Windows Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft Windows
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 23 34 27
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 419 426 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 8.22% 8.47% 9.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 56.32% 66.25% 57.04%
Number of salaries quoted 302 332 414
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,275 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,500 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% -8.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,875 £55,175
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £73,750
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,149
% change year-on-year - +10.65% -14.94%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 744 643 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.59% 12.78% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 536 458 681
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,925 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,934 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,500 £77,542 £75,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Manchester

Windows
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Manchester 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
Bolton +29 34 £60,000 +26.32% 5
Stockport +47 32 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Salford +32 31 £37,500 -25.00% 3
Rochdale +28 16 £21,500 -43.42%
Bury - 9 £42,500 -
Oldham +29 3 £27,500 -30.38% 1
Sale 0 3 £25,000 -18.54% 1
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 37 (8.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 18 (4.30%) Apache
4 12 (2.86%) IIS
5 7 (1.67%) ArcGIS
6 5 (1.19%) CMS
7 4 (0.95%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.95%) CloudStack
7 4 (0.95%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.95%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.24%) Site Server
Applications
1 41 (9.79%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.19%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.95%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.24%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 166 (39.62%) Azure
2 122 (29.12%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (15.51%) IBM Cloud
4 54 (12.89%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (10.02%) AWS
6 39 (9.31%) Serverless
7 34 (8.11%) Azure API Management
7 34 (8.11%) Azure Functions
7 34 (8.11%) Azure Logic Apps
7 34 (8.11%) Azure Service Bus
8 27 (6.44%) Entra ID
9 14 (3.34%) GCP
10 12 (2.86%) Power Platform
11 11 (2.63%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.91%) GitHub
12 8 (1.91%) IaaS
13 7 (1.67%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.43%) PowerApps
15 5 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (14.56%) Firewall
2 46 (10.98%) DNS
3 30 (7.16%) DHCP
4 29 (6.92%) LAN
5 27 (6.44%) WAN
6 24 (5.73%) Wireless
7 23 (5.49%) VPN
8 17 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (3.58%) TCP/IP
10 14 (3.34%) Network Security
11 10 (2.39%) Remote Desktop
12 9 (2.15%) SSL
12 9 (2.15%) VLAN
13 8 (1.91%) Internet
13 8 (1.91%) VoIP
14 7 (1.67%) SAN
15 6 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (1.19%) IPsec
16 5 (1.19%) NAS
16 5 (1.19%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (19.09%) MongoDB
2 75 (17.90%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (17.18%) NoSQL
4 65 (15.51%) DB2
5 55 (13.13%) SQL Server
6 45 (10.74%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.63%) MySQL
8 10 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.15%) Redis
10 7 (1.67%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (1.67%) GIS
11 6 (1.43%) Power BI
12 5 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.19%) MaxDB
12 5 (1.19%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.95%) ActiveReports
13 4 (0.95%) Cognos Framework Manager
13 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
15 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Git
2 8 (1.91%) Eclipse
2 8 (1.91%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.19%) GitLab
3 5 (1.19%) JIRA
4 4 (0.95%) AdminStudio
4 4 (0.95%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.72%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.72%) CMake
5 3 (0.72%) GCC
5 3 (0.72%) GDB
6 2 (0.48%) Subversion
6 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 84 (20.05%) Public Sector
3 50 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.69%) Finance
5 39 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.30%) Legal
8 17 (4.06%) Law
9 14 (3.34%) Retail
10 11 (2.63%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.43%) Banking
11 6 (1.43%) Games
11 6 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.95%) Local Government
12 4 (0.95%) Marketing
12 4 (0.95%) Police
13 3 (0.72%) Electronics
14 2 (0.48%) Advertising
14 2 (0.48%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.24%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 81 (19.33%) Developer
2 55 (13.13%) IT Support
3 47 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (10.26%) Senior
5 41 (9.79%) Azure Engineer
6 40 (9.55%) Analyst
7 38 (9.07%) Full Stack Developer
8 36 (8.59%) IT Engineer
8 36 (8.59%) Support Engineer
9 34 (8.11%) Azure Developer
10 31 (7.40%) Full Stack Engineer
11 29 (6.92%) Lead
12 27 (6.44%) IT Support Engineer
13 26 (6.21%) IT Technician
14 24 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support
15 23 (5.49%) Support Technician
16 20 (4.77%) IT Support Technician
17 19 (4.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 18 (4.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 18 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (20.29%) .NET
2 83 (19.81%) React
3 79 (18.85%) AngularJS
4 78 (18.62%) CSS
4 78 (18.62%) HTML
5 75 (17.90%) ASP.NET
6 74 (17.66%) Web Services
7 73 (17.42%) Vue
8 70 (16.71%) jQuery
8 70 (16.71%) REST
8 70 (16.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 65 (15.51%) ASP.NET Core
9 65 (15.51%) Backbone.js
9 65 (15.51%) Ember.js
10 49 (11.69%) Node.js
11 13 (3.10%) .NET Core
12 9 (2.15%) Apache NiFi
12 9 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
12 9 (2.15%) STL
13 8 (1.91%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 68 (16.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 65 (15.51%) Algorithms
2 65 (15.51%) Blockchain
2 65 (15.51%) Data Structures
3 45 (10.74%) Data Centre
4 31 (7.40%) e-Learning
5 23 (5.49%) Public Cloud
6 22 (5.25%) EPoS
7 20 (4.77%) Driving Licence
7 20 (4.77%) Management Information System
8 13 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.15%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.91%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.91%) Replication
11 5 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.19%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.72%) iPhone
12 3 (0.72%) NHS
12 3 (0.72%) PMI
12 3 (0.72%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 192 (45.82%) Linux
2 118 (28.16%) Windows Server
3 72 (17.18%) Android
4 67 (15.99%) Apple iOS
5 63 (15.04%) Windows 10
6 28 (6.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 22 (5.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (4.77%) Mac OS
9 18 (4.30%) Windows Vista
10 14 (3.34%) Unix
10 14 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (1.91%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.67%) Windows 8
13 5 (1.19%) Data ONTAP
13 5 (1.19%) Solaris
13 5 (1.19%) Ubuntu
13 5 (1.19%) VMS
14 4 (0.95%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (26.49%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (19.09%) OO
3 78 (18.62%) User Experience
4 77 (18.38%) MVC
5 75 (17.90%) Full Stack Development
6 74 (17.66%) Web Development
7 73 (17.42%) Artificial Intelligence
8 71 (16.95%) MVVM
9 66 (15.75%) DevOps
9 66 (15.75%) OOP
9 66 (15.75%) SOLID
10 65 (15.51%) Co-Creation
10 65 (15.51%) Design Patterns
10 65 (15.51%) Design Thinking
10 65 (15.51%) ITIL
10 65 (15.51%) Responsive Web Design
11 64 (15.27%) Mentoring
12 59 (14.08%) Agile
13 51 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 50 (11.93%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 89 (21.24%) C#
2 85 (20.29%) JavaScript
3 84 (20.05%) SQL
4 72 (17.18%) Python
5 49 (11.69%) Java
6 30 (7.16%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.06%) C++
8 11 (2.63%) C
8 11 (2.63%) Delphi
9 8 (1.91%) Bash
9 8 (1.91%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.19%) ABAP
11 4 (0.95%) Go
11 4 (0.95%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.72%) Groovy
12 3 (0.72%) Perl
13 2 (0.48%) Julia
13 2 (0.48%) R
13 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (14.32%) Degree
2 25 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (2.63%) AWS Certification
3 11 (2.63%) CCNA
3 11 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (2.39%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.15%) MCP
5 9 (2.15%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.67%) MCSA
7 5 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.19%) CFA
7 5 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.95%) HNC
8 4 (0.95%) HND
8 4 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.95%) MCSE
8 4 (0.95%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.72%) ACCA
9 3 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.30%) SLA
2 13 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.91%) QA
4 7 (1.67%) NIST
5 4 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.72%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 124 (29.59%) Active Directory
2 38 (9.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (7.40%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.10%) Docker
5 11 (2.63%) Terminal Services
6 5 (1.19%) Firmware
7 4 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.24%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.24%) Postfix
9 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (9.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.82%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.34%) Ansible
4 13 (3.10%) Terraform
5 11 (2.63%) SCCM
6 9 (2.15%) WSUS
7 8 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.19%) cPanel
9 5 (1.19%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.95%) Plesk
11 3 (0.72%) Grafana
11 3 (0.72%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.72%) SELinux
12 2 (0.48%) CASB
13 1 (0.24%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.24%) WMI
Vendors
1 158 (37.71%) Microsoft
2 78 (18.62%) IBM
3 71 (16.95%) Red Hat
4 58 (13.84%) VMware
5 34 (8.11%) Apple
6 21 (5.01%) Adobe
7 20 (4.77%) Cisco
8 16 (3.82%) Citrix
8 16 (3.82%) Oracle
9 10 (2.39%) NetApp
10 9 (2.15%) HP
10 9 (2.15%) Veeam
11 8 (1.91%) Dell
12 7 (1.67%) Avaya
12 7 (1.67%) ESRI
12 7 (1.67%) F5
12 7 (1.67%) Google
12 7 (1.67%) Meraki
13 6 (1.43%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.19%) iManage