Windows Jobs in London

Microsoft Windows
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 30 49
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 -18
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,036 2,979 4,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.67% 8.32% 7.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.30% 53.70% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 2,463 3,445
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £28,800
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,650 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% +0.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £93,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £40,132 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.79% +3.53% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
London

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,118 5,547 11,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.28% 15.49% 17.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 4,239 6,291
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,548 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -1 434 £55,000 +4.76% 51
West London -17 95 £33,625 -17.99% 25
South London -20 50 £38,500 -18.95% 24
East London +1 48 £55,000 +15.79% 18
North London -13 8 £37,500 +14.34% 4
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
1 494 (24.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 242 (11.89%) SharePoint
3 58 (2.85%) IIS
4 28 (1.38%) Skype for Business
5 23 (1.13%) Confluence
6 20 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
7 18 (0.88%) Tomcat
8 16 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
9 15 (0.74%) Apache
9 15 (0.74%) SAS
10 12 (0.59%) JBoss
11 8 (0.39%) WordPress
12 7 (0.34%) WebLogic
12 7 (0.34%) WebSphere
12 7 (0.34%) WildFly
13 5 (0.25%) CMS
13 5 (0.25%) Site Server
14 3 (0.15%) nginx
14 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.098%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 352 (17.29%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.69%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.49%) Revit
6 7 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.15%) SPSS
10 2 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.098%) InCopy
10 2 (0.098%) InDesign
10 2 (0.098%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.098%) S-PLUS
11 1 (0.049%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.049%) Trello
11 1 (0.049%) Weka
Business Applications
1 29 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.83%) NEC Housing
3 16 (0.79%) Fidessa
4 9 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
5 7 (0.34%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.34%) Teamcenter
5 7 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.25%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.15%) Eikon
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.098%) Farmplan
9 2 (0.098%) KEYPrime
9 2 (0.098%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.049%) Adaptiv
10 1 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.049%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 938 (46.07%) Microsoft 365
2 754 (37.03%) Azure
3 238 (11.69%) AWS
4 225 (11.05%) Entra ID
5 89 (4.37%) OneDrive
6 69 (3.39%) Power Platform
7 68 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (3.34%) GCP
7 68 (3.34%) SaaS
8 52 (2.55%) IaaS
9 51 (2.50%) GitHub
10 48 (2.36%) Mimecast
11 37 (1.82%) WhatsApp
12 36 (1.77%) PaaS
12 36 (1.77%) Serverless
13 35 (1.72%) Power Automate
14 32 (1.57%) Google Workspace
15 31 (1.52%) Amazon S3
16 30 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
17 29 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 358 (17.58%) Firewall
2 304 (14.93%) DNS
3 278 (13.65%) WAN
4 196 (9.63%) Wireless
5 186 (9.14%) LAN
6 180 (8.84%) VPN
7 173 (8.50%) DHCP
8 149 (7.32%) Cisco IOS
9 140 (6.88%) TCP/IP
10 134 (6.58%) SD-WAN
11 119 (5.84%) WebEx
12 100 (4.91%) SAN
13 97 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
14 85 (4.17%) Internet
15 59 (2.90%) VLAN
16 48 (2.36%) Network Security
17 44 (2.16%) NAS
18 40 (1.96%) VoIP
19 36 (1.77%) Skype
20 29 (1.42%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (13.02%) SQL Server
2 57 (2.80%) Power BI
3 51 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (2.21%) MySQL
5 40 (1.96%) MongoDB
6 38 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 33 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (1.28%) DB2
10 20 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
13 14 (0.69%) Oracle Database
14 13 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
15 12 (0.59%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.59%) Data Hub
15 12 (0.59%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 10 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
16 10 (0.49%) NoSQL
16 10 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 86 (4.22%) JIRA
2 69 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.00%) Git
4 31 (1.52%) Bitbucket
5 30 (1.47%) GitLab
6 10 (0.49%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 7 (0.34%) CMake
7 7 (0.34%) Snyk
8 6 (0.29%) Subversion
9 5 (0.25%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.25%) Katalon Studio
9 5 (0.25%) Postman
10 4 (0.20%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.15%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.15%) MSI
11 3 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.15%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.098%) Maven
General
1 677 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 537 (26.38%) Finance
3 238 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 197 (9.68%) Banking
5 124 (6.09%) Legal
6 115 (5.65%) Law
7 68 (3.34%) Retail
8 63 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 50 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 45 (2.21%) Public Sector
11 38 (1.87%) Investment Banking
12 36 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (1.67%) Games
14 31 (1.52%) Automotive
15 29 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 28 (1.38%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.23%) Front Office
18 24 (1.18%) Marketing
19 20 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
20 18 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 358 (17.58%) Analyst
2 329 (16.16%) IT Support
3 322 (15.82%) Senior
4 269 (13.21%) Support Engineer
5 192 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 182 (8.94%) Support Analyst
7 150 (7.37%) IT Engineer
8 147 (7.22%) Support Specialist
9 131 (6.43%) IT Analyst
10 115 (5.65%) IT Support Specialist
11 110 (5.40%) Lead
12 96 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support
13 92 (4.52%) IT Support Engineer
14 89 (4.37%) Consultant
15 86 (4.22%) Desktop Support
16 85 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
16 85 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
17 83 (4.08%) Applications Support
18 81 (3.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 79 (3.88%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (3.29%) .NET
2 49 (2.41%) HTML
3 41 (2.01%) CSS
4 31 (1.52%) REST
5 28 (1.38%) LDAP
5 28 (1.38%) YAML
6 27 (1.33%) WPF
7 26 (1.28%) HTML5
8 24 (1.18%) ARM Templates
8 24 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
9 20 (0.98%) React
10 19 (0.93%) Middleware
11 18 (0.88%) Web Services
12 17 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
13 16 (0.79%) ASP.NET
14 14 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (0.64%) RESTful
16 12 (0.59%) JSON
16 12 (0.59%) Kafka
17 10 (0.49%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 202 (9.92%) Video Conferencing
2 107 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 106 (5.21%) Wiki
4 89 (4.37%) Management Information System
5 76 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
6 65 (3.19%) Replication
7 55 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 52 (2.55%) Clustering
9 43 (2.11%) Smartphone
10 42 (2.06%) Onboarding
11 41 (2.01%) PKI
12 39 (1.92%) iPad
13 38 (1.87%) Cyberattack
14 34 (1.67%) iPhone
15 33 (1.62%) Blackberry
16 29 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
17 28 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
18 26 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
19 25 (1.23%) Security Posture
20 22 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 649 (31.88%) Windows Server
2 530 (26.03%) Windows 10
3 463 (22.74%) Linux
4 176 (8.64%) Android
5 119 (5.84%) Mac OS
5 119 (5.84%) Unix
6 98 (4.81%) Apple iOS
7 91 (4.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 84 (4.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 81 (3.98%) Ubuntu
10 71 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (2.60%) Windows 7
12 51 (2.50%) VMS
13 42 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
14 39 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 37 (1.82%) Mac OS X
16 33 (1.62%) CentOS
17 27 (1.33%) Solaris
18 21 (1.03%) zOS
19 14 (0.69%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (17.49%) ITIL
2 347 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
3 249 (12.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 236 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
5 233 (11.44%) Customer Service
6 206 (10.12%) Computer Science
7 185 (9.09%) DevOps
8 183 (8.99%) Agile
9 172 (8.45%) Business Continuity
10 159 (7.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 158 (7.76%) ITSM
12 149 (7.32%) Mobile Device Management
13 127 (6.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 124 (6.09%) BCP
15 122 (5.99%) Service Management
16 116 (5.70%) Business Continuity Planning
17 110 (5.40%) Application Virtualisation
17 110 (5.40%) CI/CD
18 109 (5.35%) Mentoring
18 109 (5.35%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 404 (19.84%) PowerShell
2 328 (16.11%) SQL
3 183 (8.99%) Python
4 154 (7.56%) Bash
5 105 (5.16%) C#
6 67 (3.29%) JavaScript
7 58 (2.85%) Perl
8 54 (2.65%) T-SQL
9 43 (2.11%) Java
10 39 (1.92%) Ruby
11 23 (1.13%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.69%) Korn
13 12 (0.59%) C++
14 10 (0.49%) RPG
15 9 (0.44%) C
16 8 (0.39%) PHP
17 6 (0.29%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.29%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.25%) SAS Macro
19 3 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 459 (22.54%) Degree
2 146 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 138 (6.78%) Master's Degree
4 130 (6.39%) Security Cleared
5 101 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (3.59%) DV Cleared
7 68 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
8 54 (2.65%) MCSE
9 49 (2.41%) SC Cleared
10 46 (2.26%) MCSA
11 43 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 37 (1.82%) A+ Certification
12 37 (1.82%) Azure Certification
13 36 (1.77%) CISSP
14 35 (1.72%) CCNA
15 31 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 28 (1.38%) DBS Check
17 25 (1.23%) MBA
18 24 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
19 23 (1.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (7.02%) SLA
2 51 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (1.92%) GDPR
4 31 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.08%) NIST
7 19 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 15 (0.74%) PMO
8 15 (0.74%) QA
9 14 (0.69%) COBIT
10 10 (0.49%) GRC
10 10 (0.49%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.39%) ITGC
12 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.15%) NCSC
14 2 (0.098%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.098%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.098%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,031 (50.64%) Active Directory
2 341 (16.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 204 (10.02%) VMware ESXi
4 120 (5.89%) XenApp
5 117 (5.75%) XenDesktop
6 106 (5.21%) Microsoft App-V
7 87 (4.27%) Hyper-V
8 63 (3.09%) Docker
9 54 (2.65%) vSphere
10 44 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
11 41 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
12 39 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
13 19 (0.93%) Firmware
14 15 (0.74%) vCloud
15 6 (0.29%) DFS Replication
15 6 (0.29%) Forefront TMG
15 6 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.20%) Terminal Services
18 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 273 (13.41%) SCCM
2 223 (10.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 141 (6.93%) Ansible
4 129 (6.34%) Terraform
5 109 (5.35%) AirWatch
6 87 (4.27%) Kubernetes
7 62 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
7 62 (3.05%) vCenter Server
8 50 (2.46%) Puppet
9 42 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
10 34 (1.67%) Microsoft Clustering
11 32 (1.57%) Grafana
12 23 (1.13%) WSUS
13 22 (1.08%) SCOM
14 21 (1.03%) Nagios
15 20 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 14 (0.69%) Nessus
16 14 (0.69%) NetBackup
16 14 (0.69%) Progress Chef
16 14 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1,014 (49.80%) Microsoft
2 480 (23.58%) VMware
3 312 (15.32%) Cisco
4 231 (11.35%) Citrix
5 117 (5.75%) Apple
6 110 (5.40%) Oracle
7 85 (4.17%) Veeam
8 79 (3.88%) HP
9 76 (3.73%) ServiceNow
10 74 (3.63%) Bloomberg
11 70 (3.44%) Red Hat
12 61 (3.00%) Google
13 56 (2.75%) Palo Alto
14 48 (2.36%) Commvault
15 46 (2.26%) Meraki
16 43 (2.11%) iManage
16 43 (2.11%) Sun
17 42 (2.06%) NetApp
18 41 (2.01%) IBM
19 39 (1.92%) Qualys