Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 25 15
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,232 839 1,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.50% 9.05% 11.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.53% 66.01% 59.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 601 1,047
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,400
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Windows is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,589 1,271 2,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.55% 13.71% 19.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 844 1,448
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands +14 688 £35,000 -12.50% 157
East Midlands +9 538 £33,983 -14.83% 115
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 206 (16.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 174 (14.12%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.41%) IIS
4 13 (1.06%) Skype for Business
5 12 (0.97%) Confluence
6 10 (0.81%) Apache
7 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.16%) Liferay
10 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.081%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.081%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.081%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 187 (15.18%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.89%) Trello
4 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.16%) CATIA
7 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.081%) InDesign
8 1 (0.081%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.32%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.081%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.081%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.081%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.081%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 639 (51.87%) Microsoft 365
2 507 (41.15%) Azure
3 204 (16.56%) Entra ID
4 71 (5.76%) IBM Cloud
5 70 (5.68%) AWS
6 39 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 31 (2.52%) SaaS
8 29 (2.35%) GCP
9 21 (1.70%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.54%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.38%) Power Automate
13 16 (1.30%) IaaS
14 15 (1.22%) Mimecast
15 13 (1.06%) PaaS
16 12 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
18 9 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
18 9 (0.73%) GitHub
18 9 (0.73%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 266 (21.59%) Firewall
2 246 (19.97%) DNS
3 208 (16.88%) DHCP
4 145 (11.77%) TCP/IP
5 99 (8.04%) WAN
6 95 (7.71%) LAN
7 93 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
8 79 (6.41%) SAN
9 77 (6.25%) VPN
10 65 (5.28%) VLAN
11 34 (2.76%) Wireless
12 25 (2.03%) Internet
13 24 (1.95%) Network Security
13 24 (1.95%) VoIP
14 21 (1.70%) SSL
15 18 (1.46%) PBX
16 17 (1.38%) SNMP
17 15 (1.22%) HTTP
17 15 (1.22%) SMTP
18 14 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (8.69%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.17%) MongoDB
3 74 (6.01%) DB2
3 74 (6.01%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 22 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (1.54%) Power BI
7 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.81%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.73%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.65%) MySQL
11 7 (0.57%) Metadata
12 5 (0.41%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.41%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.32%) SQLite
13 4 (0.32%) UniData
14 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (2.11%) JIRA
2 14 (1.14%) Git
3 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.24%) GitLab
5 3 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.24%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Bower
6 2 (0.16%) CANoe
6 2 (0.16%) gulp
6 2 (0.16%) Moq
7 1 (0.081%) CMake
7 1 (0.081%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.081%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.081%) Toad
General
1 366 (29.71%) Social Skills
2 114 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 92 (7.47%) Finance
4 91 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 70 (5.68%) Law
6 70 (5.68%) Retail
7 68 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 45 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
9 39 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (3.17%) Telecoms
10 20 (1.62%) Marketing
11 19 (1.54%) Automotive
12 18 (1.46%) Legal
13 17 (1.38%) Electronics
14 15 (1.22%) Games
15 12 (0.97%) Local Government
16 10 (0.81%) Police
17 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 237 (19.24%) IT Support
2 204 (16.56%) IT Engineer
3 193 (15.67%) Support Engineer
4 144 (11.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 115 (9.33%) Analyst
5 115 (9.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 105 (8.52%) Senior
7 91 (7.39%) Azure Engineer
8 89 (7.22%) IT Technician
9 71 (5.76%) Full Stack Engineer
10 68 (5.52%) 1st Line Support
11 62 (5.03%) 2nd Line Support
12 60 (4.87%) Lead
13 59 (4.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 55 (4.46%) Support Technician
15 49 (3.98%) IT Support Technician
16 45 (3.65%) Developer
17 44 (3.57%) IT Analyst
18 42 (3.41%) Administrator
19 41 (3.33%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (11.04%) .NET
2 100 (8.12%) HTML
3 93 (7.55%) ASP.NET
4 92 (7.47%) REST
5 91 (7.39%) CSS
6 88 (7.14%) Vue
7 86 (6.98%) AngularJS
7 86 (6.98%) React
8 85 (6.90%) jQuery
8 85 (6.90%) Web Services
9 82 (6.66%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 73 (5.93%) ASP.NET Core
11 71 (5.76%) Backbone.js
11 71 (5.76%) Ember.js
12 21 (1.70%) ASP.NET MVC
13 19 (1.54%) WPF
14 14 (1.14%) .NET Framework
15 13 (1.06%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.06%) WinForms
16 12 (0.97%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.60%) Driving Licence
2 101 (8.20%) Data Centre
3 78 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
4 76 (6.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 71 (5.76%) Algorithms
5 71 (5.76%) Blockchain
5 71 (5.76%) Data Structures
5 71 (5.76%) e-Learning
6 50 (4.06%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.49%) Replication
8 27 (2.19%) PKI
9 26 (2.11%) Clustering
10 22 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 21 (1.70%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (1.06%) Cloud Native
14 13 (1.06%) EPoS
15 11 (0.89%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 539 (43.75%) Windows Server
2 240 (19.48%) Linux
3 211 (17.13%) Windows 10
4 113 (9.17%) Apple iOS
5 111 (9.01%) Android
6 82 (6.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 78 (6.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 69 (5.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 51 (4.14%) Windows 7
10 41 (3.33%) Mac OS
11 37 (3.00%) Unix
12 22 (1.79%) Windows 8
13 16 (1.30%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.22%) VMS
15 14 (1.14%) CentOS
16 13 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (0.81%) Solaris
18 7 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
19 6 (0.49%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
2 194 (15.75%) Customer Service
3 176 (14.29%) ITIL
4 172 (13.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 161 (13.07%) Cybersecurity
6 142 (11.53%) Mentoring
7 135 (10.96%) Agile
8 94 (7.63%) MVC
9 93 (7.55%) Web Development
10 83 (6.74%) User Experience
11 82 (6.66%) OOP
12 81 (6.57%) Artificial Intelligence
13 80 (6.49%) OO
14 79 (6.41%) Design Patterns
14 79 (6.41%) Full Stack Development
15 76 (6.17%) Coaching
15 76 (6.17%) MVVM
15 76 (6.17%) SOLID
16 75 (6.09%) Code Quality
17 71 (5.76%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 227 (18.43%) SQL
2 128 (10.39%) C#
3 116 (9.42%) PowerShell
4 95 (7.71%) JavaScript
5 37 (3.00%) Python
6 24 (1.95%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.87%) Java
8 15 (1.22%) C
8 15 (1.22%) XAML
9 12 (0.97%) VB.NET
10 11 (0.89%) C++
10 11 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.73%) Bash
12 7 (0.57%) PHP
13 5 (0.41%) Bicep
13 5 (0.41%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.32%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.24%) R
15 3 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 146 (11.85%) Degree
2 90 (7.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 70 (5.68%) Security Cleared
4 59 (4.79%) DBS Check
5 44 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (3.17%) CCNA
7 37 (3.00%) SC Cleared
8 34 (2.76%) MCP
9 30 (2.44%) A+ Certification
10 27 (2.19%) Azure Certification
10 27 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.19%) MCSE
11 19 (1.54%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.46%) MCSA
13 17 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 16 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.14%) CCNP
16 13 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
17 10 (0.81%) AWS Certification
18 6 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.22%) SLA
2 30 (2.44%) GDPR
3 26 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.46%) QA
5 17 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.97%) NIST
7 10 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.41%) MISRA
9 3 (0.24%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.081%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.081%) ITGC
11 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 593 (48.13%) Active Directory
2 228 (18.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 211 (17.13%) Hyper-V
4 40 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (2.60%) vSphere
6 28 (2.27%) Docker
7 22 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.06%) KVM
9 11 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.73%) Firmware
12 8 (0.65%) pfSense
12 8 (0.65%) Terminal Services
12 8 (0.65%) VMware Server
12 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (0.41%) NFS
13 5 (0.41%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.16%) XenApp
15 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 156 (12.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (7.63%) SCCM
3 26 (2.11%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.70%) Terraform
5 18 (1.46%) SCOM
6 17 (1.38%) vCenter Server
6 17 (1.38%) WSUS
7 12 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.81%) Ansible
9 8 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.57%) AirWatch
10 7 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.41%) Autotask
12 5 (0.41%) Backup Exec
12 5 (0.41%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.41%) Grafana
12 5 (0.41%) PaperCut
12 5 (0.41%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 702 (56.98%) Microsoft
2 323 (26.22%) VMware
3 101 (8.20%) Cisco
3 101 (8.20%) Veeam
4 82 (6.66%) Dell
5 81 (6.57%) IBM
5 81 (6.57%) Red Hat
6 65 (5.28%) HP
7 58 (4.71%) Apple
8 49 (3.98%) Citrix
9 40 (3.25%) Google
10 31 (2.52%) Meraki
11 29 (2.35%) ServiceNow
12 28 (2.27%) Adobe
13 25 (2.03%) Sophos
14 21 (1.70%) Nimble Storage
15 18 (1.46%) Acronis
15 18 (1.46%) NetApp
16 17 (1.38%) Fortinet
17 15 (1.22%) Ubiquiti