Windows Jobs in Lancashire

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 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 12 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 -13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 98 97 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.18% 13.70% 11.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.17% 90.65% 76.19%
Number of salaries quoted 86 63 88
10th Percentile £22,614 £24,200 £21,425
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,125 £21,806
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £47,500 £27,750
Median % change year-on-year -32.63% +71.17% -30.63%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £39,063
90th Percentile £60,625 £61,250 £50,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -17.65%

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 127 107 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 8.01% 15.11% 15.04%
Number of salaries quoted 113 71 101
10th Percentile £22,614 £24,000 £21,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,125 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +58.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £67,968 £61,250 £50,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -5.56%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Lancashire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Lancashire over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Lancashire

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 June 2024. 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
Preston -4 28 £27,500 -42.11% 6
Blackburn +1 20 £23,076 -3.85% 3
Blackpool -5 17 £45,000 +91.49%
Lancaster -9 6 £28,750 - 2
Newton-le-Willows - 2 £30,000 - 1
Burnley -12 1 £26,000 -3.70%
Windows
North West

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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (27.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (9.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (38.78%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (28.57%) Azure
3 10 (10.20%) IaaS
4 8 (8.16%) AWS
5 5 (5.10%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.06%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.02%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.41%) Firewall
2 15 (15.31%) TCP/IP
3 13 (13.27%) DNS
3 13 (13.27%) VoIP
4 9 (9.18%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (8.16%) DHCP
6 6 (6.12%) LAN
6 6 (6.12%) WAN
7 4 (4.08%) Wireless
8 3 (3.06%) VLAN
8 3 (3.06%) VPN
8 3 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.04%) Internet
10 1 (1.02%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (6.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.06%) MySQL
4 1 (1.02%) Power BI
4 1 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (6.12%) Visual Studio
2 4 (4.08%) Artifactory
2 4 (4.08%) GitLab
General
1 26 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.51%) Finance
3 17 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.22%) Retail
5 8 (8.16%) Manufacturing
5 8 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.14%) Military
7 6 (6.12%) Marketing
8 3 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.04%) Law
9 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.02%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (23.47%) Support Engineer
2 22 (22.45%) IT Support
3 18 (18.37%) IT Engineer
4 17 (17.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (15.31%) IT Support Engineer
6 14 (14.29%) Senior
7 11 (11.22%) Analyst
8 10 (10.20%) IT Manager
9 8 (8.16%) 1st Line Engineer
9 8 (8.16%) 1st Line Support
9 8 (8.16%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 8 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (8.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (7.14%) Administrator
11 6 (6.12%) Desktop Engineer
11 6 (6.12%) Desktop Support
11 6 (6.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 6 (6.12%) Junior
11 6 (6.12%) Programmer
11 6 (6.12%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.12%) .NET
1 6 (6.12%) ASP.NET
1 6 (6.12%) Classic ASP
1 6 (6.12%) HTML
1 6 (6.12%) HTML5
1 6 (6.12%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 12 (12.24%) Driving Licence
3 9 (9.18%) iPad
3 9 (9.18%) Smartphone
4 8 (8.16%) Management Information System
5 7 (7.14%) Cyberattack
5 7 (7.14%) Data Centre
6 4 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.06%) Fat Client
7 3 (3.06%) Thin Client
8 2 (2.04%) SCADA
9 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (35.71%) Windows Server
2 15 (15.31%) Linux
3 11 (11.22%) Unix
4 9 (9.18%) Windows Phone
5 6 (6.12%) Windows 10
6 5 (5.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (4.08%) Debian
8 3 (3.06%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.63%) ITIL
2 23 (23.47%) Customer Service
3 21 (21.43%) Coaching
3 21 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (17.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (16.33%) ITSM
5 16 (16.33%) Mentoring
6 13 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (10.20%) Architecture Roadmap
7 10 (10.20%) Change Management
7 10 (10.20%) Dashboard Development
7 10 (10.20%) Roadmaps
8 9 (9.18%) Agile
8 9 (9.18%) CRM
9 8 (8.16%) Service Management
10 7 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (7.14%) Incident Response
10 7 (7.14%) Migration
11 6 (6.12%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.20%) SQL
2 6 (6.12%) C#
2 6 (6.12%) JavaScript
2 6 (6.12%) VB
2 6 (6.12%) VBScript
3 5 (5.10%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (24.49%) Degree
2 8 (8.16%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.08%) CCNA
3 4 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.08%) MCSE
3 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.06%) CISSP
4 3 (3.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.04%) GIAC
5 2 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.04%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.02%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.02%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.18%) Terminal Services
3 8 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.06%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.04%) vSphere
6 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (9.18%) AirWatch
2 4 (4.08%) Ansible
2 4 (4.08%) Terraform
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (47.96%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.31%) VMware
3 6 (6.12%) Dynatrace
3 6 (6.12%) Splunk
4 4 (4.08%) BMC
5 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.04%) CA
6 2 (2.04%) Cisco
6 2 (2.04%) Sophos
7 1 (1.02%) Google
7 1 (1.02%) Spotify
7 1 (1.02%) Veeam