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 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	28	9	9
Rank change year-on-year	-19	0	+1
Permanent jobs citing Windows	17	16	39
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington	2.99%	10.53%	18.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category	65.38%	94.12%	81.25%
Number of salaries quoted	15	11	23
10^th Percentile	£31,600	-	£29,798
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	£41,875	-	£45,000
90^th Percentile	£49,750	-	£59,750
Cheshire median annual salary	£31,500	£32,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-1.56%	-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 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing operating system skills	26	17	48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington	4.57%	11.18%	23.30%
Number of salaries quoted	22	12	27
10^th Percentile	£30,625	-	£32,399
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	-	£35,249	£56,750
Cheshire median annual salary	£37,500	£33,805	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+10.93%	-15.49%	+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 29 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Warrington

Windows Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 29 October 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	64.7%	11
1	Microsoft	64.7%	11
3	Microsoft 365	58.8%	10
4	Cybersecurity	47.1%	8
4	DNS	47.1%	8
6	Infrastructure Engineering	41.2%	7
6	PowerShell	41.2%	7
6	Windows Server	41.2%	7
9	Customer Service	35.3%	6
9	Problem-Solving	35.3%	6
11	Cisco	29.4%	5
11	Continuous Improvement	29.4%	5
11	DHCP	29.4%	5
11	Microsoft Office	29.4%	5
11	TCP/IP	29.4%	5
11	VMware	29.4%	5
17	Data Migration	23.5%	4
17	DBS Check	23.5%	4
17	ERP	23.5%	4
17	Microsoft Intune	23.5%	4
17	Migration	23.5%	4
17	Patch Management	23.5%	4
17	Performance Engineering	23.5%	4
17	Security Cleared	23.5%	4
17	Server Building	23.5%	4
26	Azure	17.6%	3
26	Customer Requirements	17.6%	3
26	Cyber Resilience	17.6%	3
26	Data Loss Prevention	17.6%	3
26	Disaster Recovery	17.6%	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	41.2%	7
2	Windows Server 2016	11.8%	2
3	Linux	5.9%	1
3	Ubuntu	5.9%	1