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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 24 15
Rank change year-on-year +13 -9 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,243 856 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.60% 9.03% 11.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.74% 66.05% 59.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 614 1,053
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,300
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,350 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,132 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.74% +2.35% -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 1,599 1,296 2,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.64% 13.68% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,319 860 1,455
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +14 699 £35,000 -12.50% 156
East Midlands +9 538 £34,500 -13.53% 122
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
1 208 (16.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 175 (14.08%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.38%) IIS
4 13 (1.05%) Skype for Business
5 12 (0.97%) Confluence
6 10 (0.80%) Apache
7 6 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.16%) Liferay
9 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.080%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.080%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.080%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.080%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 188 (15.12%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.88%) Trello
4 10 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.16%) CATIA
8 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.080%) InDesign
9 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.080%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.080%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.080%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.080%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.080%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.080%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 643 (51.73%) Microsoft 365
2 513 (41.27%) Azure
3 207 (16.65%) Entra ID
4 73 (5.87%) AWS
5 71 (5.71%) IBM Cloud
6 38 (3.06%) OneDrive
7 31 (2.49%) SaaS
8 30 (2.41%) GCP
9 22 (1.77%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.61%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.37%) Power Automate
13 16 (1.29%) IaaS
14 15 (1.21%) Mimecast
15 13 (1.05%) PaaS
16 12 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (0.80%) GitHub
18 9 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
18 9 (0.72%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 271 (21.80%) Firewall
2 249 (20.03%) DNS
3 212 (17.06%) DHCP
4 145 (11.67%) TCP/IP
5 99 (7.96%) WAN
6 95 (7.64%) LAN
7 94 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
8 83 (6.68%) SAN
9 77 (6.19%) VPN
10 66 (5.31%) VLAN
11 35 (2.82%) Wireless
12 25 (2.01%) Internet
12 25 (2.01%) Network Security
12 25 (2.01%) VoIP
13 21 (1.69%) SSL
14 18 (1.45%) PBX
15 17 (1.37%) SNMP
16 15 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (1.21%) SMTP
17 14 (1.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.69%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.11%) MongoDB
3 74 (5.95%) DB2
3 74 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (5.79%) NoSQL
5 23 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.61%) Power BI
7 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.80%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.64%) MySQL
11 7 (0.56%) Metadata
12 5 (0.40%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.32%) SQLite
13 4 (0.32%) UniData
14 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (2.09%) JIRA
2 14 (1.13%) Git
3 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.32%) 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 (0.080%) CMake
7 1 (0.080%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.080%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.080%) Toad
General
1 369 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 116 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 92 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (7.40%) Finance
4 88 (7.08%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.71%) Retail
6 70 (5.63%) Law
7 67 (5.39%) Manufacturing
8 45 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
9 40 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (3.14%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.53%) Automotive
11 19 (1.53%) Marketing
12 18 (1.45%) Legal
13 16 (1.29%) Electronics
13 16 (1.29%) Games
14 12 (0.97%) Local Government
15 10 (0.80%) Police
16 9 (0.72%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 237 (19.07%) IT Support
2 205 (16.49%) IT Engineer
3 193 (15.53%) Support Engineer
4 150 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 116 (9.33%) Analyst
6 114 (9.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 108 (8.69%) Senior
8 92 (7.40%) Azure Engineer
9 89 (7.16%) IT Technician
10 71 (5.71%) Full Stack Engineer
11 69 (5.55%) 1st Line Support
12 62 (4.99%) 2nd Line Support
13 60 (4.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 60 (4.83%) Lead
14 55 (4.42%) Support Technician
15 49 (3.94%) IT Support Technician
16 45 (3.62%) Developer
17 44 (3.54%) IT Analyst
18 43 (3.46%) Administrator
19 41 (3.30%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (10.94%) .NET
2 99 (7.96%) HTML
3 93 (7.48%) ASP.NET
4 92 (7.40%) REST
5 91 (7.32%) CSS
6 88 (7.08%) Vue
7 86 (6.92%) AngularJS
7 86 (6.92%) React
8 85 (6.84%) jQuery
8 85 (6.84%) Web Services
9 82 (6.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 73 (5.87%) ASP.NET Core
11 71 (5.71%) Backbone.js
11 71 (5.71%) Ember.js
12 21 (1.69%) ASP.NET MVC
13 19 (1.53%) WPF
14 14 (1.13%) .NET Framework
15 13 (1.05%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.05%) WinForms
16 12 (0.97%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 107 (8.61%) Driving Licence
2 101 (8.13%) Data Centre
3 79 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
4 76 (6.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 71 (5.71%) Algorithms
5 71 (5.71%) Blockchain
5 71 (5.71%) Data Structures
5 71 (5.71%) e-Learning
6 50 (4.02%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.46%) Replication
8 27 (2.17%) Clustering
8 27 (2.17%) PKI
9 22 (1.77%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.69%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (1.05%) Cloud Native
13 13 (1.05%) EPoS
14 11 (0.88%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 548 (44.09%) Windows Server
2 240 (19.31%) Linux
3 213 (17.14%) Windows 10
4 115 (9.25%) Apple iOS
5 111 (8.93%) Android
6 84 (6.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 81 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 71 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 52 (4.18%) Windows 7
10 42 (3.38%) Mac OS
11 37 (2.98%) Unix
12 23 (1.85%) Windows 8
13 16 (1.29%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.21%) VMS
14 15 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
15 14 (1.13%) CentOS
16 10 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.80%) Solaris
17 7 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.56%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (15.69%) Customer Service
3 178 (14.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 176 (14.16%) ITIL
5 162 (13.03%) Cybersecurity
6 143 (11.50%) Mentoring
7 135 (10.86%) Agile
8 94 (7.56%) MVC
9 93 (7.48%) Web Development
10 83 (6.68%) User Experience
11 81 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence
11 81 (6.52%) OOP
12 79 (6.36%) Design Patterns
12 79 (6.36%) Full Stack Development
12 79 (6.36%) OO
13 76 (6.11%) Coaching
13 76 (6.11%) MVVM
13 76 (6.11%) SOLID
14 75 (6.03%) Code Quality
15 71 (5.71%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 228 (18.34%) SQL
2 128 (10.30%) C#
3 117 (9.41%) PowerShell
4 94 (7.56%) JavaScript
5 37 (2.98%) Python
6 25 (2.01%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.85%) Java
8 15 (1.21%) C
8 15 (1.21%) XAML
9 12 (0.97%) VB.NET
10 11 (0.88%) C++
10 11 (0.88%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.72%) Bash
12 7 (0.56%) PHP
13 5 (0.40%) Bicep
13 5 (0.40%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.32%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.24%) R
15 3 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 145 (11.67%) Degree
2 91 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 70 (5.63%) Security Cleared
4 61 (4.91%) DBS Check
5 45 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (3.22%) CCNA
7 37 (2.98%) SC Cleared
8 34 (2.74%) MCP
9 30 (2.41%) A+ Certification
10 28 (2.25%) MCSE
11 27 (2.17%) Azure Certification
12 26 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (1.53%) DV Cleared
14 18 (1.45%) MCSA
15 17 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (1.13%) CCNP
18 13 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
19 10 (0.80%) AWS Certification
20 6 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.26%) SLA
2 30 (2.41%) GDPR
3 26 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.45%) QA
5 17 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.97%) NIST
7 10 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.40%) MISRA
9 3 (0.24%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.080%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.080%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.080%) ITGC
11 1 (0.080%) PMO
System Software
1 601 (48.35%) Active Directory
2 234 (18.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 215 (17.30%) Hyper-V
4 40 (3.22%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (2.57%) vSphere
6 28 (2.25%) Docker
7 22 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.05%) KVM
9 12 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.72%) Firmware
12 8 (0.64%) pfSense
12 8 (0.64%) Terminal Services
12 8 (0.64%) VMware Server
12 8 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.48%) NFS
14 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 2 (0.16%) XenApp
16 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 157 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (7.56%) SCCM
3 27 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 22 (1.77%) Terraform
5 18 (1.45%) WSUS
6 17 (1.37%) SCOM
6 17 (1.37%) vCenter Server
7 13 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.80%) Ansible
9 9 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (0.56%) AirWatch
12 6 (0.48%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.40%) Autotask
13 5 (0.40%) Backup Exec
13 5 (0.40%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.40%) Grafana
13 5 (0.40%) PaperCut
13 5 (0.40%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 709 (57.04%) Microsoft
2 330 (26.55%) VMware
3 102 (8.21%) Cisco
4 101 (8.13%) Veeam
5 83 (6.68%) Dell
6 81 (6.52%) IBM
6 81 (6.52%) Red Hat
7 66 (5.31%) HP
8 60 (4.83%) Apple
9 49 (3.94%) Citrix
10 41 (3.30%) Google
11 32 (2.57%) Meraki
12 29 (2.33%) ServiceNow
13 28 (2.25%) Adobe
14 25 (2.01%) Sophos
15 21 (1.69%) Nimble Storage
16 19 (1.53%) NetApp
17 18 (1.45%) Acronis
18 17 (1.37%) Fortinet
19 15 (1.21%) Ubiquiti