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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 10 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 866 712 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.27% 12.68% 9.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.50% 72.14% 58.84%
Number of salaries quoted 355 564 927
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £24,482
25th Percentile £30,250 £28,688 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £63,750 £60,850
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

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 1,147 987 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.28% 17.57% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 493 741 1,298
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £66,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £51,869 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -1.20% +5.00%

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 23 October 2024.

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 23 October 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
West Midlands 0 541 £40,000 - 131
East Midlands -9 322 £34,000 -20.00% 108
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
1 107 (12.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (11.09%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.66%) IIS
4 9 (1.04%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.92%) Apache
5 8 (0.92%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.58%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.35%) Confluence
8 2 (0.23%) Site Server
8 2 (0.23%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 100 (11.55%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.58%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (3.12%) NEC Housing
2 10 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 288 (33.26%) Microsoft 365
2 272 (31.41%) Azure
3 77 (8.89%) Entra ID
4 64 (7.39%) AWS
5 38 (4.39%) SaaS
6 31 (3.58%) Google Workspace
7 19 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (1.62%) IBM Cloud
8 14 (1.62%) OneDrive
9 13 (1.50%) GCP
10 12 (1.39%) IaaS
10 12 (1.39%) Serverless
11 9 (1.04%) Mimecast
12 7 (0.81%) PaaS
13 6 (0.69%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.58%) Figma
15 4 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
16 3 (0.35%) Amazon ECS
16 3 (0.35%) Amazon EKS
16 3 (0.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 167 (19.28%) Network Security
2 157 (18.13%) WLAN
3 156 (18.01%) DNS
4 154 (17.78%) Firewall
5 146 (16.86%) Internet
6 136 (15.70%) DHCP
7 91 (10.51%) TCP/IP
8 80 (9.24%) WAN
9 75 (8.66%) LAN
10 66 (7.62%) VPN
11 59 (6.81%) Wireless
12 55 (6.35%) VLAN
13 48 (5.54%) SAN
14 46 (5.31%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (3.00%) BGP
16 19 (2.19%) OSPF
17 14 (1.62%) Skype
18 12 (1.39%) NAS
19 10 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
19 10 (1.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (10.97%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.00%) MySQL
3 23 (2.66%) DB2
4 20 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
5 16 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 14 (1.62%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.39%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.46%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.46%) UniData
10 3 (0.35%) Power BI
10 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.23%) Redis
11 2 (0.23%) SQLite
12 1 (0.12%) InfluxDB
12 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (1.85%) Git
2 8 (0.92%) Jenkins
2 8 (0.92%) LabVIEW
2 8 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.81%) JIRA
4 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.46%) Maven
5 4 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (0.35%) Axure RP
6 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.35%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.35%) GitLab
6 3 (0.35%) Subversion
7 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 254 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 62 (7.16%) Public Sector
3 58 (6.70%) Finance
4 48 (5.54%) Retail
5 46 (5.31%) Manufacturing
6 42 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (4.50%) Automotive
8 37 (4.27%) Law
8 37 (4.27%) Legal
9 34 (3.93%) Telecoms
10 31 (3.58%) Police
11 30 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (3.12%) Local Government
13 11 (1.27%) Marketing
13 11 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.81%) Back Office
16 6 (0.69%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.69%) Electronics
16 6 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 250 (28.87%) IT Support
2 221 (25.52%) IT Engineer
3 185 (21.36%) Support Engineer
4 150 (17.32%) IT Support Engineer
5 106 (12.24%) Analyst
6 82 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 68 (7.85%) Senior
8 50 (5.77%) Support Analyst
9 47 (5.43%) Administrator
10 43 (4.97%) 2nd Line Support
11 42 (4.85%) Systems Engineer
12 40 (4.62%) IT Analyst
13 36 (4.16%) 1st Line Support
13 36 (4.16%) Service Analyst
14 35 (4.04%) Applications Support
15 34 (3.93%) Service Desk Analyst
16 31 (3.58%) Developer
16 31 (3.58%) Software Engineer
17 27 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
17 27 (3.12%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.43%) .NET
2 42 (4.85%) HTML
3 30 (3.46%) Web Services
4 25 (2.89%) Vue
5 23 (2.66%) CSS
6 22 (2.54%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.54%) REST
7 19 (2.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 17 (1.96%) AngularJS
8 17 (1.96%) React
8 17 (1.96%) WinForms
9 15 (1.73%) ASP.NET Core
10 14 (1.62%) Backbone.js
10 14 (1.62%) Ember.js
10 14 (1.62%) jQuery
10 14 (1.62%) WPF
11 10 (1.15%) Node.js
12 8 (0.92%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.92%) 802.1X
12 8 (0.92%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 161 (18.59%) Driving Licence
2 77 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 47 (5.43%) Management Information System
4 40 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (3.93%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.66%) Public Cloud
7 19 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (2.19%) Smartphone
8 15 (1.73%) Clustering
9 14 (1.62%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.62%) Blockchain
9 14 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.62%) e-Learning
10 12 (1.39%) Replication
10 12 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (1.27%) CCTV
12 9 (1.04%) Security Posture
13 8 (0.92%) CMDB
13 8 (0.92%) SCADA
13 8 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 342 (39.49%) Linux
2 310 (35.80%) Windows Server
3 180 (20.79%) Windows 10
4 84 (9.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 77 (8.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 39 (4.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 37 (4.27%) Android
7 37 (4.27%) Apple iOS
8 30 (3.46%) Unix
9 29 (3.35%) Mac OS
10 27 (3.12%) Ubuntu
11 26 (3.00%) Solaris
12 21 (2.42%) Mac OS X
13 19 (2.19%) Windows Server 2008
14 9 (1.04%) Windows 7
15 8 (0.92%) Windows Vista
16 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 5 (0.58%) AIX
17 5 (0.58%) VMS
18 3 (0.35%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (35.91%) Problem-Solving
2 234 (27.02%) ITIL
3 196 (22.63%) Computer Science
4 162 (18.71%) Mentoring
5 144 (16.63%) Asset Management
6 142 (16.40%) Network Management
7 132 (15.24%) IT Asset Management
8 117 (13.51%) Customer Service
9 92 (10.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 88 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
11 53 (6.12%) Disaster Recovery
12 47 (5.43%) Agile
13 45 (5.20%) DevOps
14 41 (4.73%) ITSM
15 40 (4.62%) Server Management
15 40 (4.62%) Service Management
16 37 (4.27%) Project Delivery
17 35 (4.04%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (3.93%) Web Development
19 32 (3.70%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 170 (19.63%) SQL
2 94 (10.85%) PowerShell
3 55 (6.35%) C#
4 40 (4.62%) JavaScript
5 32 (3.70%) Python
6 25 (2.89%) Bash
6 25 (2.89%) C++
7 16 (1.85%) PHP
8 15 (1.73%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.50%) C
10 10 (1.15%) Java
10 10 (1.15%) VB.NET
11 9 (1.04%) RPG
11 9 (1.04%) RPG IV
12 8 (0.92%) Perl
13 7 (0.81%) VB
14 6 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.69%) XAML
15 4 (0.46%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 258 (29.79%) Degree
2 219 (25.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 183 (21.13%) MCSE
4 169 (19.52%) Cisco Certification
4 169 (19.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 167 (19.28%) CCNA
6 146 (16.86%) MCP
7 139 (16.05%) CCNP
8 130 (15.01%) LPIC
9 71 (8.20%) Security Cleared
10 46 (5.31%) DBS Check
11 28 (3.23%) SC Cleared
12 26 (3.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 24 (2.77%) A+ Certification
14 23 (2.66%) HND
15 21 (2.42%) HNC
16 20 (2.31%) Azure Certification
17 13 (1.50%) AWS Certification
17 13 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
18 12 (1.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.93%) Accessibility
2 29 (3.35%) SLA
3 16 (1.85%) ISO 9001
4 15 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.04%) NIST
8 6 (0.69%) NIST 800
8 6 (0.69%) QA
9 4 (0.46%) GDPR
10 3 (0.35%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.12%) GPG13
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) JTAG
11 1 (0.12%) MISRA
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 284 (32.79%) Active Directory
2 152 (17.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 108 (12.47%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.77%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (2.66%) vSphere
6 18 (2.08%) Docker
6 18 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (1.50%) XenDesktop
8 10 (1.15%) Firmware
8 10 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.92%) XenApp
10 7 (0.81%) Terminal Services
10 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.58%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.35%) vCloud
14 2 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 66 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (5.08%) SCCM
3 26 (3.00%) Kubernetes
4 22 (2.54%) SCOM
5 17 (1.96%) vCenter Server
6 15 (1.73%) Terraform
7 12 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
9 9 (1.04%) Ansible
9 9 (1.04%) Puppet
10 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.69%) VxRail
12 5 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.46%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.46%) WSUS
14 3 (0.35%) Prometheus
15 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
15 2 (0.23%) vMotion
Vendors
1 516 (59.58%) Microsoft
2 210 (24.25%) VMware
3 202 (23.33%) Cisco
4 53 (6.12%) Dell
5 46 (5.31%) Apple
6 44 (5.08%) Google
7 42 (4.85%) Citrix
8 36 (4.16%) ServiceNow
9 29 (3.35%) IBM
10 28 (3.23%) Fortinet
11 27 (3.12%) NEC
11 27 (3.12%) Oracle
12 26 (3.00%) HP
13 25 (2.89%) Veeam
14 24 (2.77%) Red Hat
15 23 (2.66%) Ubiquiti
16 17 (1.96%) EMC
17 12 (1.39%) Meraki
17 12 (1.39%) Sophos
18 11 (1.27%) Zscaler