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 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 57 151 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.11% 6.27% 8.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.61% 53.55% 58.72%
Number of salaries quoted 50 116 66
10th Percentile £23,910 £24,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £34,793 £26,500 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £31,390 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +67.25% -10.31% -13.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £42,500 £46,500
90th Percentile £78,875 £52,500 £50,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £43,606
% change year-on-year - -8.27% +0.24%

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 69 282 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.98% 11.72% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 62 189 96
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,170 £28,290 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,124 £40,500 £34,250
Median % change year-on-year +23.76% +18.25% -19.88%
75th Percentile £78,438 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £57,500 £56,875
UK median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -18 21 £44,047 +46.82% 105
West Wales +8 8 £22,500 -55.88% 5
North Wales -10 4 £34,000 - 12
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 - 1
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 3 (5.26%) IIS
2 2 (3.51%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.75%) Apache
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.75%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (63.16%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (14.04%) IaaS
3 8 (14.04%) PaaS
3 8 (14.04%) SaaS
4 6 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.26%) AWS
5 3 (5.26%) Azure Stack
6 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.51%) GitHub
6 2 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (38.60%) Network Security
2 14 (24.56%) TCP/IP
3 12 (21.05%) Modbus
3 12 (21.05%) MQTT
4 10 (17.54%) DNS
5 5 (8.77%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.51%) DHCP
6 2 (3.51%) Firewall
7 1 (1.75%) Broadband
7 1 (1.75%) Internet
7 1 (1.75%) LAN
7 1 (1.75%) VLAN
7 1 (1.75%) VoIP
7 1 (1.75%) VPN
7 1 (1.75%) WAN
7 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.56%) PostgreSQL
1 14 (24.56%) Relational Database
2 13 (22.81%) RDBMS
3 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.75%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Git
1 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.75%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.75%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (1.75%) GitLab
2 1 (1.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (1.75%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (71.93%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Welsh Language
4 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.51%) Back Office
5 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Lead
2 15 (26.32%) Software Engineer
3 12 (21.05%) Lead Software Engineer
4 9 (15.79%) Developer
5 8 (14.04%) Lead Developer
5 8 (14.04%) Server Engineer
5 8 (14.04%) Software Team Leader
5 8 (14.04%) Team Leader
6 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Firmware Developer
8 5 (8.77%) 1st Line Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (8.77%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) Graduate
8 5 (8.77%) Graduate 1st Line Support
8 5 (8.77%) Graduate Support Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) IT Support
9 4 (7.02%) Consultant
9 4 (7.02%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (36.84%) .NET
2 1 (1.75%) CSS
2 1 (1.75%) HTML
2 1 (1.75%) JSP
2 1 (1.75%) Middleware
2 1 (1.75%) Symfony
2 1 (1.75%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 29 (50.88%) IoT
2 12 (21.05%) Device Driver
3 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.75%) PMI
4 1 (1.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (49.12%) Linux
2 22 (38.60%) Unix
3 16 (28.07%) Windows Server
4 5 (8.77%) Mac OS
5 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
6 3 (5.26%) Rocky
6 3 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.75%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (42.11%) Software Engineering
3 21 (36.84%) Technical Debt
4 20 (35.09%) Agile
4 20 (35.09%) Mentoring
4 20 (35.09%) Product Strategy
5 18 (31.58%) Technical Leadership
6 16 (28.07%) ITIL
7 15 (26.32%) CI/CD
8 14 (24.56%) Collaborative Working
8 14 (24.56%) Full-Stack Development
9 13 (22.81%) Web Development
10 12 (21.05%) API Development
10 12 (21.05%) Computer Architecture
11 10 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (14.04%) Data Collection
12 8 (14.04%) Performance Monitoring
12 8 (14.04%) Proactive Maintenance
12 8 (14.04%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (14.04%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.09%) C#
2 16 (28.07%) SQL
3 13 (22.81%) C
3 13 (22.81%) C++
4 2 (3.51%) Java
4 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.51%) Python
5 1 (1.75%) Ada
5 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.75%) PHP
5 1 (1.75%) Rust
5 1 (1.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) Azure Certification
2 8 (14.04%) DBS Check
2 8 (14.04%) MCSA
2 8 (14.04%) MCSE
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.77%) A+ Certification
3 5 (8.77%) Degree
3 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (3.51%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.30%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (28.07%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.05%) Firmware
3 8 (14.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.51%) Docker
5 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.51%) Terraform
3 1 (1.75%) Ansible
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Cisco
2 3 (5.26%) Dell
2 3 (5.26%) VMware
3 2 (3.51%) Guidewire
3 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.75%) JDA
4 1 (1.75%) Pega
4 1 (1.75%) RedPrairie
4 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds