Windows Job Trends in Worcester

Microsoft Windows
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcester requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 16 1
Rank change year-on-year +15 -15 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 25 7 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcester 36.23% 11.86% 41.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 86.21% 87.50% 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 25 0 21
10th Percentile £30,300 - £26,250
25th Percentile - - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.53%
75th Percentile - - £50,960
90th Percentile £80,000 - £64,500
Worcestershire median annual salary £34,011 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.30% -11.76% +3.03%

All Operating Systems
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 29 8 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcester 42.03% 13.56% 52.83%
Number of salaries quoted 29 1 27
10th Percentile £36,100 - £27,900
25th Percentile - £37,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £63,300
Worcestershire median annual salary £34,011 £56,754 £45,000
% change year-on-year -40.07% +26.12% +9.09%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Windows job vacancy trend in Worcester

Windows
Salary Trend in Worcester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Worcester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Worcester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Worcester

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
1 4 (16.00%) Azure Stack
1 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) LAN
1 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (12.00%) WAN
General
1 18 (72.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (16.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (16.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) IT Support
3 2 (8.00%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (8.00%) IT Technician
3 2 (8.00%) Support Technician
4 1 (4.00%) IT Assistant
4 1 (4.00%) IT Support Assistant
4 1 (4.00%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 18 (72.00%) Digital Media
1 18 (72.00%) Social Media
2 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (16.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
1 4 (16.00%) Rocky
1 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (12.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Pedagogy
2 4 (16.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) DBS Check
2 4 (16.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (16.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Dell
2 3 (12.00%) Apple
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft