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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 28 16
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 689 529 770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.35% 8.25% 10.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 80.68% 67.39% 63.90%
Number of salaries quoted 597 403 650
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,125 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £41,059
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.58% +2.65%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 854 785 1,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.59% 12.25% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 727 556 867
10th Percentile £24,728 £25,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.65% +2.14%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,241 £70,000 £70,950
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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +4 212 £38,000 -1.30% 47
Staffordshire 0 143 £32,500 -18.75% 37
Worcestershire 0 60 £35,000 -15.15% 20
Warwickshire +65 48 £35,500 -29.00% 26
Solihull +17 34 £29,500 -0.84% 3
Shropshire +5 30 £32,000 +23.08% 7
Coventry +6 21 £42,500 - 8
Dudley +17 13 £35,000 +12.90% 4
Wednesbury +3 10 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Halesowen -3 10 £36,500 +8.96% 1
Walsall +18 8 £26,000 +23.81% 2
Wolverhampton +3 6 £21,500 -57.00% 4
Herefordshire -3 4 £60,000 +33.33% 6
Brierley Hill - 4 £33,750 -
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 - 2
West Bromwich -1 1 £23,000 - 1
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - - 2
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
1 123 (17.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (14.80%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.90%) IIS
4 14 (2.03%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.02%) Apache
5 7 (1.02%) Confluence
5 7 (1.02%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.29%) Liferay
8 2 (0.29%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 112 (16.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.60%) Trello
4 7 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 7 (1.02%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 359 (52.10%) Microsoft 365
2 250 (36.28%) Azure
3 126 (18.29%) Entra ID
4 36 (5.22%) AWS
5 26 (3.77%) OneDrive
6 19 (2.76%) SaaS
7 17 (2.47%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.32%) GCP
9 15 (2.18%) Power Automate
10 13 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (1.60%) IaaS
13 9 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (1.31%) PaaS
14 8 (1.16%) GitHub
15 6 (0.87%) Google Workspace
16 4 (0.58%) Google Docs
16 4 (0.58%) Google Sheets
17 2 (0.29%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 153 (22.21%) Firewall
2 122 (17.71%) DNS
3 110 (15.97%) DHCP
4 79 (11.47%) TCP/IP
5 68 (9.87%) LAN
6 65 (9.43%) WAN
7 43 (6.24%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (5.95%) VPN
9 40 (5.81%) SAN
10 25 (3.63%) Wireless
11 18 (2.61%) PBX
12 17 (2.47%) VLAN
12 17 (2.47%) VoIP
13 15 (2.18%) Skype
14 14 (2.03%) Network Security
15 13 (1.89%) HTTP
15 13 (1.89%) SMTP
16 12 (1.74%) SNMP
17 11 (1.60%) FTP
17 11 (1.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.30%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (2.18%) Power BI
5 9 (1.31%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.73%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.58%) InfluxDB
7 4 (0.58%) Metadata
7 4 (0.58%) MySQL
7 4 (0.58%) SQLite
8 3 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.44%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.29%) DB2
9 2 (0.29%) DTS
9 2 (0.29%) Tableau
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.15%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 15 (2.18%) JIRA
2 6 (0.87%) Git
3 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.58%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.29%) Bower
6 2 (0.29%) CANoe
6 2 (0.29%) gulp
6 2 (0.29%) Moq
7 1 (0.15%) Toad
General
1 218 (31.64%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.74%) Finance
3 61 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 52 (7.55%) Law
6 47 (6.82%) Retail
7 36 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (3.92%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.18%) Local Government
11 15 (2.18%) Public Sector
12 13 (1.89%) Police
13 12 (1.74%) Electronics
13 12 (1.74%) Games
14 11 (1.60%) Automotive
15 9 (1.31%) Marketing
16 8 (1.16%) Legal
17 7 (1.02%) Advertising
18 6 (0.87%) Military
Job Titles
1 145 (21.04%) IT Support
2 123 (17.85%) Support Engineer
3 115 (16.69%) IT Engineer
4 88 (12.77%) Analyst
5 77 (11.18%) IT Support Engineer
6 68 (9.87%) Senior
7 61 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
9 32 (4.64%) Developer
10 31 (4.50%) 1st Line Support
10 31 (4.50%) IT Analyst
11 30 (4.35%) IT Technician
12 26 (3.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 25 (3.63%) Service Analyst
13 25 (3.63%) Support Analyst
14 24 (3.48%) IT Support Specialist
14 24 (3.48%) Support Specialist
15 23 (3.34%) Administrator
16 22 (3.19%) 3rd Line Support
16 22 (3.19%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.84%) .NET
2 21 (3.05%) HTML
3 16 (2.32%) ASP.NET
4 15 (2.18%) ASP.NET MVC
4 15 (2.18%) REST
5 14 (2.03%) .NET Framework
6 13 (1.89%) CSS
6 13 (1.89%) WinForms
6 13 (1.89%) WPF
7 12 (1.74%) Web Services
8 11 (1.60%) Entity Framework
9 10 (1.45%) .NET Core
10 9 (1.31%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.31%) React
11 8 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (1.16%) jQuery
12 6 (0.87%) Middleware
12 6 (0.87%) RESTful
12 6 (0.87%) Vue
13 5 (0.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.11%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (5.95%) Data Centre
3 39 (5.66%) Driving Licence
4 36 (5.22%) Management Information System
5 34 (4.93%) Replication
6 19 (2.76%) Public Cloud
7 18 (2.61%) PKI
8 15 (2.18%) Security Operations Centre
9 14 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
10 13 (1.89%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.89%) Clustering
11 11 (1.60%) Private Cloud
12 10 (1.45%) EPoS
12 10 (1.45%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.31%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.16%) EFT
14 8 (1.16%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 7 (1.02%) IoT
15 7 (1.02%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 302 (43.83%) Windows Server
2 165 (23.95%) Windows 10
3 104 (15.09%) Linux
4 67 (9.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 49 (7.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 44 (6.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 41 (5.95%) Windows 7
8 25 (3.63%) Mac OS
8 25 (3.63%) Unix
9 24 (3.48%) Apple iOS
10 20 (2.90%) Android
11 16 (2.32%) Windows 8
12 14 (2.03%) Ubuntu
13 13 (1.89%) Solaris
14 12 (1.74%) CentOS
15 10 (1.45%) VMS
16 9 (1.31%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 7 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
19 6 (0.87%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (15.97%) ITIL
3 102 (14.80%) Customer Service
4 86 (12.48%) Cybersecurity
4 86 (12.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 49 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (6.24%) Project Delivery
7 42 (6.10%) DevOps
7 42 (6.10%) Time Management
8 40 (5.81%) Agile
9 36 (5.22%) Server Management
10 32 (4.64%) Computer Science
11 31 (4.50%) Project Management
12 29 (4.21%) ERP
13 28 (4.06%) Mentoring
14 26 (3.77%) Roadmaps
15 25 (3.63%) Asset Management
15 25 (3.63%) Information Security
16 24 (3.48%) Change Management
17 23 (3.34%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (16.26%) SQL
2 70 (10.16%) PowerShell
3 42 (6.10%) C#
4 23 (3.34%) T-SQL
5 20 (2.90%) Python
6 18 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.89%) Java
8 12 (1.74%) C
8 12 (1.74%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.31%) XAML
10 7 (1.02%) Bash
10 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.87%) C++
12 5 (0.73%) Bicep
12 5 (0.73%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.73%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.44%) Go
13 3 (0.44%) R
14 2 (0.29%) PHP
14 2 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (14.51%) Degree
2 61 (8.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (6.53%) Security Cleared
4 29 (4.21%) DBS Check
5 27 (3.92%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.05%) A+ Certification
7 20 (2.90%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.47%) MCSE
9 16 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.18%) CCNA
10 15 (2.18%) MCP
11 13 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.60%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.45%) MCSA
13 10 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.02%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 5 (0.73%) CCNP
17 5 (0.73%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.79%) SLA
2 20 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (2.76%) GDPR
4 13 (1.89%) QA
5 12 (1.74%) NIST
6 9 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.73%) MISRA
8 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.29%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.29%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.15%) ITGC
11 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 349 (50.65%) Active Directory
2 138 (20.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (19.59%) Hyper-V
4 40 (5.81%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (2.47%) Docker
6 16 (2.32%) vSphere
7 12 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (1.16%) Firmware
9 8 (1.16%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.87%) pfSense
10 6 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.73%) NFS
11 5 (0.73%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.73%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.44%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.44%) XenApp
13 3 (0.44%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 86 (12.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (10.60%) SCCM
3 16 (2.32%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.89%) Terraform
5 12 (1.74%) vCenter Server
6 11 (1.60%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.02%) SCOM
9 6 (0.87%) AirWatch
10 5 (0.73%) Backup Exec
10 5 (0.73%) WSUS
11 4 (0.58%) Autotask
11 4 (0.58%) Grafana
11 4 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.44%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.44%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.29%) Nagios
13 2 (0.29%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.29%) SmoothWall
13 2 (0.29%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 427 (61.97%) Microsoft
2 198 (28.74%) VMware
3 65 (9.43%) Cisco
4 60 (8.71%) Veeam
5 47 (6.82%) Apple
6 44 (6.39%) Dell
7 38 (5.52%) Citrix
8 35 (5.08%) HP
9 26 (3.77%) Adobe
10 23 (3.34%) Sophos
11 16 (2.32%) Fortinet
12 13 (1.89%) Nimble Storage
12 13 (1.89%) Remedy
13 12 (1.74%) Aruba
13 12 (1.74%) Google
13 12 (1.74%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.45%) IBM
14 10 (1.45%) Oracle
14 10 (1.45%) Zerto
15 9 (1.31%) NetApp