Windows Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Windows
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Windows 73 54 139
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 4.43% 10.11% 7.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.95% 83.08% 55.38%
Number of salaries quoted 56 50 123
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,910 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £37,170 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,552 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% +52.47% -7.14%
75th Percentile £45,625 £78,438 £42,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £54,750
UK median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -11.11%

All Operating Systems
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 83 65 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 5.04% 12.17% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61 61 197
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £24,900
25th Percentile £28,500 £37,170 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £49,104 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +21.24% +12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £72,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -14.29%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Windows job vacancy trend in Wales

Windows
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Wales over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Wales

Windows
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. 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
South Wales +7 58 £40,000 +5.00% 19
North Wales -5 6 £34,500 +3.76% 7
West Wales -20 5 £45,000 +49.42% 5
Mid Wales -2 4 - -
Dyfed - 1 £45,000 - 1
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (17.81%) SharePoint
2 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.74%) Confluence
4 1 (1.37%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (67.12%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (24.66%) Azure
3 5 (6.85%) AWS
3 5 (6.85%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.11%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.74%) Cloudflare
5 2 (2.74%) Route 53
5 2 (2.74%) SaaS
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (38.36%) Firewall
2 27 (36.99%) DNS
3 23 (31.51%) DHCP
4 15 (20.55%) TCP/IP
5 14 (19.18%) WAN
6 10 (13.70%) LAN
7 8 (10.96%) VPN
8 4 (5.48%) BGP
8 4 (5.48%) MPLS
8 4 (5.48%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (5.48%) VLAN
8 4 (5.48%) VoIP
9 3 (4.11%) IPsec
9 3 (4.11%) Network Security
9 3 (4.11%) SSH
9 3 (4.11%) SSL
9 3 (4.11%) WLAN
10 2 (2.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.96%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.74%) MySQL
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
General
1 35 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.81%) Public Sector
3 12 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.85%) Finance
4 5 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.74%) Back Office
6 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (34.25%) IT Support
2 18 (24.66%) Senior
3 17 (23.29%) Support Engineer
4 14 (19.18%) IT Engineer
4 14 (19.18%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (19.18%) IT Technician
5 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (13.70%) IT Support Technician
6 10 (13.70%) Support Technician
6 10 (13.70%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) 3rd Line Support
7 9 (12.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 9 (12.33%) IT Manager
7 9 (12.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Analyst
8 5 (6.85%) Help Desk Manager
9 4 (5.48%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (5.48%) Senior Manager
9 4 (5.48%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) .NET
1 1 (1.37%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.37%) EDI
1 1 (1.37%) RESTful
1 1 (1.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.59%) PKI
3 6 (8.22%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (5.48%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.48%) SCADA
5 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.74%) Clustering
6 2 (2.74%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (1.37%) Handset
7 1 (1.37%) iPad
7 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (42.47%) Windows Server
2 15 (20.55%) Windows 10
3 14 (19.18%) Linux
4 10 (13.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (12.33%) Mac OS
6 4 (5.48%) Unix
6 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.74%) Android
7 2 (2.74%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.37%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.73%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (34.25%) Customer Service
3 16 (21.92%) ITIL
3 16 (21.92%) Root Cause Analysis
4 15 (20.55%) Kalman Filter
4 15 (20.55%) Web Filtering
5 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (17.81%) Service Delivery
5 13 (17.81%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (13.70%) Mentoring
8 9 (12.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (12.33%) Problem Management
8 9 (12.33%) Security Management
9 8 (10.96%) Computer Science
9 8 (10.96%) Customer Experience
10 7 (9.59%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 6 (8.22%) Email Filtering
11 6 (8.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.44%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.11%) SQL
3 1 (1.37%) C#
3 1 (1.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (28.77%) SC Cleared
1 21 (28.77%) Security Cleared
2 14 (19.18%) Degree
3 8 (10.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.48%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.48%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (4.11%) CCIE
5 3 (4.11%) CCNP
5 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.11%) JNCIP
6 2 (2.74%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (2.74%) HNC
6 2 (2.74%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (8.22%) PCI DSS
2 4 (5.48%) SLA
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
3 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.37%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (56.16%) Active Directory
2 32 (43.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (30.14%) Hyper-V
4 9 (12.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (12.33%) vSphere
5 6 (8.22%) Terminal Server
5 6 (8.22%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (5.48%) VMware NSX
7 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Proxmox
1 9 (12.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (5.48%) Ansible
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (79.45%) Microsoft
2 38 (52.05%) VMware
3 10 (13.70%) Splunk
4 9 (12.33%) Veeam
5 7 (9.59%) SolarWinds
6 6 (8.22%) Brocade
6 6 (8.22%) Nimble Storage
6 6 (8.22%) Tanium
7 4 (5.48%) Adobe
7 4 (5.48%) Cisco
8 2 (2.74%) Meraki
8 2 (2.74%) Synology