Windows Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Windows
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 984 806 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.59% 11.81% 11.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.29% 63.02% 50.85%
Number of salaries quoted 758 507 611
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,675 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% +5.56% -4.00%
75th Percentile £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,632 1,279 1,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.56% 18.74% 23.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 748 1,208
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,875 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,657 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £61,084 £61,063 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the South West

Windows
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Windows in the South West

Windows
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the South West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the South West

Windows
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Gloucestershire +1 319 £40,000 +11.11% 41
Bristol +8 237 £45,000 +5.88% 60
Wiltshire -5 140 £49,000 +30.67% 48
Devon +1 99 £40,000 +20.30% 15
Dorset -7 96 £42,500 +0.59% 18
Somerset +16 73 £30,553 -25.48% 37
Cornwall -21 13 £33,500 -1.47% 6
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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
1 145 (14.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (9.86%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.03%) Apache
4 11 (1.12%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (1.12%) SharePoint 2013
5 9 (0.91%) IIS
6 7 (0.71%) Confluence
6 7 (0.71%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.30%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.30%) GlassFish
7 3 (0.30%) JBoss
7 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.10%) Moodle
8 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 105 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.61%) Trello
4 1 (0.10%) 1Password
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 320 (32.52%) Azure
2 316 (32.11%) Microsoft 365
3 130 (13.21%) AWS
4 99 (10.06%) Entra ID
5 52 (5.28%) SaaS
6 50 (5.08%) OneDrive
7 45 (4.57%) OpenShift
8 30 (3.05%) GCP
9 16 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.52%) Nutanix
11 13 (1.32%) IaaS
11 13 (1.32%) Slack
12 12 (1.22%) WhatsApp
13 11 (1.12%) PaaS
14 8 (0.81%) GitHub
14 8 (0.81%) Mimecast
15 7 (0.71%) Power Platform
16 5 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
16 5 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.51%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 142 (14.43%) DNS
2 138 (14.02%) Firewall
3 128 (13.01%) TCP/IP
4 112 (11.38%) DHCP
5 98 (9.96%) WAN
6 96 (9.76%) LAN
7 72 (7.32%) VPN
8 48 (4.88%) HTTP
8 48 (4.88%) SAN
9 47 (4.78%) Wireless
10 42 (4.27%) Wi-Fi
11 36 (3.66%) Internet
12 24 (2.44%) VLAN
13 23 (2.34%) Network Security
14 21 (2.13%) SD-WAN
15 20 (2.03%) VoIP
16 18 (1.83%) NAS
17 16 (1.63%) IPsec
17 16 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
18 15 (1.52%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.39%) SQL Server
2 40 (4.07%) MongoDB
3 16 (1.63%) MySQL
4 10 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.71%) SQLite
7 6 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.61%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.51%) Power BI
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.30%) DB2
10 3 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.10%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.10%) MS Access
11 1 (0.10%) SQLPlus
11 1 (0.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (3.66%) Git
2 27 (2.74%) Visual Studio
3 19 (1.93%) JIRA
3 19 (1.93%) Subversion
4 13 (1.32%) Eclipse
4 13 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.12%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.41%) IntelliJ
6 4 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.30%) MSI
7 3 (0.30%) MSTest
7 3 (0.30%) NUnit
7 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.30%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.20%) GitLab
8 2 (0.20%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 272 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 109 (11.08%) Finance
3 84 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (7.11%) Public Sector
5 61 (6.20%) Aerospace
6 43 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (3.56%) Electronics
8 33 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.35%) Telecoms
9 24 (2.44%) Legal
10 23 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.13%) Retail
12 15 (1.52%) Automotive
12 15 (1.52%) Marketing
13 11 (1.12%) Publishing
14 10 (1.02%) Law
15 9 (0.91%) Aviation
16 8 (0.81%) Games
17 5 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 178 (18.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 178 (18.09%) Senior
2 170 (17.28%) Support Engineer
3 148 (15.04%) IT Support
4 136 (13.82%) IT Engineer
5 96 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
6 77 (7.83%) Analyst
7 67 (6.81%) Administrator
8 64 (6.50%) IT Technician
9 63 (6.40%) Software Engineer
10 62 (6.30%) Lead
11 54 (5.49%) Developer
12 46 (4.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 43 (4.37%) 2nd Line Support
14 41 (4.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 38 (3.86%) Field Engineer
16 35 (3.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 33 (3.35%) DBA
18 32 (3.25%) Service Analyst
19 30 (3.05%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.86%) .NET
2 27 (2.74%) HTML
3 21 (2.13%) STL
4 19 (1.93%) CSS
4 19 (1.93%) WPF
5 15 (1.52%) Qt
6 14 (1.42%) ASP.NET
7 13 (1.32%) .NET Framework
7 13 (1.32%) AngularJS
7 13 (1.32%) XML
8 12 (1.22%) REST
8 12 (1.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 11 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
10 10 (1.02%) MFC
10 10 (1.02%) React
11 9 (0.91%) Web Services
12 8 (0.81%) pytest
13 7 (0.71%) JSON
14 6 (0.61%) WinForms
14 6 (0.61%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
2 71 (7.22%) Driving Licence
3 33 (3.35%) Data Centre
4 31 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.03%) Clustering
5 20 (2.03%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.03%) Public Cloud
6 19 (1.93%) GNSS
6 19 (1.93%) Replication
7 18 (1.83%) iPhone
8 14 (1.42%) EMC VNX
9 12 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
9 12 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
9 12 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.22%) Fat Client
9 12 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.22%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.22%) Thin Client
10 11 (1.12%) Operational Technology
10 11 (1.12%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 334 (33.94%) Linux
2 309 (31.40%) Windows Server
3 194 (19.72%) Windows 10
4 101 (10.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 82 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 75 (7.62%) Windows Server 2012
7 71 (7.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 43 (4.37%) Unix
9 41 (4.17%) Apple iOS
9 41 (4.17%) Mac OS
10 39 (3.96%) Android
10 39 (3.96%) Windows 7
11 33 (3.35%) CentOS
12 20 (2.03%) AIX
13 19 (1.93%) Windows Server 2008
14 10 (1.02%) Solaris
15 9 (0.91%) VMS
16 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
17 5 (0.51%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.51%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (19.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 156 (15.85%) ITIL
4 147 (14.94%) Customer Service
5 105 (10.67%) Software Engineering
6 90 (9.15%) Mentoring
7 83 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
7 83 (8.43%) DevOps
8 74 (7.52%) Actionable Insight
9 68 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 65 (6.61%) Agile
11 64 (6.50%) Service Management
12 63 (6.40%) User Experience
13 56 (5.69%) Change Management
13 56 (5.69%) Service Delivery
14 53 (5.39%) Computer Science
15 52 (5.28%) Incident Management
16 50 (5.08%) Configuration Management
17 48 (4.88%) Time Management
18 46 (4.67%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 216 (21.95%) PowerShell
2 140 (14.23%) Python
3 129 (13.11%) Bash
4 104 (10.57%) SQL
5 80 (8.13%) Java
6 75 (7.62%) C#
7 65 (6.61%) C++
8 30 (3.05%) JavaScript
9 29 (2.95%) C
10 19 (1.93%) MATLAB
11 17 (1.73%) VB
12 16 (1.63%) Perl
13 12 (1.22%) Tcl
14 11 (1.12%) TypeScript
15 8 (0.81%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.71%) PHP
17 6 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.61%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.51%) Ruby
19 4 (0.41%) Lua
Qualifications
1 264 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 154 (15.65%) DV Cleared
3 138 (14.02%) SC Cleared
4 137 (13.92%) Degree
5 45 (4.57%) DBS Check
6 39 (3.96%) A+ Certification
7 36 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
9 18 (1.83%) CCNA
9 18 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (1.83%) MCP
10 14 (1.42%) HND
11 13 (1.32%) MCSE
12 11 (1.12%) MCITP
13 9 (0.91%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.81%) GIAC
15 7 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.49%) SLA
2 21 (2.13%) GDPR
3 18 (1.83%) QA
4 16 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.51%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.51%) SOC 1
6 5 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.30%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.10%) NCSC
9 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 409 (41.57%) Active Directory
2 231 (23.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (15.65%) Hyper-V
4 59 (6.00%) Docker
5 39 (3.96%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (2.74%) vSphere
7 22 (2.24%) Firmware
7 22 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (1.93%) XenApp
9 17 (1.73%) XenDesktop
10 16 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
11 7 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.61%) KVM
13 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.30%) Ceph
13 3 (0.30%) Forefront TMG
13 3 (0.30%) Gluster
13 3 (0.30%) oVirt
14 2 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 114 (11.59%) SCCM
2 84 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 70 (7.11%) Ansible
4 61 (6.20%) Kubernetes
5 52 (5.28%) Puppet
6 28 (2.85%) vCenter Server
7 22 (2.24%) Nagios
8 17 (1.73%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (1.42%) Backup Exec
10 13 (1.32%) WSUS
11 12 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (1.22%) NetBackup
12 11 (1.12%) ZABBIX
13 10 (1.02%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.81%) McAfee ePO
14 8 (0.81%) Prometheus
14 8 (0.81%) SCVMM
14 8 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.81%) Terraform
15 7 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 481 (48.88%) Microsoft
2 302 (30.69%) VMware
3 105 (10.67%) Red Hat
4 80 (8.13%) Cisco
5 61 (6.20%) Oracle
6 56 (5.69%) HP
7 54 (5.49%) Citrix
8 47 (4.78%) Veeam
9 38 (3.86%) Google
10 30 (3.05%) Dell
11 28 (2.85%) SolarWinds
12 27 (2.74%) Apple
13 26 (2.64%) NetApp
14 25 (2.54%) ServiceNow
15 24 (2.44%) EMC
16 17 (1.73%) Xamarin
17 16 (1.63%) McAfee
17 16 (1.63%) Symantec
18 15 (1.52%) Aruba
19 14 (1.42%) Veritas