Windows Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -39 +5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 457 814 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.53% 16.09% 10.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.55% 87.81% 77.76%
Number of salaries quoted 371 513 1,016
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £36,925 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +5.50% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £53,450 £57,500
England median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% - -8.72%

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 597 927 1,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.61% 18.33% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 460 602 1,303
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,250 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Windows job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

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 12 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
West Midlands -36 279 £35,000 -5.21% 51
East Midlands -26 177 £32,500 - 49
Windows
England

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 56 (12.25%) SharePoint
2 53 (11.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.06%) IIS
4 5 (1.09%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) FileNet
Applications
1 32 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.66%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.22%) Blender
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.88%) Exchequer
1 4 (0.88%) Line 50
1 4 (0.88%) Primavera
2 1 (0.22%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 233 (50.98%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (26.91%) Azure
3 86 (18.82%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.38%) Google Workspace
5 19 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.94%) IaaS
6 18 (3.94%) SaaS
7 17 (3.72%) PaaS
8 14 (3.06%) AWS
9 13 (2.84%) OneDrive
10 12 (2.63%) Power Platform
11 11 (2.41%) npm
11 11 (2.41%) NuGet
11 11 (2.41%) SonarCloud
12 5 (1.09%) GCP
12 5 (1.09%) Mimecast
13 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.66%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 83 (18.16%) DNS
2 73 (15.97%) DHCP
3 61 (13.35%) Firewall
4 44 (9.63%) VPN
4 44 (9.63%) WAN
5 41 (8.97%) LAN
6 34 (7.44%) TCP/IP
7 28 (6.13%) Internet
7 28 (6.13%) VoIP
8 20 (4.38%) Wireless
9 17 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (2.63%) VLAN
11 11 (2.41%) Network Security
12 7 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (1.53%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.09%) IP Telephony
13 5 (1.09%) PBX
13 5 (1.09%) Skype
14 4 (0.88%) FTP
14 4 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.41%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.31%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.88%) FileMaker
5 3 (0.66%) MySQL
6 2 (0.44%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Power BI
7 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.19%) Git
2 2 (0.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.22%) GitLab
3 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 188 (41.14%) Social Skills
2 24 (5.25%) Finance
3 23 (5.03%) Legal
4 20 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.72%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.06%) Retail
9 11 (2.41%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.53%) Law
10 7 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.31%) Advertising
11 6 (1.31%) Local Government
12 4 (0.88%) Dutch Language
12 4 (0.88%) Portuguese Language
12 4 (0.88%) Social Housing
12 4 (0.88%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.66%) Automotive
14 2 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.44%) French Language
Job Titles
1 142 (31.07%) IT Support
2 110 (24.07%) Support Engineer
3 107 (23.41%) IT Engineer
4 81 (17.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 71 (15.54%) Analyst
6 49 (10.72%) Support Analyst
7 34 (7.44%) Instructor
7 34 (7.44%) IT Analyst
8 30 (6.56%) Senior
9 29 (6.35%) IT Support Analyst
10 28 (6.13%) Technical Support
11 27 (5.91%) IT Technician
12 25 (5.47%) Support Technician
13 21 (4.60%) Technical Engineer
14 20 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (4.38%) IT Support Technician
15 18 (3.94%) Technical Support Engineer
16 16 (3.50%) 2nd Line Support
16 16 (3.50%) Applications Support
16 16 (3.50%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.84%) .NET
2 12 (2.63%) Node.js
3 11 (2.41%) React
3 11 (2.41%) YAML
4 10 (2.19%) HTML
5 9 (1.97%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.75%) CSS
7 5 (1.09%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.09%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.09%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (0.66%) JSON
9 2 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.44%) WinForms
10 1 (0.22%) jQuery
10 1 (0.22%) Laravel
10 1 (0.22%) RESTful
10 1 (0.22%) SAP CAF
10 1 (0.22%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 1 (0.22%) Unreal Engine
10 1 (0.22%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.94%) Social Media
2 73 (15.97%) Driving Licence
3 42 (9.19%) Digital Media
4 41 (8.97%) Onboarding
5 25 (5.47%) Data Centre
6 24 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.63%) CCTV
8 9 (1.97%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.75%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.31%) EPoS
11 6 (1.31%) iPad
11 6 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.31%) PMI
11 6 (1.31%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.88%) IoT
13 4 (0.88%) Replication
14 3 (0.66%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 132 (28.88%) Windows Server
2 67 (14.66%) Windows 10
3 46 (10.07%) Linux
4 31 (6.78%) Android
5 30 (6.56%) Apple iOS
6 24 (5.25%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.31%) Unix
8 5 (1.09%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.88%) Solaris
9 4 (0.88%) VMS
9 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (33.04%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (21.66%) Customer Service
3 86 (18.82%) ITIL
4 61 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (8.75%) ITSM
6 39 (8.53%) Service Delivery
7 32 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (6.13%) CRM
8 28 (6.13%) DevOps
8 28 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 24 (5.25%) Pedagogy
9 24 (5.25%) Proactive Monitoring
10 23 (5.03%) ERP
10 23 (5.03%) SIEM
11 21 (4.60%) Incident Management
12 19 (4.16%) CI/CD
12 19 (4.16%) Roadmaps
13 18 (3.94%) Migration
13 18 (3.94%) Service Management
14 17 (3.72%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 69 (15.10%) PowerShell
2 44 (9.63%) SQL
3 22 (4.81%) Python
4 18 (3.94%) Bash
5 13 (2.84%) C#
6 8 (1.75%) PHP
7 4 (0.88%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.66%) VBA
9 2 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.44%) Java
10 1 (0.22%) Bicep
10 1 (0.22%) C++
10 1 (0.22%) Delphi
10 1 (0.22%) Go
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 93 (20.35%) DBS Check
2 53 (11.60%) Degree
3 26 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (4.81%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.81%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.75%) A+ Certification
6 7 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (1.31%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.66%) CCNA
10 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.66%) MCSA
10 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.44%) MCSE
11 2 (0.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.88%) SLA
2 31 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (2.41%) GDPR
6 6 (1.31%) QA
7 5 (1.09%) NIST
8 4 (0.88%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.88%) ISO 22301
8 4 (0.88%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.66%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 191 (41.79%) Active Directory
2 42 (9.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (7.00%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.63%) Docker
5 8 (1.75%) vSphere
6 5 (1.09%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.88%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 57 (12.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.50%) Jamf Pro
3 13 (2.84%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.84%) Terraform
4 9 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.31%) SCCM
5 6 (1.31%) WSUS
6 4 (0.88%) Grafana
7 2 (0.44%) Nagios
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) Ansible
8 1 (0.22%) Argo
8 1 (0.22%) Nessus
8 1 (0.22%) Nmap
8 1 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 205 (44.86%) Microsoft
2 55 (12.04%) VMware
3 29 (6.35%) Apple
4 26 (5.69%) Dell
5 23 (5.03%) Cisco
6 20 (4.38%) Google
6 20 (4.38%) McAfee
7 19 (4.16%) ServiceNow
8 15 (3.28%) Logitech
9 14 (3.06%) Juniper
9 14 (3.06%) Sage
10 11 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (2.41%) Sophos
11 10 (2.19%) Yealink
12 9 (1.97%) Adobe
12 9 (1.97%) Citrix
13 8 (1.75%) Salesforce
14 6 (1.31%) OpenText
14 6 (1.31%) Veeam
15 5 (1.09%) SolarWinds