Windows Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Windows
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 22 17
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 573 767 837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.30% 7.37% 11.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.36% 63.39% 73.10%
Number of salaries quoted 254 580 561
10th Percentile £25,825 £24,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £27,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,875 £66,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year - -8.57% +1.74%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,236 1,210 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.75% 11.63% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 347 887 732
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,000 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,258 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Manchester -1 236 £36,250 -14.71% 154
Lancashire -32 206 £40,000 +25.00% 70
Cheshire -12 73 £41,250 +17.86% 33
Merseyside +7 47 £33,500 -1.47% 21
Cumbria -77 11 £32,000 -24.71% 15
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 35 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.92%) IIS
4 7 (1.22%) Apache
5 4 (0.70%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 54 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.05%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.17%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 125 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (14.49%) Azure
3 28 (4.89%) AWS
4 14 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.92%) OneDrive
6 10 (1.75%) GCP
7 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (1.22%) SaaS
9 6 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.05%) Nutanix
10 5 (0.87%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.87%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.70%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.52%) Cloudflare
12 3 (0.52%) GitHub
12 3 (0.52%) Google Docs
12 3 (0.52%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.52%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 284 (49.56%) VPN
2 255 (44.50%) Cisco IOS
3 52 (9.08%) DNS
3 52 (9.08%) Firewall
4 37 (6.46%) DHCP
5 26 (4.54%) WAN
6 24 (4.19%) LAN
7 10 (1.75%) TCP/IP
8 9 (1.57%) VoIP
8 9 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.40%) SAN
9 8 (1.40%) Wireless
10 7 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.22%) VLAN
11 6 (1.05%) MPLS
12 5 (0.87%) HTTP
12 5 (0.87%) Internet
12 5 (0.87%) NAS
12 5 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (0.87%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.75%) MySQL
3 6 (1.05%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.70%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.70%) Power BI
4 4 (0.70%) Tableau
5 2 (0.35%) Data Hub
5 2 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.35%) SQL CLR
6 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.17%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.17%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.17%) DB2
6 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.17%) Redis
6 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.09%) JIRA
2 10 (1.75%) Git
3 5 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.70%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.70%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.17%) CMake
6 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.17%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (0.17%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.17%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.17%) Travis CI
General
1 299 (52.18%) Analytical Skills
2 256 (44.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 143 (24.96%) Social Skills
4 54 (9.42%) Finance
5 29 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (4.36%) Legal
7 22 (3.84%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.27%) Banking
9 12 (2.09%) Automotive
10 8 (1.40%) Retail
10 8 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.87%) Law
11 5 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.70%) Games
13 3 (0.52%) Military
13 3 (0.52%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.35%) Back Office
14 2 (0.35%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 272 (47.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 67 (11.69%) Analyst
2 67 (11.69%) IT Support
3 28 (4.89%) IT Analyst
4 25 (4.36%) Support Analyst
4 25 (4.36%) Support Engineer
5 18 (3.14%) IT Support Analyst
6 17 (2.97%) IT Engineer
6 17 (2.97%) Senior
7 16 (2.79%) Service Analyst
8 15 (2.62%) Service Desk Analyst
9 14 (2.44%) 1st Line Support
9 14 (2.44%) Technical Support
10 13 (2.27%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (2.27%) Administrator
10 13 (2.27%) Vendor Manager
11 12 (2.09%) Help Desk Support
12 11 (1.92%) Developer
13 10 (1.75%) Junior
13 10 (1.75%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (43.80%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.05%) .NET
2 6 (1.05%) Middleware
3 4 (0.70%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.70%) LDAP
3 4 (0.70%) XML
4 3 (0.52%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.52%) SOAP
5 2 (0.35%) CSS
5 2 (0.35%) Dapper ORM
5 2 (0.35%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.35%) HTML
5 2 (0.35%) JSON
5 2 (0.35%) WinForms
6 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.17%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.17%) JSP
6 1 (0.17%) MFC
6 1 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 250 (43.63%) Cyberattack
2 79 (13.79%) Social Media
3 28 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 11 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.57%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.40%) FMCG
8 8 (1.40%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.87%) Blackberry
10 5 (0.87%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.70%) Anti-Spyware
11 4 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.70%) Clustering
11 4 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.70%) Smartphone
12 3 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 314 (54.80%) Linux
2 266 (46.42%) Android
3 84 (14.66%) Windows Server
4 77 (13.44%) Windows Vista
5 51 (8.90%) Windows 10
6 19 (3.32%) Mac OS
7 14 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.22%) CentOS
9 7 (1.22%) Unix
9 7 (1.22%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.87%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.52%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.35%) Debian
13 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (65.79%) Problem-Solving
2 278 (48.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 264 (46.07%) DevOps
4 258 (45.03%) Risk Management
5 255 (44.50%) Task Automation
6 254 (44.33%) Mathematics
6 254 (44.33%) Platform Engineering
7 252 (43.98%) Line Management
8 250 (43.63%) Storage Management
9 53 (9.25%) Computer Science
9 53 (9.25%) Customer Service
9 53 (9.25%) ITIL
10 36 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (5.41%) Collaborative Working
11 31 (5.41%) ITSM
12 27 (4.71%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (4.36%) Agile
14 24 (4.19%) Mentoring
15 22 (3.84%) Data Protection
15 22 (3.84%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 285 (49.74%) PowerShell
2 272 (47.47%) Python
3 259 (45.20%) Bash
4 22 (3.84%) SQL
5 13 (2.27%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.57%) C#
7 7 (1.22%) PHP
8 5 (0.87%) VB
9 4 (0.70%) Java
9 4 (0.70%) VBA
10 3 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.35%) VBScript
12 1 (0.17%) Ada
12 1 (0.17%) C
12 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.17%) Ruby
12 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (18.85%) Degree
2 84 (14.66%) DBS Check
3 28 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (3.32%) Master's Degree
5 11 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.40%) CISM
8 8 (1.40%) CISSP
8 8 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (1.22%) Security Cleared
10 6 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.05%) CEH
10 6 (1.05%) CISA
10 6 (1.05%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.05%) PMP
10 6 (1.05%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.87%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.79%) QA
2 14 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.27%) SLA
4 12 (2.09%) GDPR
5 11 (1.92%) NIST
6 4 (0.70%) NCSC
7 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 270 (47.12%) Hyper-V
2 257 (44.85%) VMware NSX
3 256 (44.68%) Docker
3 256 (44.68%) vSphere
4 91 (15.88%) Active Directory
5 28 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.87%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.17%) Firmware
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.17%) NFS
10 1 (0.17%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 266 (46.42%) Terraform
2 262 (45.72%) Ansible
3 37 (6.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (3.49%) SCCM
5 7 (1.22%) Puppet
6 6 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.05%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.05%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.87%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.70%) SCOM
8 4 (0.70%) SCOrch
8 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.52%) Autotask
9 3 (0.52%) Grafana
9 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.35%) Salt
10 2 (0.35%) SmoothWall
11 1 (0.17%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.17%) cPanel
Vendors
1 282 (49.21%) Cisco
2 252 (43.98%) Splunk
3 250 (43.63%) 3PAR
3 250 (43.63%) Juniper
4 149 (26.00%) Microsoft
5 65 (11.34%) VMware
6 26 (4.54%) Veeam
7 21 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.62%) Oracle
9 14 (2.44%) iManage
10 9 (1.57%) Adobe
11 8 (1.40%) Apple
11 8 (1.40%) Google
11 8 (1.40%) Meraki
11 8 (1.40%) Sophos
12 6 (1.05%) Citrix
13 5 (0.87%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.87%) Intapp
14 4 (0.70%) Logitech
14 4 (0.70%) Okta