Windows Job Trends in West London

Microsoft Windows
London > West London

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 21 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 -16 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 22 34 67
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 4.26% 8.97% 20.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.86% 44.74% 84.81%
Number of salaries quoted 20 25 60
10th Percentile £30,000 £20,898 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,188 £31,718 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £44,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.61% +18.67% -9.09%
75th Percentile £59,688 £45,750 £53,876
90th Percentile £95,000 £69,350 £60,100
London median annual salary £50,430 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.95% +9.09% -

All Operating Systems
West London

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 West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 29 76 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 5.62% 20.05% 24.69%
Number of salaries quoted 24 58 70
10th Percentile £30,300 £31,577 £28,400
25th Percentile £32,375 £43,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £50,000 £43,964
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +13.73% -4.43%
75th Percentile £63,125 - £56,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £69,900 £67,750
London median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

Windows job vacancy trend in West London

Windows
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in West London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in West London

Windows
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the West London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hounslow +10 7 £38,000 +16.92% 2
Hammersmith +4 6 £55,000 -28.10%
Wembley +1 1 £32,500 -18.75%
Richmond upon Thames -10 1 £33,500 -24.66% 1
Hillingdon -24 1 £50,000 +133.55%
Harrow - 1 £32,000 -
Windows
London

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (36.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (27.27%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) VPN
2 5 (22.73%) Firewall
3 4 (18.18%) VLAN
4 2 (9.09%) DHCP
4 2 (9.09%) DNS
5 1 (4.55%) LAN
5 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Advertising
2 3 (13.64%) Back Office
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Support Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) IT Support
4 4 (18.18%) Desktop Support
4 4 (18.18%) IT Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Architect
5 3 (13.64%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Platform Architect
5 3 (13.64%) Service Desk Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Service Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Technical Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Facilities Assistant
6 2 (9.09%) ICT Assistant
6 2 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 3 (13.64%) CMDB
2 3 (13.64%) iPhone
2 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows Server
2 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.55%) Linux
4 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Asset Management
1 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) ITIL
3 4 (18.18%) Change Management
4 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
4 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
4 3 (13.64%) Information Security
4 3 (13.64%) IT Strategy
4 3 (13.64%) ITSM
4 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
4 3 (13.64%) RBAC
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.64%) Security Management
4 3 (13.64%) Service Catalogue
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (9.09%) Line Management
5 2 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Autotask
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) ConnectWise
2 1 (4.55%) HP
2 1 (4.55%) Pegasus