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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -22 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 19 30 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 4.39% 14.63% 11.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 79.17% 100.00% 90.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 33
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,100 -
25th Percentile £30,063 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £27,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £43,750
90th Percentile - £35,250 £54,000
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -17.65%

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 24 30 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 5.54% 14.63% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 18 8 35
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,100 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £27,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £46,875
90th Percentile £49,600 £35,250 £57,400
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £33,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -9.77% -16.88% -11.11%

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
Salary Histogram in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Lincolnshire

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 2 February 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
Lincoln -4 6 £37,500 - 1
Spalding -1 3 £32,500 - 1
Scunthorpe -5 3 £27,000 -1.82%
Grimsby - 2 £35,000 - 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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.26%) Blender
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (47.37%) Azure
3 8 (42.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) DHCP
1 6 (31.58%) DNS
1 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
1 6 (31.58%) VPN
2 3 (15.79%) SD-WAN
2 3 (15.79%) VLAN
2 3 (15.79%) VoIP
2 3 (15.79%) WAN
2 3 (15.79%) Wireless
3 2 (10.53%) Remote Desktop
General
1 8 (42.11%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
4 3 (15.79%) Retail
5 2 (10.53%) Automotive
5 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Games
6 1 (5.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) IT Support
2 5 (26.32%) IT Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Support Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (21.05%) IT Technician
3 4 (21.05%) Support Technician
4 3 (15.79%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (15.79%) 1st Line Support Technician
4 3 (15.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 3 (15.79%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Service Desk Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Senior
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Technician
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (5.26%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) Acoustics
2 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Mac OS
3 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Data Cleansing
2 6 (31.58%) ERP
2 6 (31.58%) ITSM
3 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (26.32%) Project Delivery
3 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
4 4 (21.05%) Process Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Application Packaging
5 3 (15.79%) CRM
5 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
5 3 (15.79%) Identity Management
5 3 (15.79%) Logistics
5 3 (15.79%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (15.79%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Task Automation
5 3 (15.79%) Time Management
5 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (10.53%) Nagios
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Apple
2 3 (15.79%) Logitech
2 3 (15.79%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Yealink
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Epicor
3 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
3 2 (10.53%) TP-LINK
4 1 (5.26%) Adobe
4 1 (5.26%) Google