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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 51 49 93
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 3.92% 9.01% 6.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 89.47% 80.33% 52.84%
Number of salaries quoted 47 45 80
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +6.06% -29.03%
75th Percentile £35,725 £39,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £42,350 £57,750
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year - -2.99% -16.25%

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 57 61 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 4.38% 11.21% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 51 51 145
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,875 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -17.65% -17.07%
75th Percentile £35,725 £40,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £60,750
East Midlands median annual salary £33,500 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.08% -18.75% -11.11%

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 23 June 2026.

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 23 June 2026. 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 -5 31 £30,000 +7.14% 13
Mansfield 0 8 £31,000 -1.59% 1
Worksop - 1 £42,500 -
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 1 (1.96%) Apache
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 37 (72.55%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
3 4 (7.84%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.88%) AWS
5 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.92%) GCP
5 2 (3.92%) GitHub
5 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.96%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.96%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.96%) IaaS
6 1 (1.96%) PaaS
6 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (29.41%) Firewall
2 14 (27.45%) DHCP
2 14 (27.45%) DNS
3 10 (19.61%) VLAN
4 9 (17.65%) TCP/IP
5 5 (9.80%) IP Telephony
5 5 (9.80%) VPN
6 4 (7.84%) Value-Added Service
7 2 (3.92%) Internet
7 2 (3.92%) LAN
7 2 (3.92%) WAN
7 2 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.96%) Intranet
8 1 (1.96%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.80%) Local Government
3 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.84%) Dutch Language
4 4 (7.84%) Portuguese Language
4 4 (7.84%) Spanish Language
4 4 (7.84%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.92%) French Language
6 2 (3.92%) Law
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (43.14%) IT Support
2 15 (29.41%) IT Engineer
3 14 (27.45%) Support Technician
4 10 (19.61%) IT Technician
5 9 (17.65%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (15.69%) Service Desk Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) ICT Support
7 5 (9.80%) ICT Support Technician
7 5 (9.80%) ICT Technician
8 4 (7.84%) Applications Support
8 4 (7.84%) Break Fix Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) IT Support Specialist
8 4 (7.84%) Support Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) Support Specialist
9 3 (5.88%) Consultant
9 3 (5.88%) Support Consultant
9 3 (5.88%) Technical Consultant
9 3 (5.88%) Technical Support
9 3 (5.88%) Technical Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) CSS
1 1 (1.96%) HTML
1 1 (1.96%) jQuery
1 1 (1.96%) Laravel
1 1 (1.96%) Middleware
1 1 (1.96%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (1.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Onboarding
2 6 (11.76%) Driving Licence
3 4 (7.84%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) PKI
4 1 (1.96%) SCADA
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (50.98%) Windows Server
2 8 (15.69%) Windows 10
3 5 (9.80%) Linux
4 4 (7.84%) Android
4 4 (7.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Customer Service
1 21 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (23.53%) Service Delivery
3 11 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (21.57%) ITIL
4 10 (19.61%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (19.61%) Mentoring
5 8 (15.69%) Asset Management
5 8 (15.69%) Case Management
5 8 (15.69%) ITSM
6 7 (13.73%) Project Delivery
7 6 (11.76%) Client Onboarding
7 6 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
7 6 (11.76%) Roadmaps
7 6 (11.76%) Server Patching
8 5 (9.80%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (9.80%) ERP
8 5 (9.80%) Server Monitoring
9 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) SQL
2 9 (17.65%) VBA
3 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.84%) Python
5 3 (5.88%) Bash
6 1 (1.96%) Bicep
6 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.96%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
2 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.96%) CCNA
3 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.96%) CISSP
3 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.96%) MCSE
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.65%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 34 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (21.57%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.92%) Docker
5 1 (1.96%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.88%) Terraform
2 2 (3.92%) Ansible
2 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.96%) Argo
3 1 (1.96%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.96%) Grafana
3 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (50.98%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.88%) VMware
4 2 (3.92%) AlienVault
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco
5 1 (1.96%) Citrix
5 1 (1.96%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.96%) SAP