Windows Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 26 15
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 692 579 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.58% 8.61% 10.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 80.37% 69.09% 64.26%
Number of salaries quoted 603 426 659
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 £61,300
England median annual salary £40,132 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.79% +3.53% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 861 838 1,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.91% 12.46% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 737 578 880
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,063 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
Birmingham 0 207 £38,000 -1.30% 49
Staffordshire -1 145 £33,750 -15.63% 27
Worcestershire 0 64 £35,000 -12.50% 27
Warwickshire +66 45 £34,000 -24.44% 15
Solihull +12 32 £29,500 -9.23% 4
Shropshire +14 31 £32,000 +23.08% 11
Coventry +12 23 £42,500 -2.86% 9
Dudley +17 17 £35,000 +12.90% 3
Wednesbury +4 12 £30,000 -18.64%
Halesowen -3 10 £36,500 +8.96% 2
Walsall +24 8 £26,000 +23.81% 2
Wolverhampton -5 6 £21,500 -57.00% 4
Stourbridge - 4 £50,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 4 £33,750 -
Herefordshire -4 2 £46,250 +8.82% 12
West Bromwich -1 1 £23,000 -
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
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
1 128 (18.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (15.03%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.46%) IIS
4 12 (1.73%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.01%) Confluence
6 6 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.58%) Apache
7 4 (0.58%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.29%) Liferay
9 2 (0.29%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 111 (16.04%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.59%) Trello
3 10 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 362 (52.31%) Microsoft 365
2 250 (36.13%) Azure
3 126 (18.21%) Entra ID
4 40 (5.78%) AWS
5 26 (3.76%) OneDrive
6 19 (2.75%) SaaS
7 17 (2.46%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.17%) GCP
9 14 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 13 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.59%) IaaS
12 9 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.30%) GitHub
12 9 (1.30%) PaaS
13 6 (0.87%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.58%) Google Docs
14 4 (0.58%) Google Sheets
15 3 (0.43%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 155 (22.40%) Firewall
2 124 (17.92%) DNS
3 113 (16.33%) DHCP
4 81 (11.71%) TCP/IP
5 68 (9.83%) LAN
6 66 (9.54%) WAN
7 49 (7.08%) SAN
8 44 (6.36%) VPN
8 44 (6.36%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (3.61%) Wireless
10 19 (2.75%) VoIP
11 18 (2.60%) VLAN
12 16 (2.31%) Network Security
13 15 (2.17%) PBX
14 14 (2.02%) iSCSI
15 13 (1.88%) HTTP
15 13 (1.88%) Skype
15 13 (1.88%) SMTP
16 12 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
16 12 (1.73%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.97%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (2.17%) Power BI
5 5 (0.72%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.58%) Metadata
6 4 (0.58%) MySQL
6 4 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.58%) SQLite
7 3 (0.43%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.43%) InterSystems Cache
8 2 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.29%) DB2
8 2 (0.29%) DTS
8 2 (0.29%) Tableau
9 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.14%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 15 (2.17%) JIRA
2 6 (0.87%) Git
3 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.58%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.29%) Bower
6 2 (0.29%) CANoe
6 2 (0.29%) gulp
6 2 (0.29%) Moq
7 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 218 (31.50%) Social Skills
2 70 (10.12%) Finance
3 63 (9.10%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (7.23%) Law
5 49 (7.08%) Manufacturing
6 46 (6.65%) Retail
7 39 (5.64%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (4.05%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.31%) Games
10 16 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.73%) Electronics
11 12 (1.73%) Local Government
11 12 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.59%) Automotive
13 9 (1.30%) Marketing
13 9 (1.30%) Police
14 8 (1.16%) Legal
15 7 (1.01%) Advertising
16 6 (0.87%) Banking
Job Titles
1 144 (20.81%) IT Support
2 119 (17.20%) Support Engineer
3 116 (16.76%) IT Engineer
4 84 (12.14%) Analyst
5 76 (10.98%) IT Support Engineer
6 66 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 66 (9.54%) Senior
7 33 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
7 33 (4.77%) IT Technician
8 31 (4.48%) 1st Line Support
8 31 (4.48%) Developer
9 29 (4.19%) IT Analyst
10 24 (3.47%) Administrator
10 24 (3.47%) Support Analyst
11 23 (3.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 23 (3.32%) 3rd Line Support
11 23 (3.32%) IT Support Specialist
11 23 (3.32%) Service Analyst
11 23 (3.32%) Support Specialist
12 21 (3.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.66%) .NET
2 20 (2.89%) HTML
3 15 (2.17%) ASP.NET
4 14 (2.02%) ASP.NET MVC
4 14 (2.02%) REST
5 13 (1.88%) .NET Framework
5 13 (1.88%) WinForms
5 13 (1.88%) WPF
6 12 (1.73%) CSS
7 10 (1.45%) .NET Core
7 10 (1.45%) Entity Framework
8 9 (1.30%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.30%) React
8 9 (1.30%) Web Services
9 8 (1.16%) jQuery
10 7 (1.01%) ASP.NET Web API
11 6 (0.87%) Middleware
11 6 (0.87%) RESTful
11 6 (0.87%) Vue
12 5 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.79%) Self-Motivation
2 42 (6.07%) Data Centre
3 38 (5.49%) Driving Licence
4 35 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 32 (4.62%) Replication
6 18 (2.60%) PKI
7 15 (2.17%) Clustering
7 15 (2.17%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
8 13 (1.88%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.59%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.59%) Social Media
11 9 (1.30%) EPoS
11 9 (1.30%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.16%) EFT
12 8 (1.16%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.16%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 7 (1.01%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 310 (44.80%) Windows Server
2 162 (23.41%) Windows 10
3 101 (14.60%) Linux
4 66 (9.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 47 (6.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 46 (6.65%) Windows 7
7 42 (6.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (3.90%) Mac OS
9 25 (3.61%) Apple iOS
10 22 (3.18%) Unix
11 18 (2.60%) Android
11 18 (2.60%) Windows 8
12 15 (2.17%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.73%) CentOS
14 11 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.45%) Solaris
15 10 (1.45%) VMS
15 10 (1.45%) Windows Vista
16 8 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (1.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (23.41%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (15.61%) ITIL
3 106 (15.32%) Customer Service
4 91 (13.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 81 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (6.21%) Project Delivery
8 40 (5.78%) DevOps
9 39 (5.64%) Agile
10 38 (5.49%) Time Management
11 33 (4.77%) Server Management
12 31 (4.48%) Project Management
13 30 (4.34%) Computer Science
13 30 (4.34%) ERP
14 26 (3.76%) Change Management
14 26 (3.76%) Disaster Recovery
14 26 (3.76%) Mentoring
15 25 (3.61%) Asset Management
15 25 (3.61%) Information Security
15 25 (3.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 112 (16.18%) SQL
2 70 (10.12%) PowerShell
3 42 (6.07%) C#
4 23 (3.32%) T-SQL
5 19 (2.75%) Python
6 17 (2.46%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.88%) Java
8 12 (1.73%) C
9 11 (1.59%) VB.NET
10 9 (1.30%) XAML
11 7 (1.01%) Bash
12 6 (0.87%) C++
13 5 (0.72%) Bicep
13 5 (0.72%) Embedded C
13 5 (0.72%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.43%) Go
16 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.29%) PHP
16 2 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 95 (13.73%) Degree
2 63 (9.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (5.64%) Security Cleared
4 34 (4.91%) DBS Check
5 29 (4.19%) SC Cleared
6 23 (3.32%) A+ Certification
7 19 (2.75%) MCSE
8 18 (2.60%) Azure Certification
9 16 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.17%) CCNA
10 15 (2.17%) MCP
11 13 (1.88%) MCSA
12 12 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (1.30%) DV Cleared
15 8 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (1.01%) AWS Certification
17 6 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 5 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
19 4 (0.58%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.91%) SLA
2 20 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (2.75%) GDPR
4 13 (1.88%) QA
5 11 (1.59%) NIST
6 6 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.72%) MISRA
8 2 (0.29%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.29%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) ITGC
9 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 352 (50.87%) Active Directory
2 138 (19.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (19.51%) Hyper-V
4 37 (5.35%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (2.46%) Docker
6 15 (2.17%) vSphere
7 12 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.30%) Firmware
9 9 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.16%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.87%) NFS
11 6 (0.87%) pfSense
12 5 (0.72%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.72%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.43%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.29%) XenApp
15 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 86 (12.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (10.69%) SCCM
3 17 (2.46%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.88%) Failover Clustering
5 12 (1.73%) Terraform
5 12 (1.73%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.30%) AirWatch
6 9 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.01%) SCOM
7 7 (1.01%) WSUS
8 6 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.58%) Autotask
10 3 (0.43%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.43%) Grafana
10 3 (0.43%) Nessus
10 3 (0.43%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.43%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 2 (0.29%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.29%) Nagios
Vendors
1 437 (63.15%) Microsoft
2 200 (28.90%) VMware
3 68 (9.83%) Cisco
4 58 (8.38%) Veeam
5 52 (7.51%) Apple
6 47 (6.79%) Dell
7 40 (5.78%) HP
8 38 (5.49%) Citrix
9 25 (3.61%) Adobe
10 23 (3.32%) Sophos
11 15 (2.17%) Nimble Storage
11 15 (2.17%) ServiceNow
12 14 (2.02%) Fortinet
13 13 (1.88%) Remedy
14 12 (1.73%) Aruba
14 12 (1.73%) Zerto
15 11 (1.59%) Google
16 9 (1.30%) IBM
16 9 (1.30%) NetApp
16 9 (1.30%) Symantec