Windows Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 27 20
Rank change year-on-year -13 -7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 862 1,046 1,980
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.23% 8.29% 8.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.84% 61.57% 65.26%
Number of salaries quoted 652 812 1,609
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,525 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,375 £40,709 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £92,092
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.57%

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 1,465 1,699 3,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.19% 13.46% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,237 2,336
10th Percentile £32,300 £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £113,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Windows job vacancy trend in London

Windows
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

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 9 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
Central London -3 253 £50,000 - 59
South London +14 29 £35,000 -9.09% 11
North London +4 10 £43,750 +2.94% 3
West London -33 10 £40,000 -5.88% 13
East London -20 4 £44,750 -23.50% 8
Windows
England

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1 168 (19.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (16.01%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.09%) Confluence
4 12 (1.39%) IIS
5 4 (0.46%) Apache
5 4 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.23%) JBoss
6 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Site Server
Applications
1 113 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.58%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.58%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Avid Media Composer
7 2 (0.23%) Pro Tools
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 447 (51.86%) Microsoft 365
2 408 (47.33%) Azure
3 184 (21.35%) Entra ID
4 117 (13.57%) AWS
5 84 (9.74%) OneDrive
6 54 (6.26%) SaaS
7 45 (5.22%) Google Workspace
8 42 (4.87%) GCP
9 29 (3.36%) Datadog
9 29 (3.36%) IaaS
10 28 (3.25%) PaaS
11 23 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (2.44%) Power Platform
14 19 (2.20%) GitHub
15 18 (2.09%) Mimecast
16 17 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
18 13 (1.51%) Microsoft Copilot
19 12 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 182 (21.11%) DNS
2 160 (18.56%) Firewall
3 153 (17.75%) DHCP
4 138 (16.01%) VPN
5 107 (12.41%) Wi-Fi
6 104 (12.06%) TCP/IP
7 79 (9.16%) WAN
8 66 (7.66%) LAN
9 64 (7.42%) VLAN
10 57 (6.61%) SAN
11 35 (4.06%) Network Security
12 28 (3.25%) VoIP
13 22 (2.55%) WebEx
14 18 (2.09%) Wireless
15 16 (1.86%) Internet
16 15 (1.74%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.62%) Cisco IOS
18 12 (1.39%) WinSCP
19 9 (1.04%) WAAS
20 8 (0.93%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.32%) Relational Database
3 19 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (1.86%) DB2
6 14 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.16%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.16%) Tableau
8 6 (0.70%) MySQL
8 6 (0.70%) Power BI
9 5 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.23%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.23%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.12%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 47 (5.45%) Git
2 32 (3.71%) JIRA
3 21 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.32%) Chocolatey
5 18 (2.09%) GitLab
6 17 (1.97%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (0.81%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.46%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.35%) WinDbg
11 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.23%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.23%) JMeter
11 2 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.23%) Selenium
11 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 333 (38.63%) Social Skills
2 251 (29.12%) Finance
3 104 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.24%) Banking
5 63 (7.31%) Law
5 63 (7.31%) Legal
6 43 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (2.78%) Retail
9 20 (2.32%) Telecoms
10 19 (2.20%) Public Sector
11 16 (1.86%) Front Office
12 10 (1.16%) Advertising
13 9 (1.04%) Games
14 8 (0.93%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.93%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.81%) Aviation
15 7 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.81%) Electronics
16 6 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (21.69%) IT Support
2 178 (20.65%) Analyst
3 168 (19.49%) Support Engineer
4 139 (16.13%) IT Engineer
5 133 (15.43%) Senior
6 103 (11.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 100 (11.60%) Support Analyst
8 59 (6.84%) IT Analyst
9 56 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 55 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
11 51 (5.92%) Azure Engineer
12 49 (5.68%) Lead
13 47 (5.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 46 (5.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 46 (5.34%) IT Support Analyst
15 39 (4.52%) Applications Support
16 33 (3.83%) Senior IT Engineer
17 31 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 29 (3.36%) Security Analyst
19 28 (3.25%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.87%) .NET
2 13 (1.51%) HTML
3 12 (1.39%) FIX Protocol
4 11 (1.28%) CSS
4 11 (1.28%) REST
4 11 (1.28%) WPF
5 9 (1.04%) Kafka
6 7 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.81%) Middleware
6 7 (0.81%) OpenID
7 6 (0.70%) EDI
7 6 (0.70%) SAML
8 5 (0.58%) LDAP
8 5 (0.58%) STL
8 5 (0.58%) Web Services
9 4 (0.46%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.46%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.46%) Model Context Protocol
9 4 (0.46%) OAuth
9 4 (0.46%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 59 (6.84%) Video Conferencing
3 55 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 38 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
4 38 (4.41%) Data Centre
5 34 (3.94%) Security Posture
6 31 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 26 (3.02%) CMDB
8 25 (2.90%) Cyber Defence
9 23 (2.67%) iPhone
10 22 (2.55%) Security Operations Centre
11 20 (2.32%) Driving Licence
12 17 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.97%) PKI
12 17 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.86%) Cloud Native
13 16 (1.86%) Digital Signage
13 16 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.86%) Public Cloud
14 14 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 251 (29.12%) Windows Server
2 216 (25.06%) Linux
3 154 (17.87%) Windows 10
4 79 (9.16%) Mac OS
5 53 (6.15%) Apple iOS
6 41 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 32 (3.71%) Android
9 25 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (2.67%) Windows Server 2012
11 18 (2.09%) Unix
12 13 (1.51%) Ubuntu
13 9 (1.04%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.93%) VMS
15 6 (0.70%) CentOS
15 6 (0.70%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.46%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.35%) AIX
19 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
2 176 (20.42%) ITIL
3 114 (13.23%) Customer Service
4 110 (12.76%) ITSM
5 103 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
5 103 (11.95%) Disaster Recovery
6 89 (10.32%) Migration
7 87 (10.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 86 (9.98%) CI/CD
9 85 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 81 (9.40%) Incident Response
10 81 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
11 79 (9.16%) DevOps
12 74 (8.58%) Service Delivery
13 71 (8.24%) Information Security
13 71 (8.24%) SIEM
14 69 (8.00%) Incident Management
15 68 (7.89%) Root Cause Analysis
16 64 (7.42%) Computer Science
17 61 (7.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 259 (30.05%) PowerShell
2 124 (14.39%) Python
3 95 (11.02%) SQL
4 50 (5.80%) C#
5 44 (5.10%) Bash
6 25 (2.90%) Java
7 23 (2.67%) C++
8 22 (2.55%) VB.NET
9 14 (1.62%) Bicep
10 11 (1.28%) C
10 11 (1.28%) JavaScript
10 11 (1.28%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.70%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.70%) VBA
12 5 (0.58%) Go
12 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.58%) VBScript
13 4 (0.46%) Pascal
13 4 (0.46%) Perl
13 4 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 159 (18.45%) Degree
2 73 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (7.08%) Security Cleared
4 44 (5.10%) Azure Certification
5 40 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (4.18%) A+ Certification
7 35 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (3.94%) CISSP
9 30 (3.48%) SC Cleared
10 24 (2.78%) CCNA
10 24 (2.78%) DV Cleared
11 23 (2.67%) GIAC
12 20 (2.32%) DBS Check
13 18 (2.09%) CCNP
14 17 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (1.74%) CISA
16 14 (1.62%) CompTIA CySA+
16 14 (1.62%) OSCP
17 13 (1.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 13 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.16%) SLA
2 58 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (6.03%) NIST
4 22 (2.55%) GDPR
5 21 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.86%) QA
7 12 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.16%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.81%) GRC
10 7 (0.81%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.58%) COBIT
12 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.12%) Basel III
14 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.12%) DICOM
14 1 (0.12%) HL7
14 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 409 (47.45%) Active Directory
2 129 (14.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (6.26%) Hyper-V
4 42 (4.87%) vSphere
5 37 (4.29%) Docker
5 37 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (1.74%) Firmware
7 13 (1.51%) BitLocker
8 10 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (0.93%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.46%) KVM
11 4 (0.46%) Squid
12 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.23%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.23%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 192 (22.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 98 (11.37%) SCCM
3 86 (9.98%) Terraform
4 79 (9.16%) Kubernetes
5 52 (6.03%) Ansible
6 26 (3.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 21 (2.44%) Grafana
7 21 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (1.74%) Prometheus
9 14 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (1.28%) WSUS
11 10 (1.16%) Autotask
11 10 (1.16%) Packer
12 9 (1.04%) FortiGate
12 9 (1.04%) Kibana
12 9 (1.04%) vCenter Server
12 9 (1.04%) VxRail
13 8 (0.93%) Argo
14 7 (0.81%) QRadar
15 5 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 571 (66.24%) Microsoft
2 176 (20.42%) VMware
3 78 (9.05%) Cisco
4 60 (6.96%) ServiceNow
5 53 (6.15%) Google
6 46 (5.34%) Apple
7 34 (3.94%) Citrix
8 32 (3.71%) Splunk
9 31 (3.60%) Tenable
10 26 (3.02%) Meraki
10 26 (3.02%) Oracle
11 24 (2.78%) iManage
12 23 (2.67%) HP
13 22 (2.55%) AppDynamics
13 22 (2.55%) Dell
14 21 (2.44%) Dynatrace
15 20 (2.32%) Red Hat
16 18 (2.09%) Bloomberg
17 14 (1.62%) Okta
18 13 (1.51%) Sophos