Windows Jobs in Watford

Microsoft Windows
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 16 48 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 11.59% 16.11% 15.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 88.89% 90.57% 73.68%
Number of salaries quoted 16 39 32
10th Percentile £36,875 £22,250 £22,775
25th Percentile £41,875 £23,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £31,000 £27,250
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +13.76% -16.15%
75th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £46,500
90th Percentile £54,375 £58,750 £64,300
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +46.67% - -6.25%

All Operating Systems
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 18 53 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 13.04% 17.79% 21.35%
Number of salaries quoted 17 44 51
10th Percentile £37,000 £22,475 £23,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £23,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £27,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -45.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £45,000 £39,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £57,400 £58,750 £75,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,320 £40,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +38.30% -16.67% +12.94%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Watford

Windows
Salary Trend in Watford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Watford.

Salary trend for Windows in Watford

Windows
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Watford over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Watford

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 7 (43.75%) IIS
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (6.25%) Alfresco
4 1 (6.25%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) IaaS
4 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 3 (18.75%) PaaS
5 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
1 3 (18.75%) VPN
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (6.25%) Intranet
3 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (6.25%) SAN
3 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
3 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) GIS
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Advertising
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 7 (43.75%) Applications Specialist
2 7 (43.75%) Applications Support Specialist
2 7 (43.75%) Support Specialist
3 4 (25.00%) Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) IT Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) IT Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Operations Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) IT Support
5 2 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Support
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Clustering
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows Server
2 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Project Delivery
2 6 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 6 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Content Management
4 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Content Management
4 3 (18.75%) Information Management
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) Data Security
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) Proactive Management
5 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (6.25%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (6.25%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
6 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.25%) IT Strategy
6 1 (6.25%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) MCP
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.25%) Docker
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (6.25%) Ansible
3 1 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Google
2 2 (12.50%) Okta
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) VMware