Windows Jobs in Cambridge

Microsoft Windows
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 26 36
Rank change year-on-year +12 +10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 125 80 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 11.55% 9.13% 7.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.52% 46.51% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 95 50 71
10th Percentile £24,467 £26,925 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,313 £28,443 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,938 £56,250
90th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.60% -3.75% -11.11%

All Operating Systems
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 294 172 474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.17% 19.63% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 235 95 125
10th Percentile £29,351 £27,850 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.52% -1.50% +5.26%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cambridge

Windows
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Windows in Cambridge

Windows
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Cambridge over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Cambridge

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 20 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.00%) Azure
1 35 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (17.60%) AWS
3 5 (4.00%) Serverless
4 3 (2.40%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.60%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.80%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.80%) Firewall
2 24 (19.20%) SAN
3 16 (12.80%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (9.60%) Bluetooth
5 11 (8.80%) DHCP
5 11 (8.80%) DNS
5 11 (8.80%) TCP/IP
6 9 (7.20%) 3G
6 9 (7.20%) 4G
6 9 (7.20%) GPRS
6 9 (7.20%) GSM
6 9 (7.20%) LTE
7 8 (6.40%) NAS
8 7 (5.60%) VLAN
8 7 (5.60%) VPN
9 6 (4.80%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (3.20%) LAN
11 3 (2.40%) Intranet
12 2 (1.60%) IP Telephony
12 2 (1.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.20%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.80%) Power BI
4 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.40%) Appium
1 8 (6.40%) UI Automator
2 3 (2.40%) Git
3 1 (0.80%) Bugzilla
3 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.80%) JIRA
General
1 47 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.00%) Automotive
4 8 (6.40%) Finance
5 5 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Electronics
7 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.60%) Retail
8 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (24.80%) Support Engineer
2 23 (18.40%) Administrator
3 18 (14.40%) IT Support
4 16 (12.80%) IT Administrator
4 16 (12.80%) Server Administrator
5 14 (11.20%) IT Engineer
6 13 (10.40%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (10.40%) IT Technician
6 13 (10.40%) Mobile Engineer
6 13 (10.40%) Technical Engineer
7 9 (7.20%) Technical Support
7 9 (7.20%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (6.40%) Analyst
8 8 (6.40%) Test Engineer
9 7 (5.60%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (5.60%) Desktop Support
9 7 (5.60%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (5.60%) Junior
9 7 (5.60%) Junior Support Engineer
9 7 (5.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) iOS SDK
1 2 (1.60%) PyQt
1 2 (1.60%) scikit-learn
1 2 (1.60%) WDF
1 2 (1.60%) XML
2 1 (0.80%) Flask
2 1 (0.80%) MFC
2 1 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.40%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (12.80%) Data Centre
2 16 (12.80%) Driving Licence
3 8 (6.40%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.80%) iPad
4 6 (4.80%) Smartphone
5 5 (4.00%) Client/Server
5 5 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.00%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.20%) IoT
6 4 (3.20%) Life Science
7 3 (2.40%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.60%) NHS
8 2 (1.60%) Robotics
8 2 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.80%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.80%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 60 (48.00%) Linux
2 57 (45.60%) Windows Server
3 17 (13.60%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.40%) Windows 10
5 7 (5.60%) Unix
5 7 (5.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (4.80%) Apple iOS
7 5 (4.00%) Mac OS X
7 5 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (3.20%) Android
9 3 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (2.40%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (13.60%) Computer Science
2 17 (13.60%) Server Management
3 16 (12.80%) Benchmarking
3 16 (12.80%) Data Centre Operations
3 16 (12.80%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 16 (12.80%) Performance Monitoring
3 16 (12.80%) Vulnerability Management
4 14 (11.20%) Asset Management
4 14 (11.20%) Proactive Maintenance
5 13 (10.40%) Customer Service
6 10 (8.00%) Test Automation
7 9 (7.20%) Agile
8 8 (6.40%) Manual Testing
8 8 (6.40%) Mentoring
8 8 (6.40%) Software Engineering
9 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (4.80%) Line Management
9 6 (4.80%) User Experience
10 5 (4.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.00%) Python
3 5 (4.00%) C
3 5 (4.00%) SQL
4 4 (3.20%) C++
4 4 (3.20%) Java
4 4 (3.20%) Rust
5 3 (2.40%) C#
6 2 (1.60%) Assembly Language
6 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.60%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.60%) Objective-C
6 2 (1.60%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.80%) Bash
7 1 (0.80%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 39 (31.20%) Security Cleared
2 33 (26.40%) Degree
3 16 (12.80%) SC Cleared
4 14 (11.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (11.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.60%) CCNA
6 7 (5.60%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.60%) MCSA
6 7 (5.60%) MCSE
7 3 (2.40%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.60%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.60%) PhD
8 2 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.80%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.80%) SLA
2 14 (11.20%) PCI DSS
3 9 (7.20%) QA
4 5 (4.00%) GDPR
5 3 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.60%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (38.40%) Active Directory
2 27 (21.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (16.00%) Hyper-V
4 14 (11.20%) KVM
5 4 (3.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.80%) Docker
7 1 (0.80%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.80%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.80%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 47 (37.60%) VMware
3 20 (16.00%) Citrix
4 17 (13.60%) Dell
5 16 (12.80%) NetApp
6 5 (4.00%) HP
6 5 (4.00%) Veeam
7 3 (2.40%) Draytek
7 3 (2.40%) Google
7 3 (2.40%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.60%) Acronis
8 2 (1.60%) Apple
8 2 (1.60%) ConnectWise
8 2 (1.60%) Intel
8 2 (1.60%) MikroTik
8 2 (1.60%) QNX
8 2 (1.60%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (1.60%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.80%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.80%) Palo Alto