Windows Jobs in Leicestershire

Microsoft Windows
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 7 21
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 51 170 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 7.19% 15.47% 11.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.93% 80.57% 68.84%
Number of salaries quoted 26 88 42
10th Percentile £26,875 £22,500 £23,650
25th Percentile £27,750 £24,875 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,966 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% -4.32% +29.09%
75th Percentile £54,250 £48,750 £55,313
90th Percentile £59,125 £50,700 £56,250
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £39,900
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.28% +28.71%

All Operating Systems
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 58 211 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 8.18% 19.20% 17.10%
Number of salaries quoted 30 119 57
10th Percentile £26,975 £24,400 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +14.95%
75th Percentile £54,250 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £59,675 £61,250 £60,000
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +5.88%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Leicestershire

Windows
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Leicestershire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Leicestershire

Windows
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Leicester -1 13 £37,500 -11.76% 14
Lutterworth -19 10 £37,500 -21.05%
Loughborough +6 6 £28,500 -16.09% 3
Hinckley -26 6 - -
Ashby-de-la-Zouch +4 1 - -
Market Harborough -2 1 £25,000 -
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 6 (11.76%) Confluence
2 4 (7.84%) IIS
3 3 (5.88%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (27.45%) Azure
3 12 (23.53%) AWS
4 7 (13.73%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.96%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) Firewall
1 6 (11.76%) VoIP
1 6 (11.76%) VPN
2 5 (9.80%) DHCP
2 5 (9.80%) DNS
2 5 (9.80%) Internet
3 4 (7.84%) Network Security
3 4 (7.84%) WLAN
4 3 (5.88%) SAN
5 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.96%) LAN
5 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.76%) MySQL
2 6 (11.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) JIRA
2 6 (11.76%) Bitbucket
2 6 (11.76%) Git
3 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.96%) Subversion
3 1 (1.96%) TestComplete
General
1 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Law
4 4 (7.84%) Retail
5 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.92%) Banking
5 2 (3.92%) Finance
6 1 (1.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (45.10%) IT Support
2 10 (19.61%) IT Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) 1st Line Support
3 6 (11.76%) Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) Software Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Service Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Senior
6 3 (5.88%) C# Software Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) C# Software Developer
7 2 (3.92%) Implementation Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Service Desk Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Software Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Software Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (19.61%) .NET
2 4 (7.84%) RESTful
2 4 (7.84%) SOAP
2 4 (7.84%) WPF
3 2 (3.92%) Web Services
4 1 (1.96%) LDAP
4 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.84%) Clustering
4 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.96%) PKI
5 1 (1.96%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.57%) Windows Server
2 10 (19.61%) Linux
3 5 (9.80%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.92%) Android
5 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (27.45%) Mathematics
3 12 (23.53%) Line Management
4 8 (15.69%) ITIL
5 7 (13.73%) Agile
5 7 (13.73%) Mobile Device Management
6 6 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 6 (11.76%) Coaching
6 6 (11.76%) Computer Science
6 6 (11.76%) Continuous Deployment
6 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (11.76%) CRM
6 6 (11.76%) DevSecOps
6 6 (11.76%) Inventory Management
6 6 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (7.84%) IT Asset Management
8 4 (7.84%) Mentoring
8 4 (7.84%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) C#
2 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.84%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) XAML
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) Degree
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (7.84%) CCNA
4 4 (7.84%) CCNP
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (7.84%) LPIC
4 4 (7.84%) MCP
4 4 (7.84%) MCSE
5 3 (5.88%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.92%) MCDST
6 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.96%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) GDPR
2 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (19.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.80%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.92%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) Ansible
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (5.88%) SCCM
3 3 (5.88%) SCOM
4 1 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 25 (49.02%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Atlassian
3 5 (9.80%) Cisco
3 5 (9.80%) VMware
4 2 (3.92%) HP
4 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.96%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.96%) Isilon
5 1 (1.96%) Sophos
5 1 (1.96%) Veeam