Microsoft Windows
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 7 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | 9 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | -4 | +10 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows | 69 | 64 | 78 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Essex | 5.05% | 10.19% | 12.48% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 89.61% | 82.05% | 82.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 63 | 57 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £25,750 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,438 | £27,500 | £25,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £35,000 | £30,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +16.67% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £47,500 | £48,750 | £40,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,000 | - | £50,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £35,500 | £42,500 | £37,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.47% | +14.86% | +2.78% |
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 | 77 | 78 | 95 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex | 5.64% | 12.42% | 15.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67 | 62 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £25,750 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,500 | £27,500 | £26,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £36,250 | £32,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +13.28% | +4.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £47,500 | £48,750 | £46,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | - | £55,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £42,000 | £43,750 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -2.78% | +5.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Salary Trend in Essex
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Windows.
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Salary Histogram in Essex
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Essex over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.
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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 7 August 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 |
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| Chelmsford | -13 | 16 | £25,000 | -47.37% | 1 |
| Colchester | -12 | 9 | £38,750 | -8.82% | 2 |
| Wickford | - | 8 | £57,500 | - | 1 |
| Southend-on-Sea | +2 | 4 | £25,875 | +2.48% | 1 |
| Harwich | - | 4 | £35,000 | - | |
| Rayleigh | - | 4 | £26,125 | - | |
| Braintree | - | 3 | £36,000 | - | |
| Basildon | +5 | 2 | £55,000 | - | |
| Windows East of England |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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: