Windows Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Windows
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 20 27 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 376 850 951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.15% 9.41% 11.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.64% 54.04% 60.38%
Number of salaries quoted 298 662 782
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,250 £21,775
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.60% -9.41%
75th Percentile £55,563 £52,500 £55,175
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £74,875
England median annual salary £44,400 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.33% +5.88% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 610 1,573 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.84% 17.41% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 439 890 1,249
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,375 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,200 £74,589 £70,570
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the North West over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Windows in the North West

Windows
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 December 2023. 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
Manchester +5 208 £38,500 +1.32% 116
Merseyside -4 55 £30,000 -22.08% 33
Cheshire +11 50 £37,000 +5.71% 54
Lancashire +9 42 £45,000 +38.46% 33
Cumbria -9 12 £33,500 -2.65% 5
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 23 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.79%) IIS
3 12 (3.19%) MS Exchange
4 3 (0.80%) CMS
4 3 (0.80%) nginx
4 3 (0.80%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.80%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (13.83%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.27%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 169 (44.95%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (38.56%) Azure
3 62 (16.49%) AWS
4 35 (9.31%) SaaS
5 26 (6.91%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.91%) IaaS
6 25 (6.65%) PaaS
7 8 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.13%) OpenShift
8 6 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (1.60%) GCP
8 6 (1.60%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.33%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.80%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.53%) Tessian
11 2 (0.53%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 89 (23.67%) DNS
2 68 (18.09%) DHCP
3 55 (14.63%) Firewall
4 51 (13.56%) LAN
5 45 (11.97%) WAN
6 44 (11.70%) TCP/IP
7 29 (7.71%) VoIP
8 22 (5.85%) SAN
9 19 (5.05%) VPN
10 18 (4.79%) Remote Desktop
11 16 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (3.46%) Structured Cabling
12 13 (3.46%) VLAN
13 12 (3.19%) Wireless
14 11 (2.93%) Internet
14 11 (2.93%) Intrusion Detection
15 10 (2.66%) NAS
15 10 (2.66%) Network Security
16 9 (2.39%) HTTP
17 5 (1.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (17.29%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.12%) MySQL
3 7 (1.86%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.60%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.80%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 3 (0.80%) Firebird
6 3 (0.80%) Power BI
7 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.53%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.53%) Tableau
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.27%) OLTP
8 1 (0.27%) Redis
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.46%) Git
2 7 (1.86%) JIRA
3 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.80%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.80%) GitLab
4 3 (0.80%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.53%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.53%) MSBuild
5 2 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.27%) CMake
6 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.27%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.27%) MSTest
6 1 (0.27%) NUnit
6 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.27%) Subversion
6 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 139 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 36 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (7.18%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (6.65%) Telecoms
5 24 (6.38%) Legal
6 23 (6.12%) Law
7 20 (5.32%) Finance
8 17 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.72%) Manufacturing
10 12 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.19%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.93%) Retail
12 10 (2.66%) Games
13 8 (2.13%) Banking
13 8 (2.13%) Electronics
14 7 (1.86%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.86%) Marketing
15 6 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.80%) Advertising
17 2 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 70 (18.62%) Support Engineer
2 65 (17.29%) Analyst
3 54 (14.36%) Senior
4 52 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 47 (12.50%) IT Support
6 38 (10.11%) IT Engineer
7 32 (8.51%) IT Support Engineer
8 28 (7.45%) 2nd Line Support
8 28 (7.45%) IT Analyst
9 26 (6.91%) Service Analyst
10 25 (6.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 24 (6.38%) Service Desk Analyst
12 20 (5.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 20 (5.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 20 (5.32%) Desktop Support
12 20 (5.32%) Support Analyst
13 19 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
14 18 (4.79%) Developer
15 17 (4.52%) Lead
16 16 (4.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.72%) React
2 13 (3.46%) .NET
3 12 (3.19%) Node.js
4 10 (2.66%) MFC
5 9 (2.39%) Spring
5 9 (2.39%) Spring Boot
6 6 (1.60%) CSS
7 5 (1.33%) HTML
7 5 (1.33%) REST
8 4 (1.06%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.06%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.06%) Sass
8 4 (1.06%) Web Services
9 3 (0.80%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.80%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (0.80%) LESS
9 3 (0.80%) MobX
9 3 (0.80%) Redux
9 3 (0.80%) SAML
10 2 (0.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.38%) Driving Licence
2 18 (4.79%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.79%) Virtual Team
3 16 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.99%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.46%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.19%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.66%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.66%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.13%) iPhone
9 7 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.60%) Fat Client
10 6 (1.60%) Thin Client
11 5 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.06%) Housing Association
12 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 155 (41.22%) Windows Server
2 96 (25.53%) Windows 10
3 82 (21.81%) Linux
4 42 (11.17%) Windows Server 2012
5 34 (9.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (7.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (5.59%) Android
7 21 (5.59%) Unix
8 18 (4.79%) Windows 7
9 16 (4.26%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (2.39%) Apple iOS
11 9 (2.39%) Windows 8
12 7 (1.86%) Mac OS
13 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (1.06%) VMS
14 4 (1.06%) Windows Vista
15 3 (0.80%) Debian
15 3 (0.80%) Solaris
16 2 (0.53%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (17.55%) ITIL
3 55 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (13.03%) Customer Service
5 44 (11.70%) Mentoring
6 41 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (10.11%) Actionable Insight
8 34 (9.04%) Incident Management
9 31 (8.24%) Agile
9 31 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (7.71%) Service Management
11 26 (6.91%) Project Management
11 26 (6.91%) Service Delivery
12 24 (6.38%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (6.38%) Software Engineering
13 22 (5.85%) ITSM
13 22 (5.85%) SIEM
14 21 (5.59%) Disaster Recovery
15 20 (5.32%) DevOps
16 19 (5.05%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 62 (16.49%) SQL
2 47 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 30 (7.98%) Python
4 25 (6.65%) Java
5 21 (5.59%) C#
5 21 (5.59%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.05%) C++
7 16 (4.26%) Bash
8 15 (3.99%) T-SQL
8 15 (3.99%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.93%) C
10 4 (1.06%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.80%) Perl
11 3 (0.80%) VB
12 2 (0.53%) PHP
12 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.53%) VBA
13 1 (0.27%) Groovy
13 1 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 81 (21.54%) Degree
2 37 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.99%) CISM
5 15 (3.99%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.46%) CISSP
7 12 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.66%) SSCP
9 7 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.86%) MCSE
10 5 (1.33%) MCP
10 5 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.06%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.06%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.80%) CEH
12 3 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.80%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.91%) SLA
2 24 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.19%) GDPR
5 11 (2.93%) QA
6 8 (2.13%) NCSC
7 5 (1.33%) NIST
8 4 (1.06%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.27%) GRC
9 1 (0.27%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 209 (55.59%) Active Directory
2 61 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (9.84%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.79%) vSphere
5 16 (4.26%) Docker
6 15 (3.99%) XenApp
7 12 (3.19%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (2.66%) Firmware
9 9 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.33%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.80%) NFS
12 2 (0.53%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.53%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.27%) Samba
13 1 (0.27%) Shibboleth
13 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (9.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (9.31%) SCCM
3 23 (6.12%) Ansible
4 22 (5.85%) Terraform
5 13 (3.46%) Nessus
6 12 (3.19%) Kubernetes
7 10 (2.66%) PaperCut
8 8 (2.13%) Puppet
9 5 (1.33%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.80%) SCOM
12 2 (0.53%) CASB
12 2 (0.53%) cPanel
12 2 (0.53%) Grafana
12 2 (0.53%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.53%) WSUS
13 1 (0.27%) Packer
Vendors
1 165 (43.88%) Microsoft
2 88 (23.40%) VMware
3 40 (10.64%) Citrix
4 29 (7.71%) Cisco
5 20 (5.32%) Sophos
6 15 (3.99%) Oracle
7 14 (3.72%) Veeam
8 13 (3.46%) arcserve
8 13 (3.46%) Dell
9 12 (3.19%) HP
9 12 (3.19%) iManage
9 12 (3.19%) Ubiquiti
10 11 (2.93%) Mitel
11 10 (2.66%) Apple
11 10 (2.66%) Meraki
12 9 (2.39%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.13%) Datto
13 8 (2.13%) Google
13 8 (2.13%) Red Hat
14 7 (1.86%) ConnectWise