Windows Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Windows
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 18 22
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 879 774 951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.00% 12.44% 10.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.84% 63.39% 53.61%
Number of salaries quoted 648 524 621
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,750 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £44,125 £43,150
% change year-on-year -3.68% +2.26% -4.11%

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 1,494 1,221 1,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.99% 19.62% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,086 791 1,146
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £33,256
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -4.80% +17.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the South West

Windows
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the South West.

Salary trend for Windows in the South West

Windows
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Gloucestershire +5 228 £35,500 -4.70% 21
Bristol +12 216 £42,500 -10.53% 42
Wiltshire +3 180 £47,500 +11.76% 30
Devon -7 91 £40,603 -9.77% 12
Dorset -2 90 £41,250 -2.37% 13
Somerset +14 60 £29,290 -31.49% 30
Cornwall -22 11 £28,500 -16.18% 3
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 131 (14.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (9.22%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.59%) Apache
4 12 (1.37%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (1.37%) SharePoint 2013
5 9 (1.02%) IIS
6 7 (0.80%) Confluence
6 7 (0.80%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.68%) OpenEdge
8 3 (0.34%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.34%) GlassFish
8 3 (0.34%) JBoss
8 3 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 123 (13.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 273 (31.06%) Microsoft 365
2 245 (27.87%) Azure
3 100 (11.38%) AWS
4 64 (7.28%) Entra ID
5 51 (5.80%) SaaS
6 29 (3.30%) OpenShift
7 27 (3.07%) GCP
8 24 (2.73%) OneDrive
9 15 (1.71%) IaaS
10 13 (1.48%) GitHub
11 10 (1.14%) Mimecast
11 10 (1.14%) PaaS
11 10 (1.14%) Slack
11 10 (1.14%) WhatsApp
12 9 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.02%) Nutanix
13 8 (0.91%) IBM Cloud
14 7 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
16 4 (0.46%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 134 (15.24%) Firewall
2 93 (10.58%) TCP/IP
3 87 (9.90%) DNS
4 84 (9.56%) WAN
5 80 (9.10%) LAN
6 70 (7.96%) DHCP
7 59 (6.71%) VPN
8 58 (6.60%) SAN
9 35 (3.98%) Internet
10 32 (3.64%) HTTP
11 29 (3.30%) Wireless
12 24 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
13 21 (2.39%) SD-WAN
14 20 (2.28%) NAS
15 19 (2.16%) Network Security
16 18 (2.05%) Remote Desktop
17 16 (1.82%) ADSL
17 16 (1.82%) VLAN
18 14 (1.59%) Skype
19 12 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 39 (4.44%) MongoDB
3 17 (1.93%) Oracle Database
4 11 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.02%) MySQL
6 8 (0.91%) DB2
6 8 (0.91%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.80%) RDBMS
7 7 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.34%) SQLite
11 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.23%) Power BI
11 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (3.53%) Git
2 19 (2.16%) JIRA
3 17 (1.93%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.59%) Oracle Forms
6 13 (1.48%) LabVIEW
7 11 (1.25%) Eclipse
8 7 (0.80%) MSTest
8 7 (0.80%) NUnit
9 6 (0.68%) Subversion
10 5 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.46%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.46%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.34%) JMeter
12 3 (0.34%) MSI
12 3 (0.34%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.34%) Selenium
12 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 245 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 101 (11.49%) Finance
3 93 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (6.03%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.01%) Aerospace
6 40 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (4.44%) Electronics
8 36 (4.10%) Telecoms
9 34 (3.87%) Manufacturing
10 30 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (1.93%) Banking
13 15 (1.71%) Automotive
14 13 (1.48%) Retail
15 11 (1.25%) Back Office
15 11 (1.25%) Marketing
16 7 (0.80%) Military
16 7 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.68%) Games
18 5 (0.57%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 153 (17.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 141 (16.04%) Support Engineer
3 136 (15.47%) IT Support
4 101 (11.49%) Senior
5 93 (10.58%) IT Engineer
6 88 (10.01%) Analyst
7 70 (7.96%) IT Technician
8 64 (7.28%) IT Support Engineer
9 63 (7.17%) Software Engineer
10 59 (6.71%) Administrator
11 55 (6.26%) 2nd Line Support
12 46 (5.23%) IT Analyst
12 46 (5.23%) Lead
13 44 (5.01%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 42 (4.78%) Support Analyst
15 41 (4.66%) Developer
16 38 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 36 (4.10%) Support Technician
18 35 (3.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 33 (3.75%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.64%) .NET
2 23 (2.62%) HTML
3 20 (2.28%) CSS
4 18 (2.05%) REST
5 17 (1.93%) WPF
6 16 (1.82%) STL
7 15 (1.71%) ASP.NET
7 15 (1.71%) React
8 13 (1.48%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.48%) pytest
8 13 (1.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 12 (1.37%) .NET Framework
10 11 (1.25%) jQuery
10 11 (1.25%) Qt
10 11 (1.25%) Vue
10 11 (1.25%) Web Services
11 10 (1.14%) MFC
12 9 (1.02%) Entity Framework
13 8 (0.91%) Backbone.js
13 8 (0.91%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 75 (8.53%) Driving Licence
2 51 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (5.01%) Data Centre
4 39 (4.44%) Management Information System
5 37 (4.21%) PKI
6 27 (3.07%) Clustering
7 25 (2.84%) Replication
8 16 (1.82%) GNSS
9 14 (1.59%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
10 13 (1.48%) Fat Client
10 13 (1.48%) iPhone
10 13 (1.48%) Thin Client
11 12 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.25%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.14%) Hackathon
13 10 (1.14%) Smartphone
13 10 (1.14%) Social Media
14 9 (1.02%) FPGA
14 9 (1.02%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 275 (31.29%) Linux
2 264 (30.03%) Windows Server
3 171 (19.45%) Windows 10
4 87 (9.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 62 (7.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 62 (7.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 42 (4.78%) Apple iOS
7 41 (4.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 40 (4.55%) Android
9 38 (4.32%) Mac OS
10 31 (3.53%) Unix
11 27 (3.07%) Windows 7
12 26 (2.96%) CentOS
13 19 (2.16%) AIX
14 15 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.14%) Windows Vista
16 8 (0.91%) VMS
17 7 (0.80%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.57%) Mac OS X
19 4 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (18.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 158 (17.97%) Customer Service
4 148 (16.84%) ITIL
5 94 (10.69%) Software Engineering
6 71 (8.08%) Mentoring
7 67 (7.62%) Service Management
8 59 (6.71%) Agile
9 55 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (6.14%) User Experience
11 51 (5.80%) DevOps
12 49 (5.57%) Service Delivery
13 48 (5.46%) B2B
13 48 (5.46%) Time Management
14 45 (5.12%) Computer Science
15 44 (5.01%) Cybersecurity
16 42 (4.78%) Collaborative Working
17 39 (4.44%) Project Management
17 39 (4.44%) Test Automation
18 38 (4.32%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 132 (15.02%) PowerShell
2 120 (13.65%) SQL
3 89 (10.13%) Python
4 66 (7.51%) Bash
5 63 (7.17%) C#
6 57 (6.48%) C++
7 47 (5.35%) Java
8 27 (3.07%) C
9 21 (2.39%) MATLAB
10 19 (2.16%) VB
11 18 (2.05%) JavaScript
12 14 (1.59%) Perl
13 10 (1.14%) Tcl
14 7 (0.80%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.80%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.68%) Progress 4GL
16 5 (0.57%) PHP
17 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
18 3 (0.34%) Embedded C
18 3 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 251 (28.56%) Security Cleared
2 158 (17.97%) SC Cleared
3 131 (14.90%) Degree
4 124 (14.11%) DV Cleared
5 52 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 47 (5.35%) DBS Check
7 37 (4.21%) A+ Certification
8 23 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
9 22 (2.50%) MCP
10 19 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (2.16%) MCSE
11 18 (2.05%) MCITP
12 15 (1.71%) HND
12 15 (1.71%) ISTQB
13 14 (1.59%) CCNA
13 14 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (1.02%) CCA
14 9 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
15 7 (0.80%) MCSA
16 6 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.05%) SLA
2 25 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.16%) GDPR
4 13 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.48%) QA
5 5 (0.57%) SOC 1
5 5 (0.57%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 336 (38.23%) Active Directory
2 210 (23.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (14.90%) Hyper-V
4 41 (4.66%) Docker
5 37 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (3.30%) vSphere
7 23 (2.62%) XenDesktop
8 22 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
9 21 (2.39%) XenApp
10 19 (2.16%) Firmware
11 16 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
12 8 (0.91%) VMware NSX
13 7 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
14 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
15 4 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.34%) Ceph
16 3 (0.34%) Forefront TMG
16 3 (0.34%) Gluster
16 3 (0.34%) KVM
16 3 (0.34%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 97 (11.04%) SCCM
2 61 (6.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (4.78%) Ansible
4 41 (4.66%) Kubernetes
5 29 (3.30%) Puppet
6 22 (2.50%) vCenter Server
7 20 (2.28%) Backup Exec
8 14 (1.59%) Nagios
9 12 (1.37%) NetBackup
10 11 (1.25%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (1.25%) SCOM
10 11 (1.25%) WSUS
11 10 (1.14%) ZABBIX
12 9 (1.02%) ServiceCenter
13 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
13 8 (0.91%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 8 (0.91%) Terraform
14 7 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.80%) Prometheus
15 6 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 461 (52.45%) Microsoft
2 258 (29.35%) VMware
3 83 (9.44%) Red Hat
4 77 (8.76%) Cisco
5 69 (7.85%) HP
6 68 (7.74%) Oracle
7 45 (5.12%) Veeam
8 39 (4.44%) Citrix
9 38 (4.32%) Dell
10 32 (3.64%) Google
11 27 (3.07%) Symantec
12 23 (2.62%) NetApp
13 21 (2.39%) SolarWinds
14 20 (2.28%) IBM
14 20 (2.28%) Veritas
15 16 (1.82%) Apple
15 16 (1.82%) ServiceNow
16 15 (1.71%) EMC
17 14 (1.59%) Aruba
17 14 (1.59%) Meraki