Windows Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Windows
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 30 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -24 +28
Permanent jobs citing Windows 27 31 105
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 4.29% 5.73% 16.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 71.05% 60.78% 84.68%
Number of salaries quoted 27 18 85
10th Percentile £28,075 £25,025 £24,060
25th Percentile £30,250 £26,938 £26,361
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £39,961 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% +21.09% -2.94%
75th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £40,250
90th Percentile - £55,750 £50,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +1.35% -3.90%

All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 51 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 6.03% 9.43% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 31 21 97
10th Percentile £29,125 £25,250 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +21.74% -1.99%
75th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% -4.16%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Windows
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in South Yorkshire

Windows
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Sheffield +6 24 £32,500 -20.73% 18
Rotherham - 2 £32,500 - 1
Doncaster -15 1 £51,000 +106.06% 7
Windows
Yorkshire

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.70%) IIS
3 1 (3.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (37.04%) Azure
3 4 (14.81%) Google Docs
3 4 (14.81%) Google Sheets
3 4 (14.81%) Google Workspace
4 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.70%) AWS
5 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) Firewall
2 6 (22.22%) SAN
3 5 (18.52%) DNS
3 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
4 4 (14.81%) DHCP
5 3 (11.11%) Network Security
5 3 (11.11%) VPN
5 3 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.70%) Broadband
6 1 (3.70%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MySQL
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 12 (44.44%) Manufacturing
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Law
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Automotive
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) IT Support
2 5 (18.52%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (18.52%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Administrator
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) IT Administrator
4 3 (11.11%) IT Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Help Desk Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Help Desk Team Lead
5 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) IT Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) JSON
1 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (85.19%) Windows Server
2 8 (29.63%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.41%) Linux
3 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) ITIL
2 6 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
3 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) Break/Fix
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (7.41%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Server Migrations
7 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
7 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.70%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.70%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (3.70%) IT Governance
7 1 (3.70%) ITSM
7 1 (3.70%) Password Management
7 1 (3.70%) Patch Management
7 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) A+ Certification
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) HNC
2 4 (14.81%) HND
2 4 (14.81%) MCP
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) SLA
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (70.37%) Active Directory
2 9 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Plesk
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) VMware
3 5 (18.52%) Citrix
4 4 (14.81%) Google
5 2 (7.41%) Draytek
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco
6 1 (3.70%) Freshdesk
6 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow