Windows Jobs in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Windows
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -23 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 65 120 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.75% 15.89% 14.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 97.01% 74.53% 79.78%
Number of salaries quoted 44 106 47
10th Percentile - £24,240 £26,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -35.79% +75.93%
75th Percentile £40,657 £44,688 £53,125
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £56,000
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £39,900
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.28% +28.71%

All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 67 161 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.99% 21.32% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 45 136 60
10th Percentile - £24,375 £26,975
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -31.58% +61.02%
75th Percentile £42,627 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,625 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% -11.11% +5.88%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Northamptonshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Windows in Northamptonshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Northamptonshire

Windows
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Northampton -19 36 £32,500 +3.17% 48
Daventry +4 5 - -
Wellingborough +12 2 £50,000 -25.93% 1
Towcester -1 1 - -
Corby - 1 £27,500 -
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (35.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (9.23%) IIS
4 3 (4.62%) Confluence
5 1 (1.54%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (29.23%) Azure
2 18 (27.69%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.31%) Entra ID
4 7 (10.77%) AWS
5 2 (3.08%) Cloudflare
5 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.08%) VPN
2 14 (21.54%) DHCP
2 14 (21.54%) DNS
2 14 (21.54%) TCP/IP
3 13 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
4 12 (18.46%) Firewall
5 7 (10.77%) Ethernet
6 6 (9.23%) SAN
7 2 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (3.08%) Wireless
8 1 (1.54%) 5G
8 1 (1.54%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.54%) Broadband
8 1 (1.54%) LAN
8 1 (1.54%) LTE
8 1 (1.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.31%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.62%) MySQL
2 3 (4.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (16.92%) Cucumber
1 11 (16.92%) Robot Framework
2 3 (4.62%) Bitbucket
2 3 (4.62%) Git
2 3 (4.62%) JIRA
3 1 (1.54%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.54%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 29 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (18.46%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.54%) Electronics
6 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (24.62%) Support Engineer
2 11 (16.92%) Test Automation Engineer
2 11 (16.92%) Test Engineer
3 9 (13.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) IT Support
5 7 (10.77%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (9.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (9.23%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (9.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Active Directory Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Active Directory Support
6 6 (9.23%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Support Technician
6 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Technician
6 6 (9.23%) Support Technician
7 5 (7.69%) First Line Help Desk Support
7 5 (7.69%) IT Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) .NET
2 1 (1.54%) CSS
2 1 (1.54%) HTML
2 1 (1.54%) JSP
2 1 (1.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.92%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 5 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.54%) IoT
4 1 (1.54%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 40 (61.54%) Windows Server
2 25 (38.46%) Linux
3 7 (10.77%) CentOS
3 7 (10.77%) Rocky
3 7 (10.77%) Ubuntu
4 4 (6.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.08%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.08%) Coaching
3 12 (18.46%) Mentoring
4 11 (16.92%) DevOps
4 11 (16.92%) System Testing
4 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
4 11 (16.92%) Test Management
5 9 (13.85%) Customer Service
5 9 (13.85%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (10.77%) Data Protection
7 6 (9.23%) Line Management
7 6 (9.23%) Mathematics
8 5 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (7.69%) Process Improvement
8 5 (7.69%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.15%) Virtual Environments
10 3 (4.62%) CI/CD
10 3 (4.62%) Continuous Deployment
10 3 (4.62%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 13 (20.00%) Python
3 12 (18.46%) Bash
4 11 (16.92%) JavaScript
5 7 (10.77%) SQL
6 4 (6.15%) C#
7 1 (1.54%) Ada
7 1 (1.54%) Java
7 1 (1.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (23.08%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (6.15%) CCNA
2 4 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.08%) A+ Certification
3 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.08%) MCP
3 2 (3.08%) MCSA
3 2 (3.08%) MCSE
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.54%) SLA
2 11 (16.92%) QA
System Software
1 33 (50.77%) Active Directory
2 15 (23.08%) Hyper-V
3 12 (18.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (13.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (10.77%) vSphere
6 6 (9.23%) Terminal Services
7 2 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (16.92%) Ansible
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.08%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.54%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.54%) Puppet
3 1 (1.54%) SCCM
3 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (56.92%) Microsoft
2 14 (21.54%) VMware
3 7 (10.77%) Meraki
4 6 (9.23%) Dell
4 6 (9.23%) HP
4 6 (9.23%) NetApp
5 3 (4.62%) Atlassian
5 3 (4.62%) Cisco
6 2 (3.08%) arcserve
6 2 (3.08%) Google
6 2 (3.08%) Imperva
7 1 (1.54%) SAP
7 1 (1.54%) Sun