Windows Jobs in Staffordshire

Microsoft Windows
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 210 156 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 33.87% 14.21% 19.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 95.89% 93.98% 86.67%
Number of salaries quoted 139 132 73
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,255 £24,800
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.62% -18.75% +23.08%
75th Percentile - £47,813 £45,375
90th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 £58,500
West Midlands median annual salary £36,925 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -12.50% -5.88%

All Operating Systems
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 219 166 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 35.32% 15.12% 22.43%
Number of salaries quoted 148 142 89
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,300 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £32,500 £41,001
Median % change year-on-year +13.62% -20.73% +26.16%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £38,925 £55,000 £57,750
West Midlands median annual salary £36,925 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.53% -16.67% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Staffordshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Windows in Staffordshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Staffordshire

Windows
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Tamworth +7 39 £36,925 -22.26% 2
Cannock +8 38 £36,925 +47.70% 1
Lichfield +4 35 £26,375 -34.06%
Burton-upon-Trent +15 34 £36,925 -29.67%
Stoke-on-Trent -1 25 £35,000 +12.90% 58
Rugeley - 11 £36,925 -
Stafford -8 4 £53,688 +55.62% 7
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.95%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.24%) Google Workspace
3 10 (4.76%) Azure
4 3 (1.43%) AWS
5 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.62%) Firewall
2 11 (5.24%) BGP
2 11 (5.24%) DHCP
2 11 (5.24%) DNS
2 11 (5.24%) OSPF
2 11 (5.24%) TCP/IP
2 11 (5.24%) VLAN
2 11 (5.24%) WLAN
3 9 (4.29%) LAN
3 9 (4.29%) WAN
4 3 (1.43%) VPN
5 2 (0.95%) SAN
6 1 (0.48%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.48%) MySQL
General
1 31 (14.76%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.19%) Public Sector
3 11 (5.24%) Automotive
3 11 (5.24%) Retail
4 5 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (12.86%) Instructor
2 16 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 13 (6.19%) Infrastructure Support
5 12 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
6 9 (4.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 9 (4.29%) IT Support
6 9 (4.29%) Support Engineer
7 8 (3.81%) Analyst
7 8 (3.81%) Support Analyst
8 5 (2.38%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (2.38%) IT Technician
8 5 (2.38%) Support Technician
8 5 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (2.38%) Technical Support
8 5 (2.38%) Technical Support Analyst
9 4 (1.90%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (1.90%) Infrastructure Support Technician
9 4 (1.90%) Infrastructure Technician
10 3 (1.43%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.95%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 160 (76.19%) Social Media
2 16 (7.62%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.24%) Smartphone
4 6 (2.86%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.43%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.48%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 160 (76.19%) Windows Vista
2 31 (14.76%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.05%) Linux
4 17 (8.10%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (5.24%) Mac OS X
6 11 (5.24%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.38%) Windows 7
7 5 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (5.24%) Business Case
2 11 (5.24%) Computer Science
2 11 (5.24%) Performance Tuning
2 11 (5.24%) Systems Engineering
3 10 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (4.29%) ITIL
5 5 (2.38%) Asset Management
5 5 (2.38%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (2.38%) Customer Experience
5 5 (2.38%) Incident Management
5 5 (2.38%) Server Management
6 4 (1.90%) Availability Management
6 4 (1.90%) Change Management
6 4 (1.90%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (1.90%) Release Management
7 3 (1.43%) Mathematics
7 3 (1.43%) Performance Management
7 3 (1.43%) Roadmaps
7 3 (1.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.00%) SQL
2 17 (8.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 160 (76.19%) DBS Check
2 30 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (11.90%) MCSE
4 16 (7.62%) Degree
5 14 (6.67%) MCSA
6 11 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (5.24%) HNC
6 11 (5.24%) HND
7 10 (4.76%) MCP
8 9 (4.29%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (0.48%) GDPR
1 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (15.24%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.48%) Nessus
2 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.57%) Dell
3 14 (6.67%) Apple
3 14 (6.67%) VMware
4 11 (5.24%) Cisco
4 11 (5.24%) Fortinet
4 11 (5.24%) Google
4 11 (5.24%) Ubiquiti
5 3 (1.43%) Citrix
5 3 (1.43%) HP
5 3 (1.43%) Isilon
5 3 (1.43%) Sophos
5 3 (1.43%) Veeam
6 1 (0.48%) EMC
6 1 (0.48%) NetApp
6 1 (0.48%) Netskope
6 1 (0.48%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (0.48%) SonicWALL