Windows Job Trends in Rochdale

Microsoft Windows
Manchester > Rochdale

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 17 1
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Rochdale 47.62% 2.33% 41.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 25.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,000 - £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - £21,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.93%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - £62,000
Manchester median annual salary £37,000 £42,500 £45,750
% change year-on-year -12.94% -7.10% +22.15%

All Operating Systems
Rochdale

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 Rochdale.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochdale 47.62% 9.30% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,000 - £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - £21,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.93%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - £62,000
Manchester median annual salary £40,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.00% -9.09% +15.79%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochdale

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Rochdale

Windows
Salary Trend in Rochdale

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochdale citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochdale citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Rochdale

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Rochdale

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Help Desk Support
2 5 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 5 (50.00%) Help Desk Support
3 4 (40.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) CAD
2 4 (40.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Line Management
3 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Bash
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
1 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) 3PAR
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Juniper
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk