Windows Jobs in Wales

Microsoft Windows
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 50 144 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.16% 6.58% 7.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 80.65% 51.25% 58.88%
Number of salaries quoted 44 117 62
10th Percentile £22,137 £24,500 £24,100
25th Percentile £36,378 £26,500 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £78,750 £42,500 £47,250
90th Percentile - £53,750 £52,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +2.27%

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 62 281 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 5.16% 12.84% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 56 191 89
10th Percentile £25,228 £24,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,170 £28,290 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% +15.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £52,500 £49,600
90th Percentile £78,750 £57,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Wales

Windows
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Windows in Wales

Windows
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
South Wales -29 11 £38,094 +26.98% 160
West Wales +8 8 £22,500 -55.88% 1
North Wales -15 4 £34,000 +0.74% 2
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 -
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (4.00%) IIS
2 1 (2.00%) Apache
2 1 (2.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (64.00%) Azure
2 12 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (16.00%) IaaS
3 8 (16.00%) PaaS
3 8 (16.00%) SaaS
4 5 (10.00%) AWS
5 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (46.00%) Network Security
2 12 (24.00%) TCP/IP
3 10 (20.00%) DNS
3 10 (20.00%) Modbus
3 10 (20.00%) MQTT
4 5 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (4.00%) DHCP
5 2 (4.00%) Firewall
6 1 (2.00%) Broadband
6 1 (2.00%) Internet
6 1 (2.00%) LAN
6 1 (2.00%) VLAN
6 1 (2.00%) VoIP
6 1 (2.00%) VPN
6 1 (2.00%) WAN
6 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (32.00%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (32.00%) RDBMS
1 16 (32.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.00%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (2.00%) GitLab
2 1 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 40 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.00%) Finance
3 8 (16.00%) Welsh Language
4 4 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.00%) Back Office
6 1 (2.00%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (34.00%) Lead
2 14 (28.00%) Software Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) Developer
4 11 (22.00%) Lead Software Engineer
5 8 (16.00%) Lead Developer
5 8 (16.00%) Server Engineer
5 8 (16.00%) Software Team Leader
5 8 (16.00%) Support Engineer
5 8 (16.00%) Team Leader
6 6 (12.00%) Firmware Developer
7 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
7 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Graduate
7 5 (10.00%) Graduate 1st Line Support
7 5 (10.00%) Graduate Support Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) Senior
8 4 (8.00%) Software Developer
9 3 (6.00%) Analyst
9 3 (6.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (44.00%) .NET
2 4 (8.00%) Symfony
3 1 (2.00%) CSS
3 1 (2.00%) HTML
3 1 (2.00%) JSP
3 1 (2.00%) Middleware
3 1 (2.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (52.00%) IoT
2 10 (20.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.00%) PMI
3 1 (2.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (50.00%) Linux
2 22 (44.00%) Unix
3 12 (24.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (10.00%) Mac OS
5 4 (8.00%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (74.00%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (44.00%) Agile
3 20 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 19 (38.00%) Mentoring
5 18 (36.00%) Product Strategy
5 18 (36.00%) Technical Debt
5 18 (36.00%) Technical Leadership
6 17 (34.00%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (32.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 16 (32.00%) Web Development
8 15 (30.00%) ITIL
9 13 (26.00%) CI/CD
10 10 (20.00%) API Development
10 10 (20.00%) Computer Architecture
11 8 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (16.00%) Incident Management
11 8 (16.00%) Performance Monitoring
11 8 (16.00%) Proactive Monitoring
11 8 (16.00%) Problem Management
11 8 (16.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (40.00%) SQL
2 19 (38.00%) C#
3 11 (22.00%) C
3 11 (22.00%) C++
4 4 (8.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.00%) PHP
5 2 (4.00%) Java
5 2 (4.00%) Python
6 1 (2.00%) Ada
6 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.00%) Rust
6 1 (2.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Azure Certification
1 8 (16.00%) DBS Check
1 8 (16.00%) MCSA
1 8 (16.00%) MCSE
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 4 (8.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.00%) ISO 13485
2 1 (2.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.00%) Firmware
3 8 (16.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.00%) Docker
5 1 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Ansible
1 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) VMware
3 2 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.00%) JDA
4 1 (2.00%) Pega
4 1 (2.00%) RedPrairie
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds