Windows Job Trends in Ipswich

Microsoft Windows
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 22 11 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Ipswich 14.86% 9.24% 5.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 68.75% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -15.58% -46.53%
75th Percentile £48,750 £33,750 £45,750
90th Percentile £63,750 - -
Suffolk median annual salary £40,000 £33,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +21.21% -25.84% +14.10%

All Operating Systems
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 22 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ipswich 14.86% 13.45% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 5
10th Percentile - £34,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +6.74% -38.19%
75th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £45,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,750 £87,300
Suffolk median annual salary £40,000 £33,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +21.21% -25.84% +4.71%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Windows
Salary Trend in Ipswich

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Ipswich

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Ipswich over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Ipswich

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (63.64%) Azure
3 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
4 5 (22.73%) Entra ID
5 4 (18.18%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) DHCP
1 6 (27.27%) DNS
1 6 (27.27%) TCP/IP
1 6 (27.27%) VLAN
2 1 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) IT Support
2 6 (27.27%) 1st Line Support
2 6 (27.27%) IT Support Technician
2 6 (27.27%) IT Technician
2 6 (27.27%) Support Technician
3 4 (18.18%) IT Manager
3 4 (18.18%) IT Support Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 4 (18.18%) Support Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Driving Licence
2 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows Server
2 6 (27.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (54.55%) Customer Service
3 7 (31.82%) Service Delivery
4 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
4 6 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (27.27%) User Experience
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Contract Management
5 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (18.18%) IT Governance
5 4 (18.18%) IT Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 4 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
6 3 (13.64%) AI
6 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (13.64%) Intelligent Automation
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
8 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) PowerShell
2 6 (27.27%) VBScript
3 3 (13.64%) Python
3 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) MCSA
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) VMware