Windows Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Windows
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 396 320 985
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.09% 11.37% 9.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.23% 67.51% 59.99%
Number of salaries quoted 247 226 767
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -13.13% -1.23%
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% - -8.05%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 589 474 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.57% 16.84% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 379 303 1,273
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% -
75th Percentile £63,125 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Windows job vacancy trend in the South West

Windows
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the South West over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in the South West

Windows
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Wiltshire +2 106 £32,500 -18.75% 16
Bristol -8 72 £52,500 +32.91% 32
Devon -19 63 £32,250 -3.73% 6
Gloucestershire -14 60 £52,500 +40.00% 40
Somerset -14 58 £32,500 -18.75% 23
Dorset -5 25 £35,000 +7.69% 21
Cornwall +3 11 £30,000 -4.76% 2
Windows
England

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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
1 104 (26.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.02%) Confluence
4 6 (1.52%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Drupal
5 1 (0.25%) nginx
5 1 (0.25%) Site Server
5 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.25%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 223 (56.31%) Microsoft 365
2 172 (43.43%) Azure
3 75 (18.94%) Entra ID
4 57 (14.39%) AWS
5 27 (6.82%) OneDrive
6 17 (4.29%) GitHub
6 17 (4.29%) PaaS
7 16 (4.04%) IaaS
7 16 (4.04%) Serverless
8 11 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (2.53%) Amazon S3
9 10 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.77%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.77%) SaaS
11 6 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.26%) CloudFront
12 5 (1.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 115 (29.04%) DNS
2 110 (27.78%) DHCP
3 54 (13.64%) WAN
4 48 (12.12%) Firewall
5 37 (9.34%) VPN
6 36 (9.09%) LAN
7 34 (8.59%) Wi-Fi
8 32 (8.08%) VLAN
9 23 (5.81%) TCP/IP
10 22 (5.56%) 4G
10 22 (5.56%) Broadband
11 16 (4.04%) Network Security
12 12 (3.03%) SD-WAN
13 10 (2.53%) 5G
14 8 (2.02%) VoIP
15 7 (1.77%) Unified Communications
15 7 (1.77%) WebEx
16 6 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
16 6 (1.52%) Cisco Firepower
17 4 (1.01%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (18.43%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.77%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.52%) InfluxDB
5 6 (1.52%) MySQL
6 5 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.51%) Power BI
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.25%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (8.33%) Git
2 21 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.80%) GitLab
4 12 (3.03%) JIRA
5 10 (2.53%) LabVIEW
6 8 (2.02%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.52%) Robot Framework
7 6 (1.52%) Selenium
7 6 (1.52%) TestRail
8 5 (1.26%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.25%) Gatling
10 1 (0.25%) JMeter
10 1 (0.25%) MSI
10 1 (0.25%) Vagrant
General
1 169 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 17 (4.29%) Electronics
5 16 (4.04%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.04%) Retail
6 12 (3.03%) Finance
6 12 (3.03%) Law
7 10 (2.53%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.27%) Advertising
9 8 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.02%) Local Government
10 7 (1.77%) Back Office
10 7 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.52%) Banking
11 6 (1.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 103 (26.01%) IT Support
2 70 (17.68%) Systems Engineer
3 68 (17.17%) Support Engineer
4 62 (15.66%) Analyst
5 53 (13.38%) IT Engineer
6 45 (11.36%) IT Support Engineer
7 44 (11.11%) Support Analyst
8 40 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 40 (10.10%) Senior
9 37 (9.34%) IT Analyst
10 33 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
11 29 (7.32%) IT Technician
11 29 (7.32%) Support Technician
12 25 (6.31%) IT Support Technician
13 16 (4.04%) Test Engineer
14 15 (3.79%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (3.79%) Developer
15 14 (3.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 14 (3.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 13 (3.28%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.79%) pytest
2 10 (2.53%) .NET
3 9 (2.27%) .NET Framework
4 7 (1.77%) MFC
4 7 (1.77%) XMPP
5 6 (1.52%) Apache NiFi
5 6 (1.52%) CSS
5 6 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (1.52%) HTML
5 6 (1.52%) Keycloak
5 6 (1.52%) OpenGL
5 6 (1.52%) Web Services
6 5 (1.26%) Playwright
6 5 (1.26%) XML
7 4 (1.01%) boto
7 4 (1.01%) OAuth
7 4 (1.01%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.01%) OpenID
7 4 (1.01%) SAML
8 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 63 (15.91%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (9.60%) Driving Licence
3 25 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (5.81%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (4.04%) Replication
7 13 (3.28%) Cloud Native
8 11 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (2.53%) Self-Driving Car
10 9 (2.27%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.27%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.02%) Client/Server
11 8 (2.02%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.77%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.52%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.52%) Vector Graphics
14 5 (1.26%) NHS
14 5 (1.26%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 201 (50.76%) Windows Server
2 147 (37.12%) Linux
3 81 (20.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 75 (18.94%) Windows 10
5 41 (10.35%) Android
6 28 (7.07%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.28%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.53%) Unix
9 9 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (2.02%) CentOS
11 7 (1.77%) VMS
12 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.51%) CoreOS
16 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (35.86%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (33.59%) Customer Service
3 83 (20.96%) Customer Experience
4 79 (19.95%) Migration
5 77 (19.44%) Kalman Filter
6 70 (17.68%) ITIL
7 67 (16.92%) Email Filtering
7 67 (16.92%) Web Filtering
8 66 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 65 (16.41%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 60 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
11 57 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 40 (10.10%) Agile
13 39 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (9.85%) Service Management
14 38 (9.60%) CI/CD
15 34 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
16 26 (6.57%) DevOps
17 25 (6.31%) Test Automation
18 24 (6.06%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.12%) Python
2 45 (11.36%) PowerShell
3 32 (8.08%) SQL
4 24 (6.06%) Bash
5 22 (5.56%) C#
6 17 (4.29%) C++
7 14 (3.54%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.53%) MATLAB
9 5 (1.26%) Bicep
9 5 (1.26%) C
10 4 (1.01%) Java
10 4 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.25%) PHP
11 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 157 (39.65%) Security Cleared
2 106 (26.77%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.87%) Degree
4 33 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 29 (7.32%) A+ Certification
6 15 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.03%) HND
8 11 (2.78%) DBS Check
9 10 (2.53%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 10 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.02%) CCNA
11 7 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.77%) CTC Cleared
12 6 (1.52%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.26%) CREST Certified
14 4 (1.01%) OSCP
14 4 (1.01%) RHCE
14 4 (1.01%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (20.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 68 (17.17%) PCI DSS
3 18 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.03%) GDPR
5 10 (2.53%) SLA
6 6 (1.52%) NIST
7 5 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.76%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.51%) NCSC
10 2 (0.51%) QA
10 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 191 (48.23%) Active Directory
2 100 (25.25%) Hyper-V
3 63 (15.91%) Terminal Server
4 50 (12.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (5.05%) Docker
6 16 (4.04%) vSphere
7 9 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.02%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.26%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.01%) iptables
11 4 (1.01%) Squid
11 4 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.25%) KVM
12 1 (0.25%) QEMU
12 1 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 45 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (8.84%) Ansible
3 32 (8.08%) Terraform
4 23 (5.81%) Kubernetes
5 17 (4.29%) Grafana
6 14 (3.54%) SCCM
7 11 (2.78%) Puppet
8 10 (2.53%) FortiGate
8 10 (2.53%) Progress Chef
9 7 (1.77%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (1.77%) Packer
10 6 (1.52%) vCenter Server
10 6 (1.52%) VxRail
10 6 (1.52%) ZABBIX
11 5 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (1.26%) Kibana
11 5 (1.26%) logstash
12 4 (1.01%) Nagios
12 4 (1.01%) Prometheus
12 4 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 228 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 130 (32.83%) VMware
3 83 (20.96%) Splunk
4 77 (19.44%) Veeam
5 68 (17.17%) SolarWinds
6 63 (15.91%) Brocade
6 63 (15.91%) Nimble Storage
6 63 (15.91%) Tanium
7 28 (7.07%) Cisco
8 22 (5.56%) Starlink
9 15 (3.79%) Red Hat
10 14 (3.54%) Fortinet
11 13 (3.28%) Apple
11 13 (3.28%) Oracle
12 8 (2.02%) Google
12 8 (2.02%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.77%) NetApp
14 6 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
14 6 (1.52%) Dell
14 6 (1.52%) Ubiquiti