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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 335 981 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.34% 10.56% 11.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.51% 60.07% 62.77%
Number of salaries quoted 249 760 503
10th Percentile £26,700 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,538 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +11.84% +3.95%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,823
% change year-on-year - -8.72% +3.11%

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 489 1,633 1,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.64% 17.59% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 346 1,241 743
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,918 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £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 11 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 11 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
Wiltshire +8 88 £40,000 -18.37% 33
Devon +5 83 £33,500 -16.25% 27
Bristol -41 45 £45,000 +1.12% 86
Somerset -8 41 £40,000 +35.11% 27
Gloucestershire -19 41 £29,500 -26.25% 78
Dorset -6 31 £32,500 -23.53% 26
Cornwall +7 6 £31,750 -3.79% 5
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 31 (9.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.48%) OpenEdge
3 14 (4.18%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.58%) IIS
5 6 (1.79%) Apache
6 3 (0.90%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
Applications
1 49 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 134 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (24.78%) Azure
3 38 (11.34%) Entra ID
4 20 (5.97%) AWS
5 9 (2.69%) OneDrive
6 7 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.49%) GitHub
7 5 (1.49%) SaaS
8 4 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (1.19%) Serverless
9 3 (0.90%) IaaS
10 2 (0.60%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.30%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.30%) Sage Pay
11 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.61%) Firewall
2 49 (14.63%) VLAN
3 41 (12.24%) DNS
4 39 (11.64%) VPN
5 36 (10.75%) DHCP
6 35 (10.45%) WAN
7 31 (9.25%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (7.76%) LAN
9 25 (7.46%) VoIP
10 22 (6.57%) SAN
11 13 (3.88%) MPLS
12 11 (3.28%) SD-WAN
13 10 (2.99%) ADSL
13 10 (2.99%) TCP/IP
14 8 (2.39%) IPsec
15 6 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
16 4 (1.19%) 5G
16 4 (1.19%) IPv4
16 4 (1.19%) Wireless
17 3 (0.90%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.48%) Amazon RDS
1 15 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.19%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.30%) Power BI
3 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (2.09%) JIRA
2 6 (1.79%) Eclipse
2 6 (1.79%) Eclipse RCP
2 6 (1.79%) Git
3 5 (1.49%) Selenium
4 4 (1.19%) LabVIEW
4 4 (1.19%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.60%) Subversion
6 1 (0.30%) CMake
6 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.30%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.30%) WiX
General
1 116 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
2 45 (13.43%) Manufacturing
3 24 (7.16%) Electronics
4 15 (4.48%) Legal
5 12 (3.58%) Retail
6 11 (3.28%) Finance
7 9 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.39%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.39%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.09%) Back Office
10 5 (1.49%) Aviation
10 5 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Marketing
11 4 (1.19%) Military
11 4 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.90%) Games
12 3 (0.90%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 56 (16.72%) IT Support
2 44 (13.13%) Analyst
3 41 (12.24%) Administrator
4 38 (11.34%) Systems Administrator
5 30 (8.96%) Support Analyst
6 28 (8.36%) 2nd Line Support
6 28 (8.36%) IT Engineer
6 28 (8.36%) Wintel Administrator
6 28 (8.36%) Wintel Systems Administrator
7 27 (8.06%) Support Engineer
7 27 (8.06%) Support Technician
8 25 (7.46%) Developer
8 25 (7.46%) Senior
9 22 (6.57%) IT Analyst
10 21 (6.27%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (5.97%) ERP Developer
11 20 (5.97%) Progress Developer
12 19 (5.67%) IT Support Analyst
13 14 (4.18%) 3rd Line Support
14 13 (3.88%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.99%) .NET
2 9 (2.69%) HTML
3 8 (2.39%) Middleware
4 6 (1.79%) CSS
4 6 (1.79%) JSP
5 5 (1.49%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.49%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.19%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.19%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.19%) pytest
6 4 (1.19%) REST
7 3 (0.90%) OpenCL
8 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.30%) HTML5
8 1 (0.30%) JSON
8 1 (0.30%) Ninject
8 1 (0.30%) Qt
8 1 (0.30%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (0.30%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.04%) Driving Licence
2 35 (10.45%) Social Media
3 20 (5.97%) Video Conferencing
4 13 (3.88%) CCTV
5 9 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.39%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.39%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.09%) FPGA
7 7 (2.09%) MicroBlaze
7 7 (2.09%) VHDL
8 6 (1.79%) GNSS
8 6 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.79%) PKI
8 6 (1.79%) Satnav
9 5 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.49%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.49%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.49%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 135 (40.30%) Windows Server
2 91 (27.16%) Linux
3 35 (10.45%) Windows Vista
4 33 (9.85%) Windows 10
5 20 (5.97%) Apple iOS
6 15 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (2.69%) Mac OS
9 7 (2.09%) Unix
10 6 (1.79%) Android
11 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.90%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.90%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.30%) AIX
13 1 (0.30%) Solaris
13 1 (0.30%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (34.93%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (22.09%) Customer Service
3 66 (19.70%) ITIL
4 54 (16.12%) Computer Science
5 40 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
6 38 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (9.85%) ERP
8 31 (9.25%) Time Management
9 27 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (6.57%) Software Engineering
11 20 (5.97%) Mentoring
11 20 (5.97%) Test Automation
12 19 (5.67%) Agile
13 17 (5.07%) Analytics
13 17 (5.07%) User Experience
14 16 (4.78%) Service Management
15 15 (4.48%) ITSM
15 15 (4.48%) Software Testing
16 14 (4.18%) Migration
17 13 (3.88%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 45 (13.43%) PowerShell
2 43 (12.84%) SQL
3 36 (10.75%) Python
4 20 (5.97%) Progress 4GL
5 18 (5.37%) C++
6 17 (5.07%) C#
7 15 (4.48%) Java
8 13 (3.88%) Bash
9 10 (2.99%) C
9 10 (2.99%) MATLAB
9 10 (2.99%) Perl
9 10 (2.99%) VB
10 6 (1.79%) Tcl
11 5 (1.49%) PHP
12 4 (1.19%) R
13 3 (0.90%) Ada
13 3 (0.90%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.90%) Rust
14 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 75 (22.39%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.63%) Degree
3 41 (12.24%) DV Cleared
4 39 (11.64%) DBS Check
5 38 (11.34%) SC Cleared
6 28 (8.36%) A+ Certification
7 24 (7.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.58%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.69%) AWS Certification
10 9 (2.69%) MCP
11 8 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.09%) CTC Cleared
12 7 (2.09%) ISTQB
13 6 (1.79%) CCNA
13 6 (1.79%) MCSA
14 4 (1.19%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.19%) CISSP
14 4 (1.19%) HND
14 4 (1.19%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (11.34%) SLA
2 12 (3.58%) QA
3 8 (2.39%) GDPR
4 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 121 (36.12%) Active Directory
2 38 (11.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.07%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (4.48%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.99%) Firmware
6 8 (2.39%) Docker
7 7 (2.09%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (1.79%) vSphere
9 3 (0.90%) XenApp
10 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.60%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.30%) LXC
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.30%) Samba
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (12.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.07%) SCCM
3 10 (2.99%) Ansible
3 10 (2.99%) Terraform
4 5 (1.49%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.49%) Puppet
5 3 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.90%) Backup Exec
5 3 (0.90%) Iperf
5 3 (0.90%) WMI
6 2 (0.60%) SmoothWall
6 2 (0.60%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.30%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 164 (48.96%) Microsoft
2 51 (15.22%) VMware
3 20 (5.97%) Cisco
3 20 (5.97%) Progress
4 16 (4.78%) Veeam
5 14 (4.18%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.99%) Fortinet
7 8 (2.39%) Citrix
8 7 (2.09%) Xilinx
9 6 (1.79%) Altera
9 6 (1.79%) Green Hills
10 5 (1.49%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.49%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.19%) Aruba
11 4 (1.19%) Google
12 3 (0.90%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.90%) NetApp
12 3 (0.90%) Remedy
12 3 (0.90%) Symantec
12 3 (0.90%) Veritas