Windows Job Trends in Sale

Microsoft Windows
Manchester > Sale

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sale requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 3
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 4 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Sale 21.05% 18.75% 30.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 33.33% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21,950
25th Percentile £16,100 - £22,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £16,600 - £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.54%
75th Percentile £17,100 - £27,125
90th Percentile - - £27,650
Manchester median annual salary £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% -14.71% -2.86%

All Operating Systems
Sale

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 Sale.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sale 21.05% 56.25% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £21,800
25th Percentile £16,100 - £22,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £16,600 - £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.80%
75th Percentile £17,100 - £26,500
90th Percentile - - £27,400
Manchester median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% -7.00% -3.05%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Sale

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Sale

Windows
Salary Trend in Sale

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sale citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sale citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sale 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Technician
1 3 (75.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft