Microsoft Windows
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 42 | 30 | 14 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | -16 | +3 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows | 201 | 73 | 69 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 9.34% | 5.23% | 11.58% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 31.55% | 73.00% | 93.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 34 | 59 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,500 | £25,000 | £23,275 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,813 | £26,250 | £27,938 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £34,500 | £37,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.00% | -21.05% | +58.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £42,500 | £51,250 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £45,000 | £67,968 | £61,250 |
| North West median annual salary | £35,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.50% | -11.11% | +28.57% |
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 637 | 100 | 74 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 29.61% | 7.16% | 12.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 69 | 81 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,100 | £26,250 | £23,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,250 | £27,000 | £28,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.23% | -5.26% | +57.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £51,240 | £62,250 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £71,991 | £61,250 |
| North West median annual salary | £42,500 | £45,000 | £51,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | -12.62% | +21.18% |
Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
Windows
Salary Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Lancashire.
Windows
Salary Histogram in Lancashire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Lancashire over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.
Windows
Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 16 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | +17 | 11 | £42,384 | +54.12% | 5 |
| Skelmersdale | - | 4 | £36,000 | - | 1 |
| Preston | -30 | 3 | £47,500 | +72.73% | 3 |
| Blackburn | -42 | 3 | £28,000 | -12.50% | 2 |
| Accrington | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Rossendale | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Chorley | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Clitheroe | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Darwen | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Newton-le-Willows | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Blackpool | -37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ormskirk | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Windows North West |
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Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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: