Middleware
6 30 (0.69%) .NET Framework
6 30 (0.69%) ASP.NET
7 28 (0.65%) REST
8 25 (0.58%) XML
9 24 (0.56%) LDAP
10 21 (0.49%) React
11 20 (0.46%) HTML5
12 19 (0.44%) JSP
12 19 (0.44%) SAML
13 18 (0.42%) .NET Core
13 18 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
13 18 (0.42%) Node.js
13 18 (0.42%) SOAP
13 18 (0.42%) WPF
14 17 (0.39%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 544 (12.60%) Social Media
2 240 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 207 (4.79%) Driving Licence
4 180 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 170 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 146 (3.38%) Data Centre
7 142 (3.29%) Onboarding
8 76 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
9 71 (1.64%) Cyberattack
10 70 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
11 65 (1.51%) CCTV
12 62 (1.44%) Clustering
13 59 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
14 56 (1.30%) Public Cloud
15 52 (1.20%) Replication
16 45 (1.04%) Security Posture
17 38 (0.88%) iPhone
18 35 (0.81%) PKI
18 35 (0.81%) Private Cloud
18 35 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1,203 (27.86%) Windows Server
2 989 (22.90%) Linux
3 628 (14.54%) Windows 10
4 538 (12.46%) Windows Vista
5 243 (5.63%) Android
6 196 (4.54%) Mac OS
7 169 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 165 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 148 (3.43%) Apple iOS
10 147 (3.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 80 (1.85%) Unix
12 67 (1.55%) Mac OS X
13 53 (1.23%) Windows 7
14 49 (1.13%) Ubuntu
15 39 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 29 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
17 27 (0.63%) VMS
18 24 (0.56%) CentOS
19 17 (0.39%) AIX
20 13 (0.30%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,338 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
2 685 (15.86%) Customer Service
3 649 (15.03%) ITIL
4 483 (11.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 387 (8.96%) Mathematics
6 385 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
7 363 (8.41%) Line Management
8 345 (7.99%) DevOps
9 333 (7.71%) Computer Science
10 308 (7.13%) Mentoring
11 244 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 239 (5.53%) Coaching
13 236 (5.47%) ITSM
14 233 (5.40%) Agile
15 230 (5.33%) Disaster Recovery
16 181 (4.19%) Service Delivery
17 167 (3.87%) Incident Management
18 164 (3.80%) Project Management
19 158 (3.66%) CI/CD
20 151 (3.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 763 (17.67%) PowerShell
2 444 (10.28%) Python
3 408 (9.45%) SQL
4 252 (5.84%) Bash
5 175 (4.05%) C#
6 135 (3.13%) JavaScript
7 79 (1.83%) Java
8 44 (1.02%) C++
9 36 (0.83%) PL/SQL
10 35 (0.81%) T-SQL
11 26 (0.60%) VB.NET
12 25 (0.58%) Perl
12 25 (0.58%) TypeScript
13 24 (0.56%) PHP
14 20 (0.46%) C
14 20 (0.46%) Progress 4GL
14 20 (0.46%) Rust
15 17 (0.39%) Ada
15 17 (0.39%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 881 (20.40%) Degree
2 586 (13.57%) DBS Check
3 320 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 298 (6.90%) Security Cleared
5 168 (3.89%) SC Cleared
6 166 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
7 161 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 145 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 120 (2.78%) A+ Certification
9 120 (2.78%) CCNA
10 103 (2.39%) MCSE
11 98 (2.27%) Azure Certification
12 87 (2.01%) CCNP
13 80 (1.85%) MCP
14 78 (1.81%) MCSA
15 76 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
16 68 (1.57%) CISSP
17 66 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
18 57 (1.32%) Master's Degree
19 56 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (5.72%) SLA
2 108 (2.50%) QA
3 105 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 102 (2.36%) GDPR
5 51 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 36 (0.83%) NIST
7 18 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 14 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.25%) COBIT
11 10 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.19%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.14%) PMO
14 5 (0.12%) FINRA
15 4 (0.093%) ISO 14001
15 4 (0.093%) NCSC
16 3 (0.069%) Data Quality
16 3 (0.069%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.046%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1,580 (36.59%) Active Directory
2 525 (12.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 391 (9.06%) Hyper-V
4 157 (3.64%) vSphere
5 153 (3.54%) Docker
6 132 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
7 92 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 86 (1.99%) VMware NSX
9 61 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
10 45 (1.04%) Firmware
11 30 (0.69%) XenApp
12 26 (0.60%) BitLocker
13 24 (0.56%) Terminal Services
13 24 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
14 12 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
15 11 (0.25%) DFS Replication
16 7 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
17 6 (0.14%) XenDesktop
18 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 4 (0.093%) Samba
Systems Management
1 480 (11.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 283 (6.55%) Ansible
3 248 (5.74%) Terraform
4 218 (5.05%) SCCM
5 119 (2.76%) Kubernetes
6 56 (1.30%) Puppet
7 51 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
8 47 (1.09%) vCenter Server
9 42 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
10 34 (0.79%) WSUS
11 33 (0.76%) SCOM
12 28 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 28 (0.65%) NetBackup
13 24 (0.56%) Prometheus
14 22 (0.51%) Grafana
15 19 (0.44%) WMI
16 18 (0.42%) Nagios
17 16 (0.37%) FortiGate
18 14 (0.32%) Progress Chef
18 14 (0.32%) vMotion
Vendors
1 1,962 (45.44%) Microsoft
2 757 (17.53%) VMware
3 495 (11.46%) Cisco
4 213 (4.93%) Citrix
5 180 (4.17%) Apple
6 170 (3.94%) ServiceNow
7 146 (3.38%) Veeam
8 128 (2.96%) Meraki
9 102 (2.36%) Splunk
10 94 (2.18%) Juniper
11 91 (2.11%) Oracle
12 83 (1.92%) Google
13 76 (1.76%) HP
14 75 (1.74%) Dell
15 71 (1.64%) 3PAR
16 66 (1.53%) Sun
17 63 (1.46%) Fortinet
18 54 (1.25%) Palo Alto
19 51 (1.18%) Atlassian
20 49 (1.13%) SAP