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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 22 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 757 859 1,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.81% 10.73% 10.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.67% 74.70% 60.62%
Number of salaries quoted 578 612 755
10th Percentile £24,425 £23,275 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £36,298
Median % change year-on-year - +10.20% -14.59%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,096 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £62,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,799 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.67% +3.06% -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 1,189 1,150 1,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.27% 14.36% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 891 774 1,091
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £30,563 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,154 £58,125
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,675
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 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 25 April 2024.

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 25 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
Manchester +12 417 £42,500 +2.41% 84
Cheshire -12 142 £35,000 -6.67% 46
Lancashire +3 97 £32,000 -31.91% 24
Merseyside -16 81 £34,500 -10.95% 24
Cumbria -23 19 £45,000 +12.50% 6
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 95 (12.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.77%) Apache
4 15 (1.98%) IIS
5 7 (0.92%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.66%) CMS
7 4 (0.53%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.53%) CloudStack
7 4 (0.53%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) Confluence
9 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 89 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.66%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
5 1 (0.13%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 297 (39.23%) Azure
2 243 (32.10%) Microsoft 365
3 99 (13.08%) AWS
4 78 (10.30%) IBM Cloud
5 75 (9.91%) Entra ID
6 70 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (6.08%) Serverless
8 43 (5.68%) Azure Logic Apps
8 43 (5.68%) Azure Service Bus
9 41 (5.42%) Azure API Management
9 41 (5.42%) Azure Functions
10 23 (3.04%) IaaS
11 20 (2.64%) OneDrive
11 20 (2.64%) SaaS
12 19 (2.51%) GCP
13 14 (1.85%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.72%) GitHub
15 12 (1.59%) Amazon S3
16 9 (1.19%) Google Workspace
17 7 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 112 (14.80%) Firewall
2 91 (12.02%) DNS
3 77 (10.17%) LAN
4 67 (8.85%) WAN
5 66 (8.72%) DHCP
6 46 (6.08%) TCP/IP
7 43 (5.68%) VPN
8 36 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (4.62%) VoIP
10 33 (4.36%) Wireless
11 23 (3.04%) Remote Desktop
12 21 (2.77%) Internet
13 18 (2.38%) Network Security
14 15 (1.98%) SAN
14 15 (1.98%) VLAN
15 11 (1.45%) SNMP
16 10 (1.32%) IPsec
16 10 (1.32%) SSL
17 9 (1.19%) NAS
18 8 (1.06%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (13.74%) SQL Server
2 98 (12.95%) MongoDB
3 89 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
4 85 (11.23%) NoSQL
5 78 (10.30%) DB2
6 53 (7.00%) Relational Database
7 23 (3.04%) MySQL
8 18 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.19%) Redis
11 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (0.92%) GIS
12 7 (0.92%) Power BI
13 6 (0.79%) QlikView
14 5 (0.66%) MaxDB
14 5 (0.66%) MS Access
14 5 (0.66%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (2.38%) Git
2 11 (1.45%) GitLab
3 10 (1.32%) JIRA
3 10 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.06%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.92%) Artifactory
7 6 (0.79%) Dreamweaver
7 6 (0.79%) MSI
8 5 (0.66%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.53%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.40%) AdminStudio
10 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.40%) CMake
10 3 (0.40%) GCC
10 3 (0.40%) GDB
10 3 (0.40%) Subversion
11 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 207 (27.34%) Social Skills
2 104 (13.74%) Public Sector
3 87 (11.49%) Finance
4 86 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (5.94%) Retail
7 38 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (3.57%) Law
9 22 (2.91%) Legal
10 21 (2.77%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.45%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.32%) Games
12 10 (1.32%) Marketing
13 9 (1.19%) Military
14 6 (0.79%) Banking
14 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.66%) Electronics
16 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.40%) Billing
18 2 (0.26%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 110 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 104 (13.74%) IT Support
3 96 (12.68%) Developer
4 92 (12.15%) Analyst
5 87 (11.49%) Support Engineer
6 79 (10.44%) Senior
7 68 (8.98%) IT Engineer
8 52 (6.87%) Azure Engineer
9 51 (6.74%) IT Support Engineer
10 49 (6.47%) IT Technician
11 46 (6.08%) Full Stack Developer
12 41 (5.42%) Azure Developer
12 41 (5.42%) Support Technician
13 40 (5.28%) Full Stack Engineer
14 35 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
14 35 (4.62%) Lead
14 35 (4.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 34 (4.49%) IT Support Technician
16 29 (3.83%) Software Engineer
17 28 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (15.72%) .NET
2 99 (13.08%) HTML
3 96 (12.68%) React
4 95 (12.55%) ASP.NET
5 93 (12.29%) CSS
6 92 (12.15%) AngularJS
7 87 (11.49%) REST
7 87 (11.49%) Web Services
8 86 (11.36%) Vue
9 83 (10.96%) jQuery
9 83 (10.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 78 (10.30%) ASP.NET Core
10 78 (10.30%) Backbone.js
10 78 (10.30%) Ember.js
11 56 (7.40%) Node.js
12 17 (2.25%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (1.72%) HTML5
15 10 (1.32%) YAML
16 9 (1.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.62%) Hybrid Cloud
2 87 (11.49%) Algorithms
3 78 (10.30%) Blockchain
3 78 (10.30%) Data Structures
4 63 (8.32%) Data Centre
5 51 (6.74%) Management Information System
6 48 (6.34%) Driving Licence
7 37 (4.89%) e-Learning
8 36 (4.76%) Public Cloud
9 25 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.91%) EPoS
11 12 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.45%) Fat Client
12 11 (1.45%) Thin Client
12 11 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (1.19%) iPad
13 9 (1.19%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.19%) Replication
13 9 (1.19%) Smartphone
14 7 (0.92%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 264 (34.87%) Linux
2 226 (29.85%) Windows Server
3 113 (14.93%) Windows 10
4 95 (12.55%) Android
5 90 (11.89%) Apple iOS
6 47 (6.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 33 (4.36%) Mac OS
8 29 (3.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 28 (3.70%) Unix
10 24 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (2.38%) Windows Vista
12 10 (1.32%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.32%) VMS
13 9 (1.19%) Windows Phone
14 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
15 7 (0.92%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.66%) Ubuntu
17 4 (0.53%) Debian
17 4 (0.53%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (20.87%) ITIL
3 121 (15.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 99 (13.08%) OO
5 96 (12.68%) Mentoring
5 96 (12.68%) User Experience
6 94 (12.42%) Artificial Intelligence
6 94 (12.42%) Customer Service
7 93 (12.29%) Agile
7 93 (12.29%) DevOps
8 91 (12.02%) Full Stack Development
9 90 (11.89%) MVC
10 87 (11.49%) Web Development
11 84 (11.10%) MVVM
11 84 (11.10%) OOP
12 81 (10.70%) Design Patterns
13 79 (10.44%) SOLID
14 78 (10.30%) Co-Creation
14 78 (10.30%) Design Thinking
14 78 (10.30%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 141 (18.63%) SQL
2 119 (15.72%) C#
3 106 (14.00%) JavaScript
4 98 (12.95%) Python
5 67 (8.85%) PowerShell
6 56 (7.40%) Java
7 26 (3.43%) C++
8 17 (2.25%) Bash
9 13 (1.72%) VB
10 12 (1.59%) C
11 11 (1.45%) Delphi
12 8 (1.06%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.79%) VBScript
14 5 (0.66%) ABAP
15 4 (0.53%) Go
15 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.40%) Groovy
16 3 (0.40%) Perl
16 3 (0.40%) PHP
16 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (14.93%) Degree
2 39 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (4.10%) Security Cleared
4 24 (3.17%) DBS Check
5 17 (2.25%) CCNA
5 17 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.11%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.85%) MCP
8 13 (1.72%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (1.06%) HNC
11 8 (1.06%) HND
11 8 (1.06%) MCSE
12 7 (0.92%) MCSA
13 6 (0.79%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.66%) CFA
14 5 (0.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.81%) SLA
2 25 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.72%) GDPR
4 11 (1.45%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.06%) QA
6 7 (0.92%) NIST
7 6 (0.79%) ISO 9000
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 280 (36.99%) Active Directory
2 73 (9.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (7.93%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.91%) Terminal Services
5 19 (2.51%) Docker
6 14 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (1.32%) vSphere
8 8 (1.06%) Firmware
9 7 (0.92%) KVM
10 4 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.13%) Postfix
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 66 (8.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (3.43%) SCCM
3 24 (3.17%) Ansible
4 22 (2.91%) Kubernetes
5 19 (2.51%) Terraform
6 14 (1.85%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.59%) WSUS
8 10 (1.32%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.19%) AirWatch
10 6 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.79%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.66%) cPanel
12 4 (0.53%) Grafana
12 4 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.53%) Plesk
13 3 (0.40%) SELinux
13 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.26%) CASB
14 2 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 332 (43.86%) Microsoft
2 116 (15.32%) VMware
3 96 (12.68%) IBM
4 91 (12.02%) Red Hat
5 41 (5.42%) Apple
6 35 (4.62%) Citrix
7 32 (4.23%) Cisco
8 25 (3.30%) Veeam
9 23 (3.04%) Adobe
10 20 (2.64%) Oracle
11 18 (2.38%) Dell
11 18 (2.38%) NetApp
12 14 (1.85%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.45%) HP
13 11 (1.45%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.32%) Dynatrace
14 10 (1.32%) Google
14 10 (1.32%) SolidFire
14 10 (1.32%) Splunk
15 7 (0.92%) Meraki