Windows Engineer
UK
The median Windows Engineer salary in the UK is £72,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 637 | 723 | 744 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +86 | +21 | +281 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Engineer | 55 | 173 | 245 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.18% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.19% | 0.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 50 | 149 | 199 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £30,000 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £49,000 | £34,000 | £33,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,250 | £42,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +70.00% | -22.73% | +14.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £70,000 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £90,500 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £34,000 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.71% | -15.00% | +10.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Windows Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Engineer.
Windows Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Windows Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| England | +73 | 55 | £72,250 | +92.67% | 34 |
| London | +90 | 40 | £83,750 | +15.52% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +152 | 18 | £56,250 | -22.41% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | +114 | 12 | £47,500 | +39.71% | 20 |
| Midlands | +70 | 6 | £37,500 | +7.14% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +53 | 4 | £42,500 | -3.41% | 3 |
| South East | +59 | 3 | £50,000 | +47.06% | 12 |
| East of England | +54 | 2 | £46,000 | +31.43% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +35 | 2 | £37,500 | +8.70% | 2 |
| North of England | +76 | 1 | £65,000 | +44.44% | 1 |
| North West | +30 | 1 | £65,000 | +136.36% | 1 |
Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Windows Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.
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Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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