Windows Job Trends in Warrington

Microsoft Windows
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 15 26 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 5.07% 15.38% 13.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 89.66% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 20
10th Percentile - - £22,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% -2.30% +16.00%
75th Percentile - £45,000 £45,188
90th Percentile - £52,661 £49,750
Cheshire median annual salary £33,805 £40,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -15.49% +4.58% +9.29%

All Operating Systems
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 15 29 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 5.07% 17.16% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 20
10th Percentile - - £22,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% -2.30% +16.00%
75th Percentile - £45,000 £45,188
90th Percentile - £52,661 £49,750
Cheshire median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.58% +2.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Warrington

Windows
Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) DHCP
1 4 (26.67%) DNS
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
1 4 (26.67%) VLAN
1 4 (26.67%) VPN
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 10 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 10 (66.67%) IT Support
2 4 (26.67%) IT Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows 10
2 4 (26.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (6.67%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (6.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) SLA
2 5 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (26.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) VMware