X-Windows Jobs

X-Windows
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring X-Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited X-Windows over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 711 869 967
Rank change year-on-year +158 +98 +260
Permanent jobs citing X-Windows 1 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.009% 0.006%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% 0.043% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile - £25,500 £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £26,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -23.53% +23.64%
75th Percentile - £26,500 £35,000
90th Percentile - £43,750 £35,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £42,500 £32,750
% change year-on-year - +29.77% +31.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

X-Windows falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,497 21,024 30,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.24% 21.23% 30.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,223 15,725 18,834
10th Percentile £37,733 £36,250 £40,775
25th Percentile £50,300 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

X-Windows
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing X-Windows within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +134 1 £40,000 +53.85% 1
London +108 1 £40,000 +53.85% 1

X-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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Logitech
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft