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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 6 15
Rank change year-on-year -17 +9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 44 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 5.65% 18.80% 10.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.00% 86.27% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 27 14
10th Percentile £32,811 £28,498 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,278 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,305 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.93% +30.77% -7.14%
75th Percentile £37,028 £45,000 £42,813
90th Percentile £37,311 £61,750 £44,100
Cheshire median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +54.55%

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 20 51 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 16.13% 21.79% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3 31 16
10th Percentile £33,122 £28,498 £28,250
25th Percentile £34,055 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,610 £42,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.21% +28.79% -13.27%
75th Percentile £50,625 £50,000 £43,875
90th Percentile £58,500 £61,250 £82,500
Cheshire median annual salary £43,500 £37,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% -12.79% +22.86%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 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 and Capabilities in Warrington 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (71.43%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Cyberattack
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Line Management
2 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
2 5 (71.43%) Platform Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 5 (71.43%) Storage Management
2 5 (71.43%) Task Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 5 (71.43%) Bash
2 5 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Hyper-V
2 5 (71.43%) Docker
2 5 (71.43%) VMware NSX
2 5 (71.43%) vSphere
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Ansible
1 5 (71.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) 3PAR
2 5 (71.43%) Juniper
2 5 (71.43%) Splunk
3 1 (14.29%) Acronis
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) Kaseya
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Sage
3 1 (14.29%) SonicWALL
3 1 (14.29%) WatchGuard