Windows Job Trends in Shropshire

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 3 14 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 1.12% 10.94% 15.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.00% 87.50% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 16
10th Percentile - - £28,438
25th Percentile - £42,500 £34,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,119 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.62% +12.50% +49.53%
75th Percentile - £48,125 £43,750
90th Percentile - £48,500 £47,250
West Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £40,354 £40,000
% change year-on-year -19.46% +0.88% -5.88%

All Operating Systems
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5 16 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 1.87% 12.50% 19.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 20
10th Percentile £35,195 £37,250 £27,313
25th Percentile £39,810 £42,500 £34,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £44,625
90th Percentile - £72,000 £50,375
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £47,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.63% +11.18% -5.56%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Windows

Windows
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Telford -1 1 £32,119 -32.38% 4
Market Drayton - 1 - - 1
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Kaseya
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft