Windows Job Trends in Stevenage

Microsoft Windows
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stevenage 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 14 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 24 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Stevenage 4.03% 7.65% 5.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.00% 41.67% 46.67%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 4
10th Percentile £28,000 - £37,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £51,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.66% +29.41% +54.55%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,625 £44,063
90th Percentile £56,750 £65,000 £44,625
Hertfordshire median annual salary £44,687 £49,250 £46,250
% change year-on-year -9.27% +6.49% +23.33%

All Operating Systems
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 40 36 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 6.71% 18.37% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 37 20 12
10th Percentile £33,700 £51,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.07% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £46,160 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% +5.00% +11.11%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Windows
Salary Trend in Stevenage

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Stevenage

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

Salary histogram for Windows in Stevenage

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (29.17%) Skype for Business
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) Cohesity
4 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Skype
2 3 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 3 (12.50%) InfiniBand
2 3 (12.50%) VSAN
3 2 (8.33%) DHCP
3 2 (8.33%) DNS
3 2 (8.33%) Firewall
3 2 (8.33%) LAN
3 2 (8.33%) VLAN
3 2 (8.33%) VPN
3 2 (8.33%) WAN
3 2 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (45.83%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (16.67%) MS Access
2 4 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Toad
2 3 (12.50%) GitLab
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Local Government
2 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (12.50%) Games
4 1 (4.17%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Senior
1 5 (20.83%) Wintel Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 4 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Senior Applications Support
2 4 (16.67%) Senior Support Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Professional Services Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Service Desk Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) OpenGL
1 3 (12.50%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.50%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (12.50%) Blackberry
2 3 (12.50%) CUDA
2 3 (12.50%) PKI
2 3 (12.50%) RSA SecurID
2 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows Server
2 10 (41.67%) Linux
3 4 (16.67%) Unix
4 3 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (8.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 7 (29.17%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) Presales
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 4 (16.67%) Migration
4 4 (16.67%) Workflow
5 3 (12.50%) Batch Scheduling
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (12.50%) Physics
5 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) Software Architecture
5 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) Validation
6 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) PowerShell
2 7 (29.17%) Python
3 4 (16.67%) Bash
3 4 (16.67%) Shell Script
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) VB
4 3 (12.50%) C
4 3 (12.50%) C++
4 3 (12.50%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Security Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) Degree
3 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) RHCE
4 3 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Lustre
2 3 (12.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 3 (12.50%) vSphere
3 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Ansible
1 7 (29.17%) SCOM
1 7 (29.17%) WSUS
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (8.33%) PaperCut
3 2 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) Red Hat
3 5 (20.83%) VMware
4 4 (16.67%) Google
4 4 (16.67%) NEC
4 4 (16.67%) Oracle
4 4 (16.67%) SAP
5 3 (12.50%) EMC
5 3 (12.50%) HP
5 3 (12.50%) IBM
5 3 (12.50%) Mellanox
5 3 (12.50%) NetApp
6 2 (8.33%) Sophos