Windows Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Windows
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 13 21 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 670 894 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.22% 11.13% 11.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.37% 60.32% 54.61%
Number of salaries quoted 494 651 616
10th Percentile £26,575 £24,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,957 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% +23.40% -9.33%
75th Percentile £54,000 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £44,400 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.33% +5.88% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
South West

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,025 1,482 1,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 21.76% 18.46% 20.73%
Number of salaries quoted 758 969 956
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £33,500 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +15.85% -3.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £56,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 +4 180 £38,000 -24.75% 52
Bristol +1 155 £43,875 +17.00% 88
Wiltshire +1 104 £42,500 +11.84% 39
Devon +22 98 £49,000 +34.79% 13
Dorset +13 55 £47,500 +5.56% 23
Somerset +20 53 £40,000 +25.00% 35
Cornwall +9 8 £31,000 +3.33% 6
Avon - 3 £32,500 - 15
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 77 (11.49%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.84%) MS Exchange
3 11 (1.64%) Confluence
4 6 (0.90%) IIS
5 5 (0.75%) Apache
6 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 54 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.60%) Trello
5 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 267 (39.85%) Azure
2 235 (35.07%) Microsoft 365
3 130 (19.40%) AWS
4 92 (13.73%) Entra ID
5 38 (5.67%) OpenShift
6 36 (5.37%) SaaS
7 27 (4.03%) OneDrive
8 23 (3.43%) WhatsApp
9 16 (2.39%) GCP
10 13 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.79%) IaaS
11 12 (1.79%) PaaS
12 10 (1.49%) Nutanix
12 10 (1.49%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.19%) Rubrik
14 7 (1.04%) BrowserStack
14 7 (1.04%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.75%) Google Workspace
15 5 (0.75%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 134 (20.00%) DNS
2 122 (18.21%) DHCP
3 112 (16.72%) Firewall
4 103 (15.37%) WAN
5 95 (14.18%) VPN
6 89 (13.28%) TCP/IP
7 79 (11.79%) VLAN
8 73 (10.90%) LAN
9 40 (5.97%) SAN
10 39 (5.82%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (5.67%) Wireless
12 36 (5.37%) HTTP
13 30 (4.48%) SD-WAN
14 29 (4.33%) IPv4
15 21 (3.13%) IPsec
16 19 (2.84%) VoIP
17 18 (2.69%) OSPF
18 16 (2.39%) Cisco ASA
19 14 (2.09%) 5G
20 12 (1.79%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.16%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.43%) MongoDB
3 10 (1.49%) MySQL
4 8 (1.19%) Apache Accumulo
5 6 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.75%) Big Data
6 5 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.60%) Power BI
7 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.45%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.30%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.30%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.15%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 27 (4.03%) Git
2 24 (3.58%) JIRA
3 17 (2.54%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.64%) NUnit
5 9 (1.34%) Visual Studio
6 8 (1.19%) LabVIEW
6 8 (1.19%) Selenium
7 7 (1.04%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.04%) git-flow
7 7 (1.04%) Postman
7 7 (1.04%) SpecFlow
7 7 (1.04%) Subversion
7 7 (1.04%) Tricentis qTest
8 4 (0.60%) MSTest
8 4 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.45%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.45%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.45%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.30%) GitLab
10 2 (0.30%) Vagrant
General
1 134 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 74 (11.04%) Finance
3 41 (6.12%) Aerospace
4 37 (5.52%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (4.33%) Retail
6 26 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.73%) Legal
7 25 (3.73%) Military
8 17 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.34%) Automotive
10 9 (1.34%) Banking
10 9 (1.34%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.34%) Marketing
11 8 (1.19%) Aviation
12 7 (1.04%) Law
13 5 (0.75%) Electronics
13 5 (0.75%) Games
14 4 (0.60%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 141 (21.04%) Senior
2 137 (20.45%) Support Engineer
3 114 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 87 (12.99%) IT Support
5 85 (12.69%) IT Engineer
6 64 (9.55%) IT Support Engineer
7 56 (8.36%) Administrator
8 51 (7.61%) Analyst
9 48 (7.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 46 (6.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 40 (5.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 37 (5.52%) Lead
13 36 (5.37%) 2nd Line Support
13 36 (5.37%) Wintel Engineer
14 35 (5.22%) Senior Wintel Engineer
15 29 (4.33%) DBA
16 26 (3.88%) Architect
16 26 (3.88%) Systems Administrator
17 24 (3.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 24 (3.58%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.13%) .NET
2 10 (1.49%) XML
3 7 (1.04%) Gherkin
3 7 (1.04%) Middleware
4 4 (0.60%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.60%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.60%) Entity Framework
4 4 (0.60%) JavaFX
4 4 (0.60%) LDAP
4 4 (0.60%) MDX
4 4 (0.60%) SignalR
4 4 (0.60%) Web Services
5 2 (0.30%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.30%) HTML
5 2 (0.30%) JSON
5 2 (0.30%) SAML
5 2 (0.30%) YAML
6 1 (0.15%) LAPP Stack
6 1 (0.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.37%) Driving Licence
2 30 (4.48%) Public Cloud
3 29 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (3.73%) Data Centre
4 25 (3.73%) PKI
5 18 (2.69%) iPhone
6 15 (2.24%) Clustering
7 12 (1.79%) Fat Client
7 12 (1.79%) Thin Client
8 10 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
8 10 (1.49%) Private Cloud
8 10 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.34%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.19%) GNSS
10 8 (1.19%) Mainframe
10 8 (1.19%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.90%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (0.90%) Replication
11 6 (0.90%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 280 (41.79%) Linux
2 246 (36.72%) Windows Server
3 85 (12.69%) Windows 10
4 77 (11.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 74 (11.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 69 (10.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (8.36%) Unix
8 51 (7.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 34 (5.07%) Android
10 27 (4.03%) CentOS
11 22 (3.28%) Apple iOS
12 17 (2.54%) Mac OS
13 14 (2.09%) Windows 7
14 8 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (1.04%) Solaris
16 6 (0.90%) Ubuntu
17 5 (0.75%) Windows XP
18 4 (0.60%) Debian
18 4 (0.60%) Windows Vista
19 3 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (19.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 111 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (14.48%) ITIL
4 92 (13.73%) Actionable Insight
5 87 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
6 86 (12.84%) Customer Service
7 80 (11.94%) DevOps
8 68 (10.15%) Agile
8 68 (10.15%) Mentoring
9 63 (9.40%) Incident Management
10 53 (7.91%) Software Engineering
11 44 (6.57%) Infrastructure as Code
11 44 (6.57%) Time Management
12 40 (5.97%) Configuration Management
13 31 (4.63%) Project Management
14 30 (4.48%) Disaster Recovery
15 28 (4.18%) Computer Science
15 28 (4.18%) Service Management
15 28 (4.18%) Software Architecture
16 27 (4.03%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 185 (27.61%) PowerShell
2 112 (16.72%) Bash
3 104 (15.52%) Python
4 79 (11.79%) SQL
5 62 (9.25%) Java
6 35 (5.22%) C#
7 32 (4.78%) C++
8 10 (1.49%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.34%) C
10 8 (1.19%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.75%) Ada
11 5 (0.75%) Ruby
12 4 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.60%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.60%) XMLA
13 3 (0.45%) Perl
14 2 (0.30%) PHP
15 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 201 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 119 (17.76%) DV Cleared
3 103 (15.37%) SC Cleared
4 96 (14.33%) Degree
5 29 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (3.43%) A+ Certification
6 23 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.13%) CCNA
8 18 (2.69%) MCSE
9 17 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.39%) CCNP
11 14 (2.09%) MCP
12 13 (1.94%) DBS Check
13 11 (1.64%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.19%) HND
14 8 (1.19%) ISTQB
14 8 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.04%) ISEB
15 7 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.13%) SLA
4 18 (2.69%) QA
5 13 (1.94%) PMO
6 10 (1.49%) Software Quality Assurance
7 6 (0.90%) GDPR
8 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.15%) JTAG
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) NIST
10 1 (0.15%) RMADS
System Software
1 276 (41.19%) Active Directory
2 162 (24.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (19.25%) Hyper-V
4 64 (9.55%) Docker
5 37 (5.52%) vSphere
6 21 (3.13%) VMware NSX
7 20 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (2.39%) Firmware
9 11 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.90%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.45%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.45%) XenApp
13 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.30%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 83 (12.39%) Ansible
2 76 (11.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 71 (10.60%) SCCM
4 63 (9.40%) Puppet
5 62 (9.25%) Kubernetes
6 29 (4.33%) Terraform
7 21 (3.13%) FortiGate
8 15 (2.24%) Microsoft Clustering
9 13 (1.94%) Failover Clustering
9 13 (1.94%) vCenter Server
10 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 6 (0.90%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.75%) SCOM
13 4 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.60%) WSUS
14 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.45%) EdgeSight
14 3 (0.45%) Packer
Vendors
1 267 (39.85%) Microsoft
2 225 (33.58%) VMware
3 69 (10.30%) Red Hat
4 55 (8.21%) Cisco
5 53 (7.91%) Oracle
6 30 (4.48%) Dell
6 30 (4.48%) Google
7 29 (4.33%) Citrix
8 23 (3.43%) Meraki
9 22 (3.28%) Apple
9 22 (3.28%) ServiceNow
10 17 (2.54%) CheckPoint
10 17 (2.54%) HP
11 13 (1.94%) Veeam
12 10 (1.49%) Avaya
13 9 (1.34%) Fortinet
13 9 (1.34%) Juniper
13 9 (1.34%) SAP
13 9 (1.34%) SolarWinds
14 8 (1.19%) SonicWALL