Windows Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 14 29
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 587 688 525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.63% 9.34% 8.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 88.67% 80.66% 67.74%
Number of salaries quoted 325 596 399
10th Percentile £26,300 £24,500 £24,950
25th Percentile £31,000 £26,438 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -12.50% -2.58%
75th Percentile £42,250 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £54,500 £58,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.53%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 662 853 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.37% 11.58% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 386 726 550
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,723 £25,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% -16.67% +4.65%
75th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,603 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
Staffordshire +5 221 £36,925 +13.62% 51
Birmingham 0 125 £45,000 +18.42% 58
Warwickshire +16 100 £32,500 -4.41% 17
Shropshire +11 27 £36,750 +14.84% 8
Worcestershire +3 26 £30,500 -12.86% 24
Solihull 0 22 £55,000 +86.44% 7
Coventry -10 14 £46,250 +21.71% 16
Walsall 0 6 £32,500 +25.00% 2
Sutton Coldfield +11 5 - -
West Bromwich +1 5 £26,000 +13.04% 3
Wolverhampton +13 4 £45,000 +109.30% 3
Herefordshire +8 4 - - 9
Smethwick +2 1 - -
Wednesbury -1 1 £45,000 +50.00%
Dudley -8 1 £105,000 +200.00% 4
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 41 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (6.30%) SharePoint
3 24 (4.09%) Confluence
4 3 (0.51%) IIS
5 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 68 (11.58%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.51%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 8 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.02%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.02%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 146 (24.87%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (22.66%) Azure
3 104 (17.72%) AWS
4 21 (3.58%) Google Workspace
5 16 (2.73%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (1.53%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.53%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (1.36%) Amazon ELB
8 8 (1.36%) Amazon Glacier
8 8 (1.36%) Amazon S3
8 8 (1.36%) AWS KMS
8 8 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.02%) Google Docs
9 6 (1.02%) SaaS
10 5 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.85%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.68%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.68%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 104 (17.72%) Firewall
2 98 (16.70%) WAN
3 89 (15.16%) LAN
4 43 (7.33%) DHCP
4 43 (7.33%) DNS
5 40 (6.81%) TCP/IP
6 36 (6.13%) WLAN
7 31 (5.28%) VPN
8 30 (5.11%) VLAN
8 30 (5.11%) VoIP
9 27 (4.60%) Network Security
10 23 (3.92%) Internet
11 16 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (2.56%) BGP
13 14 (2.39%) OSPF
14 11 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
15 9 (1.53%) SAN
16 8 (1.36%) SD-WAN
17 7 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
18 4 (0.68%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.24%) MySQL
2 18 (3.07%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.02%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.02%) Oracle Exadata
6 5 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.68%) DB2
7 4 (0.68%) MaxDB
7 4 (0.68%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.17%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 25 (4.26%) Git
1 25 (4.26%) JIRA
2 18 (3.07%) Bitbucket
3 9 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.36%) Vagrant
5 6 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.34%) GitLab
7 2 (0.34%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.17%) Appium
8 1 (0.17%) GDB
8 1 (0.17%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.17%) Maven
8 1 (0.17%) Selenium
8 1 (0.17%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.17%) WinDbg
General
1 217 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 85 (14.48%) Presentation Skills
3 44 (7.50%) Retail
4 27 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (4.43%) Finance
6 22 (3.75%) Legal
7 21 (3.58%) Automotive
8 19 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (2.90%) Law
10 15 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.39%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.68%) Advertising
14 4 (0.68%) Games
15 3 (0.51%) Marketing
16 2 (0.34%) Electronics
17 1 (0.17%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 196 (33.39%) IT Support
2 78 (13.29%) Support Engineer
3 70 (11.93%) IT Engineer
4 40 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 34 (5.79%) Analyst
6 33 (5.62%) IT Support Engineer
7 31 (5.28%) IT Support Specialist
7 31 (5.28%) Lead
7 31 (5.28%) Support Specialist
8 27 (4.60%) Instructor
9 25 (4.26%) Support Analyst
9 25 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
10 24 (4.09%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (3.07%) Infrastructure Support
12 14 (2.39%) 1st Line Support
12 14 (2.39%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 14 (2.39%) IT Analyst
13 13 (2.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (2.21%) Senior
14 12 (2.04%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.92%) .NET
2 6 (1.02%) Middleware
2 6 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.02%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 4 (0.68%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.34%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.17%) Dapper ORM
5 1 (0.17%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.17%) jQuery
5 1 (0.17%) LDAP
5 1 (0.17%) libvirt
5 1 (0.17%) OAuth
5 1 (0.17%) Playwright
5 1 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.17%) SAML
5 1 (0.17%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (30.15%) Social Media
2 85 (14.48%) Enterprise Software
3 51 (8.69%) Driving Licence
4 32 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 30 (5.11%) CCTV
6 17 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.39%) Smartphone
8 12 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.87%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.85%) Replication
13 4 (0.68%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.51%) Clustering
14 3 (0.51%) Enterprise Storage
14 3 (0.51%) iPad
14 3 (0.51%) iPhone
14 3 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (0.34%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 177 (30.15%) Windows Vista
2 105 (17.89%) Windows Server
3 99 (16.87%) Linux
4 82 (13.97%) Windows 10
5 38 (6.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (5.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.24%) Apple iOS
8 18 (3.07%) Ubuntu
9 15 (2.56%) Mac OS X
10 10 (1.70%) Android
10 10 (1.70%) Unix
11 9 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.36%) Mac OS
12 8 (1.36%) VMS
13 6 (1.02%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.68%) AIX
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.17%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (33.56%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (15.16%) Line Management
3 83 (14.14%) Mathematics
4 69 (11.75%) ITIL
5 51 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (7.50%) Mentoring
7 43 (7.33%) Customer Service
8 41 (6.98%) Asset Management
8 41 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 39 (6.64%) Computer Science
10 32 (5.45%) Agile
11 31 (5.28%) CI/CD
12 24 (4.09%) Performance Tuning
12 24 (4.09%) Systems Engineering
13 23 (3.92%) Coaching
14 22 (3.75%) IT Asset Management
14 22 (3.75%) Network Management
15 21 (3.58%) Business Case
15 21 (3.58%) DevOps
15 21 (3.58%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (11.24%) PowerShell
2 42 (7.16%) SQL
3 33 (5.62%) C#
4 27 (4.60%) Python
5 16 (2.73%) Bash
6 11 (1.87%) Java
7 9 (1.53%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.36%) Perl
9 7 (1.19%) Groovy
10 6 (1.02%) JavaScript
10 6 (1.02%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.68%) ABAP
12 3 (0.51%) Ruby
13 2 (0.34%) C
13 2 (0.34%) VB
14 1 (0.17%) C++
14 1 (0.17%) CodeQL
14 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 177 (30.15%) DBS Check
2 98 (16.70%) Degree
3 68 (11.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (8.35%) MCSE
5 38 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (6.13%) MCP
7 26 (4.43%) CCNA
7 26 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (3.75%) CCNP
8 22 (3.75%) LPIC
9 21 (3.58%) Security Cleared
10 20 (3.41%) MCSA
11 18 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (2.39%) HNC
12 14 (2.39%) HND
13 13 (2.21%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.87%) SC Cleared
15 8 (1.36%) Azure Certification
16 7 (1.19%) AWS Certification
17 6 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.21%) SLA
3 10 (1.70%) COBIT
4 5 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.51%) QA
7 2 (0.34%) GDPR
7 2 (0.34%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 163 (27.77%) Active Directory
2 53 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.39%) XenApp
5 9 (1.53%) BitLocker
6 8 (1.36%) Docker
6 8 (1.36%) Firmware
6 8 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.68%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.68%) vSphere
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (5.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (4.43%) Ansible
3 15 (2.56%) SCCM
4 11 (1.87%) Terraform
5 6 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
6 5 (0.85%) Grafana
6 5 (0.85%) Nessus
6 5 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.85%) Puppet
6 5 (0.85%) SCOM
7 4 (0.68%) AirWatch
8 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.51%) Nagios
8 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.51%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.34%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.34%) SCSM
10 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.17%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 205 (34.92%) Microsoft
2 70 (11.93%) Cisco
3 69 (11.75%) VMware
4 45 (7.67%) Apple
5 27 (4.60%) Dell
6 26 (4.43%) Citrix
7 20 (3.41%) Google
8 19 (3.24%) Atlassian
9 18 (3.07%) ServiceNow
10 16 (2.73%) Meraki
11 14 (2.39%) CheckPoint
11 14 (2.39%) Fortinet
11 14 (2.39%) SonicWALL
11 14 (2.39%) Ubiquiti
12 13 (2.21%) HP
13 12 (2.04%) Juniper
14 11 (1.87%) McAfee
14 11 (1.87%) SAP
15 10 (1.70%) Oracle
16 8 (1.36%) MobileIron