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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 5 21
Rank change year-on-year -13 +16 -14
Permanent jobs citing Windows 16 47 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 10.88% 16.67% 13.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 88.89% 90.38% 68.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16 38 31
10th Percentile £36,250 £22,250 £22,750
25th Percentile £40,500 £23,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £29,250 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.43% -7.14% -3.08%
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,813 £40,250
90th Percentile £55,625 £58,750 £51,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -11.76% +19.72%

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 52 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 12.24% 18.44% 19.95%
Number of salaries quoted 17 43 54
10th Percentile £36,250 £22,400 £23,950
25th Percentile £41,500 £23,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £27,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -45.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £39,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £58,900 £58,750 £67,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% +17.65%

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 14 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 2 (12.50%) Alfresco
2 2 (12.50%) Documentum
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) Cloudflare
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) IaaS
3 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
1 1 (6.25%) Intranet
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
1 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (6.25%) SSL
1 1 (6.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (43.75%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Log4j
General
1 6 (37.50%) Advertising
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) 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%) Support Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Support
6 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) IT Assistant
6 1 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Camel
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows Server
2 7 (43.75%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Project Delivery
2 6 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 6 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 4 (25.00%) Content Management
3 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Content Management
3 4 (25.00%) Information Management
4 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Data Security
5 2 (12.50%) Document Management
5 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (6.25%) Analytics
6 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
6 1 (6.25%) ITIL
6 1 (6.25%) ITSM
6 1 (6.25%) Open Source
6 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
6 1 (6.25%) Service Management
6 1 (6.25%) SIEM
6 1 (6.25%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C#
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 2 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) C
2 1 (6.25%) C++
2 1 (6.25%) Go
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
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 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Docker
2 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Graylog
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Apple
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) SonicWALL
2 1 (6.25%) VMware