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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 24
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 900 1,235 892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.96% 10.58% 9.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.98% 77.82% 67.02%
Number of salaries quoted 503 1,028 611
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,000 £27,750
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 £53,750 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year -1.23% -7.43% +2.94%

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 1,023 1,587 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.73% 13.59% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 595 1,315 859
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,000
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 £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £46,323 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -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 1 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 1 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 +6 630 £36,925 +5.50% 140
East Midlands -6 268 £32,500 -4.41% 115
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 (11.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (9.67%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.11%) Confluence
4 16 (1.78%) IIS
5 2 (0.22%) Apache
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 97 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.33%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 7 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.67%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.56%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 275 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
2 211 (23.44%) Azure
3 131 (14.56%) AWS
4 47 (5.22%) Entra ID
5 30 (3.33%) OneDrive
6 27 (3.00%) Google Workspace
7 21 (2.33%) SaaS
8 15 (1.67%) IaaS
9 13 (1.44%) PaaS
10 10 (1.11%) Power Platform
11 9 (1.00%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (0.67%) Google Docs
14 5 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.56%) Mimecast
15 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.44%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.44%) Route 53
16 3 (0.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 3 (0.33%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 137 (15.22%) Firewall
2 108 (12.00%) Network Security
3 107 (11.89%) WLAN
4 102 (11.33%) WAN
5 96 (10.67%) Internet
6 92 (10.22%) LAN
7 79 (8.78%) DHCP
8 77 (8.56%) DNS
9 69 (7.67%) TCP/IP
10 63 (7.00%) VPN
11 50 (5.56%) VoIP
12 36 (4.00%) VLAN
13 22 (2.44%) SAN
13 22 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (1.78%) BGP
16 15 (1.67%) OSPF
17 12 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
18 11 (1.22%) 4G
18 11 (1.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.33%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.11%) MySQL
3 27 (3.00%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.67%) Oracle Database
4 6 (0.67%) Oracle Exadata
5 5 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.44%) DB2
6 4 (0.44%) MaxDB
6 4 (0.44%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.11%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.11%) Power BI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.11%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 30 (3.33%) JIRA
2 29 (3.22%) Git
3 27 (3.00%) Bitbucket
4 15 (1.67%) Cucumber
4 15 (1.67%) Robot Framework
5 6 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (0.33%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.22%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.22%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (0.22%) GitLab
7 2 (0.22%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.11%) Appium
8 1 (0.11%) GDB
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.11%) WinDbg
General
1 325 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 100 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 56 (6.22%) Retail
4 49 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (4.78%) Finance
6 42 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (3.44%) Legal
8 29 (3.22%) Telecoms
9 24 (2.67%) Law
10 22 (2.44%) Automotive
11 19 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 18 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.00%) Games
13 9 (1.00%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.67%) Police
15 5 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.44%) Advertising
16 4 (0.44%) Local Government
16 4 (0.44%) Marketing
17 3 (0.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 365 (40.56%) IT Support
2 171 (19.00%) IT Engineer
2 171 (19.00%) Support Engineer
3 114 (12.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 57 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 54 (6.00%) Analyst
6 53 (5.89%) 2nd Line Support
7 47 (5.22%) Support Specialist
8 42 (4.67%) IT Support Specialist
9 41 (4.56%) Lead
10 35 (3.89%) 1st Line Support
10 35 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
11 34 (3.78%) Senior
11 34 (3.78%) Support Analyst
12 27 (3.00%) Instructor
13 25 (2.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 25 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support
14 24 (2.67%) IT Analyst
15 23 (2.56%) Infrastructure Support
16 20 (2.22%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.11%) .NET
2 8 (0.89%) Middleware
3 6 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 4 (0.44%) RESTful
4 4 (0.44%) SAP Basis
4 4 (0.44%) SOAP
4 4 (0.44%) WPF
5 3 (0.33%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.33%) LDAP
6 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.22%) CSS
6 2 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.22%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.22%) HTML
6 2 (0.22%) jQuery
6 2 (0.22%) JSP
6 2 (0.22%) Web Services
7 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 174 (19.33%) Social Media
2 151 (16.78%) Driving Licence
3 102 (11.33%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (4.22%) Management Information System
5 30 (3.33%) CCTV
6 29 (3.22%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.22%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
8 15 (1.67%) Smartphone
9 12 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.22%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.00%) Clustering
12 6 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.67%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.56%) iPhone
14 3 (0.33%) Enterprise Storage
14 3 (0.33%) EPoS
14 3 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.33%) iPad
14 3 (0.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 225 (25.00%) Linux
2 204 (22.67%) Windows Server
3 174 (19.33%) Windows Vista
4 112 (12.44%) Windows 10
5 42 (4.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 38 (4.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (2.89%) Ubuntu
8 25 (2.78%) Mac OS
9 24 (2.67%) Apple iOS
10 19 (2.11%) Android
11 16 (1.78%) Mac OS X
11 16 (1.78%) Windows 7
12 10 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (1.11%) Unix
13 9 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
14 8 (0.89%) CentOS
15 7 (0.78%) Rocky
16 4 (0.44%) AIX
16 4 (0.44%) Solaris
17 3 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (39.89%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (18.11%) ITIL
3 150 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 116 (12.89%) Computer Science
5 114 (12.67%) Asset Management
6 109 (12.11%) Line Management
7 104 (11.56%) Mathematics
8 92 (10.22%) IT Asset Management
8 92 (10.22%) Network Management
9 91 (10.11%) Customer Service
10 80 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
11 57 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 49 (5.44%) Coaching
13 44 (4.89%) Agile
14 40 (4.44%) CI/CD
15 39 (4.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (3.89%) DevOps
16 35 (3.89%) Project Management
17 34 (3.78%) ITSM
18 32 (3.56%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (11.89%) PowerShell
2 69 (7.67%) SQL
3 50 (5.56%) C#
4 40 (4.44%) Python
5 32 (3.56%) Bash
6 20 (2.22%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.11%) Java
8 9 (1.00%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.67%) Perl
9 6 (0.67%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.44%) ABAP
10 4 (0.44%) Groovy
10 4 (0.44%) Ruby
10 4 (0.44%) XAML
11 3 (0.33%) Ada
11 3 (0.33%) C
11 3 (0.33%) Rust
11 3 (0.33%) VB
12 2 (0.22%) C++
13 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 202 (22.44%) Degree
2 182 (20.22%) DBS Check
3 151 (16.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 126 (14.00%) MCSE
5 113 (12.56%) CCNA
5 113 (12.56%) Cisco Certification
6 112 (12.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 111 (12.33%) MCP
8 97 (10.78%) CCNP
9 92 (10.22%) LPIC
10 29 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (3.11%) MCSA
12 26 (2.89%) A+ Certification
13 22 (2.44%) Security Cleared
14 17 (1.89%) Azure Certification
15 15 (1.67%) HNC
15 15 (1.67%) HND
16 13 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (1.22%) SC Cleared
18 8 (0.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.22%) SLA
2 20 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.89%) QA
4 14 (1.56%) GDPR
5 11 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.11%) COBIT
7 9 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.11%) JTAG
10 1 (0.11%) MISRA
10 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 298 (33.11%) Active Directory
2 87 (9.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (5.78%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.56%) XenApp
5 13 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.33%) vSphere
7 9 (1.00%) Firmware
7 9 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.89%) BitLocker
9 7 (0.78%) Docker
10 6 (0.67%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 59 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (4.56%) Ansible
3 20 (2.22%) SCCM
4 8 (0.89%) SCOM
5 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (0.78%) Terraform
6 6 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (0.67%) Puppet
7 5 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.56%) Nessus
8 4 (0.44%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.33%) Nagios
9 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.33%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.22%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.22%) SCSM
10 2 (0.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 423 (47.00%) Microsoft
2 168 (18.67%) Cisco
3 108 (12.00%) VMware
4 49 (5.44%) Apple
5 37 (4.11%) Dell
6 33 (3.67%) Meraki
7 31 (3.44%) Citrix
8 28 (3.11%) Atlassian
8 28 (3.11%) Google
9 21 (2.33%) HP
10 20 (2.22%) SAP
10 20 (2.22%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.89%) Fortinet
12 15 (1.67%) Ubiquiti
13 14 (1.56%) CheckPoint
13 14 (1.56%) SonicWALL
14 13 (1.44%) Sophos
15 11 (1.22%) Sage
15 11 (1.22%) Veeam
16 10 (1.11%) Red Hat