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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 23 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 61 171 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 7.41% 6.82% 7.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 80.26% 69.51% 63.07%
Number of salaries quoted 56 139 123
10th Percentile £26,375 £28,750 £25,039
25th Percentile £26,750 £35,875 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £56,875 £60,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,125 £77,542
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +17.65%

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 76 246 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 9.23% 9.82% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 69 188 179
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,275 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £38,890 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,550 £65,625 £80,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

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 25 June 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 15 (24.59%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) Azure
2 19 (31.15%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (14.75%) Entra ID
4 7 (11.48%) AWS
5 5 (8.20%) OneDrive
6 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (6.56%) SaaS
7 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.64%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.64%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 19 (31.15%) Cisco IOS
2 17 (27.87%) DNS
3 16 (26.23%) DHCP
4 12 (19.67%) Firewall
5 10 (16.39%) Wireless
6 9 (14.75%) VLAN
6 9 (14.75%) VPN
7 8 (13.11%) TCP/IP
8 6 (9.84%) SAN
9 4 (6.56%) DKIM
9 4 (6.56%) DMARC
9 4 (6.56%) DNSSEC
9 4 (6.56%) Internet
9 4 (6.56%) SMTP
9 4 (6.56%) VoIP
10 3 (4.92%) Network Security
11 2 (3.28%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
General
1 21 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 19 (31.15%) Law
3 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Finance
5 4 (6.56%) Banking
6 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (40.98%) Analyst
2 21 (34.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 18 (29.51%) Support Analyst
4 16 (26.23%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 14 (22.95%) IT Analyst
6 13 (21.31%) IT Support
7 12 (19.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (14.75%) IT Support Analyst
9 8 (13.11%) Lead
10 6 (9.84%) Help Desk Analyst
11 5 (8.20%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (8.20%) Support Technician
12 4 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
12 4 (6.56%) IT Engineer
13 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 3 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
13 3 (4.92%) IT Support Technician
13 3 (4.92%) IT Technician
13 3 (4.92%) Lead DevOps
13 3 (4.92%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 4 (6.56%) Clustering
2 4 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.28%) NHS
5 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (55.74%) Linux
2 30 (49.18%) Windows Server
3 20 (32.79%) Windows 10
4 19 (31.15%) Mac OS X
5 7 (11.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.64%) Unix
7 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (22.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (19.67%) Customer Service
4 10 (16.39%) Service Delivery
5 7 (11.48%) Containerisation
6 5 (8.20%) Coaching
6 5 (8.20%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (8.20%) DevOps
6 5 (8.20%) Server Management
7 4 (6.56%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 3 (4.92%) Change Management
8 3 (4.92%) ITIL
8 3 (4.92%) Network Virtualisation
8 3 (4.92%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (4.92%) Project Management
8 3 (4.92%) Storage Management
8 3 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (4.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (4.92%) Vendor Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (42.62%) Python
2 12 (19.67%) SQL
3 9 (14.75%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) Bash
4 1 (1.64%) Bicep
4 1 (1.64%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (24.59%) Degree
3 10 (16.39%) CCNP
3 10 (16.39%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (16.39%) MCSA
4 7 (11.48%) AWS Certification
5 3 (4.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 3 (4.92%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 40 (65.57%) Active Directory
2 17 (27.87%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.28%) Firmware
3 2 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.64%) pfSense
4 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (18.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (13.11%) Ansible
3 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 7 (11.48%) SCCM
3 7 (11.48%) SCOM
3 7 (11.48%) WSUS
4 5 (8.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.64%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.64%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (40.98%) Cisco
1 25 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.48%) Oracle
2 7 (11.48%) Red Hat
3 4 (6.56%) Dell
3 4 (6.56%) HP
3 4 (6.56%) IronPort
3 4 (6.56%) SonicWALL
3 4 (6.56%) Supermicro
3 4 (6.56%) Veritas
3 4 (6.56%) VMware
4 1 (1.64%) Commvault
4 1 (1.64%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.64%) Veeam