Windows Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Microsoft Windows
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 30 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 -17 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 32 56 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 5.06% 5.20% 14.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 71.11% 67.47% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 22 34
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £23,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £41,941
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -15.22% +13.86%
75th Percentile £39,250 £58,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £77,500 £64,625
East Midlands median annual salary £30,750 £34,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year -9.56% -21.39% -0.57%

All Operating Systems
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 45 83 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 7.12% 7.71% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 35 38 49
10th Percentile £26,550 £27,875 £25,900
25th Percentile £30,375 £33,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £43,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -23.91% +9.52%
75th Percentile £39,250 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £45,250 £68,750 £66,750
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% -15.79% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Nottinghamshire

Windows
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Nottingham -19 6 £28,750 -42.50% 20
Worksop - 3 £40,000 -
Mansfield -7 2 £31,250 +13.64% 6
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (53.13%) SharePoint
2 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (28.13%) Skype for Business
4 3 (9.38%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (46.88%) Azure
3 9 (28.13%) AWS
3 9 (28.13%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (28.13%) GCP
4 3 (9.38%) ChatGPT
5 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) DNS
1 11 (34.38%) Firewall
2 9 (28.13%) Skype
3 8 (25.00%) VPN
4 7 (21.88%) DHCP
4 7 (21.88%) TCP/IP
5 6 (18.75%) VLAN
6 5 (15.63%) iSCSI
6 5 (15.63%) SAN
7 3 (9.38%) Intranet
8 1 (3.13%) Internet
8 1 (3.13%) LAN
8 1 (3.13%) WAN
8 1 (3.13%) WebEx
8 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) DTS
2 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.13%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Git
General
1 10 (31.25%) Retail
2 9 (28.13%) Manufacturing
3 5 (15.63%) Billing
4 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Support Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) IT Support
3 10 (31.25%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (28.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (28.13%) Infrastructure Support
4 9 (28.13%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 8 (25.00%) IT Engineer
5 8 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 5 (15.63%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Consultant
6 5 (15.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) Consultant
6 5 (15.63%) Project Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) Support Consultant
7 3 (9.38%) Developer
7 3 (9.38%) PHP Developer
7 3 (9.38%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 2 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) CSS
1 3 (9.38%) HTML
1 3 (9.38%) jQuery
1 3 (9.38%) Laravel
1 3 (9.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Onboarding
2 9 (28.13%) CMDB
2 9 (28.13%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (25.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (9.38%) Legacy Code
5 2 (6.25%) Smartphone
6 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
6 1 (3.13%) iPhone
6 1 (3.13%) NHS
6 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (59.38%) Windows Server
2 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.13%) Android
5 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Customer Service
2 9 (28.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (28.13%) Infrastructure Management
2 9 (28.13%) Problem Management
2 9 (28.13%) Root Cause Analysis
2 9 (28.13%) Server Management
3 8 (25.00%) Migration
4 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (18.75%) Service Delivery
6 5 (15.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 5 (15.63%) Tech Ops
7 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.38%) API Integration
8 3 (9.38%) ITSM
8 3 (9.38%) MVC
8 3 (9.38%) OO
8 3 (9.38%) OOP
8 3 (9.38%) Process Improvement
8 3 (9.38%) Secure Coding
8 3 (9.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (15.63%) SQL
3 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) CCNA
1 5 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (78.13%) Active Directory
2 11 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (28.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (28.13%) Nagios
1 9 (28.13%) ZABBIX
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (15.63%) Autotask
3 5 (15.63%) SCCM
4 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (34.38%) VMware
3 9 (28.13%) BMC
3 9 (28.13%) Citrix
3 9 (28.13%) Darktrace
3 9 (28.13%) Google
3 9 (28.13%) Proofpoint
3 9 (28.13%) Red Hat
3 9 (28.13%) SolarWinds
3 9 (28.13%) Tanium
3 9 (28.13%) Trend Micro
4 6 (18.75%) Cisco
5 5 (15.63%) Aruba
5 5 (15.63%) Datto
5 5 (15.63%) HP
6 3 (9.38%) OpenAI
6 3 (9.38%) SAP
7 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.13%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (3.13%) Sophos