Windows Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Windows
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 18 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,241 1,355 1,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.61% 10.44% 10.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.64% 68.75% 56.46%
Number of salaries quoted 926 977 1,552
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,150 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £25,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,070 £62,375
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,125 £43,150
% change year-on-year -3.68% +2.26% -4.11%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,808 1,971 3,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.09% 15.18% 17.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,294 1,322 2,371
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,734 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the North of England.

Salary trend for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
North West -2 667 £40,000 -11.11% 147
Yorkshire +1 457 £37,000 +5.71% 107
North East +1 117 £35,000 -12.50% 38
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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
1 166 (13.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (8.14%) SharePoint
3 34 (2.74%) Apache
4 29 (2.34%) IIS
5 9 (0.73%) Tuxedo
6 8 (0.64%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.56%) CMS
8 6 (0.48%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.48%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.32%) Confluence
9 4 (0.32%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.16%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.16%) Resin
10 2 (0.16%) SAS
11 1 (0.081%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.081%) Site Server
Applications
1 208 (16.76%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 504 (40.61%) Azure
2 464 (37.39%) Microsoft 365
3 170 (13.70%) Entra ID
4 108 (8.70%) AWS
5 78 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (6.20%) IBM Cloud
7 52 (4.19%) OneDrive
8 48 (3.87%) Serverless
9 45 (3.63%) Azure Functions
10 43 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 42 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
12 41 (3.30%) Azure API Management
13 35 (2.82%) Google Workspace
14 28 (2.26%) IaaS
15 27 (2.18%) SaaS
16 22 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
17 19 (1.53%) GCP
18 18 (1.45%) Mimecast
18 18 (1.45%) Power Platform
19 16 (1.29%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 212 (17.08%) Firewall
2 175 (14.10%) DNS
3 155 (12.49%) LAN
4 128 (10.31%) DHCP
5 121 (9.75%) WAN
6 106 (8.54%) VPN
7 103 (8.30%) TCP/IP
8 66 (5.32%) SAN
9 61 (4.92%) Wireless
10 54 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
11 49 (3.95%) VLAN
12 46 (3.71%) Internet
13 40 (3.22%) VoIP
14 37 (2.98%) Network Security
15 33 (2.66%) NAS
16 27 (2.18%) WLAN
17 22 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
18 16 (1.29%) SNMP
19 15 (1.21%) IPsec
20 11 (0.89%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 100 (8.06%) MongoDB
3 88 (7.09%) NoSQL
3 88 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
4 84 (6.77%) DB2
5 60 (4.83%) Relational Database
6 39 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
7 25 (2.01%) QlikView
8 21 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (1.61%) MySQL
10 16 (1.29%) Power BI
11 12 (0.97%) Redis
12 11 (0.89%) Oracle Database
12 11 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.48%) GIS
17 5 (0.40%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 16 (1.29%) Git
2 15 (1.21%) GitLab
3 12 (0.97%) Artifactory
4 11 (0.89%) JIRA
5 9 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.48%) Dreamweaver
7 5 (0.40%) AdminStudio
7 5 (0.40%) CMake
7 5 (0.40%) GCC
7 5 (0.40%) GDB
8 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.24%) Subversion
9 2 (0.16%) Mocha
9 2 (0.16%) Moq
9 2 (0.16%) MSTest
9 2 (0.16%) Postman
9 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.16%) webpack
General
1 381 (30.70%) Social Skills
2 151 (12.17%) Public Sector
3 147 (11.85%) Finance
4 120 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (6.61%) Law
6 54 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.95%) Retail
8 40 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (2.50%) Marketing
10 27 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 21 (1.69%) Legal
12 19 (1.53%) Games
13 15 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.97%) Local Government
15 12 (0.97%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.89%) Military
16 11 (0.89%) Police
17 6 (0.48%) Advertising
17 6 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 204 (16.44%) IT Support
2 163 (13.13%) Analyst
3 149 (12.01%) Support Engineer
4 130 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 126 (10.15%) Senior
6 124 (9.99%) IT Engineer
7 106 (8.54%) Developer
8 92 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
9 89 (7.17%) IT Technician
10 83 (6.69%) Lead
11 69 (5.56%) Support Technician
12 63 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
13 59 (4.75%) Azure Engineer
14 57 (4.59%) Service Analyst
15 56 (4.51%) IT Support Technician
16 55 (4.43%) IT Manager
16 55 (4.43%) Service Desk Analyst
17 53 (4.27%) Technical Support
18 52 (4.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 50 (4.03%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (9.83%) .NET
2 107 (8.62%) REST
3 103 (8.30%) HTML
4 102 (8.22%) ASP.NET
5 101 (8.14%) React
6 98 (7.90%) CSS
7 95 (7.66%) AngularJS
8 93 (7.49%) Web Services
9 87 (7.01%) Vue
10 86 (6.93%) jQuery
10 86 (6.93%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 77 (6.20%) ASP.NET Core
11 77 (6.20%) Backbone.js
11 77 (6.20%) Ember.js
12 58 (4.67%) Node.js
13 22 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
14 21 (1.69%) .NET Core
15 15 (1.21%) YAML
16 14 (1.13%) .NET Framework
17 12 (0.97%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 103 (8.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 87 (7.01%) Algorithms
3 84 (6.77%) Data Centre
4 77 (6.20%) Blockchain
4 77 (6.20%) Data Structures
5 73 (5.88%) Driving Licence
6 68 (5.48%) Management Information System
7 56 (4.51%) Public Cloud
8 38 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.98%) e-Learning
10 20 (1.61%) Clustering
10 20 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.37%) Cyberattack
11 17 (1.37%) EPoS
11 17 (1.37%) Private Cloud
11 17 (1.37%) Replication
12 14 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
14 10 (0.81%) iPad
14 10 (0.81%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 436 (35.13%) Windows Server
2 346 (27.88%) Linux
3 234 (18.86%) Windows 10
4 113 (9.11%) Android
4 113 (9.11%) Apple iOS
5 73 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 70 (5.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 67 (5.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 49 (3.95%) Mac OS
9 36 (2.90%) Unix
10 32 (2.58%) Windows Vista
11 30 (2.42%) Windows 7
12 25 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 21 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
14 16 (1.29%) Data ONTAP
15 12 (0.97%) VMS
16 9 (0.73%) Solaris
16 9 (0.73%) Windows Phone
17 7 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
17 7 (0.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 204 (16.44%) Customer Service
3 196 (15.79%) ITIL
4 187 (15.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 155 (12.49%) Mentoring
6 120 (9.67%) Coaching
7 114 (9.19%) User Experience
8 111 (8.94%) DevOps
9 102 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
10 96 (7.74%) MVC
11 92 (7.41%) Full Stack Development
11 92 (7.41%) Web Development
12 90 (7.25%) Artificial Intelligence
13 87 (7.01%) Agile
13 87 (7.01%) OO
14 83 (6.69%) MVVM
15 81 (6.53%) Design Patterns
16 78 (6.29%) OOP
17 77 (6.20%) Design Thinking
17 77 (6.20%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 204 (16.44%) SQL
2 134 (10.80%) Python
3 123 (9.91%) PowerShell
4 122 (9.83%) C#
5 109 (8.78%) JavaScript
6 51 (4.11%) Java
7 31 (2.50%) Bash
8 29 (2.34%) C++
9 17 (1.37%) VBScript
10 10 (0.81%) Delphi
10 10 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.81%) VB
11 9 (0.73%) COBOL
11 9 (0.73%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 8 (0.64%) C
12 8 (0.64%) XAML
13 5 (0.40%) ABAP
13 5 (0.40%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 185 (14.91%) Degree
2 92 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 50 (4.03%) DBS Check
4 45 (3.63%) Security Cleared
5 36 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.82%) MCP
7 28 (2.26%) HNC
7 28 (2.26%) HND
8 26 (2.10%) SC Cleared
9 21 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.61%) CCNA
11 19 (1.53%) A+ Certification
12 18 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
12 18 (1.45%) MCSE
13 17 (1.37%) MCSA
14 16 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 15 (1.21%) CISSP
15 15 (1.21%) DV Cleared
16 12 (0.97%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (7.41%) SLA
2 26 (2.10%) GDPR
3 25 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 10 (0.81%) NIST
4 10 (0.81%) QA
5 9 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.48%) ISO 9000
8 5 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.24%) NCSC
9 3 (0.24%) PMO
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.081%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 515 (41.50%) Active Directory
2 175 (14.10%) Hyper-V
3 160 (12.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (3.71%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (2.18%) vSphere
6 23 (1.85%) Docker
7 18 (1.45%) Terminal Services
8 14 (1.13%) Firmware
9 5 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.40%) VMware Server
10 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.32%) XenApp
11 3 (0.24%) Ceph
11 3 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.24%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.16%) KVM
12 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.081%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.081%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 152 (12.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (4.75%) Ansible
2 59 (4.75%) SCCM
3 38 (3.06%) Kubernetes
4 37 (2.98%) vCenter Server
5 30 (2.42%) WSUS
6 29 (2.34%) Terraform
7 25 (2.01%) Prometheus
8 20 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
10 14 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (1.13%) SCOM
11 12 (0.97%) Grafana
12 10 (0.81%) Autotask
13 9 (0.73%) AirWatch
13 9 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 6 (0.48%) Puppet
16 5 (0.40%) FortiGate
16 5 (0.40%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 615 (49.56%) Microsoft
2 284 (22.88%) VMware
3 107 (8.62%) Red Hat
4 101 (8.14%) IBM
5 78 (6.29%) Cisco
6 73 (5.88%) Citrix
7 56 (4.51%) Apple
8 46 (3.71%) Veeam
9 44 (3.55%) Oracle
10 42 (3.38%) Google
11 40 (3.22%) NetApp
12 34 (2.74%) Dell
13 32 (2.58%) ServiceNow
14 27 (2.18%) HP
15 24 (1.93%) Sophos
16 23 (1.85%) Palo Alto
17 22 (1.77%) SolarWinds
18 16 (1.29%) Adobe
19 15 (1.21%) SAP
19 15 (1.21%) SolidFire