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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows 12 42 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 8.57% 19.63% 14.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.59% 82.35% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 19
10th Percentile - £30,449 £23,350
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,375 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% +30.77% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £44,063 £41,875
90th Percentile £33,444 £59,000 £44,250
Cheshire median annual salary £35,610 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -10.98% +6.67% +17.19%

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 17 51 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 12.14% 23.83% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8 28 19
10th Percentile - £33,049 £23,350
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% +30.77% -16.67%
75th Percentile £32,903 £50,000 £41,875
90th Percentile £44,052 £56,000 £44,250
Cheshire median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% -2.56%

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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (41.67%) VPN
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 6 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (50.00%) IT Support
2 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Service Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (41.67%) Cyberattack
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 5 (41.67%) Android
2 5 (41.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 5 (41.67%) DevOps
2 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Line Management
2 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
2 5 (41.67%) Platform Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 5 (41.67%) Storage Management
2 5 (41.67%) Task Automation
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Bash
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (41.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Docker
1 5 (41.67%) Hyper-V
1 5 (41.67%) VMware NSX
1 5 (41.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Ansible
1 5 (41.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) 3PAR
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
1 5 (41.67%) Juniper
1 5 (41.67%) Splunk
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft