Windows Job Trends in Warrington

Microsoft Windows
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Warrington citing Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	26	11	8
Rank change year-on-year	-15	-3	0
Permanent jobs citing Windows	16	16	38
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington	3.08%	10.00%	18.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category	69.57%	94.12%	80.85%
Number of salaries quoted	14	11	22
10^th Percentile	£30,825	-	£29,148
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£29,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£37,500	£32,000	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	+17.19%	-24.71%	+30.77%
75^th Percentile	£42,813	-	£44,688
90^th Percentile	£50,750	-	£53,750
Cheshire median annual salary	£35,000	£32,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+9.38%	-20.00%	+6.67%

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 citing operating system skills in Warrington.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing operating system skills	23	17	47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington	4.43%	10.63%	22.38%
Number of salaries quoted	19	12	26
10^th Percentile	£29,700	-	£31,749
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£29,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,000	£32,000	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-24.71%	+30.77%
75^th Percentile	£50,000	-	£50,000
90^th Percentile	£50,750	£35,249	£53,750
Cheshire median annual salary	£37,500	£32,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+17.19%	-20.00%	+6.67%

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 Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Windows.

Windows Salary Histogram in Warrington

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Warrington over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Warrington

Windows Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, job vacancies citing Windows also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Warrington region citing Windows.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	62.5%	10
1	Microsoft	62.5%	10
3	Microsoft 365	56.3%	9
4	DNS	50.0%	8
5	Cybersecurity	43.8%	7
5	Windows Server	43.8%	7
7	Customer Service	37.5%	6
7	Infrastructure Engineering	37.5%	6
7	PowerShell	37.5%	6
7	Problem-Solving	37.5%	6
11	Cisco	31.3%	5
11	Continuous Improvement	31.3%	5
11	DHCP	31.3%	5
11	TCP/IP	31.3%	5
11	VMware	31.3%	5
16	Data Migration	25.0%	4
16	DBS Check	25.0%	4
16	ERP	25.0%	4
16	Microsoft Office	25.0%	4
16	Migration	25.0%	4
16	Patch Management	25.0%	4
16	Performance Engineering	25.0%	4
16	Security Cleared	25.0%	4
16	Server Building	25.0%	4
25	Azure	18.8%	3
25	Customer Requirements	18.8%	3
25	DV Cleared	18.8%	3
25	Hyper-V	18.8%	3
25	ITSM	18.8%	3
25	Microsoft Intune	18.8%	3

Windows Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows Server	43.8%	7
2	Windows Server 2016	12.5%	2
3	Linux	6.3%	1
3	Ubuntu	6.3%	1