Microsoft Windows
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 15 23 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 6,237 11,354 11,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.69% 9.06% 9.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.79% 54.74% 53.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,958 8,697 9,606
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,583
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,400 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,616
% change year-on-year - +6.34% -5.96%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,201 20,743 22,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.24% 16.55% 17.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,153 13,901 16,216
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,581 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £85,000
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 2 December 2023.

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 2 December 2023. 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 +6 5,609 £44,400 -1.33% 2,501
UK excluding London +9 4,156 £40,000 - 2,057
Work from Home +8 2,200 £50,000 - 923
London +17 1,892 £55,000 - 587
South East +6 1,267 £41,750 +4.38% 576
North of England +11 831 £37,000 - 523
South West +7 662 £42,500 +1.29% 279
Midlands +10 643 £40,000 -5.88% 342
West Midlands +11 402 £40,000 -5.88% 209
Yorkshire +13 392 £36,000 - 202
North West +6 379 £38,000 +1.33% 257
Scotland +9 319 £44,480 -1.16% 117
East of England +4 269 £35,000 -9.65% 210
East Midlands +7 238 £41,125 -5.46% 133
Wales +21 125 £38,500 -14.44% 46
North East +11 61 £32,500 -13.33% 71
Northern Ireland +4 58 £40,500 -14.74% 27
Channel Islands +7 2 £50,000 -

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
1 621 (9.96%) SharePoint
2 402 (6.45%) MS Exchange
3 197 (3.16%) IIS
4 50 (0.80%) Confluence
5 41 (0.66%) Apache
6 33 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 29 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 26 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
9 25 (0.40%) nginx
10 18 (0.29%) CMS
11 15 (0.24%) Skype for Business
12 14 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
12 14 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
13 11 (0.18%) Site Server
14 9 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
15 7 (0.11%) Tomcat
15 7 (0.11%) WordPress
16 6 (0.096%) OpenStack
17 4 (0.064%) MQSeries
17 4 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 807 (12.94%) Microsoft Office
2 130 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 84 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.14%) PTC Creo
6 9 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
6 9 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.11%) InCopy
8 6 (0.096%) Acrobat
8 6 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.096%) InDesign
8 6 (0.096%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.096%) Revit
9 5 (0.080%) Trello
10 4 (0.064%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.064%) LibreOffice
10 4 (0.064%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.048%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.032%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 19 (0.30%) Fidessa
2 14 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 13 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 10 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
6 7 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.096%) Carpe Diem
7 6 (0.096%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.080%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.080%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.064%) assyst
9 4 (0.064%) Eikon
9 4 (0.064%) Shopify
10 3 (0.048%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.048%) PlanetPress Connect
10 3 (0.048%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 2 (0.032%) Endur
11 2 (0.032%) Misys Equation
11 2 (0.032%) Salerio
11 2 (0.032%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 2,693 (43.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2,498 (40.05%) Azure
3 772 (12.38%) AWS
4 714 (11.45%) Entra ID
5 299 (4.79%) SaaS
6 273 (4.38%) IaaS
7 237 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
8 224 (3.59%) PaaS
9 203 (3.25%) OneDrive
10 129 (2.07%) GCP
11 119 (1.91%) Power Platform
12 93 (1.49%) OpenShift
13 84 (1.35%) Mimecast
13 84 (1.35%) WhatsApp
14 78 (1.25%) GitHub
15 70 (1.12%) Serverless
16 65 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
17 61 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
18 52 (0.83%) Google Workspace
19 47 (0.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1,126 (18.05%) DNS
2 1,112 (17.83%) Firewall
3 985 (15.79%) DHCP
4 735 (11.78%) WAN
5 626 (10.04%) LAN
5 626 (10.04%) VPN
6 604 (9.68%) TCP/IP
7 410 (6.57%) Wireless
8 388 (6.22%) SAN
9 325 (5.21%) VLAN
10 278 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
11 184 (2.95%) Internet
11 184 (2.95%) VoIP
12 182 (2.92%) SD-WAN
13 141 (2.26%) Network Security
14 138 (2.21%) Cisco IOS
15 135 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
16 125 (2.00%) HTTP
17 109 (1.75%) WebEx
18 103 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 668 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 140 (2.24%) MySQL
3 136 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
4 85 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 74 (1.19%) Power BI
6 66 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
7 58 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 50 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 49 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
9 49 (0.79%) Oracle Database
10 40 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 37 (0.59%) RDBMS
12 32 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
13 31 (0.50%) DB2
14 26 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (0.42%) NoSQL
15 24 (0.38%) Metadata
16 17 (0.27%) InfluxDB
17 16 (0.26%) SAP HANA
18 15 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 192 (3.08%) Git
2 178 (2.85%) JIRA
3 134 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 88 (1.41%) GitLab
5 56 (0.90%) Selenium
6 44 (0.71%) Visual Studio
7 42 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
8 37 (0.59%) MSI
8 37 (0.59%) TeamCity
9 34 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 32 (0.51%) Robot Framework
11 31 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
12 30 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 23 (0.37%) Subversion
14 20 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
15 19 (0.30%) NUnit
15 19 (0.30%) SoapUI
16 18 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
17 16 (0.26%) AdminStudio
17 16 (0.26%) InstallShield
General
1 2,017 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 875 (14.03%) Finance
3 507 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
4 286 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
5 280 (4.49%) Law
6 245 (3.93%) Legal
7 216 (3.46%) Retail
8 207 (3.32%) Public Sector
9 204 (3.27%) Banking
10 198 (3.17%) Telecoms
11 196 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 173 (2.77%) Manufacturing
13 154 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
14 92 (1.48%) Aerospace
15 90 (1.44%) Games
16 76 (1.22%) Marketing
17 70 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
18 51 (0.82%) Back Office
19 50 (0.80%) Electronics
20 47 (0.75%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 989 (15.86%) Support Engineer
2 978 (15.68%) Analyst
3 884 (14.17%) IT Support
4 876 (14.05%) Senior
5 865 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 644 (10.33%) IT Engineer
7 527 (8.45%) Support Analyst
8 429 (6.88%) 2nd Line Support
9 376 (6.03%) IT Support Engineer
10 363 (5.82%) IT Analyst
11 316 (5.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 267 (4.28%) IT Support Analyst
13 253 (4.06%) Lead
14 250 (4.01%) Administrator
15 243 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 241 (3.86%) Service Analyst
17 239 (3.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 233 (3.74%) Desktop Support
19 230 (3.69%) Architect
20 213 (3.42%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (3.91%) .NET
2 108 (1.73%) HTML
3 80 (1.28%) Web Services
4 75 (1.20%) XML
5 65 (1.04%) ASP.NET
6 61 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
7 57 (0.91%) .NET Framework
7 57 (0.91%) CSS
8 53 (0.85%) JSON
9 51 (0.82%) Middleware
10 50 (0.80%) AngularJS
11 49 (0.79%) YAML
12 46 (0.74%) React
13 45 (0.72%) ARM Templates
14 42 (0.67%) Spring
15 41 (0.66%) .NET Core
16 39 (0.63%) REST
17 30 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
18 27 (0.43%) Entity Framework
18 27 (0.43%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 353 (5.66%) Data Centre
2 260 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 236 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
4 206 (3.30%) Public Cloud
5 199 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 183 (2.93%) Virtual Team
7 157 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
8 142 (2.28%) PKI
9 124 (1.99%) Replication
10 110 (1.76%) Clustering
11 106 (1.70%) Private Cloud
12 97 (1.56%) Wiki
13 89 (1.43%) Onboarding
13 89 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
14 68 (1.09%) Smartphone
15 67 (1.07%) iPhone
16 64 (1.03%) Client/Server
17 63 (1.01%) CMDB
18 51 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
19 46 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2,422 (38.83%) Windows Server
2 1,529 (24.51%) Linux
3 1,344 (21.55%) Windows 10
4 489 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 473 (7.58%) Android
6 464 (7.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 437 (7.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 349 (5.60%) Unix
9 284 (4.55%) Mac OS
10 260 (4.17%) Apple iOS
11 198 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 182 (2.92%) Windows 7
13 109 (1.75%) Ubuntu
14 101 (1.62%) Windows Server 2008
15 84 (1.35%) Windows 8
16 77 (1.23%) Windows Server 2003
17 67 (1.07%) CentOS
18 61 (0.98%) Mac OS X
19 59 (0.95%) VMS
20 44 (0.71%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,175 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
2 1,146 (18.37%) ITIL
3 1,012 (16.23%) Customer Service
3 1,012 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 660 (10.58%) Agile
5 582 (9.33%) DevOps
6 570 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
7 434 (6.96%) Service Management
8 405 (6.49%) Actionable Insight
9 385 (6.17%) Mentoring
10 369 (5.92%) Project Management
11 357 (5.72%) Incident Management
12 338 (5.42%) Disaster Recovery
13 330 (5.29%) Infrastructure as Code
14 324 (5.19%) Computer Science
15 302 (4.84%) Migration
16 293 (4.70%) ITSM
17 292 (4.68%) Change Management
18 282 (4.52%) Service Delivery
19 267 (4.28%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1,324 (21.23%) PowerShell
2 869 (13.93%) SQL
3 611 (9.80%) Python
4 406 (6.51%) Bash
5 350 (5.61%) C#
6 295 (4.73%) Java
7 192 (3.08%) JavaScript
8 176 (2.82%) C++
9 76 (1.22%) Perl
10 74 (1.19%) Ruby
10 74 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 69 (1.11%) VBScript
12 65 (1.04%) VB
13 64 (1.03%) C
14 53 (0.85%) Shell Script
15 51 (0.82%) PL/SQL
16 36 (0.58%) PHP
16 36 (0.58%) TypeScript
17 31 (0.50%) Bicep
18 24 (0.38%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1,002 (16.07%) Degree
2 882 (14.14%) Security Cleared
3 584 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 397 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 327 (5.24%) DV Cleared
6 230 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 221 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
8 164 (2.63%) MCSE
9 142 (2.28%) Azure Certification
10 139 (2.23%) Master's Degree
11 137 (2.20%) CCNA
12 101 (1.62%) CISSP
13 94 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
13 94 (1.51%) MCSA
14 91 (1.46%) DBS Check
15 82 (1.31%) A+ Certification
16 76 (1.22%) MCP
17 74 (1.19%) CISM
18 62 (0.99%) SSCP
19 58 (0.93%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 485 (7.78%) SLA
2 241 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 134 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 122 (1.96%) GDPR
5 99 (1.59%) QA
6 48 (0.77%) NIST
7 42 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 35 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 25 (0.40%) PMO
10 21 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 21 (0.34%) NCSC
11 17 (0.27%) ISO 9001
12 13 (0.21%) Data Quality
13 10 (0.16%) SOC 2
13 10 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
14 7 (0.11%) COBIT
14 7 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
15 6 (0.096%) ITGC
15 6 (0.096%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.080%) RMADS
System Software
1 3,042 (48.77%) Active Directory
2 1,214 (19.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 734 (11.77%) Hyper-V
4 292 (4.68%) VMware ESXi
5 282 (4.52%) Docker
6 184 (2.95%) vSphere
7 159 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 159 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
8 153 (2.45%) XenApp
9 123 (1.97%) XenDesktop
10 117 (1.88%) Microsoft App-V
11 116 (1.86%) Firmware
12 58 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
13 36 (0.58%) VMware NSX
14 27 (0.43%) vCloud
15 25 (0.40%) BitLocker
16 20 (0.32%) Terminal Services
17 18 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 15 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
19 11 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 831 (13.32%) SCCM
2 735 (11.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 437 (7.01%) Ansible
4 406 (6.51%) Terraform
5 328 (5.26%) Kubernetes
6 220 (3.53%) Puppet
7 182 (2.92%) SCOM
8 122 (1.96%) AirWatch
9 120 (1.92%) WSUS
10 99 (1.59%) vCenter Server
11 95 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 77 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
13 76 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
14 63 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
15 62 (0.99%) FortiGate
16 61 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
17 54 (0.87%) Grafana
18 40 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
19 39 (0.63%) Nessus
20 33 (0.53%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3,162 (50.70%) Microsoft
2 1,703 (27.30%) VMware
3 710 (11.38%) Cisco
4 525 (8.42%) Citrix
5 314 (5.03%) HP
6 311 (4.99%) Oracle
7 285 (4.57%) Apple
8 256 (4.10%) ServiceNow
9 237 (3.80%) Dell
10 218 (3.50%) Veeam
11 203 (3.25%) Red Hat
12 179 (2.87%) Google
13 154 (2.47%) Meraki
14 98 (1.57%) Bloomberg
14 98 (1.57%) SolarWinds
15 92 (1.48%) SAP
16 85 (1.36%) Aruba
17 83 (1.33%) Sophos
18 77 (1.23%) Remedy
19 72 (1.15%) IBM