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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 308 993 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.85% 10.56% 11.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.09% 59.89% 63.19%
Number of salaries quoted 220 764 494
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £24,839
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,625 £54,813 £56,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year - -8.57% +2.94%

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 466 1,658 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.38% 17.63% 18.83%
Number of salaries quoted 308 1,254 727
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,750 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +4.40% -6.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,750 £80,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

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 23 May 2025.

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 23 May 2025. 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
Devon +3 82 £33,500 -16.25% 93
Wiltshire +5 69 £40,000 -18.37% 81
Bristol -35 44 £44,500 +2.30% 133
Somerset -9 39 £40,000 +36.57% 90
Gloucestershire -22 39 £32,500 -13.33% 159
Dorset -6 31 £32,500 -23.53% 64
Cornwall +5 4 £31,500 -4.55% 2
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 29 (9.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.22%) OpenEdge
2 13 (4.22%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.90%) IIS
4 6 (1.95%) Apache
5 3 (0.97%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
Applications
1 40 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (4.87%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 120 (38.96%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (25.65%) Azure
3 38 (12.34%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.82%) AWS
5 10 (3.25%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.62%) GitHub
7 5 (1.62%) SaaS
8 4 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (1.30%) Serverless
9 3 (0.97%) IaaS
10 2 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.65%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.32%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.32%) Sage Pay
11 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 57 (18.51%) Firewall
2 46 (14.94%) VLAN
3 38 (12.34%) VPN
4 36 (11.69%) DNS
5 33 (10.71%) DHCP
6 32 (10.39%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (10.06%) WAN
8 26 (8.44%) VoIP
9 23 (7.47%) LAN
10 21 (6.82%) SAN
11 13 (4.22%) MPLS
12 11 (3.57%) SD-WAN
13 10 (3.25%) ADSL
14 8 (2.60%) IPsec
15 6 (1.95%) Broadband
16 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
17 4 (1.30%) 5G
17 4 (1.30%) IPv4
18 3 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
18 3 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.87%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.30%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Eclipse
1 6 (1.95%) Eclipse RCP
2 5 (1.62%) Git
2 5 (1.62%) JIRA
2 5 (1.62%) Selenium
3 4 (1.30%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.30%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.65%) Subversion
5 1 (0.32%) CMake
5 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.32%) Log4Net
5 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.32%) WiX
General
1 107 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.61%) Manufacturing
3 38 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.82%) Electronics
5 15 (4.87%) Legal
6 12 (3.90%) Retail
7 11 (3.57%) Finance
8 10 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.60%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.27%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.27%) Back Office
10 7 (2.27%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.62%) Aviation
13 4 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.97%) Automotive
14 3 (0.97%) Games
14 3 (0.97%) Local Government
14 3 (0.97%) Marketing
15 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 59 (19.16%) IT Support
2 37 (12.01%) Analyst
3 36 (11.69%) Administrator
4 35 (11.36%) Support Engineer
4 35 (11.36%) Systems Administrator
5 31 (10.06%) Support Analyst
6 27 (8.77%) 2nd Line Support
6 27 (8.77%) IT Engineer
6 27 (8.77%) Support Technician
7 23 (7.47%) Developer
7 23 (7.47%) Wintel Administrator
7 23 (7.47%) Wintel Systems Administrator
8 22 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (6.82%) IT Analyst
10 20 (6.49%) IT Support Analyst
11 18 (5.84%) ERP Developer
11 18 (5.84%) Progress Developer
11 18 (5.84%) Senior
12 15 (4.87%) Coordinator
12 15 (4.87%) Help Desk Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.92%) .NET
1 9 (2.92%) HTML
2 8 (2.60%) Middleware
3 6 (1.95%) CSS
3 6 (1.95%) JSP
4 5 (1.62%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.62%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.30%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.30%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.30%) pytest
5 4 (1.30%) REST
6 3 (0.97%) OpenCL
7 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.32%) JSON
7 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.32%) Ninject
7 1 (0.32%) Playwright
7 1 (0.32%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (0.32%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.36%) Social Media
2 34 (11.04%) Driving Licence
3 22 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (3.90%) CCTV
5 8 (2.60%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.60%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.95%) e-Learning
7 6 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.95%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.62%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.30%) FPGA
9 4 (1.30%) MicroBlaze
9 4 (1.30%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.30%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.30%) Self-Driving Car
9 4 (1.30%) VHDL
10 3 (0.97%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 123 (39.94%) Windows Server
2 85 (27.60%) Linux
3 35 (11.36%) Windows Vista
4 30 (9.74%) Windows 10
5 18 (5.84%) Apple iOS
6 13 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.95%) Android
8 6 (1.95%) Unix
9 5 (1.62%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.65%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.32%) AIX
11 1 (0.32%) Solaris
11 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (35.06%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (20.45%) Customer Service
3 50 (16.23%) Computer Science
4 49 (15.91%) ITIL
5 40 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (10.71%) ERP
7 32 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (10.39%) Time Management
8 26 (8.44%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (6.82%) Software Engineering
10 20 (6.49%) Test Automation
11 18 (5.84%) Mentoring
12 17 (5.52%) Agile
13 16 (5.19%) Analytics
14 15 (4.87%) Software Testing
14 15 (4.87%) User Experience
14 15 (4.87%) Virtual Environments
15 13 (4.22%) Collaborative Working
16 12 (3.90%) Analytical Thinking
16 12 (3.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.96%) SQL
2 42 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 36 (11.69%) Python
4 18 (5.84%) Progress 4GL
5 16 (5.19%) C#
5 16 (5.19%) C++
6 15 (4.87%) Java
7 13 (4.22%) Bash
8 8 (2.60%) C
8 8 (2.60%) MATLAB
9 7 (2.27%) Perl
10 5 (1.62%) PHP
10 5 (1.62%) VB
11 4 (1.30%) R
11 4 (1.30%) Tcl
12 3 (0.97%) Ada
12 3 (0.97%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.97%) Rust
13 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 64 (20.78%) Security Cleared
2 49 (15.91%) Degree
3 37 (12.01%) DBS Check
4 32 (10.39%) SC Cleared
5 31 (10.06%) DV Cleared
6 29 (9.42%) A+ Certification
7 23 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.92%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.27%) CTC Cleared
12 7 (2.27%) ISTQB
13 6 (1.95%) CCNA
13 6 (1.95%) MCSA
14 5 (1.62%) MCP
15 4 (1.30%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.30%) CISSP
15 4 (1.30%) HND
16 3 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.39%) SLA
2 12 (3.90%) QA
3 5 (1.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.32%) NCSC
4 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (37.66%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.52%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (4.55%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.92%) Docker
6 7 (2.27%) Firmware
7 6 (1.95%) vSphere
8 4 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.32%) LXC
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.32%) Samba
10 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 41 (13.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.90%) SCCM
3 11 (3.57%) Ansible
3 11 (3.57%) Terraform
4 5 (1.62%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.30%) Puppet
6 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.97%) Iperf
7 2 (0.65%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.32%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.32%) WMI
Vendors
1 152 (49.35%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.56%) VMware
3 21 (6.82%) Cisco
4 18 (5.84%) Progress
5 12 (3.90%) Veeam
6 8 (2.60%) Fortinet
6 8 (2.60%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.95%) Sun
8 5 (1.62%) Google
9 4 (1.30%) Citrix
9 4 (1.30%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.30%) Xilinx
9 4 (1.30%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.97%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (0.97%) Graphcore
10 3 (0.97%) NetApp
10 3 (0.97%) Okta
10 3 (0.97%) SAP
10 3 (0.97%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.97%) Ubiquiti