Microsoft Windows
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 16 38
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7,547 8,582 14,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.35% 10.64% 8.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.23% 63.18% 46.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,782 6,336 9,777
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +1.14% -2.22%
75th Percentile £57,000 £62,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £77,542 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 11,570 13,584 30,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 16.83% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,403 9,692 16,343
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the UK

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Windows in the UK

Windows
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the UK

Windows
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +1 6,973 £42,500 -3.68% 1,100
UK excluding London +3 5,862 £40,000 - 1,060
Work from Home +4 2,166 £49,500 -1.00% 419
South East -1 1,654 £42,500 +13.33% 274
London -4 1,548 £55,000 +4.46% 187
North of England -2 1,241 £37,500 -6.25% 286
Midlands +4 1,111 £35,000 -12.50% 153
South West +6 879 £40,000 -5.88% 150
North West -2 667 £40,000 -11.11% 147
West Midlands +6 640 £35,000 -12.50% 88
East of England +1 512 £35,000 -6.67% 103
East Midlands +3 466 £35,000 -12.50% 65
Yorkshire +1 457 £37,000 +5.71% 107
Scotland -41 298 £47,500 +11.76% 71
Wales +6 117 £32,500 -7.14% 26
North East +1 117 £35,000 -12.50% 38
Northern Ireland -8 45 £37,500 - 38
Isle of Man -4 10 £37,500 +25.00% 1

Windows
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:

Application Platforms
1 1,088 (14.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 776 (10.28%) SharePoint
3 181 (2.40%) IIS
4 136 (1.80%) Apache
5 64 (0.85%) Confluence
6 56 (0.74%) Tomcat
7 41 (0.54%) CMS
8 38 (0.50%) Skype for Business
9 28 (0.37%) OpenStack
10 24 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
11 22 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
12 21 (0.28%) SharePoint 2010
13 18 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
14 15 (0.20%) JBoss
14 15 (0.20%) SAS
14 15 (0.20%) Umbraco
15 12 (0.16%) nginx
15 12 (0.16%) WordPress
16 11 (0.15%) Tuxedo
17 10 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1,099 (14.56%) Microsoft Office
2 252 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 94 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 16 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.15%) InfoPath
7 11 (0.15%) Trello
8 6 (0.080%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.040%) Final Cut Pro
10 3 (0.040%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.040%) Pro Tools
10 3 (0.040%) Simulink
11 2 (0.027%) Windchill
12 1 (0.013%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.013%) CATIA
12 1 (0.013%) NASTRAN
12 1 (0.013%) Revit
Business Applications
1 34 (0.45%) NEC Housing
2 30 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
4 17 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 10 (0.13%) Fidessa
7 9 (0.12%) Teamcenter
8 8 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 7 (0.093%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.080%) Oracle Cash Management
11 5 (0.066%) Temenos T24
12 4 (0.053%) Carpe Diem
13 3 (0.040%) Eikon
13 3 (0.040%) Salesforce CRM
13 3 (0.040%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
14 2 (0.027%) Farmplan
14 2 (0.027%) KEYPrime
14 2 (0.027%) NetSuite
14 2 (0.027%) Sage 200
14 2 (0.027%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2,951 (39.10%) Microsoft 365
2 2,711 (35.92%) Azure
3 858 (11.37%) Entra ID
4 663 (8.78%) AWS
5 306 (4.05%) OneDrive
6 266 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
7 241 (3.19%) IBM Cloud
8 240 (3.18%) SaaS
9 172 (2.28%) IaaS
10 170 (2.25%) Serverless
11 163 (2.16%) GCP
12 142 (1.88%) Azure Functions
13 133 (1.76%) Azure API Management
14 131 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
14 131 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
15 121 (1.60%) Google Workspace
16 120 (1.59%) Power Platform
17 103 (1.36%) Mimecast
17 103 (1.36%) PaaS
18 101 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1,354 (17.94%) Firewall
2 1,018 (13.49%) DNS
3 729 (9.66%) DHCP
4 681 (9.02%) LAN
5 666 (8.82%) WAN
6 612 (8.11%) TCP/IP
7 587 (7.78%) VPN
8 375 (4.97%) Wi-Fi
9 349 (4.62%) SAN
10 331 (4.39%) Internet
11 320 (4.24%) Wireless
12 260 (3.45%) VLAN
13 247 (3.27%) Network Security
14 220 (2.92%) VoIP
15 141 (1.87%) WLAN
16 130 (1.72%) NAS
17 124 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
18 103 (1.36%) SD-WAN
19 87 (1.15%) SNMP
20 74 (0.98%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 661 (8.76%) SQL Server
2 367 (4.86%) MongoDB
3 304 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
4 303 (4.01%) DB2
5 258 (3.42%) NoSQL
6 209 (2.77%) Relational Database
7 113 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
7 113 (1.50%) MySQL
8 91 (1.21%) Power BI
9 76 (1.01%) Oracle Database
10 72 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
11 56 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 43 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 33 (0.44%) RDBMS
14 31 (0.41%) QlikView
15 29 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
16 25 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
17 23 (0.30%) Redis
18 19 (0.25%) Big Data
19 18 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 180 (2.39%) Git
2 157 (2.08%) JIRA
3 115 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 84 (1.11%) Visual Studio
5 66 (0.87%) GitLab
6 37 (0.49%) Subversion
7 25 (0.33%) Bitbucket
7 25 (0.33%) MSI
8 20 (0.27%) CMake
8 20 (0.27%) LabVIEW
9 19 (0.25%) AdminStudio
10 18 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (0.24%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.23%) Eclipse
12 16 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
13 15 (0.20%) InstallShield
14 13 (0.17%) Selenium
15 12 (0.16%) Artifactory
16 11 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 10 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2,269 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 1,083 (14.35%) Finance
3 683 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
4 501 (6.64%) Public Sector
5 308 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 306 (4.05%) Law
7 238 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 231 (3.06%) Retail
9 225 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
10 224 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 205 (2.72%) Banking
12 195 (2.58%) Legal
13 131 (1.74%) Electronics
14 129 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
15 120 (1.59%) Marketing
16 106 (1.40%) Aerospace
17 88 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
18 72 (0.95%) Games
19 69 (0.91%) Automotive
20 61 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,140 (15.11%) IT Support
2 1,083 (14.35%) Support Engineer
3 1,001 (13.26%) Analyst
4 919 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 831 (11.01%) Senior
6 830 (11.00%) IT Engineer
7 535 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 433 (5.74%) Developer
9 419 (5.55%) Support Analyst
10 403 (5.34%) Lead
11 401 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support
12 392 (5.19%) IT Technician
13 382 (5.06%) IT Analyst
14 293 (3.88%) Software Engineer
15 275 (3.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 271 (3.59%) Support Technician
17 259 (3.43%) Service Analyst
18 258 (3.42%) Administrator
19 236 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
20 235 (3.11%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 581 (7.70%) .NET
2 413 (5.47%) HTML
3 361 (4.78%) CSS
4 343 (4.54%) REST
5 340 (4.51%) ASP.NET
6 326 (4.32%) React
7 319 (4.23%) Web Services
8 314 (4.16%) AngularJS
9 293 (3.88%) Vue
10 279 (3.70%) jQuery
11 277 (3.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 242 (3.21%) ASP.NET Core
13 241 (3.19%) Backbone.js
13 241 (3.19%) Ember.js
14 149 (1.97%) Node.js
15 130 (1.72%) WPF
16 91 (1.21%) .NET Framework
17 85 (1.13%) YAML
18 83 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
19 67 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 429 (5.68%) Data Centre
2 400 (5.30%) Driving Licence
3 359 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 320 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 307 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 288 (3.82%) Algorithms
7 244 (3.23%) Data Structures
8 241 (3.19%) Blockchain
9 232 (3.07%) Onboarding
10 192 (2.54%) Public Cloud
11 182 (2.41%) Replication
12 173 (2.29%) PKI
13 157 (2.08%) Clustering
14 122 (1.62%) e-Learning
15 103 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
16 84 (1.11%) Smartphone
17 79 (1.05%) Client/Server
18 75 (0.99%) EPoS
19 74 (0.98%) Cyberattack
20 64 (0.85%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2,626 (34.80%) Windows Server
2 2,069 (27.41%) Linux
3 1,469 (19.46%) Windows 10
4 584 (7.74%) Android
5 554 (7.34%) Apple iOS
6 485 (6.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 460 (6.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 398 (5.27%) Windows Server 2012
9 317 (4.20%) Mac OS
10 283 (3.75%) Unix
11 194 (2.57%) Windows 7
12 149 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 130 (1.72%) Ubuntu
14 125 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
15 107 (1.42%) CentOS
16 85 (1.13%) VMS
17 67 (0.89%) Mac OS X
18 66 (0.87%) Solaris
19 56 (0.74%) Data ONTAP
19 56 (0.74%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,729 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
2 1,217 (16.13%) ITIL
3 1,178 (15.61%) Customer Service
4 1,117 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 747 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
6 632 (8.37%) Agile
7 631 (8.36%) DevOps
8 612 (8.11%) Mentoring
9 496 (6.57%) Computer Science
10 419 (5.55%) Software Engineering
11 395 (5.23%) Service Management
12 392 (5.19%) Project Management
13 375 (4.97%) Disaster Recovery
14 369 (4.89%) User Experience
15 344 (4.56%) Artificial Intelligence
15 344 (4.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 343 (4.54%) Service Delivery
17 335 (4.44%) MVC
18 318 (4.21%) Change Management
18 318 (4.21%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1,144 (15.16%) SQL
2 995 (13.18%) PowerShell
3 687 (9.10%) C#
4 670 (8.88%) Python
5 477 (6.32%) JavaScript
6 334 (4.43%) Java
7 306 (4.05%) Bash
8 290 (3.84%) C++
9 160 (2.12%) C
10 91 (1.21%) VB
11 86 (1.14%) Perl
12 65 (0.86%) T-SQL
13 53 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 49 (0.65%) VBScript
15 43 (0.57%) XAML
16 40 (0.53%) TypeScript
17 38 (0.50%) Ruby
18 35 (0.46%) PHP
19 25 (0.33%) MATLAB
19 25 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,285 (17.03%) Degree
2 926 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 537 (7.12%) SC Cleared
4 528 (7.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 406 (5.38%) DV Cleared
6 326 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 294 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
8 248 (3.29%) CCNA
9 226 (2.99%) DBS Check
10 212 (2.81%) MCP
11 207 (2.74%) MCSE
12 165 (2.19%) A+ Certification
13 136 (1.80%) CCNP
14 134 (1.78%) Azure Certification
15 88 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
15 88 (1.17%) MCSA
16 79 (1.05%) HND
17 78 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 68 (0.90%) LPIC
19 64 (0.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 456 (6.04%) SLA
2 191 (2.53%) GDPR
3 149 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 139 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 114 (1.51%) QA
6 69 (0.91%) Accessibility
7 53 (0.70%) NIST
8 47 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 29 (0.38%) PMO
10 27 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 25 (0.33%) ITGC
12 21 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 19 (0.25%) Data Quality
14 17 (0.23%) COBIT
15 16 (0.21%) HIPAA
16 15 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 10 (0.13%) NCSC
18 9 (0.12%) GRC
19 8 (0.11%) ISO 9001
20 7 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3,103 (41.12%) Active Directory
2 1,232 (16.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 802 (10.63%) Hyper-V
4 252 (3.34%) Docker
4 252 (3.34%) VMware ESXi
5 229 (3.03%) vSphere
6 169 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
7 121 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 113 (1.50%) XenApp
9 104 (1.38%) Firmware
10 99 (1.31%) XenDesktop
11 60 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
12 41 (0.54%) Terminal Services
13 34 (0.45%) KVM
14 32 (0.42%) VMware NSX
15 22 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
15 22 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 22 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
16 21 (0.28%) NFS
16 21 (0.28%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 767 (10.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 538 (7.13%) SCCM
3 348 (4.61%) Ansible
4 312 (4.13%) Kubernetes
5 241 (3.19%) Terraform
6 215 (2.85%) vCenter Server
7 157 (2.08%) WSUS
8 106 (1.40%) SCOM
9 97 (1.29%) Puppet
10 90 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
10 90 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
11 86 (1.14%) Prometheus
12 77 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 50 (0.66%) Grafana
14 49 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
15 48 (0.64%) ZABBIX
16 42 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
17 38 (0.50%) Nagios
18 35 (0.46%) Backup Exec
18 35 (0.46%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3,794 (50.27%) Microsoft
2 1,841 (24.39%) VMware
3 706 (9.35%) Cisco
4 479 (6.35%) Red Hat
5 438 (5.80%) Citrix
6 362 (4.80%) IBM
7 314 (4.16%) Veeam
8 305 (4.04%) Oracle
9 283 (3.75%) Apple
10 274 (3.63%) Dell
11 249 (3.30%) HP
12 238 (3.15%) Google
13 177 (2.35%) ServiceNow
14 167 (2.21%) NetApp
15 135 (1.79%) Meraki
16 126 (1.67%) Palo Alto
17 95 (1.26%) SolarWinds
18 94 (1.25%) SAP
19 91 (1.21%) Sophos
20 86 (1.14%) Adobe