Windows Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Microsoft Windows
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lincolnshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 16 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 30 16 75
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 4.05% 7.73% 11.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 78.95% 88.89% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 28 5 68
10th Percentile - £37,950 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £40,500 £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +6.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £33,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £34,125 £52,500 £52,500
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,966
% change year-on-year - -4.32% -14.98%

All Operating Systems
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 18 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 5.14% 8.70% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 30 5 70
10th Percentile - £37,950 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £40,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +6.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £33,750 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £35,375 £52,500 £52,500
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% -15.00% -13.04%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Windows

Windows
Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 6 July 2026. 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
Spalding +1 18 £28,250 -48.64%
Lincoln - 4 £30,000 - 6
Grimsby -5 2 £35,000 - 1
Immingham - 1 - -
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (40.00%) Azure
3 11 (36.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (56.67%) DNS
2 16 (53.33%) DHCP
2 16 (53.33%) Wireless
3 15 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 15 (50.00%) VPN
4 8 (26.67%) VLAN
4 8 (26.67%) VoIP
5 6 (20.00%) SD-WAN
5 6 (20.00%) WAN
6 4 (13.33%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (6.67%) Firewall
8 1 (3.33%) DMZ
8 1 (3.33%) Ethernet
8 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Legal
3 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Automotive
4 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Military
5 1 (3.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) IT Support
2 13 (43.33%) IT Engineer
2 13 (43.33%) Support Engineer
3 12 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 10 (33.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 10 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (13.33%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (13.33%) IT Technician
5 4 (13.33%) Support Technician
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Business Systems Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Systems Support
8 1 (3.33%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 9 (30.00%) CCTV
3 6 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Windows Server
2 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (26.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) ITSM
2 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (30.00%) CRM
3 9 (30.00%) Identity Management
3 9 (30.00%) Time Management
4 8 (26.67%) Application Packaging
4 8 (26.67%) E-Commerce
4 8 (26.67%) Service Delivery
4 8 (26.67%) Task Automation
5 6 (20.00%) ERP
5 6 (20.00%) Logistics
5 6 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 5 (16.67%) Process Improvement
7 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (13.33%) ITIL
7 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
9 2 (6.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 9 (30.00%) Degree
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) GDPR
2 8 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (76.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (26.67%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (6.67%) Nagios
Vendors
1 20 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Apple
2 8 (26.67%) Logitech
2 8 (26.67%) Yealink
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) Epicor
3 2 (6.67%) SolarWinds
3 2 (6.67%) TP-LINK
4 1 (3.33%) HP
4 1 (3.33%) iManage
4 1 (3.33%) VMware