Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 11 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,229 896 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.55% 9.31% 11.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.88% 67.37% 60.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 615 1,067
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.84% -8.13%
75th Percentile £48,150 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,132 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.79% +3.53% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,578 1,330 2,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.55% 13.82% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 867 1,455
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,300 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 27 April 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 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
West Midlands +12 692 £35,000 -12.50% 165
East Midlands +11 531 £34,000 -15.00% 100
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
1 209 (17.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 175 (14.24%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.34%) IIS
4 12 (0.98%) Confluence
4 12 (0.98%) Skype for Business
5 10 (0.81%) Apache
6 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.16%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.16%) Liferay
8 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.081%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.081%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.081%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 186 (15.13%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.90%) Trello
4 10 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.16%) CATIA
7 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.081%) InDesign
8 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.081%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.081%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.081%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.081%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 637 (51.83%) Microsoft 365
2 498 (40.52%) Azure
3 203 (16.52%) Entra ID
4 74 (6.02%) AWS
5 64 (5.21%) IBM Cloud
6 38 (3.09%) OneDrive
7 31 (2.52%) SaaS
8 30 (2.44%) GCP
9 20 (1.63%) Google Workspace
9 20 (1.63%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.30%) IaaS
12 15 (1.22%) Mimecast
12 15 (1.22%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
13 13 (1.06%) PaaS
14 10 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.81%) GitHub
15 9 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (0.73%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 268 (21.81%) Firewall
2 245 (19.93%) DNS
3 208 (16.92%) DHCP
4 145 (11.80%) TCP/IP
5 100 (8.14%) WAN
6 95 (7.73%) LAN
6 95 (7.73%) Wi-Fi
7 85 (6.92%) SAN
8 79 (6.43%) VPN
9 67 (5.45%) VLAN
10 34 (2.77%) Wireless
11 28 (2.28%) Network Security
12 27 (2.20%) VoIP
13 26 (2.12%) Internet
14 21 (1.71%) SSL
15 17 (1.38%) SNMP
16 16 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
17 15 (1.22%) PBX
17 15 (1.22%) SMTP
18 14 (1.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (8.54%) SQL Server
2 69 (5.61%) MongoDB
3 67 (5.45%) DB2
3 67 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (5.29%) NoSQL
5 24 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (1.46%) Power BI
7 16 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.81%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.73%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.65%) Metadata
10 8 (0.65%) MySQL
11 6 (0.49%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.33%) InfluxDB
12 4 (0.33%) SQLite
12 4 (0.33%) UniData
13 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
13 3 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (2.12%) JIRA
2 14 (1.14%) Git
3 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.33%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.24%) GitLab
5 3 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.24%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Bower
6 2 (0.16%) CANoe
6 2 (0.16%) gulp
6 2 (0.16%) Moq
7 1 (0.081%) CMake
7 1 (0.081%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.081%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.081%) Toad
General
1 365 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 109 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 95 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (7.40%) Finance
5 82 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 71 (5.78%) Retail
7 67 (5.45%) Law
8 64 (5.21%) Manufacturing
9 47 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (3.09%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.55%) Automotive
12 19 (1.55%) Games
12 19 (1.55%) Marketing
13 18 (1.46%) Legal
14 15 (1.22%) Electronics
15 12 (0.98%) Local Government
16 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.73%) Police
17 7 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 234 (19.04%) IT Support
2 202 (16.44%) IT Engineer
3 191 (15.54%) Support Engineer
4 152 (12.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 113 (9.19%) IT Support Engineer
6 112 (9.11%) Analyst
7 104 (8.46%) Senior
8 90 (7.32%) IT Technician
9 86 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
10 67 (5.45%) 1st Line Support
11 64 (5.21%) Full Stack Engineer
12 61 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
13 60 (4.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 59 (4.80%) Lead
15 54 (4.39%) Support Technician
16 49 (3.99%) IT Support Technician
17 44 (3.58%) Administrator
17 44 (3.58%) Developer
18 43 (3.50%) IT Analyst
19 41 (3.34%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (10.41%) .NET
2 91 (7.40%) HTML
3 85 (6.92%) ASP.NET
4 84 (6.83%) REST
5 83 (6.75%) CSS
6 81 (6.59%) Vue
7 79 (6.43%) AngularJS
7 79 (6.43%) React
8 78 (6.35%) jQuery
8 78 (6.35%) Web Services
9 75 (6.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 66 (5.37%) ASP.NET Core
11 64 (5.21%) Backbone.js
11 64 (5.21%) Ember.js
12 20 (1.63%) ASP.NET MVC
13 19 (1.55%) WPF
14 13 (1.06%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.06%) .NET Framework
14 13 (1.06%) WinForms
15 12 (0.98%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 104 (8.46%) Driving Licence
2 102 (8.30%) Data Centre
3 78 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
4 67 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 64 (5.21%) Algorithms
5 64 (5.21%) Blockchain
5 64 (5.21%) Data Structures
5 64 (5.21%) e-Learning
6 48 (3.91%) Management Information System
7 41 (3.34%) Replication
8 27 (2.20%) PKI
9 26 (2.12%) Clustering
10 22 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 19 (1.55%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (1.06%) Cloud Native
15 12 (0.98%) EPoS
16 11 (0.90%) Private Cloud
16 11 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 544 (44.26%) Windows Server
2 232 (18.88%) Linux
3 208 (16.92%) Windows 10
4 109 (8.87%) Apple iOS
5 103 (8.38%) Android
6 79 (6.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 76 (6.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 66 (5.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 56 (4.56%) Windows 7
10 43 (3.50%) Mac OS
11 37 (3.01%) Unix
12 24 (1.95%) Windows 8
13 17 (1.38%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.22%) VMS
14 15 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
15 14 (1.14%) CentOS
16 10 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.81%) Solaris
16 10 (0.81%) Windows Vista
17 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (16.03%) Customer Service
3 180 (14.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 171 (13.91%) ITIL
5 157 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
6 134 (10.90%) Mentoring
7 127 (10.33%) Agile
8 86 (7.00%) MVC
9 85 (6.92%) Web Development
10 78 (6.35%) User Experience
11 73 (5.94%) OOP
12 72 (5.86%) Artificial Intelligence
12 72 (5.86%) Full Stack Development
13 71 (5.78%) Design Patterns
13 71 (5.78%) OO
14 69 (5.61%) Coaching
15 68 (5.53%) Code Quality
15 68 (5.53%) MVVM
15 68 (5.53%) SOLID
16 64 (5.21%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 219 (17.82%) SQL
2 120 (9.76%) C#
3 117 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 86 (7.00%) JavaScript
5 35 (2.85%) Python
6 24 (1.95%) T-SQL
7 22 (1.79%) Java
8 15 (1.22%) C
8 15 (1.22%) XAML
9 11 (0.90%) TypeScript
9 11 (0.90%) VB.NET
10 9 (0.73%) Bash
10 9 (0.73%) C++
11 7 (0.57%) PHP
12 5 (0.41%) Bicep
12 5 (0.41%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.24%) Go
14 3 (0.24%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 144 (11.72%) Degree
2 91 (7.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 68 (5.53%) Security Cleared
4 63 (5.13%) DBS Check
5 45 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (3.25%) CCNA
7 39 (3.17%) SC Cleared
8 34 (2.77%) MCP
9 31 (2.52%) A+ Certification
10 28 (2.28%) MCSE
11 26 (2.12%) Azure Certification
11 26 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.55%) MCSA
13 17 (1.38%) DV Cleared
13 17 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.14%) CCNP
16 13 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
17 10 (0.81%) AWS Certification
18 6 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.31%) SLA
2 30 (2.44%) GDPR
3 26 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.55%) PCI DSS
5 18 (1.46%) QA
6 13 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.90%) NIST
8 10 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.41%) MISRA
10 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.081%) GRC
11 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.081%) ITGC
11 1 (0.081%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.081%) NCSC
11 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 594 (48.33%) Active Directory
2 229 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 213 (17.33%) Hyper-V
4 37 (3.01%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (2.60%) vSphere
6 28 (2.28%) Docker
7 22 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.06%) KVM
9 12 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.73%) Firmware
11 8 (0.65%) pfSense
11 8 (0.65%) Terminal Services
11 8 (0.65%) VMware Server
11 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.49%) NFS
13 5 (0.41%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.16%) XenApp
15 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 155 (12.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (7.65%) SCCM
3 27 (2.20%) Kubernetes
4 20 (1.63%) Terraform
5 19 (1.55%) WSUS
6 17 (1.38%) SCOM
6 17 (1.38%) vCenter Server
7 13 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.81%) Ansible
9 9 (0.73%) AirWatch
9 9 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.41%) Autotask
12 5 (0.41%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.41%) PaperCut
12 5 (0.41%) SmoothWall
13 4 (0.33%) Grafana
14 3 (0.24%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 708 (57.61%) Microsoft
2 326 (26.53%) VMware
3 104 (8.46%) Cisco
4 98 (7.97%) Veeam
5 84 (6.83%) Dell
6 73 (5.94%) IBM
7 72 (5.86%) Red Hat
8 68 (5.53%) HP
9 62 (5.04%) Apple
10 50 (4.07%) Citrix
11 41 (3.34%) Google
12 33 (2.69%) Meraki
13 31 (2.52%) ServiceNow
14 27 (2.20%) Adobe
15 25 (2.03%) Sophos
16 22 (1.79%) Nimble Storage
17 18 (1.46%) Acronis
17 18 (1.46%) NetApp
18 15 (1.22%) Fortinet
18 15 (1.22%) Ubiquiti