Windows Job Trends in West Sussex

Microsoft Windows
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 18 53 82
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 4.52% 17.26% 18.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 51.43% 68.83% 84.54%
Number of salaries quoted 17 34 70
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £41,250 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.42% -7.30% +4.71%
75th Percentile £34,000 £51,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £37,400 - £70,375
South East median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £41,750
% change year-on-year -24.21% +13.77% -1.76%

All Operating Systems
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 35 77 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 8.79% 25.08% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 33 53 81
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Windows job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Windows
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in West Sussex over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in West Sussex

Windows
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 13 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
Horsham -3 6 £32,500 -31.58% 1
Worthing +5 4 £27,000 -11.48%
Selsey - 4 £32,000 -
Burgess Hill 0 3 £32,500 +12.07% 2
Crawley -11 1 - - 5
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 10 (55.56%) SharePoint
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) Entra ID
2 5 (27.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) VPN
2 6 (33.33%) Firewall
3 4 (22.22%) DHCP
3 4 (22.22%) DNS
4 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) German Language
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) IT Support
2 11 (61.11%) IT Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Support Engineer
3 10 (55.56%) 2nd Line Support
3 10 (55.56%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (38.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 7 (38.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 3 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (16.67%) IT Technician
5 3 (16.67%) Support Technician
6 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (5.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (5.56%) Field Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Field Service Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Junior
7 1 (5.56%) Junior IT Support
7 1 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Systems Support
7 1 (5.56%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 4 (22.22%) Client/Server
2 4 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) Windows Server
2 10 (55.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 3 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.56%) ITIL
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C#
1 1 (5.56%) C++
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) WMI
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Veeam
2 5 (27.78%) VMware