Windows Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Windows
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 10 20
Rank change year-on-year -25 +10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 135 193 177
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 3.24% 12.91% 7.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.59% 92.79% 66.29%
Number of salaries quoted 118 148 104
10th Percentile £26,813 £26,250 £25,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,288 £41,091
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +0.48% +12.58%
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £40,681
% change year-on-year +7.69% -20.11% +17.92%

All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 194 208 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 4.66% 13.91% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 150 159 171
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,688 £30,250 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,724 £42,000 £40,681
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +3.24% -18.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £74,987 £67,500 £65,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -23.53% +6.25%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Windows job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Windows
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in West Yorkshire

Windows
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Leeds -24 75 £45,000 +38.46% 24
Wakefield -2 22 £30,000 -28.57% 1
Bradford -5 18 £42,500 +2.41%
Huddersfield -6 7 £34,000 +23.64% 2
Ossett -1 4 £37,500 +25.00%
Heckmondwike - 4 £28,500 -
Batley -3 2 £25,500 -46.32%
Wetherby - 1 - -
Windows
Yorkshire

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 16 (11.85%) SharePoint
2 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.70%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 82 (60.74%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (38.52%) Azure
3 37 (27.41%) Entra ID
4 17 (12.59%) Microsoft Copilot
5 10 (7.41%) AWS
5 10 (7.41%) NetDocuments
6 8 (5.93%) Power Automate
6 8 (5.93%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.19%) Copilot Studio
7 7 (5.19%) Mimecast
8 5 (3.70%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.96%) IaaS
10 3 (2.22%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.48%) OCI
11 2 (1.48%) PaaS
11 2 (1.48%) SaaS
12 1 (0.74%) Datadog
12 1 (0.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (19.26%) DNS
2 25 (18.52%) LAN
2 25 (18.52%) WAN
3 22 (16.30%) DHCP
4 18 (13.33%) TCP/IP
5 15 (11.11%) Firewall
6 13 (9.63%) VPN
7 8 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (5.19%) SSL
8 7 (5.19%) Wireless
9 6 (4.44%) VLAN
10 5 (3.70%) NAS
10 5 (3.70%) SAN
11 4 (2.96%) HTTP
12 3 (2.22%) Internet
12 3 (2.22%) VoIP
13 2 (1.48%) Network Security
14 1 (0.74%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.93%) Power BI
2 4 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.22%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.22%) GitLab
2 2 (1.48%) Git
General
1 28 (20.74%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.07%) Legal
3 10 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.93%) Law
4 8 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.96%) Advertising
6 4 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.48%) Retail
9 1 (0.74%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.74%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.74%) Finance
9 1 (0.74%) French Language
9 1 (0.74%) German Language
9 1 (0.74%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.74%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.74%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.74%) Swedish Language
9 1 (0.74%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (27.41%) IT Support
2 27 (20.00%) Analyst
3 26 (19.26%) Administrator
3 26 (19.26%) Systems Administrator
4 25 (18.52%) Support Engineer
5 20 (14.81%) IT Engineer
5 20 (14.81%) Technical Administrator
6 19 (14.07%) Support Analyst
7 17 (12.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (11.11%) IT Manager
9 14 (10.37%) IT Analyst
9 14 (10.37%) IT Support Analyst
9 14 (10.37%) Senior
10 13 (9.63%) IT Operations Manager
10 13 (9.63%) Operations Manager
11 12 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (5.93%) IT Technician
13 8 (5.93%) Lead
14 7 (5.19%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.44%) Terraform
2 4 (2.96%) HTML
2 4 (2.96%) JSON
3 3 (2.22%) Node.js
4 2 (1.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.07%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.44%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.96%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.22%) CCTV
4 3 (2.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (2.22%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.22%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.48%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.48%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.48%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 25 (18.52%) Mac OS
3 22 (16.30%) Android
4 21 (15.56%) Apple iOS
5 20 (14.81%) Linux
6 16 (11.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (8.89%) Windows 10
8 8 (5.93%) Unix
9 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (22.96%) ITSM
3 29 (21.48%) Customer Service
4 26 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (18.52%) Service Delivery
6 23 (17.04%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (17.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (17.04%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (13.33%) ITIL
8 16 (11.85%) AI
9 15 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 15 (11.11%) Service Management
10 13 (9.63%) Coaching
11 12 (8.89%) Case Management
11 12 (8.89%) Problem Management
12 11 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.15%) Performance Management
13 10 (7.41%) CI/CD
13 10 (7.41%) User Experience
14 9 (6.67%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.89%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.41%) SQL
3 4 (2.96%) XAML
4 3 (2.22%) Java
4 3 (2.22%) Python
5 1 (0.74%) Bash
5 1 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (5.19%) SC Cleared
1 7 (5.19%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.44%) A+ Certification
2 6 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 6 (4.44%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (2.22%) CREST Certified
4 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 16 (11.85%) SLA
4 7 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.70%) QA
6 2 (1.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 59 (43.70%) Active Directory
2 19 (14.07%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.44%) Firmware
4 5 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (25.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (15.56%) Nessus
3 8 (5.93%) SCCM
4 6 (4.44%) WSUS
5 4 (2.96%) VxRail
6 3 (2.22%) Ansible
6 3 (2.22%) Argo
6 3 (2.22%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.22%) SCOM
7 2 (1.48%) Autotask
7 2 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (1.48%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.48%) Puppet
8 1 (0.74%) Avamar
Vendors
1 86 (63.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.15%) Cisco
2 11 (8.15%) Meraki
2 11 (8.15%) VMware
3 7 (5.19%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.44%) Freshdesk
5 5 (3.70%) Dell
5 5 (3.70%) iManage
5 5 (3.70%) Veeam
5 5 (3.70%) Zerto
6 4 (2.96%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.96%) Commvault
6 4 (2.96%) HP
6 4 (2.96%) Oracle
6 4 (2.96%) SAP
6 4 (2.96%) Tenable
7 3 (2.22%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.48%) Pega
8 2 (1.48%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.48%) Remedy