Windows Jobs in London

Microsoft Windows
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,102 1,984 2,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.52% 8.41% 8.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.09% 65.11% 54.12%
Number of salaries quoted 801 1,588 2,429
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £91,991 £93,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.53%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,804 3,047 5,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.95% 12.92% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 2,310 4,142
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £102,500 £111,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in London

Windows
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Windows in London

Windows
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in London

Windows
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London -3 271 £50,000 -9.09% 78
South London +3 54 £37,000 -1.33% 20
West London +5 38 £42,500 +25.00% 33
East London -21 23 £58,500 +14.15% 16
North London +3 15 £42,500 +21.43% 5
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 183 (16.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 143 (12.98%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.27%) IIS
4 11 (1.00%) nginx
5 6 (0.54%) Confluence
6 5 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.45%) Moodle
6 5 (0.45%) WordPress
7 4 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.27%) Apache
8 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.091%) CMS
10 1 (0.091%) JBoss
10 1 (0.091%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.091%) SAS
10 1 (0.091%) WebSphere
Applications
1 169 (15.34%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 11 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.45%) Blender
7 5 (0.45%) CINEMA 4D
7 5 (0.45%) Maya
8 4 (0.36%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.091%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 8 (0.73%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 7 (0.64%) Elite 3E
2 7 (0.64%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.54%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.45%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.45%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
5 4 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.091%) Eikon
6 1 (0.091%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.091%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 478 (43.38%) Azure
2 439 (39.84%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (14.88%) AWS
4 160 (14.52%) Entra ID
5 68 (6.17%) OneDrive
6 55 (4.99%) SaaS
7 40 (3.63%) Mimecast
8 36 (3.27%) PaaS
9 32 (2.90%) GCP
10 30 (2.72%) IaaS
11 26 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (2.27%) Power Platform
13 21 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
14 20 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (1.63%) Azure AKS
15 18 (1.63%) Google Workspace
16 14 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
17 12 (1.09%) GitHub
18 11 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 191 (17.33%) Firewall
2 153 (13.88%) DNS
3 118 (10.71%) DHCP
4 99 (8.98%) VPN
5 83 (7.53%) TCP/IP
6 82 (7.44%) LAN
7 81 (7.35%) WAN
8 67 (6.08%) Broadband
9 57 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
10 47 (4.26%) Network Security
11 46 (4.17%) VLAN
12 43 (3.90%) SAN
13 37 (3.36%) Wireless
14 28 (2.54%) Structured Cabling
15 22 (2.00%) WebEx
16 21 (1.91%) VoIP
17 20 (1.81%) Internet
18 18 (1.63%) Cisco IOS
18 18 (1.63%) PBX
19 14 (1.27%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.27%) DB2
3 29 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (1.72%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (0.91%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.91%) Power BI
7 6 (0.54%) Metadata
8 5 (0.45%) MySQL
9 4 (0.36%) Data Hub
9 4 (0.36%) SQL CLR
10 3 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.18%) Redis
12 1 (0.091%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 32 (2.90%) Git
2 27 (2.45%) JIRA
3 22 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.91%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.64%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.45%) Artifactory
6 5 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.36%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.27%) GitLab
8 3 (0.27%) MSI
9 2 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.18%) AutoIt
9 2 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.18%) Maven
9 2 (0.18%) Plastic SCM
10 1 (0.091%) Ant
10 1 (0.091%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.091%) Subversion
10 1 (0.091%) TestRail
General
1 430 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 295 (26.77%) Finance
3 104 (9.44%) Law
4 91 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (7.26%) Banking
6 64 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (5.81%) Legal
7 34 (3.09%) Telecoms
8 31 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (2.27%) Back Office
9 25 (2.27%) Marketing
10 19 (1.72%) Retail
11 17 (1.54%) Front Office
11 17 (1.54%) Investment Banking
12 14 (1.27%) Advertising
12 14 (1.27%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.00%) Local Government
14 10 (0.91%) Games
14 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 295 (26.77%) Analyst
2 191 (17.33%) Support Analyst
3 183 (16.61%) Support Engineer
4 166 (15.06%) IT Support
5 161 (14.61%) Senior
6 123 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 97 (8.80%) IT Analyst
8 80 (7.26%) IT Support Analyst
9 78 (7.08%) Desktop Support
10 59 (5.35%) IT Engineer
11 53 (4.81%) Service Analyst
12 52 (4.72%) Applications Support
13 47 (4.26%) Lead
14 45 (4.08%) Service Desk Analyst
15 44 (3.99%) 2nd Line Support
15 44 (3.99%) Applications Support Analyst
16 43 (3.90%) Azure Engineer
17 41 (3.72%) IT Support Engineer
18 38 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
18 38 (3.45%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.36%) .NET
2 19 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
3 18 (1.63%) .NET Framework
4 16 (1.45%) AngularJS
5 15 (1.36%) React
6 14 (1.27%) ASP.NET
6 14 (1.27%) HTML
7 13 (1.18%) jQuery
7 13 (1.18%) REST
7 13 (1.18%) SAML
8 12 (1.09%) LDAP
9 10 (0.91%) Backbone.js
9 10 (0.91%) Bootstrap
9 10 (0.91%) Ember.js
9 10 (0.91%) WPF
10 9 (0.82%) HTML5
11 8 (0.73%) CSS
11 8 (0.73%) Middleware
11 8 (0.73%) Node.js
11 8 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.90%) Data Centre
2 52 (4.72%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 47 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 39 (3.54%) Video Conferencing
5 35 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 32 (2.90%) Public Cloud
7 29 (2.63%) iPhone
8 23 (2.09%) Hedge funds
9 19 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
9 19 (1.72%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.63%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.54%) Clustering
11 17 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
12 15 (1.36%) e-Learning
12 15 (1.36%) Social Media
13 14 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.18%) Podcast
15 12 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (1.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 351 (31.85%) Windows Server
2 254 (23.05%) Linux
3 232 (21.05%) Windows 10
4 113 (10.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 60 (5.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 47 (4.26%) Android
6 47 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 45 (4.08%) Apple iOS
8 41 (3.72%) Mac OS
9 34 (3.09%) Unix
10 20 (1.81%) Windows Vista
11 18 (1.63%) Mac OS X
11 18 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 18 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (1.18%) Ubuntu
13 11 (1.00%) AIX
14 10 (0.91%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.82%) Debian
16 7 (0.64%) CentOS
16 7 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
2 224 (20.33%) ITIL
3 172 (15.61%) Customer Service
4 162 (14.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 96 (8.71%) Coaching
6 83 (7.53%) Proactive Maintenance
7 82 (7.44%) DevOps
8 79 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
8 79 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
8 79 (7.17%) ITSM
9 75 (6.81%) Computer Science
9 75 (6.81%) Proactive Monitoring
10 73 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 67 (6.08%) Broadcast Engineering
11 67 (6.08%) Post-Production
11 67 (6.08%) Procure-to-Pay
12 66 (5.99%) Mentoring
13 62 (5.63%) Incident Management
14 61 (5.54%) Agile
14 61 (5.54%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 248 (22.50%) PowerShell
2 138 (12.52%) SQL
3 124 (11.25%) Python
4 51 (4.63%) C#
5 44 (3.99%) Bash
6 27 (2.45%) PL/SQL
7 25 (2.27%) VB.NET
8 23 (2.09%) JavaScript
9 19 (1.72%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.27%) Java
10 14 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.54%) Delphi
11 6 (0.54%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.45%) C++
13 3 (0.27%) Go
13 3 (0.27%) Groovy
13 3 (0.27%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.27%) PHP
13 3 (0.27%) R
13 3 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 270 (24.50%) Degree
2 67 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 64 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (4.26%) Azure Certification
5 47 (4.26%) CCNA
6 30 (2.72%) CISSP
7 29 (2.63%) A+ Certification
8 27 (2.45%) Security Cleared
9 24 (2.18%) CCNP
10 22 (2.00%) GCIH
11 20 (1.81%) DBS Check
12 18 (1.63%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.63%) GCIA
13 17 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 17 (1.54%) OSCP
14 16 (1.45%) MCSE
15 15 (1.36%) CEH
15 15 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (8.80%) SLA
2 22 (2.00%) GDPR
3 20 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.36%) QA
5 12 (1.09%) NIST
6 10 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.36%) FINRA
10 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.091%) COBIT
13 1 (0.091%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.091%) PMO
System Software
1 560 (50.82%) Active Directory
2 170 (15.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (6.90%) Hyper-V
4 60 (5.44%) VMware ESXi
5 33 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (2.18%) vSphere
7 23 (2.09%) Docker
8 16 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (1.18%) Firmware
9 13 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (1.00%) XenApp
11 4 (0.36%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.27%) Samba
12 3 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.27%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.18%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.18%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 209 (18.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 125 (11.34%) SCCM
3 83 (7.53%) Terraform
4 72 (6.53%) Ansible
5 57 (5.17%) Kubernetes
6 29 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (2.09%) WSUS
8 18 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
9 17 (1.54%) NetBackup
9 17 (1.54%) Prometheus
10 14 (1.27%) SCOM
10 14 (1.27%) vCenter Server
11 12 (1.09%) Grafana
12 10 (0.91%) Puppet
13 6 (0.54%) Nagios
14 5 (0.45%) Graylog
14 5 (0.45%) Nessus
14 5 (0.45%) Opsgenie
14 5 (0.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 616 (55.90%) Microsoft
2 252 (22.87%) VMware
3 135 (12.25%) Cisco
4 120 (10.89%) Citrix
5 81 (7.35%) ServiceNow
6 74 (6.72%) Sun
7 53 (4.81%) Apple
8 46 (4.17%) Veeam
9 45 (4.08%) Meraki
10 34 (3.09%) Palo Alto
11 33 (2.99%) SolarWinds
12 32 (2.90%) Oracle
13 31 (2.81%) iManage
14 26 (2.36%) HP
15 24 (2.18%) Red Hat
16 21 (1.91%) Adobe
16 21 (1.91%) Dell
16 21 (1.91%) Fortinet
17 20 (1.81%) IBM
18 18 (1.63%) Google