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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 18 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -15 +19
Permanent jobs citing Windows 28 10 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 3.85% 7.04% 13.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.35% 90.91% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 26 2 71
10th Percentile - £36,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £37,500 £29,083
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £34,375 £43,250 £52,500
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year - -5.80% -13.53%

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 34 11 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 4.67% 7.75% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26 2 73
10th Percentile - £36,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £34,375 £43,250 £52,500
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -18.75% -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
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 7 May 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 0 18 £28,250 -
Lincoln - 3 £32,000 - 1
Grimsby -5 2 £35,000 -
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 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.57%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 25 (89.29%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (39.29%) Azure
3 10 (35.71%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) DHCP
1 16 (57.14%) DNS
1 16 (57.14%) Wireless
2 15 (53.57%) TCP/IP
3 14 (50.00%) VPN
4 8 (28.57%) VLAN
4 8 (28.57%) VoIP
5 6 (21.43%) SD-WAN
5 6 (21.43%) WAN
6 2 (7.14%) Firewall
6 2 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (3.57%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Legal
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Automotive
4 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Games
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) IT Support
2 12 (42.86%) Support Engineer
3 11 (39.29%) IT Engineer
3 11 (39.29%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (28.57%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 8 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (14.29%) IT Technician
5 4 (14.29%) Support Technician
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support
8 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) IT Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) IT Support Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) Senior
8 1 (3.57%) Senior Technician
8 1 (3.57%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (3.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 15 (53.57%) Driving Licence
2 9 (32.14%) CCTV
3 4 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.57%) Acoustics
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Windows Server
2 9 (32.14%) Mac OS
2 9 (32.14%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) ITSM
2 9 (32.14%) Identity Management
2 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (32.14%) Time Management
3 8 (28.57%) Application Packaging
3 8 (28.57%) CRM
3 8 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 8 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 8 (28.57%) Task Automation
4 6 (21.43%) ERP
4 6 (21.43%) Logistics
4 6 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (17.86%) Problem Management
5 5 (17.86%) Process Improvement
6 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.29%) ITIL
6 4 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
7 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) DBS Check
2 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) GDPR
2 8 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (67.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Jamf Pro
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (7.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Apple
2 8 (28.57%) Logitech
2 8 (28.57%) Yealink
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) Epicor
3 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
3 2 (7.14%) TP-LINK
4 1 (3.57%) Adobe
4 1 (3.57%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) iManage
4 1 (3.57%) VMware