Windows Engineer Jobs in England

Windows Engineer
UK > England

The median Windows Engineer salary in England is £38,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 694 702 1005
Rank change year-on-year +8 +303 -399
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 146 226 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.26% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.28% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 128 183 141
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £57,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.61% +17.35% -1.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,750 £91,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £57,472 £49,000
% change year-on-year -26.05% +17.29% +0.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Windows Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London +46 52 £72,500 -1.69% 15
South East +17 51 £34,000 -15.00% 6
Midlands -6 15 £34,500 -37.27% 3
West Midlands +23 14 £34,000 -38.74% 2
South West -22 11 £37,500 -6.25% 3
North of England +28 10 £45,000 +63.64% 1
Yorkshire +81 6 £45,000 +63.64%
East of England -15 6 £37,500 -25.00% 6
North West -9 3 £27,500 - 1
East Midlands -27 1 £44,000 -20.00% 1
North East - 1 £50,000 -
Windows Engineer
UK

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Windows Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 146 (100.00%) Windows
2 94 (64.38%) Windows Server
3 64 (43.84%) Microsoft
4 60 (41.10%) Active Directory
5 47 (32.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 44 (30.14%) Azure
7 41 (28.08%) PowerShell
8 39 (26.71%) VMware
9 36 (24.66%) Configuration Management
10 35 (23.97%) Security Cleared
11 32 (21.92%) SC Cleared
12 31 (21.23%) Linux
13 30 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
14 27 (18.49%) AWS
14 27 (18.49%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (17.81%) DHCP
15 26 (17.81%) DNS
16 25 (17.12%) DV Cleared
17 23 (15.75%) CMDB
18 20 (13.70%) DevOps
19 19 (13.01%) Finance
20 18 (12.33%) SCCM
20 18 (12.33%) Agile
21 17 (11.64%) Degree
21 17 (11.64%) Social Skills
22 16 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
22 16 (10.96%) Firewall
22 16 (10.96%) Entra ID
23 15 (10.27%) Windows 10
23 15 (10.27%) SCOM

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (8.22%) IIS
2 11 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (30.14%) Azure
2 27 (18.49%) AWS
2 27 (18.49%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (10.96%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 6 (4.11%) GitHub
5 5 (3.42%) OCI
5 5 (3.42%) Rubrik
6 3 (2.05%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.68%) Dropbox
7 1 (0.68%) IaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.68%) PaaS
7 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (17.81%) DHCP
1 26 (17.81%) DNS
2 16 (10.96%) Firewall
3 12 (8.22%) SNMP
4 7 (4.79%) SAN
5 6 (4.11%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.42%) WAN
7 3 (2.05%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.05%) VoIP
8 2 (1.37%) LAN
9 1 (0.68%) Internet
9 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.68%) Multicast
9 1 (0.68%) NAS
9 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Git
1 6 (4.11%) GitLab
2 3 (2.05%) Snyk
3 2 (1.37%) JIRA
3 2 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.37%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (13.01%) Finance
2 17 (11.64%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.59%) Banking
4 6 (4.11%) Investment Banking
5 4 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.74%) Law
6 3 (2.05%) Legal
6 3 (2.05%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.37%) Games
7 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.37%) .NET
2 1 (0.68%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.75%) CMDB
2 14 (9.59%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.79%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.79%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.42%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.74%) PKI
6 3 (2.05%) Replication
7 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.37%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.68%) Derivative
8 1 (0.68%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.68%) iPad
8 1 (0.68%) iPhone
8 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.68%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.68%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 146 (100.00%) Windows
2 94 (64.38%) Windows Server
3 31 (21.23%) Linux
4 15 (10.27%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.48%) Unix
5 8 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (4.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (3.42%) Mac OS
7 5 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.37%) Android
9 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.68%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (24.66%) Configuration Management
3 20 (13.70%) DevOps
4 18 (12.33%) Agile
5 16 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (8.90%) Computer Science
7 12 (8.22%) Waterfall
8 10 (6.85%) Customer Service
8 10 (6.85%) Project Delivery
9 9 (6.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (5.48%) CI/CD
10 8 (5.48%) Data Protection
11 7 (4.79%) Asset Management
11 7 (4.79%) Service Management
12 6 (4.11%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (4.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 6 (4.11%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (4.11%) Software Engineering
13 5 (3.42%) IT Strategy
13 5 (3.42%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 41 (28.08%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.22%) SQL
3 7 (4.79%) Bash
3 7 (4.79%) Python
4 6 (4.11%) Korn
4 6 (4.11%) Perl
4 6 (4.11%) Ruby
5 2 (1.37%) C#
6 1 (0.68%) C
6 1 (0.68%) C++
6 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 35 (23.97%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.92%) SC Cleared
3 25 (17.12%) DV Cleared
4 17 (11.64%) Degree
5 7 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.11%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.37%) MCSA
8 2 (1.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.74%) SLA
2 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 60 (41.10%) Active Directory
2 30 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.85%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.11%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.42%) DFS Replication
6 4 (2.74%) vSphere
7 3 (2.05%) Docker
7 3 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.68%) Firmware
9 1 (0.68%) KVM
9 1 (0.68%) QEMU
9 1 (0.68%) Xen
Systems Management
1 18 (12.33%) SCCM
2 15 (10.27%) SCOM
3 14 (9.59%) Ansible
4 11 (7.53%) Puppet
5 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.11%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (4.11%) Terraform
6 5 (3.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (3.42%) NetBackup
6 5 (3.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (2.05%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.05%) Nessus
7 3 (2.05%) Nexpose
8 2 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.37%) WSUS
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.68%) SCDPM
9 1 (0.68%) Sysprep
9 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (43.84%) Microsoft
2 39 (26.71%) VMware
3 12 (8.22%) Dynatrace
4 10 (6.85%) Veeam
5 7 (4.79%) Citrix
5 7 (4.79%) Red Hat
6 6 (4.11%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.11%) Sun
6 6 (4.11%) TOWER Software
7 5 (3.42%) Oracle
8 4 (2.74%) Apple
9 3 (2.05%) HP
9 3 (2.05%) Qualys
10 2 (1.37%) Cisco
10 2 (1.37%) Dell
11 1 (0.68%) arcserve
11 1 (0.68%) Avaya
11 1 (0.68%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.68%) Intel
11 1 (0.68%) NetApp