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 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 16 33 43
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,910 3,742 3,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.22% 7.92% 7.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.94% 50.81% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,611 3,068 3,100
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £44,400 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.33% +5.88% -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 2,941 7,364 8,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 15.74% 15.58% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,490 5,287 5,800
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,283 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £106,550 £100,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 +4 443 £50,000 -7.41% 102
East London +12 67 £37,500 -16.67% 77
West London +17 64 £43,964 +9.23% 40
South London +7 41 £44,000 +2.33% 25
North London +1 5 £32,720 -18.20% 7
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
1 264 (13.82%) SharePoint
2 197 (10.31%) MS Exchange
3 54 (2.83%) IIS
4 25 (1.31%) Confluence
5 12 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.52%) Apache
6 10 (0.52%) CMS
7 8 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.42%) nginx
7 8 (0.42%) Site Server
8 4 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.21%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.10%) WordPress
10 1 (0.052%) Gunicorn
10 1 (0.052%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.052%) uWSGI
Applications
1 288 (15.08%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.42%) InCopy
7 7 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.37%) InDesign
7 7 (0.37%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.37%) Revit
8 2 (0.10%) S-PLUS
9 1 (0.052%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (0.94%) Fidessa
2 12 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
4 6 (0.31%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.21%) Eikon
6 3 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.10%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.10%) Endur
7 2 (0.10%) EuroRunner
7 2 (0.10%) PlanetPress Connect
7 2 (0.10%) Salerio
8 1 (0.052%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.052%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.052%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.052%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 1,003 (52.51%) Microsoft 365
2 805 (42.15%) Azure
3 263 (13.77%) Entra ID
4 250 (13.09%) AWS
5 99 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
6 84 (4.40%) IaaS
7 82 (4.29%) OneDrive
8 65 (3.40%) PaaS
9 56 (2.93%) SaaS
10 53 (2.77%) Power Platform
11 46 (2.41%) GCP
12 41 (2.15%) GitHub
13 39 (2.04%) Serverless
14 35 (1.83%) Mimecast
14 35 (1.83%) Power Automate
15 32 (1.68%) WhatsApp
16 27 (1.41%) PowerApps
17 26 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (1.36%) Google Workspace
18 21 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 353 (18.48%) Firewall
2 290 (15.18%) DNS
3 260 (13.61%) WAN
4 246 (12.88%) VPN
5 240 (12.57%) DHCP
6 188 (9.84%) LAN
7 171 (8.95%) Wireless
8 142 (7.43%) TCP/IP
9 131 (6.86%) Cisco IOS
10 119 (6.23%) SD-WAN
11 111 (5.81%) WebEx
12 105 (5.50%) Wi-Fi
13 85 (4.45%) SAN
14 84 (4.40%) VLAN
15 78 (4.08%) Internet
16 47 (2.46%) VoIP
17 46 (2.41%) Network Security
18 43 (2.25%) Remote Desktop
19 33 (1.73%) NAS
20 25 (1.31%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.25%) MySQL
3 35 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (1.83%) Power BI
4 29 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (1.26%) Metadata
7 21 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (1.10%) Relational Database
8 17 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (0.47%) DB2
10 9 (0.47%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.31%) Big Data
12 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.26%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 61 (3.19%) JIRA
2 56 (2.93%) Git
3 38 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.62%) GitLab
5 19 (0.99%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.73%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 11 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (0.42%) Postman
9 8 (0.42%) Selenium
9 8 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.31%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.21%) JMeter
12 4 (0.21%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.21%) Subversion
12 4 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 590 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 461 (24.14%) Finance
3 146 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (7.38%) Banking
5 120 (6.28%) Legal
6 103 (5.39%) Law
7 59 (3.09%) Telecoms
8 53 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
9 51 (2.67%) Retail
10 42 (2.20%) Public Sector
11 34 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 32 (1.68%) Marketing
13 30 (1.57%) Investment Banking
14 26 (1.36%) Front Office
14 26 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.26%) Billing
17 22 (1.15%) Financial Institution
18 18 (0.94%) Back Office
19 16 (0.84%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 355 (18.59%) Analyst
2 344 (18.01%) IT Support
3 294 (15.39%) Support Engineer
4 253 (13.25%) Senior
5 238 (12.46%) Support Analyst
6 203 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 164 (8.59%) 2nd Line Support
8 154 (8.06%) IT Engineer
9 133 (6.96%) IT Analyst
10 128 (6.70%) Desktop Support
11 124 (6.49%) Support Specialist
12 117 (6.13%) IT Support Analyst
13 102 (5.34%) Lead
14 101 (5.29%) IT Support Specialist
15 92 (4.82%) IT Support Engineer
16 88 (4.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 82 (4.29%) Desktop Engineer
18 75 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 75 (3.93%) Service Analyst
19 73 (3.82%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (4.45%) .NET
2 37 (1.94%) ASP.NET
3 36 (1.88%) HTML
4 33 (1.73%) AngularJS
5 28 (1.47%) FIX Protocol
5 28 (1.47%) YAML
6 27 (1.41%) ARM Templates
7 25 (1.31%) .NET Framework
8 22 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
9 21 (1.10%) CSS
9 21 (1.10%) JSON
10 19 (0.99%) .NET Core
10 19 (0.99%) Web Services
10 19 (0.99%) XML
11 17 (0.89%) SAML
12 15 (0.79%) Kafka
12 15 (0.79%) Middleware
13 14 (0.73%) ASP.NET Web API
14 12 (0.63%) LDAP
15 11 (0.58%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 141 (7.38%) Video Conferencing
2 99 (5.18%) Wiki
3 79 (4.14%) Data Centre
4 54 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 51 (2.67%) Public Cloud
7 49 (2.57%) Onboarding
7 49 (2.57%) Replication
8 39 (2.04%) Hedge funds
9 33 (1.73%) iPhone
10 31 (1.62%) Smartphone
11 25 (1.31%) Virtual Team
12 24 (1.26%) PKI
13 23 (1.20%) Clustering
14 19 (0.99%) iPad
15 17 (0.89%) CMDB
16 16 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (0.84%) Private Cloud
17 15 (0.79%) Driving Licence
17 15 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 669 (35.03%) Windows Server
2 590 (30.89%) Windows 10
3 363 (19.01%) Linux
4 173 (9.06%) Android
5 136 (7.12%) Mac OS
6 126 (6.60%) Apple iOS
7 122 (6.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 109 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 83 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 73 (3.82%) Unix
11 69 (3.61%) Ubuntu
12 48 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 40 (2.09%) VMS
14 37 (1.94%) Mac OS X
15 35 (1.83%) Windows 7
15 35 (1.83%) Windows Server 2008
16 23 (1.20%) Solaris
17 17 (0.89%) SUSE
18 13 (0.68%) CentOS
19 11 (0.58%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (17.07%) ITIL
2 306 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
3 280 (14.66%) Customer Service
4 249 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 216 (11.31%) DevOps
6 202 (10.58%) Computer Science
7 184 (9.63%) Agile
8 158 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
9 157 (8.22%) Mobile Device Management
10 133 (6.96%) ITSM
11 132 (6.91%) Business Continuity
12 131 (6.86%) Project Management
13 118 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
14 115 (6.02%) Migration
15 108 (5.65%) CI/CD
16 107 (5.60%) Application Virtualisation
17 105 (5.50%) BCP
18 102 (5.34%) Project Delivery
19 99 (5.18%) Asset Management
20 98 (5.13%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 434 (22.72%) PowerShell
2 262 (13.72%) SQL
3 191 (10.00%) Python
4 146 (7.64%) Bash
5 100 (5.24%) C#
6 85 (4.45%) JavaScript
7 51 (2.67%) Java
8 48 (2.51%) Perl
9 35 (1.83%) Ruby
10 29 (1.52%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.05%) C++
12 15 (0.79%) PHP
12 15 (0.79%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.79%) VB
12 15 (0.79%) VB.NET
13 14 (0.73%) Korn
14 12 (0.63%) VBScript
15 9 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
16 8 (0.42%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 368 (19.27%) Degree
2 166 (8.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 120 (6.28%) Master's Degree
4 107 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 66 (3.46%) Cisco Certification
6 63 (3.30%) Security Cleared
7 45 (2.36%) Azure Certification
8 43 (2.25%) MCSA
9 42 (2.20%) CCNA
10 41 (2.15%) MCSE
11 40 (2.09%) SC Cleared
12 31 (1.62%) CISSP
13 27 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 23 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
14 23 (1.20%) MCP
15 22 (1.15%) A+ Certification
16 17 (0.89%) PMP
17 16 (0.84%) AWS Certification
18 15 (0.79%) CCSP
18 15 (0.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (7.12%) SLA
2 68 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (2.20%) QA
4 39 (2.04%) GDPR
5 30 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (1.26%) NIST
7 23 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 15 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.47%) NCSC
10 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.21%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.21%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.16%) PMO
13 2 (0.10%) ITGC
14 1 (0.052%) GLP
14 1 (0.052%) ISO 15022
14 1 (0.052%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.052%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.052%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.052%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1,021 (53.46%) Active Directory
2 328 (17.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (8.22%) Hyper-V
4 153 (8.01%) VMware ESXi
5 114 (5.97%) XenApp
6 103 (5.39%) XenDesktop
7 96 (5.03%) Microsoft App-V
8 69 (3.61%) Docker
9 64 (3.35%) vSphere
10 56 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
11 53 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (1.31%) vCloud
13 23 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
14 15 (0.79%) Firmware
15 8 (0.42%) BitLocker
16 7 (0.37%) DFS Replication
17 5 (0.26%) Varnish
17 5 (0.26%) VMware Server
18 4 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
18 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 320 (16.75%) SCCM
2 300 (15.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 113 (5.92%) Terraform
4 111 (5.81%) Ansible
5 89 (4.66%) AirWatch
6 84 (4.40%) Kubernetes
7 50 (2.62%) Jamf Pro
8 49 (2.57%) Puppet
9 30 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 30 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
10 28 (1.47%) Grafana
11 16 (0.84%) WSUS
12 14 (0.73%) Red Hat Satellite
12 14 (0.73%) ServiceCenter
12 14 (0.73%) vCenter Server
13 12 (0.63%) Nagios
13 12 (0.63%) NetBackup
13 12 (0.63%) SCOM
14 10 (0.52%) Stealthwatch
15 9 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,048 (54.87%) Microsoft
2 457 (23.93%) VMware
3 304 (15.92%) Cisco
4 280 (14.66%) Citrix
5 113 (5.92%) HP
6 110 (5.76%) Apple
7 94 (4.92%) ServiceNow
8 89 (4.66%) Bloomberg
9 67 (3.51%) Meraki
10 65 (3.40%) Dell
11 63 (3.30%) Google
12 54 (2.83%) Oracle
13 45 (2.36%) Adobe
13 45 (2.36%) Splunk
14 44 (2.30%) Veeam
15 43 (2.25%) iManage
16 39 (2.04%) Red Hat
17 31 (1.62%) Reuters
18 30 (1.57%) Palo Alto
19 28 (1.47%) Sun