Windows Jobs in Essex

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 5 19
Rank change year-on-year -13 +14 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 43 140 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 9.21% 16.06% 12.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.43% 87.50% 73.24%
Number of salaries quoted 28 127 92
10th Percentile £26,328 £22,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £25,759 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £40,938 £33,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £43,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £32,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year +30.77% -15.58% -

All Operating Systems
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 70 160 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 14.99% 18.35% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 38 144 108
10th Percentile £27,000 £22,975 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,759 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £29,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -26.25% +3.90%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -14.44% +5.88%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Essex

Windows
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Windows in Essex

Windows
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Essex over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Essex

Windows
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Essex region over the 6 months to 13 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
Grays +2 6 £45,000 +63.64%
Hockley - 3 - -
Epping - 3 £28,000 -
Colchester +15 2 £42,500 -50.00% 3
Tilbury - 2 £28,000 -
Saffron Walden +2 1 £25,000 -16.67%
Chelmsford -3 1 £40,000 +37.93% 15
Basildon -9 1 - - 10
Buckhurst Hill - 1 - -
Chigwell - 1 - -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - - 1
Waltham Abbey - 1 - -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 8 (18.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) IIS
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (58.14%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (30.23%) Azure
3 6 (13.95%) Azure Storage
3 6 (13.95%) Entra ID
3 6 (13.95%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.65%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) LAN
2 10 (23.26%) WAN
3 8 (18.60%) Broadband
3 8 (18.60%) DHCP
3 8 (18.60%) DNS
3 8 (18.60%) VPN
4 7 (16.28%) Firewall
4 7 (16.28%) VLAN
5 6 (13.95%) Intranet
5 6 (13.95%) TCP/IP
5 6 (13.95%) Wireless
5 6 (13.95%) Wireless Security
6 3 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (4.65%) Network Security
8 1 (2.33%) Internet
8 1 (2.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (58.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) German Language
4 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) French Language
5 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Support Engineer
2 16 (37.21%) IT Support
3 8 (18.60%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (13.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (13.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Administrator
4 6 (13.95%) IT Support Specialist
4 6 (13.95%) Support Specialist
4 6 (13.95%) Systems Administrator
4 6 (13.95%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Systems Support
4 6 (13.95%) Systems Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Support
5 3 (6.98%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.65%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.65%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) .NET
1 1 (2.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Driving Licence
1 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.33%) CMDB
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.33%) Replication
2 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (39.53%) Windows Server
2 10 (23.26%) Windows 10
3 8 (18.60%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (13.95%) VMS
5 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.33%) Linux
6 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (32.56%) Proactive Maintenance
3 9 (20.93%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (20.93%) ITIL
3 9 (20.93%) Proactive Monitoring
4 8 (18.60%) Broadcast Engineering
4 8 (18.60%) Coaching
4 8 (18.60%) Post-Production
4 8 (18.60%) Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (16.28%) ITSM
5 7 (16.28%) Network Management
5 7 (16.28%) Project Management
6 6 (13.95%) Data Privacy
6 6 (13.95%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (13.95%) Storage Management
7 5 (11.63%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (6.98%) Data Management
8 3 (6.98%) Innovative Thinking
8 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.98%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.33%) CCNA
3 1 (2.33%) CCNP
3 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.33%) LPIC
3 1 (2.33%) MCP
3 1 (2.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (58.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
2 6 (13.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (27.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) Autotask
3 1 (2.33%) SCCM
3 1 (2.33%) SCOM
3 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (76.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.60%) Sun
3 6 (13.95%) VMware
4 5 (11.63%) Palo Alto
4 5 (11.63%) WatchGuard
5 2 (4.65%) Datto
6 1 (2.33%) Apple
6 1 (2.33%) Cisco
6 1 (2.33%) F5
6 1 (2.33%) Okta