Windows Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Windows
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 16 25 17
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,565 1,684 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.07% 9.62% 11.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.74% 70.08% 54.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 1,157 1,585
10th Percentile £24,250 £23,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,600 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,096 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,132 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.79% +3.53% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,244 2,403 3,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.01% 13.73% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,759 1,545 2,469
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £72,161 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 27 April 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 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
North West -2 760 £40,000 - 183
Yorkshire +19 620 £37,250 -1.97% 108
North East +11 187 £34,500 -13.75% 35
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
1 257 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 127 (8.12%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.85%) IIS
4 28 (1.79%) Apache
5 8 (0.51%) CMS
6 7 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.26%) CloudStack
7 4 (0.26%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.13%) Resin
8 2 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.064%) Site Server
9 1 (0.064%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 252 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.26%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.064%) Magento
5 1 (0.064%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.064%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 659 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 652 (41.66%) Azure
3 202 (12.91%) Entra ID
4 166 (10.61%) AWS
5 95 (6.07%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.98%) IBM Cloud
7 67 (4.28%) OneDrive
8 51 (3.26%) Serverless
9 47 (3.00%) Azure Service Bus
10 46 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 44 (2.81%) IaaS
12 43 (2.75%) Azure Functions
13 42 (2.68%) Azure API Management
14 41 (2.62%) GCP
15 36 (2.30%) SaaS
16 34 (2.17%) Google Workspace
17 28 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
18 26 (1.66%) Power Platform
19 17 (1.09%) Amazon S3
20 15 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 296 (18.91%) Firewall
2 211 (13.48%) DNS
3 198 (12.65%) LAN
4 184 (11.76%) WAN
5 172 (10.99%) DHCP
6 139 (8.88%) VPN
7 121 (7.73%) TCP/IP
8 82 (5.24%) Wi-Fi
9 77 (4.92%) SAN
10 76 (4.86%) Wireless
11 74 (4.73%) VoIP
12 60 (3.83%) VLAN
13 48 (3.07%) Network Security
14 47 (3.00%) NAS
15 42 (2.68%) Internet
16 36 (2.30%) WLAN
17 32 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
18 23 (1.47%) SSL
19 16 (1.02%) SNMP
20 15 (0.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (10.86%) SQL Server
2 105 (6.71%) MongoDB
3 92 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 91 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
5 89 (5.69%) DB2
6 61 (3.90%) Relational Database
7 33 (2.11%) MySQL
8 29 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
9 28 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
10 26 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
11 19 (1.21%) Power BI
12 14 (0.89%) Redis
13 12 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.51%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.45%) GIS
16 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
17 6 (0.38%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 28 (1.79%) GitLab
2 26 (1.66%) Git
3 21 (1.34%) Artifactory
4 18 (1.15%) JIRA
5 14 (0.89%) IBM UrbanCode
5 14 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.83%) Visual Studio
7 9 (0.58%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.38%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.38%) MSI
8 6 (0.38%) Subversion
9 5 (0.32%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.26%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.19%) CMake
11 3 (0.19%) GCC
11 3 (0.19%) GDB
11 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 507 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 191 (12.20%) Finance
3 147 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 85 (5.43%) Law
6 80 (5.11%) Retail
7 65 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 53 (3.39%) Manufacturing
10 42 (2.68%) Marketing
11 29 (1.85%) Legal
12 27 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.15%) Games
13 18 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.09%) Banking
15 11 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.58%) Military
17 7 (0.45%) Electronics
17 7 (0.45%) Local Government
18 6 (0.38%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 254 (16.23%) IT Support
2 219 (13.99%) Analyst
3 217 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 195 (12.46%) Support Engineer
5 154 (9.84%) IT Engineer
6 151 (9.65%) Senior
7 120 (7.67%) IT Technician
8 118 (7.54%) Developer
9 104 (6.65%) Lead
10 100 (6.39%) IT Support Engineer
11 92 (5.88%) Support Technician
12 81 (5.18%) Service Analyst
13 77 (4.92%) Service Desk Analyst
14 73 (4.66%) 2nd Line Support
15 72 (4.60%) IT Support Technician
16 71 (4.54%) IT Analyst
17 63 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
17 63 (4.03%) Support Analyst
18 62 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
19 61 (3.90%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (8.88%) .NET
2 106 (6.77%) HTML
3 104 (6.65%) ASP.NET
4 101 (6.45%) CSS
4 101 (6.45%) React
5 98 (6.26%) REST
6 97 (6.20%) AngularJS
7 90 (5.75%) Vue
7 90 (5.75%) Web Services
8 86 (5.50%) jQuery
8 86 (5.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 78 (4.98%) ASP.NET Core
9 78 (4.98%) Backbone.js
9 78 (4.98%) Ember.js
10 62 (3.96%) Node.js
11 24 (1.53%) .NET Core
12 23 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
13 20 (1.28%) WPF
14 15 (0.96%) YAML
15 13 (0.83%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.73%) Data Centre
2 105 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 104 (6.65%) Management Information System
4 93 (5.94%) Public Cloud
5 88 (5.62%) Algorithms
6 87 (5.56%) Driving Licence
7 81 (5.18%) Data Structures
8 78 (4.98%) Blockchain
9 47 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (2.43%) e-Learning
11 30 (1.92%) EPoS
12 28 (1.79%) Onboarding
13 27 (1.73%) Replication
14 25 (1.60%) Life Science
15 20 (1.28%) Clustering
15 20 (1.28%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.15%) SCADA
17 16 (1.02%) Cyberattack
17 16 (1.02%) Operational Technology
18 11 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 620 (39.62%) Windows Server
2 423 (27.03%) Linux
3 265 (16.93%) Windows 10
4 124 (7.92%) Android
5 121 (7.73%) Apple iOS
6 102 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 95 (6.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 83 (5.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 77 (4.92%) Mac OS
10 64 (4.09%) Unix
11 36 (2.30%) Windows Server 2008
12 32 (2.04%) Windows 7
13 18 (1.15%) Windows 8
13 18 (1.15%) Windows Vista
14 16 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
16 14 (0.89%) VMS
17 9 (0.58%) Windows Phone
18 7 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
18 7 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
2 328 (20.96%) ITIL
3 288 (18.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 266 (17.00%) Customer Service
5 185 (11.82%) Mentoring
6 149 (9.52%) DevOps
7 145 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
8 134 (8.56%) Agile
9 128 (8.18%) User Experience
10 124 (7.92%) Coaching
11 109 (6.96%) Disaster Recovery
12 103 (6.58%) MVC
13 102 (6.52%) Service Management
14 101 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence
14 101 (6.45%) OO
15 96 (6.13%) Migration
16 93 (5.94%) Full Stack Development
17 92 (5.88%) Web Development
18 90 (5.75%) MVVM
19 89 (5.69%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 257 (16.42%) SQL
2 151 (9.65%) PowerShell
3 143 (9.14%) C#
4 129 (8.24%) Python
5 111 (7.09%) JavaScript
6 58 (3.71%) Java
7 31 (1.98%) Bash
8 28 (1.79%) C++
9 23 (1.47%) VBScript
10 18 (1.15%) C
11 15 (0.96%) VB
12 13 (0.83%) XAML
13 11 (0.70%) Delphi
13 11 (0.70%) Groovy
13 11 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.64%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.38%) Embedded C
15 6 (0.38%) PHP
15 6 (0.38%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.32%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 203 (12.97%) Degree
2 109 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (3.26%) DBS Check
4 45 (2.88%) Security Cleared
5 41 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.04%) CCNA
7 32 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
8 31 (1.98%) MCSE
9 30 (1.92%) MCP
10 27 (1.73%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.73%) MCSA
11 22 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 22 (1.41%) SC Cleared
12 18 (1.15%) A+ Certification
13 16 (1.02%) CISSP
14 15 (0.96%) HNC
14 15 (0.96%) HND
15 13 (0.83%) AWS Certification
16 12 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.18%) SLA
2 50 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (1.41%) NIST
5 18 (1.15%) GDPR
6 17 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 12 (0.77%) QA
8 6 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.38%) ISO 9000
8 6 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.13%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.13%) PMO
10 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.064%) GRC
11 1 (0.064%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.064%) NCSC
11 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 678 (43.32%) Active Directory
2 231 (14.76%) Hyper-V
3 206 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
5 41 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
6 39 (2.49%) Docker
7 30 (1.92%) vSphere
8 27 (1.73%) Terminal Services
9 19 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.83%) Firmware
11 11 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.45%) KVM
12 7 (0.45%) VMware Server
13 6 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.064%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.064%) Dovecot
15 1 (0.064%) Postfix
15 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.064%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 189 (12.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (4.79%) SCCM
3 62 (3.96%) Ansible
4 54 (3.45%) Terraform
5 51 (3.26%) Kubernetes
6 34 (2.17%) vCenter Server
7 31 (1.98%) SCOM
8 29 (1.85%) WSUS
9 27 (1.73%) Prometheus
10 17 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
10 17 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
11 15 (0.96%) FortiGate
12 14 (0.89%) Progress Chef
13 12 (0.77%) Grafana
13 12 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 9 (0.58%) AirWatch
15 9 (0.58%) Autotask
16 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 761 (48.63%) Microsoft
2 351 (22.43%) VMware
3 126 (8.05%) IBM
4 108 (6.90%) Red Hat
5 103 (6.58%) Cisco
6 85 (5.43%) Citrix
7 73 (4.66%) Apple
8 70 (4.47%) Veeam
9 57 (3.64%) Google
10 40 (2.56%) Oracle
11 39 (2.49%) Dell
12 37 (2.36%) NetApp
13 35 (2.24%) Splunk
14 30 (1.92%) SolarWinds
15 27 (1.73%) HP
15 27 (1.73%) ServiceNow
16 26 (1.66%) Adobe
17 19 (1.21%) Aruba
17 19 (1.21%) Meraki
17 19 (1.21%) Sophos