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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,000 836 936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.93% 11.93% 11.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.01% 63.38% 50.73%
Number of salaries quoted 779 517 619
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,420 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,675 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% +4.11% -2.67%
75th Percentile £55,125 £54,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £73,600
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,823 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% +3.11% -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 1,639 1,319 1,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.91% 18.82% 23.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 770 1,207
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,281 £32,500 £32,422
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,918 £61,250 £65,360
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 April 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 April 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 0 315 £41,500 +10.67% 37
Bristol +9 239 £45,000 +16.13% 71
Wiltshire -2 147 £49,000 +30.67% 36
Devon +8 106 £40,000 +14.29% 22
Dorset -3 93 £47,500 +12.09% 13
Somerset +10 79 £31,500 -22.22% 31
Cornwall -19 13 £33,500 -6.29% 6
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
1 141 (14.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (10.30%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.00%) Apache
4 10 (1.00%) IIS
4 10 (1.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (1.00%) SharePoint 2013
5 7 (0.70%) Confluence
5 7 (0.70%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.30%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.30%) JBoss
6 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.10%) CMS
7 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.10%) Moodle
7 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 108 (10.80%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.60%) Trello
4 1 (0.10%) 1Password
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
1 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 324 (32.40%) Microsoft 365
2 317 (31.70%) Azure
3 126 (12.60%) AWS
4 102 (10.20%) Entra ID
5 50 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 50 (5.00%) SaaS
6 42 (4.20%) OpenShift
7 28 (2.80%) GCP
8 17 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.50%) Nutanix
10 13 (1.30%) IaaS
10 13 (1.30%) Slack
10 13 (1.30%) WhatsApp
11 11 (1.10%) PaaS
12 8 (0.80%) GitHub
13 7 (0.70%) Mimecast
13 7 (0.70%) Power Platform
14 6 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 141 (14.10%) DNS
2 137 (13.70%) Firewall
3 129 (12.90%) TCP/IP
4 112 (11.20%) DHCP
5 99 (9.90%) WAN
6 96 (9.60%) LAN
7 74 (7.40%) VPN
8 49 (4.90%) SAN
8 49 (4.90%) Wireless
9 45 (4.50%) HTTP
10 42 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.40%) Internet
12 25 (2.50%) VLAN
13 23 (2.30%) Network Security
14 22 (2.20%) SD-WAN
14 22 (2.20%) VoIP
15 21 (2.10%) NAS
16 16 (1.60%) IPsec
17 15 (1.50%) 5G
17 15 (1.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.50%) MongoDB
3 15 (1.50%) MySQL
4 8 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.80%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.70%) SQLite
6 6 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (0.60%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.50%) Power BI
8 4 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.20%) SQLPlus
11 1 (0.10%) DB2
11 1 (0.10%) MS Access
11 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (3.70%) Git
2 27 (2.70%) Visual Studio
3 21 (2.10%) Subversion
4 20 (2.00%) JIRA
5 13 (1.30%) LabVIEW
6 12 (1.20%) Eclipse
7 11 (1.10%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.40%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.40%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.40%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.30%) MSI
9 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.30%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.20%) GitLab
10 2 (0.20%) MSTest
10 2 (0.20%) NUnit
10 2 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 276 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.00%) Finance
3 84 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 61 (6.10%) Aerospace
6 39 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.40%) Electronics
8 34 (3.40%) Manufacturing
9 32 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 26 (2.60%) Legal
10 26 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (2.30%) Retail
12 16 (1.60%) Marketing
13 15 (1.50%) Automotive
14 11 (1.10%) Aviation
14 11 (1.10%) Law
14 11 (1.10%) Publishing
15 8 (0.80%) Games
15 8 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 190 (19.00%) Senior
2 179 (17.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 174 (17.40%) Support Engineer
4 150 (15.00%) IT Support
5 141 (14.10%) IT Engineer
6 97 (9.70%) IT Support Engineer
7 75 (7.50%) Analyst
8 66 (6.60%) Administrator
8 66 (6.60%) IT Technician
9 64 (6.40%) Lead
10 60 (6.00%) Software Engineer
11 52 (5.20%) Developer
12 48 (4.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 42 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
14 41 (4.10%) Field Engineer
15 40 (4.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 38 (3.80%) Wintel Engineer
17 35 (3.50%) Senior Wintel Engineer
18 33 (3.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 31 (3.10%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.50%) .NET
2 25 (2.50%) HTML
3 21 (2.10%) STL
4 19 (1.90%) WPF
5 17 (1.70%) CSS
6 15 (1.50%) Qt
7 13 (1.30%) XML
8 12 (1.20%) .NET Framework
8 12 (1.20%) ASP.NET
9 11 (1.10%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.10%) Apache NiFi
10 10 (1.00%) MFC
10 10 (1.00%) REST
10 10 (1.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 8 (0.80%) JSON
11 8 (0.80%) pytest
11 8 (0.80%) React
12 7 (0.70%) Web Services
13 6 (0.60%) XSD
13 6 (0.60%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 76 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
2 71 (7.10%) Driving Licence
3 33 (3.30%) Data Centre
4 32 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.30%) Clustering
6 21 (2.10%) Public Cloud
7 20 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.90%) GNSS
9 17 (1.70%) iPhone
9 17 (1.70%) Replication
10 15 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
10 15 (1.50%) Fat Client
10 15 (1.50%) PKI
10 15 (1.50%) Thin Client
11 14 (1.40%) EMC VNX
11 14 (1.40%) Mobile App
12 13 (1.30%) Smartphone
13 12 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
13 12 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.10%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 333 (33.30%) Linux
2 322 (32.20%) Windows Server
3 196 (19.60%) Windows 10
4 105 (10.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 81 (8.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 78 (7.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 70 (7.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 46 (4.60%) Unix
9 41 (4.10%) Windows 7
10 40 (4.00%) Mac OS
11 36 (3.60%) Apple iOS
12 35 (3.50%) Android
13 31 (3.10%) CentOS
14 20 (2.00%) AIX
15 19 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (1.00%) Solaris
17 9 (0.90%) VMS
18 6 (0.60%) Mac OS X
18 6 (0.60%) Ubuntu
19 5 (0.50%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (19.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 155 (15.50%) ITIL
4 146 (14.60%) Customer Service
5 102 (10.20%) Software Engineering
6 93 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
7 87 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 81 (8.10%) DevOps
9 73 (7.30%) Actionable Insight
10 69 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 64 (6.40%) Agile
12 63 (6.30%) Service Management
13 61 (6.10%) Incident Management
14 59 (5.90%) Service Delivery
14 59 (5.90%) User Experience
15 56 (5.60%) Change Management
16 53 (5.30%) Computer Science
17 52 (5.20%) Time Management
18 51 (5.10%) Configuration Management
19 44 (4.40%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 224 (22.40%) PowerShell
2 142 (14.20%) Python
3 127 (12.70%) Bash
4 106 (10.60%) SQL
5 79 (7.90%) Java
6 75 (7.50%) C#
7 64 (6.40%) C++
8 29 (2.90%) JavaScript
9 27 (2.70%) C
10 20 (2.00%) MATLAB
11 16 (1.60%) VB
12 15 (1.50%) Perl
13 11 (1.10%) Tcl
13 11 (1.10%) TypeScript
14 8 (0.80%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.70%) PHP
16 6 (0.60%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.60%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.50%) Ruby
18 4 (0.40%) Lua
Qualifications
1 270 (27.00%) Security Cleared
2 161 (16.10%) DV Cleared
3 144 (14.40%) SC Cleared
4 138 (13.80%) Degree
5 46 (4.60%) DBS Check
6 41 (4.10%) A+ Certification
7 36 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
10 17 (1.70%) CCNA
10 17 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.60%) HND
11 16 (1.60%) MCP
12 13 (1.30%) MCSE
13 10 (1.00%) MCITP
14 9 (0.90%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.80%) GIAC
16 7 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.40%) SLA
2 22 (2.20%) GDPR
3 19 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.80%) QA
5 13 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.50%) SOC 1
6 5 (0.50%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.30%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.10%) NCSC
8 1 (0.10%) NIST
8 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 423 (42.30%) Active Directory
2 236 (23.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 158 (15.80%) Hyper-V
4 57 (5.70%) Docker
5 39 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
6 30 (3.00%) vSphere
7 22 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (2.00%) Firmware
9 16 (1.60%) XenApp
10 14 (1.40%) Embedded Firmware
10 14 (1.40%) XenDesktop
11 8 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
12 7 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.60%) KVM
14 4 (0.40%) VMware NSX
15 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.30%) Ceph
15 3 (0.30%) Forefront TMG
15 3 (0.30%) Gluster
15 3 (0.30%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 126 (12.60%) SCCM
2 87 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 68 (6.80%) Ansible
4 59 (5.90%) Kubernetes
5 51 (5.10%) Puppet
6 28 (2.80%) vCenter Server
7 22 (2.20%) Nagios
8 17 (1.70%) EMC NetWorker
9 13 (1.30%) WSUS
10 12 (1.20%) Backup Exec
10 12 (1.20%) NetBackup
11 11 (1.10%) ZABBIX
12 10 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (1.00%) McAfee ePO
12 10 (1.00%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.80%) Prometheus
13 8 (0.80%) SCVMM
13 8 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (0.80%) Terraform
14 7 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 491 (49.10%) Microsoft
2 305 (30.50%) VMware
3 100 (10.00%) Red Hat
4 80 (8.00%) Cisco
5 59 (5.90%) Oracle
6 56 (5.60%) HP
7 52 (5.20%) Citrix
8 44 (4.40%) Veeam
9 36 (3.60%) Google
10 29 (2.90%) SolarWinds
11 26 (2.60%) Apple
11 26 (2.60%) NetApp
12 25 (2.50%) Dell
12 25 (2.50%) ServiceNow
13 24 (2.40%) EMC
14 18 (1.80%) McAfee
15 17 (1.70%) Xamarin
16 15 (1.50%) Aruba
17 13 (1.30%) Meraki
17 13 (1.30%) Symantec