Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 11 25
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 849 1,230 852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.09% 10.35% 9.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.98% 77.36% 66.25%
Number of salaries quoted 513 1,015 612
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £25,750 £27,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £53,450 £57,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.53%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 965 1,590 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.74% 13.37% 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 601 1,303 851
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Midlands +4 587 £36,925 +5.50% 156
East Midlands -10 260 £32,500 -7.14% 113
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 102 (12.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (9.42%) SharePoint
3 33 (3.89%) Confluence
4 14 (1.65%) IIS
5 2 (0.24%) Apache
5 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 94 (11.07%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.35%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 8 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.71%) SAP ERP
2 6 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 279 (32.86%) Microsoft 365
2 218 (25.68%) Azure
3 134 (15.78%) AWS
4 48 (5.65%) Entra ID
5 27 (3.18%) OneDrive
6 26 (3.06%) Google Workspace
7 20 (2.36%) SaaS
8 14 (1.65%) IaaS
8 14 (1.65%) PaaS
9 12 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (1.18%) Power Platform
11 9 (1.06%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (0.94%) Amazon ELB
12 8 (0.94%) Amazon Glacier
12 8 (0.94%) Amazon S3
12 8 (0.94%) AWS KMS
12 8 (0.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (0.71%) Google Docs
13 6 (0.71%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 141 (16.61%) Firewall
2 108 (12.72%) WAN
3 98 (11.54%) LAN
4 79 (9.31%) DHCP
5 78 (9.19%) DNS
6 72 (8.48%) VPN
7 69 (8.13%) TCP/IP
8 52 (6.12%) VoIP
9 44 (5.18%) Network Security
10 41 (4.83%) WLAN
11 34 (4.00%) VLAN
12 31 (3.65%) Internet
13 23 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
14 21 (2.47%) SAN
15 20 (2.36%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (1.77%) BGP
17 14 (1.65%) OSPF
18 12 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
19 11 (1.30%) SD-WAN
20 10 (1.18%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.30%) MySQL
3 27 (3.18%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.71%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.71%) Oracle Exadata
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.47%) DB2
7 4 (0.47%) MaxDB
7 4 (0.47%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.12%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.12%) Power BI
9 1 (0.12%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 35 (4.12%) JIRA
2 34 (4.00%) Git
3 27 (3.18%) Bitbucket
4 15 (1.77%) Cucumber
4 15 (1.77%) Robot Framework
5 10 (1.18%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.94%) Vagrant
7 6 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.24%) GitLab
9 2 (0.24%) TestComplete
10 1 (0.12%) GDB
10 1 (0.12%) Maven
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.12%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.12%) WinDbg
General
1 335 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 102 (12.01%) Presentation Skills
3 57 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (6.48%) Retail
5 50 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (4.24%) Finance
7 30 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.18%) Legal
9 22 (2.59%) Law
10 21 (2.47%) Automotive
11 18 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.88%) Public Sector
13 9 (1.06%) Games
13 9 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.47%) Advertising
15 4 (0.47%) Marketing
16 3 (0.35%) Electronics
17 2 (0.24%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.24%) Banking
Job Titles
1 301 (35.45%) IT Support
2 111 (13.07%) Support Engineer
3 103 (12.13%) IT Engineer
4 66 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 57 (6.71%) 2nd Line Support
5 57 (6.71%) Analyst
6 50 (5.89%) Lead
7 49 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
8 47 (5.54%) Support Specialist
9 42 (4.95%) IT Support Specialist
10 38 (4.48%) 1st Line Support
11 36 (4.24%) Support Analyst
12 34 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
13 30 (3.53%) Senior
14 27 (3.18%) Instructor
15 25 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 25 (2.94%) Infrastructure Support
16 24 (2.83%) 3rd Line Support
17 23 (2.71%) IT Analyst
18 22 (2.59%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.36%) .NET
2 10 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (0.94%) Middleware
4 6 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.71%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 4 (0.47%) RESTful
5 4 (0.47%) SAP Basis
5 4 (0.47%) SOAP
5 4 (0.47%) WPF
6 3 (0.35%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.35%) LDAP
7 2 (0.24%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.24%) CSS
7 2 (0.24%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.24%) HTML
7 2 (0.24%) jQuery
7 2 (0.24%) JSP
7 2 (0.24%) Web Services
8 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.12%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 177 (20.85%) Social Media
2 102 (12.01%) Enterprise Software
3 90 (10.60%) Driving Licence
4 35 (4.12%) Management Information System
5 32 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 30 (3.53%) CCTV
7 18 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
9 14 (1.65%) Smartphone
10 12 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.30%) Private Cloud
12 8 (0.94%) Clustering
12 8 (0.94%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.71%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.59%) iPhone
14 5 (0.59%) Replication
15 3 (0.35%) Enterprise Storage
15 3 (0.35%) EPoS
15 3 (0.35%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 202 (23.79%) Windows Server
2 177 (20.85%) Windows Vista
3 163 (19.20%) Linux
4 111 (13.07%) Windows 10
5 42 (4.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 39 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (3.30%) Mac OS
8 27 (3.18%) Android
9 26 (3.06%) Apple iOS
10 25 (2.94%) Ubuntu
11 16 (1.88%) Windows 7
12 15 (1.77%) Mac OS X
13 12 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
14 10 (1.18%) Unix
15 8 (0.94%) CentOS
15 8 (0.94%) VMS
16 7 (0.82%) Rocky
17 4 (0.47%) AIX
17 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 3 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (35.57%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (13.78%) Line Management
3 112 (13.19%) Mathematics
4 102 (12.01%) ITIL
5 90 (10.60%) Customer Service
6 83 (9.78%) Mentoring
7 80 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
8 66 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 56 (6.60%) Coaching
10 53 (6.24%) Asset Management
11 51 (6.01%) Computer Science
12 47 (5.54%) DevOps
13 45 (5.30%) Agile
14 41 (4.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (4.71%) CI/CD
16 38 (4.48%) ITSM
17 36 (4.24%) Mobile Device Management
18 31 (3.65%) Incident Management
18 31 (3.65%) Project Management
19 30 (3.53%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 119 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 62 (7.30%) SQL
3 53 (6.24%) Python
4 50 (5.89%) C#
5 39 (4.59%) Bash
6 20 (2.36%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.53%) Java
8 9 (1.06%) Perl
8 9 (1.06%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.94%) Groovy
10 6 (0.71%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.47%) ABAP
11 4 (0.47%) Ruby
11 4 (0.47%) XAML
12 3 (0.35%) Ada
12 3 (0.35%) C
12 3 (0.35%) Rust
13 2 (0.24%) C++
13 2 (0.24%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 181 (21.32%) DBS Check
2 145 (17.08%) Degree
3 91 (10.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 65 (7.66%) MCSE
5 51 (6.01%) MCP
6 47 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (5.30%) CCNA
7 45 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (4.12%) CCNP
9 33 (3.89%) MCSA
10 29 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (3.18%) LPIC
12 26 (3.06%) Security Cleared
13 21 (2.47%) A+ Certification
14 19 (2.24%) Azure Certification
15 15 (1.77%) SC Cleared
16 14 (1.65%) HNC
16 14 (1.65%) HND
17 9 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
18 8 (0.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.59%) SLA
2 20 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.00%) QA
4 14 (1.65%) GDPR
5 10 (1.18%) COBIT
6 9 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.24%) NIST
9 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) JTAG
9 1 (0.12%) MISRA
9 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 307 (36.16%) Active Directory
2 83 (9.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (6.60%) Hyper-V
4 19 (2.24%) vSphere
5 18 (2.12%) Docker
6 15 (1.77%) XenApp
7 14 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.30%) Firmware
9 10 (1.18%) BitLocker
10 9 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (1.06%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.71%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.47%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 59 (6.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (6.01%) Ansible
3 21 (2.47%) SCCM
4 20 (2.36%) Terraform
5 8 (0.94%) SCOM
6 6 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
6 6 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (0.71%) Puppet
7 5 (0.59%) Grafana
7 5 (0.59%) Nessus
7 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.47%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.35%) Nagios
9 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.35%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.24%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.24%) SCSM
Vendors
1 356 (41.93%) Microsoft
2 105 (12.37%) Cisco
3 104 (12.25%) VMware
4 51 (6.01%) Apple
5 36 (4.24%) Meraki
6 35 (4.12%) Dell
7 28 (3.30%) Atlassian
8 27 (3.18%) Citrix
8 27 (3.18%) Google
9 23 (2.71%) HP
9 23 (2.71%) ServiceNow
10 20 (2.36%) Juniper
11 19 (2.24%) SAP
12 16 (1.88%) Fortinet
13 15 (1.77%) CheckPoint
13 15 (1.77%) SonicWALL
14 14 (1.65%) Ubiquiti
15 13 (1.53%) Sophos
16 11 (1.30%) McAfee
16 11 (1.30%) Sage