Windows Jobs in Leeds

Microsoft Windows
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 26 36
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 58 173 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 7.40% 7.25% 6.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 79.45% 68.65% 61.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43 144 126
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,050 £25,098
25th Percentile £26,750 £36,167 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £73,608 £65,438 £75,646
West Yorkshire median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.59% +6.25% +14.29%

All Operating Systems
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 73 252 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 9.31% 10.56% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 56 191 189
10th Percentile £26,375 £31,000 £25,950
25th Percentile £26,750 £38,890 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £61,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £65,625 £84,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Leeds

Windows
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Windows in Leeds

Windows
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Leeds over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Leeds

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 13 (22.41%) SharePoint
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.41%) Azure
1 13 (22.41%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (20.69%) AWS
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (6.90%) SaaS
4 3 (5.17%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.72%) IaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.72%) PaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.76%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (17.24%) Wireless
3 9 (15.52%) DNS
4 7 (12.07%) DHCP
5 5 (8.62%) Firewall
5 5 (8.62%) VPN
6 4 (6.90%) DKIM
6 4 (6.90%) DMARC
6 4 (6.90%) DNSSEC
6 4 (6.90%) Internet
6 4 (6.90%) SMTP
6 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.45%) NAS
7 2 (3.45%) SAN
7 2 (3.45%) VLAN
8 1 (1.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) JIRA
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 19 (32.76%) Law
3 10 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Finance
6 4 (6.90%) Banking
7 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.72%) Legal
8 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (43.10%) Analyst
2 21 (36.21%) IT Support
3 19 (32.76%) Support Analyst
4 18 (31.03%) 2nd Line Support
5 16 (27.59%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 13 (22.41%) IT Analyst
7 9 (15.52%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (8.62%) Help Desk Analyst
9 5 (8.62%) Lead
10 4 (6.90%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (3.45%) Applications Support
11 2 (3.45%) Applications Support Analyst
11 2 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
11 2 (3.45%) IT Engineer
11 2 (3.45%) Service Analyst
11 2 (3.45%) Service Designer
11 2 (3.45%) Service Desk Analyst
11 2 (3.45%) Support Engineer
11 2 (3.45%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.45%) NHS
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (41.38%) Linux
2 22 (37.93%) Windows Server
3 19 (32.76%) Mac OS X
4 14 (24.14%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (20.69%) Line Management
3 11 (18.97%) Service Delivery
4 10 (17.24%) Customer Service
4 10 (17.24%) Mathematics
5 9 (15.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (5.17%) Change Management
7 3 (5.17%) Coaching
7 3 (5.17%) DevOps
7 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (5.17%) ITIL
7 3 (5.17%) Server Management
8 2 (3.45%) Agile
8 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (3.45%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (3.45%) ITSM
8 2 (3.45%) Mentoring
8 2 (3.45%) Performance Metrics
8 2 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) Python
2 13 (22.41%) SQL
3 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.45%) Bicep
5 1 (1.72%) Bash
5 1 (1.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Degree
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (17.24%) CCNP
2 10 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (17.24%) MCSA
3 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 33 (56.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.45%) Firmware
3 2 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.72%) pfSense
4 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Ansible
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.17%) WSUS
3 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (3.45%) SCCM
3 2 (3.45%) SCOM
3 2 (3.45%) Terraform
4 1 (1.72%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 24 (41.38%) Cisco
2 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.90%) IronPort
3 4 (6.90%) Veritas
3 4 (6.90%) VMware
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle
4 2 (3.45%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.45%) Veeam
5 1 (1.72%) Citrix
5 1 (1.72%) Commvault
5 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds