Windows Engineer
UK
The median Windows Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 658 | 758 | 728 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +100 | -30 | +317 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Engineer | 53 | 152 | 238 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.097% | 0.15% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.16% | 0.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 47 | 131 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,000 | £30,000 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £49,000 | £33,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £42,500 | £57,472 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.94% | -26.05% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £70,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £85,000 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £34,000 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.71% | -15.00% | +6.34% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 2025.
Windows Engineer
Top 12 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 28 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 | +70 | 53 | £65,000 | +73.33% | 147 |
| London | +106 | 36 | £77,500 | +6.90% | 43 |
| Work from Home | +101 | 22 | £55,000 | -24.14% | 106 |
| UK excluding London | +113 | 14 | £47,500 | +39.71% | 127 |
| Midlands | +52 | 6 | £47,500 | +39.71% | 15 |
| South East | +42 | 5 | £50,000 | +47.06% | 45 |
| East Midlands | +42 | 4 | £51,250 | +16.48% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +53 | 2 | £37,500 | +10.29% | 8 |
| North of England | +35 | 2 | £52,500 | +16.67% | 24 |
| Yorkshire | +58 | 1 | £40,000 | -11.11% | 8 |
| East of England | +39 | 1 | £42,000 | +20.00% | 26 |
| North West | -1 | 1 | £65,000 | +136.36% | 13 |
Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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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