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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 17 22
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 991 787 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.58% 11.78% 11.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.02% 62.71% 50.85%
Number of salaries quoted 762 492 589
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,770 £23,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,644 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.98% +3.05% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £56,128
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,650
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%

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 1,651 1,255 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.62% 18.78% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 727 1,177
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,400
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,025 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £76,250
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 18 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 18 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 +3 315 £40,000 +11.11% 36
Bristol +12 242 £43,750 -2.78% 62
Wiltshire -2 147 £49,000 +28.95% 46
Dorset -8 98 £42,500 +0.59% 19
Devon -1 97 £40,000 +23.08% 21
Somerset +14 74 £29,448 -30.71% 45
Cornwall -21 12 £33,000 -2.94% 7
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
1 151 (15.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (9.59%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.02%) Apache
4 12 (1.21%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (1.21%) SharePoint 2013
5 9 (0.91%) Confluence
5 9 (0.91%) IIS
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
1 115 (11.60%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.91%) 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
Cloud Services
1 314 (31.69%) Azure
2 313 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (12.92%) AWS
4 101 (10.19%) Entra ID
5 51 (5.15%) SaaS
6 49 (4.94%) OneDrive
7 44 (4.44%) OpenShift
8 31 (3.13%) GCP
9 15 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.51%) Nutanix
10 14 (1.41%) IaaS
11 13 (1.31%) Slack
12 12 (1.21%) WhatsApp
13 11 (1.11%) PaaS
14 8 (0.81%) GitHub
14 8 (0.81%) Mimecast
15 7 (0.71%) Power Platform
16 5 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
16 5 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 139 (14.03%) DNS
2 138 (13.93%) Firewall
3 126 (12.71%) TCP/IP
4 109 (11.00%) DHCP
5 97 (9.79%) LAN
5 97 (9.79%) WAN
6 71 (7.16%) VPN
7 49 (4.94%) SAN
8 47 (4.74%) Wireless
9 46 (4.64%) HTTP
10 43 (4.34%) Wi-Fi
11 36 (3.63%) Internet
12 23 (2.32%) Network Security
13 22 (2.22%) VLAN
14 20 (2.02%) SD-WAN
15 18 (1.82%) NAS
15 18 (1.82%) VoIP
16 16 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
17 15 (1.51%) IPsec
17 15 (1.51%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.55%) SQL Server
2 41 (4.14%) MongoDB
3 17 (1.72%) MySQL
4 10 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.71%) SQLite
7 6 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.61%) Power BI
7 6 (0.61%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.40%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.30%) DB2
10 3 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.20%) Tableau
12 1 (0.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.10%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 37 (3.73%) Git
2 27 (2.72%) Visual Studio
3 21 (2.12%) JIRA
4 19 (1.92%) Subversion
5 14 (1.41%) Eclipse
6 13 (1.31%) Jenkins
7 10 (1.01%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.40%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.40%) MSTest
8 4 (0.40%) NUnit
8 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.30%) MSI
9 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.30%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.20%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 278 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 106 (10.70%) Finance
3 92 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.96%) Public Sector
5 65 (6.56%) Aerospace
6 43 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (3.63%) Electronics
9 34 (3.43%) Manufacturing
9 34 (3.43%) Telecoms
10 22 (2.22%) Legal
10 22 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.02%) Retail
12 16 (1.61%) Automotive
13 14 (1.41%) Marketing
14 11 (1.11%) Publishing
15 10 (1.01%) Law
16 9 (0.91%) Aviation
17 8 (0.81%) Games
18 6 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 176 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 174 (17.56%) Senior
3 170 (17.15%) Support Engineer
4 146 (14.73%) IT Support
5 133 (13.42%) IT Engineer
6 93 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 79 (7.97%) Analyst
8 70 (7.06%) Administrator
9 66 (6.66%) Software Engineer
10 64 (6.46%) IT Technician
11 62 (6.26%) Lead
12 53 (5.35%) Developer
13 46 (4.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 44 (4.44%) 2nd Line Support
15 41 (4.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 37 (3.73%) Field Engineer
17 35 (3.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 34 (3.43%) Desktop Support
19 33 (3.33%) DBA
19 33 (3.33%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.94%) .NET
2 27 (2.72%) HTML
3 21 (2.12%) STL
4 19 (1.92%) CSS
4 19 (1.92%) WPF
5 15 (1.51%) Qt
6 14 (1.41%) .NET Framework
6 14 (1.41%) ASP.NET
6 14 (1.41%) XML
7 13 (1.31%) AngularJS
8 12 (1.21%) REST
8 12 (1.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 11 (1.11%) Apache NiFi
10 10 (1.01%) MFC
10 10 (1.01%) 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 77 (7.77%) Driving Licence
2 72 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 31 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.22%) Replication
6 20 (2.02%) Clustering
7 19 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 19 (1.92%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.82%) GNSS
8 18 (1.82%) iPhone
9 16 (1.61%) PKI
10 15 (1.51%) Smartphone
11 14 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
11 14 (1.41%) EMC VNX
12 12 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.21%) Fat Client
12 12 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.21%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.21%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 332 (33.50%) Linux
2 307 (30.98%) Windows Server
3 199 (20.08%) Windows 10
4 102 (10.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 83 (8.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 78 (7.87%) Windows Server 2012
7 68 (6.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 44 (4.44%) Windows 7
9 42 (4.24%) Apple iOS
10 41 (4.14%) Mac OS
10 41 (4.14%) Unix
11 40 (4.04%) Android
12 33 (3.33%) CentOS
13 20 (2.02%) AIX
14 19 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.01%) Solaris
16 9 (0.91%) VMS
17 6 (0.61%) Mac OS X
17 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
18 5 (0.50%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
2 193 (19.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 156 (15.74%) ITIL
4 149 (15.04%) Customer Service
5 110 (11.10%) Software Engineering
6 88 (8.88%) Mentoring
7 79 (7.97%) DevOps
8 77 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
9 67 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 65 (6.56%) Actionable Insight
10 65 (6.56%) Agile
10 65 (6.56%) Service Management
11 64 (6.46%) User Experience
12 55 (5.55%) Change Management
12 55 (5.55%) Service Delivery
12 55 (5.55%) Time Management
13 53 (5.35%) Computer Science
14 51 (5.15%) Configuration Management
15 50 (5.05%) Incident Management
16 44 (4.44%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 211 (21.29%) PowerShell
2 139 (14.03%) Python
3 126 (12.71%) Bash
4 109 (11.00%) SQL
5 76 (7.67%) C#
5 76 (7.67%) Java
6 66 (6.66%) C++
7 31 (3.13%) C
8 29 (2.93%) JavaScript
9 18 (1.82%) MATLAB
10 17 (1.72%) VB
11 16 (1.61%) Perl
12 12 (1.21%) Tcl
13 11 (1.11%) TypeScript
14 8 (0.81%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.71%) PHP
15 7 (0.71%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.61%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.50%) Ruby
18 4 (0.40%) Lua
Qualifications
1 271 (27.35%) Security Cleared
2 152 (15.34%) DV Cleared
3 148 (14.93%) SC Cleared
4 138 (13.93%) Degree
5 44 (4.44%) DBS Check
6 41 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (3.83%) A+ Certification
8 24 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (1.92%) MCP
10 17 (1.72%) CCNA
10 17 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.61%) MCSE
12 13 (1.31%) HND
12 13 (1.31%) MCITP
13 12 (1.21%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.81%) GIAC
15 7 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.50%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.35%) SLA
2 21 (2.12%) GDPR
3 18 (1.82%) QA
4 16 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.50%) SOC 1
6 5 (0.50%) 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
1 415 (41.88%) Active Directory
2 228 (23.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 151 (15.24%) Hyper-V
4 56 (5.65%) Docker
5 40 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (2.72%) vSphere
7 23 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
8 22 (2.22%) Firmware
9 21 (2.12%) XenApp
10 19 (1.92%) XenDesktop
11 16 (1.61%) Embedded Firmware
12 7 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
12 7 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.61%) KVM
14 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.30%) Ceph
14 3 (0.30%) Forefront TMG
14 3 (0.30%) Gluster
14 3 (0.30%) oVirt
15 2 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 116 (11.71%) SCCM
2 82 (8.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 67 (6.76%) Ansible
4 58 (5.85%) Kubernetes
5 49 (4.94%) Puppet
6 28 (2.83%) vCenter Server
7 22 (2.22%) Nagios
8 17 (1.72%) EMC NetWorker
9 15 (1.51%) Backup Exec
9 15 (1.51%) WSUS
10 12 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (1.21%) NetBackup
11 11 (1.11%) ZABBIX
12 10 (1.01%) McAfee ePO
12 10 (1.01%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.81%) SCVMM
13 8 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (0.81%) Terraform
14 7 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
14 7 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 494 (49.85%) Microsoft
2 299 (30.17%) VMware
3 102 (10.29%) Red Hat
4 81 (8.17%) Cisco
5 63 (6.36%) Oracle
6 56 (5.65%) Citrix
6 56 (5.65%) HP
7 49 (4.94%) Veeam
8 38 (3.83%) Google
9 32 (3.23%) Dell
10 28 (2.83%) SolarWinds
11 27 (2.72%) Apple
12 26 (2.62%) NetApp
13 25 (2.52%) ServiceNow
14 24 (2.42%) EMC
15 20 (2.02%) McAfee
16 18 (1.82%) Symantec
17 17 (1.72%) Xamarin
18 15 (1.51%) Aruba
18 15 (1.51%) Meraki