Microsoft Windows
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | +15 | -11 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows | 9,300 | 9,735 | 14,016 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.31% | 9.82% | 8.72% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 66.56% | 61.13% | 46.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,566 | 6,909 | 9,830 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,250 | £25,750 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,035 | £31,250 | £30,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £45,000 | £44,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +2.27% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,750 | £61,000 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £78,750 | £76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £40,000 | £39,525 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +1.20% | -1.19% |
All Operating Systems
UK
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 with a requirement for operating system skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 13,973 | 15,925 | 30,406 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 13.99% | 16.06% | 18.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,731 | 10,713 | 16,468 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £27,000 | £26,450 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £35,000 | £35,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | - | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £71,250 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £92,500 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | - | - |
Windows
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows.
Windows
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Windows
Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +5 | 8,584 | £40,000 | -8.67% | 2,014 |
| UK excluding London | +6 | 7,138 | £37,500 | -6.25% | 1,656 |
| Work from Home | +4 | 2,741 | £49,250 | -1.50% | 683 |
| South East | +3 | 2,036 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 455 |
| London | +7 | 1,978 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 511 |
| North of England | +7 | 1,565 | £37,500 | -6.25% | 374 |
| Midlands | +11 | 1,236 | £35,000 | -12.50% | 286 |
| South West | +5 | 991 | £42,500 | +9.98% | 240 |
| North West | -4 | 759 | £40,000 | - | 172 |
| East of England | +3 | 743 | £32,500 | -15.58% | 222 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 692 | £35,000 | -12.50% | 164 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 617 | £37,000 | -1.33% | 170 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 538 | £35,000 | -10.71% | 122 |
| Scotland | -43 | 370 | £42,202 | -6.22% | 91 |
| North East | +14 | 191 | £33,000 | -17.50% | 36 |
| Wales | +9 | 146 | £32,500 | -7.14% | 29 |
| Northern Ireland | -13 | 47 | £37,500 | -25.00% | 15 |
| Isle of Man | -5 | 12 | £43,750 | +45.83% | 1 |
Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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