Windows Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 18 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7,173 6,576 7,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.11% 10.91% 11.01%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.77% 66.41% 52.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,888 4,341 5,971
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,900 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +3.64% -3.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,313 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,584 9,902 14,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.92% 16.43% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,178 6,254 9,372
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,525 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK excluding London 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
South East +2 2,049 £40,000 +8.11% 375
North of England +9 1,568 £37,500 -5.95% 322
Midlands +14 1,237 £35,000 -12.50% 264
South West +4 984 £42,500 +11.84% 234
North West -4 758 £40,000 - 175
East of England +3 754 £32,500 -15.58% 202
West Midlands +14 691 £35,000 -12.50% 148
Yorkshire +21 623 £37,000 -2.63% 118
East Midlands +10 540 £34,500 -13.53% 116
Scotland -40 381 £42,202 -6.22% 86
North East +14 189 £33,000 -17.50% 34
Wales +9 150 £32,500 -7.14% 28
Northern Ireland -12 47 £37,500 -25.00% 20
Isle of Man -3 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1,076 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 732 (10.20%) SharePoint
3 144 (2.01%) IIS
4 113 (1.58%) Apache
5 52 (0.72%) Confluence
6 39 (0.54%) CMS
7 36 (0.50%) OpenStack
8 33 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
9 26 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
10 25 (0.35%) Skype for Business
11 20 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
12 19 (0.26%) Tomcat
13 14 (0.20%) WordPress
14 11 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
14 11 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
15 10 (0.14%) Umbraco
16 8 (0.11%) nginx
17 7 (0.098%) ArcGIS
17 7 (0.098%) CloudStack
18 6 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 1,038 (14.47%) Microsoft Office
2 203 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 77 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 17 (0.24%) Trello
7 11 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
8 8 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.056%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.042%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.042%) Pro Tools
11 3 (0.042%) Simulink
12 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.028%) CATIA
12 2 (0.028%) NASTRAN
12 2 (0.028%) Sketch
13 1 (0.014%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 19 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.17%) NEC Housing
3 12 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
4 10 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.084%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.070%) Shopify
7 3 (0.042%) assyst
7 3 (0.042%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.042%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.042%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.028%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.028%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.028%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.014%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.014%) Sage 300 ERP
9 1 (0.014%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.014%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.014%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3,099 (43.20%) Microsoft 365
2 2,638 (36.78%) Azure
3 823 (11.47%) Entra ID
4 630 (8.78%) AWS
5 316 (4.41%) OneDrive
6 239 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 228 (3.18%) IBM Cloud
8 221 (3.08%) SaaS
9 151 (2.11%) GCP
10 140 (1.95%) IaaS
11 136 (1.90%) Serverless
12 130 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
13 123 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
14 121 (1.69%) Azure Functions
15 119 (1.66%) Azure API Management
16 110 (1.53%) Power Platform
17 96 (1.34%) Google Workspace
18 93 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
19 84 (1.17%) Mimecast
20 74 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,362 (18.99%) Firewall
2 1,044 (14.55%) DNS
3 812 (11.32%) DHCP
4 685 (9.55%) TCP/IP
5 610 (8.50%) WAN
6 598 (8.34%) LAN
7 564 (7.86%) VPN
8 394 (5.49%) Wi-Fi
9 356 (4.96%) SAN
10 320 (4.46%) Wireless
11 285 (3.97%) VoIP
12 277 (3.86%) VLAN
13 207 (2.89%) Internet
14 153 (2.13%) Network Security
15 136 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
16 131 (1.83%) NAS
17 100 (1.39%) SD-WAN
18 97 (1.35%) SNMP
19 89 (1.24%) HTTP
20 69 (0.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 560 (7.81%) SQL Server
2 338 (4.71%) MongoDB
3 272 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
4 267 (3.72%) DB2
5 244 (3.40%) NoSQL
6 204 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 121 (1.69%) MySQL
8 115 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
9 85 (1.18%) Power BI
10 67 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
11 34 (0.47%) Oracle Database
11 34 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 33 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
13 31 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (0.38%) RDBMS
15 25 (0.35%) Redis
16 24 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
17 20 (0.28%) InfluxDB
17 20 (0.28%) QlikView
18 19 (0.26%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 171 (2.38%) Git
2 139 (1.94%) JIRA
3 112 (1.56%) Visual Studio
4 74 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 66 (0.92%) GitLab
5 66 (0.92%) Subversion
6 35 (0.49%) Eclipse
7 25 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
8 24 (0.33%) Ant
9 21 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 21 (0.29%) LabVIEW
10 20 (0.28%) CMake
11 19 (0.26%) MSI
12 15 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 15 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 14 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
14 11 (0.15%) SonarQube
15 10 (0.14%) Trac
16 9 (0.13%) eggPlant
16 9 (0.13%) Robot Framework
General
1 2,190 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 690 (9.62%) Finance
3 583 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
4 429 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 281 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
6 275 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 252 (3.51%) Law
8 250 (3.49%) Manufacturing
9 241 (3.36%) Retail
10 216 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 139 (1.94%) Legal
12 131 (1.83%) Marketing
13 124 (1.73%) Electronics
14 119 (1.66%) Aerospace
15 115 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
16 86 (1.20%) Games
17 79 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
18 76 (1.06%) Military
19 56 (0.78%) Automotive
20 52 (0.72%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1,263 (17.61%) IT Support
2 1,143 (15.93%) Support Engineer
3 938 (13.08%) IT Engineer
4 900 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 821 (11.45%) Analyst
6 781 (10.89%) Senior
7 650 (9.06%) IT Support Engineer
8 487 (6.79%) IT Technician
9 406 (5.66%) 2nd Line Support
10 401 (5.59%) Developer
10 401 (5.59%) Lead
11 356 (4.96%) Support Technician
12 302 (4.21%) Support Analyst
13 301 (4.20%) Software Engineer
14 294 (4.10%) IT Analyst
15 290 (4.04%) IT Support Technician
16 269 (3.75%) 1st Line Support
17 258 (3.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 253 (3.53%) Service Analyst
19 250 (3.49%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 522 (7.28%) .NET
2 397 (5.53%) HTML
3 347 (4.84%) CSS
4 317 (4.42%) AngularJS
5 312 (4.35%) ASP.NET
6 310 (4.32%) React
7 304 (4.24%) REST
8 289 (4.03%) Web Services
9 277 (3.86%) Vue
10 276 (3.85%) jQuery
11 268 (3.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 231 (3.22%) ASP.NET Core
13 228 (3.18%) Backbone.js
13 228 (3.18%) Ember.js
14 151 (2.11%) Node.js
15 114 (1.59%) WPF
16 86 (1.20%) .NET Framework
17 85 (1.18%) XML
18 75 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
19 58 (0.81%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 465 (6.48%) Data Centre
2 440 (6.13%) Driving Licence
3 357 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
4 282 (3.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 277 (3.86%) Algorithms
6 274 (3.82%) Management Information System
7 236 (3.29%) Data Structures
8 228 (3.18%) Blockchain
9 194 (2.70%) Public Cloud
10 166 (2.31%) Replication
11 147 (2.05%) Onboarding
12 115 (1.60%) e-Learning
13 108 (1.51%) Clustering
14 105 (1.46%) PKI
15 78 (1.09%) EPoS
16 62 (0.86%) Client/Server
17 61 (0.85%) Smartphone
18 60 (0.84%) CMDB
19 55 (0.77%) NHS
20 54 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2,759 (38.46%) Windows Server
2 1,896 (26.43%) Linux
3 1,369 (19.09%) Windows 10
4 521 (7.26%) Android
5 512 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 487 (6.79%) Apple iOS
7 458 (6.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 417 (5.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 302 (4.21%) Mac OS
10 275 (3.83%) Windows 7
11 255 (3.55%) Unix
12 131 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 130 (1.81%) Windows 8
14 113 (1.58%) Windows Server 2008
15 87 (1.21%) CentOS
16 75 (1.05%) Ubuntu
17 60 (0.84%) VMS
18 57 (0.79%) Mac OS X
19 50 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
20 33 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,689 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1,233 (17.19%) ITIL
3 1,222 (17.04%) Customer Service
4 1,155 (16.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 744 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
6 634 (8.84%) Agile
7 614 (8.56%) Mentoring
8 586 (8.17%) DevOps
9 433 (6.04%) Software Engineering
10 377 (5.26%) User Experience
11 365 (5.09%) Computer Science
12 354 (4.94%) Project Management
13 344 (4.80%) Service Management
14 325 (4.53%) Artificial Intelligence
15 320 (4.46%) MVC
16 319 (4.45%) OO
17 318 (4.43%) Service Delivery
18 311 (4.34%) Disaster Recovery
19 300 (4.18%) Continuous Improvement
20 290 (4.04%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1,008 (14.05%) SQL
2 908 (12.66%) PowerShell
3 622 (8.67%) C#
4 605 (8.43%) Python
5 427 (5.95%) JavaScript
6 361 (5.03%) Java
7 294 (4.10%) C++
8 254 (3.54%) Bash
9 170 (2.37%) C
10 82 (1.14%) VB
11 59 (0.82%) VBScript
12 58 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 53 (0.74%) Perl
14 50 (0.70%) XAML
15 34 (0.47%) TypeScript
16 31 (0.43%) PHP
17 29 (0.40%) Shell Script
18 27 (0.38%) R
19 25 (0.35%) VB.NET
20 23 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,057 (14.74%) Degree
2 886 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 518 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 447 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 381 (5.31%) DV Cleared
6 263 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 260 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
8 223 (3.11%) CCNA
9 215 (3.00%) DBS Check
10 149 (2.08%) A+ Certification
11 143 (1.99%) MCSE
12 142 (1.98%) MCP
13 98 (1.37%) Azure Certification
14 84 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
15 83 (1.16%) MCSA
16 73 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
17 66 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 62 (0.86%) CCNP
19 61 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
20 59 (0.82%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 475 (6.62%) SLA
2 167 (2.33%) GDPR
3 126 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 112 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 110 (1.53%) QA
6 55 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 45 (0.63%) NIST
8 29 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.24%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.24%) PMO
10 14 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.17%) ITGC
13 8 (0.11%) ISO 13485
13 8 (0.11%) MISRA
14 7 (0.098%) GRC
14 7 (0.098%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.084%) ISO 22301
15 6 (0.084%) ISO 9000
16 5 (0.070%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3,139 (43.76%) Active Directory
2 1,218 (16.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1,043 (14.54%) Hyper-V
4 239 (3.33%) Docker
5 210 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
6 194 (2.70%) vSphere
7 182 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
8 114 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
9 101 (1.41%) Firmware
10 86 (1.20%) XenApp
11 69 (0.96%) XenDesktop
12 64 (0.89%) KVM
13 48 (0.67%) VirtualBox
14 45 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
15 44 (0.61%) Terminal Services
16 22 (0.31%) VMware Server
17 21 (0.29%) pfSense
18 20 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
18 20 (0.28%) VMware NSX
18 20 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 734 (10.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 471 (6.57%) SCCM
3 279 (3.89%) Ansible
4 266 (3.71%) Kubernetes
5 180 (2.51%) vCenter Server
6 162 (2.26%) Terraform
7 160 (2.23%) WSUS
8 119 (1.66%) SCOM
9 83 (1.16%) Puppet
10 79 (1.10%) Prometheus
11 55 (0.77%) FortiGate
12 54 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
13 46 (0.64%) ZABBIX
14 44 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 44 (0.61%) Grafana
15 41 (0.57%) Progress Chef
16 40 (0.56%) Nagios
17 39 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
18 36 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
18 36 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3,616 (50.41%) Microsoft
2 1,809 (25.22%) VMware
3 538 (7.50%) Cisco
4 441 (6.15%) Red Hat
5 404 (5.63%) Citrix
6 349 (4.87%) Veeam
7 334 (4.66%) IBM
8 291 (4.06%) Dell
9 280 (3.90%) Apple
10 251 (3.50%) HP
11 225 (3.14%) Google
12 188 (2.62%) Oracle
13 168 (2.34%) NetApp
14 132 (1.84%) Meraki
15 127 (1.77%) ServiceNow
16 114 (1.59%) Sophos
17 101 (1.41%) Adobe
18 84 (1.17%) SolarWinds
18 84 (1.17%) Splunk
19 81 (1.13%) Palo Alto