Windows Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 25 20
Rank change year-on-year +11 -5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 774 494 754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.17% 8.54% 9.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 80.63% 68.14% 62.37%
Number of salaries quoted 591 384 629
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £28,938 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £60,200
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -4.44%

All Operating Systems
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 960 725 1,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.37% 12.53% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 723 545 843
10th Percentile £25,049 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £69,800
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the West Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Birmingham +4 228 £41,500 +7.79% 40
Staffordshire +1 165 £32,500 -18.75% 29
Worcestershire +3 75 £35,000 -16.42% 17
Warwickshire +60 72 £37,500 -25.00% 30
Shropshire +8 31 £32,000 +23.08% 3
Solihull +15 28 £29,500 +9.26% 8
Coventry -3 17 £26,750 -35.15% 10
Walsall +16 11 £26,000 +23.81%
Halesowen - 11 £36,500 -
Dudley +9 10 £27,000 -12.90% 2
Wednesbury -1 10 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Wolverhampton -5 8 £21,500 -53.26% 6
Brierley Hill - 5 £33,750 - 1
West Bromwich 0 4 £23,000 - 1
Herefordshire 0 4 £60,000 +33.33% 4
Sutton Coldfield - 4 - -
Stourbridge - 3 £50,000 - 1
Smethwick -5 2 £42,500 +4.94% 1
Tipton -7 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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
1 126 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (12.79%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.97%) IIS
4 19 (2.45%) Skype for Business
5 8 (1.03%) Apache
5 8 (1.03%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.90%) Confluence
7 5 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.52%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.26%) CMS
10 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.26%) Liferay
10 2 (0.26%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 121 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.42%) Trello
4 7 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.52%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.29%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 370 (47.80%) Microsoft 365
2 266 (34.37%) Azure
3 123 (15.89%) Entra ID
4 41 (5.30%) AWS
5 23 (2.97%) OneDrive
6 19 (2.45%) SaaS
7 18 (2.33%) GCP
8 17 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.07%) IaaS
9 16 (2.07%) Power Automate
9 16 (2.07%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.68%) PaaS
11 12 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (1.03%) GitHub
14 7 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.90%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.52%) Figma
15 4 (0.52%) Google Docs
15 4 (0.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 146 (18.86%) Firewall
2 127 (16.41%) DNS
3 115 (14.86%) DHCP
4 82 (10.59%) TCP/IP
5 71 (9.17%) Network Security
5 71 (9.17%) WAN
6 70 (9.04%) LAN
7 60 (7.75%) Internet
8 52 (6.72%) WLAN
9 51 (6.59%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (5.68%) SAN
11 40 (5.17%) VPN
12 25 (3.23%) Wireless
13 20 (2.58%) Skype
13 20 (2.58%) VLAN
14 18 (2.33%) VoIP
15 15 (1.94%) PBX
16 11 (1.42%) HTTP
16 11 (1.42%) iSCSI
16 11 (1.42%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (10.85%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 15 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (1.81%) Power BI
5 11 (1.42%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.16%) MySQL
7 6 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.52%) InfluxDB
8 4 (0.52%) Metadata
8 4 (0.52%) SQLite
9 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.39%) DB2
9 3 (0.39%) InterSystems Cache
10 2 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.26%) DTS
11 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.13%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 15 (1.94%) JIRA
2 8 (1.03%) Git
3 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.52%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.39%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.26%) Bower
6 2 (0.26%) CANoe
6 2 (0.26%) gulp
6 2 (0.26%) Moq
7 1 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 230 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 79 (10.21%) Finance
3 67 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.88%) Law
5 55 (7.11%) Manufacturing
6 47 (6.07%) Retail
7 34 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.10%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.45%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.20%) Automotive
12 16 (2.07%) Police
13 13 (1.68%) Local Government
14 12 (1.55%) Electronics
15 10 (1.29%) Legal
16 8 (1.03%) Advertising
16 8 (1.03%) Games
16 8 (1.03%) Marketing
17 6 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 215 (27.78%) IT Support
2 169 (21.83%) Support Engineer
3 166 (21.45%) IT Engineer
4 128 (16.54%) IT Support Engineer
5 95 (12.27%) Analyst
6 77 (9.95%) Senior
7 62 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 42 (5.43%) Developer
9 39 (5.04%) IT Analyst
10 35 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support
11 34 (4.39%) 1st Line Support
11 34 (4.39%) IT Technician
12 32 (4.13%) Support Analyst
13 27 (3.49%) Administrator
13 27 (3.49%) IT Support Specialist
13 27 (3.49%) Support Specialist
14 26 (3.36%) IT Support Analyst
15 25 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 25 (3.23%) Technical Support
16 24 (3.10%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.75%) .NET
2 29 (3.75%) HTML
3 18 (2.33%) ASP.NET
3 18 (2.33%) REST
4 17 (2.20%) .NET Framework
4 17 (2.20%) WinForms
5 16 (2.07%) ASP.NET MVC
5 16 (2.07%) CSS
6 15 (1.94%) WPF
7 13 (1.68%) .NET Core
7 13 (1.68%) Web Services
8 12 (1.55%) Entity Framework
9 10 (1.29%) AngularJS
9 10 (1.29%) React
9 10 (1.29%) Vue
10 9 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (1.03%) jQuery
11 8 (1.03%) Middleware
12 7 (0.90%) JSON
12 7 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 62 (8.01%) Onboarding
3 55 (7.11%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (4.78%) Data Centre
5 32 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 32 (4.13%) Replication
6 22 (2.84%) Public Cloud
7 19 (2.45%) Video Conferencing
8 18 (2.33%) PKI
9 15 (1.94%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (1.55%) Clustering
10 12 (1.55%) EPoS
11 11 (1.42%) Private Cloud
12 7 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (0.90%) Cyberattack
12 7 (0.90%) IoT
12 7 (0.90%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 313 (40.44%) Windows Server
2 169 (21.83%) Windows 10
3 168 (21.71%) Linux
4 65 (8.40%) Windows Server 2012
5 58 (7.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (7.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (5.04%) Windows 7
8 31 (4.01%) Apple iOS
9 26 (3.36%) Android
10 25 (3.23%) Mac OS
10 25 (3.23%) Unix
11 16 (2.07%) Solaris
11 16 (2.07%) Ubuntu
12 15 (1.94%) Windows 8
13 12 (1.55%) CentOS
13 12 (1.55%) VMS
14 10 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (20.93%) ITIL
3 119 (15.37%) Customer Service
4 98 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
5 87 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 86 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 78 (10.08%) Mentoring
8 76 (9.82%) Asset Management
9 57 (7.36%) Network Management
10 56 (7.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (7.24%) IT Asset Management
11 50 (6.46%) Time Management
12 47 (6.07%) DevOps
13 43 (5.56%) Project Delivery
14 41 (5.30%) Server Management
15 38 (4.91%) Agile
16 31 (4.01%) Project Management
17 30 (3.88%) Information Security
18 27 (3.49%) ERP
18 27 (3.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 117 (15.12%) SQL
2 71 (9.17%) PowerShell
3 49 (6.33%) C#
4 23 (2.97%) T-SQL
5 22 (2.84%) JavaScript
6 20 (2.58%) Python
7 14 (1.81%) VB.NET
8 13 (1.68%) Java
9 12 (1.55%) C
10 9 (1.16%) XAML
11 8 (1.03%) PHP
11 8 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.90%) Bash
13 6 (0.78%) C++
14 5 (0.65%) Bicep
14 5 (0.65%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.65%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.39%) Go
15 3 (0.39%) R
16 2 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 156 (20.16%) Degree
2 117 (15.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 69 (8.91%) MCSE
4 67 (8.66%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (8.66%) MCP
5 66 (8.53%) CCNA
6 63 (8.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (7.24%) CCNP
7 56 (7.24%) Security Cleared
8 50 (6.46%) LPIC
9 30 (3.88%) DBS Check
10 27 (3.49%) SC Cleared
11 25 (3.23%) Azure Certification
12 20 (2.58%) A+ Certification
13 13 (1.68%) DV Cleared
14 11 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (1.16%) AWS Certification
16 8 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
17 7 (0.90%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.91%) SLA
2 20 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.33%) GDPR
4 14 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.68%) QA
6 10 (1.29%) NIST
7 5 (0.65%) MISRA
8 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.39%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.13%) ITGC
11 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 352 (45.48%) Active Directory
2 140 (18.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (17.05%) Hyper-V
4 43 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (2.84%) vSphere
6 18 (2.33%) Docker
7 12 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (1.42%) Firmware
9 8 (1.03%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.78%) pfSense
10 6 (0.78%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.78%) XenApp
10 6 (0.78%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.65%) NFS
11 5 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.65%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.39%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 85 (10.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 65 (8.40%) SCCM
3 17 (2.20%) Kubernetes
4 16 (2.07%) Terraform
5 13 (1.68%) SCOM
5 13 (1.68%) vCenter Server
6 10 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.16%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.78%) WSUS
9 5 (0.65%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.52%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.52%) Autotask
10 4 (0.52%) Grafana
10 4 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.39%) SCVMM
12 2 (0.26%) Nagios
12 2 (0.26%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.26%) SmoothWall
12 2 (0.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 495 (63.95%) Microsoft
2 211 (27.26%) VMware
3 117 (15.12%) Cisco
4 61 (7.88%) Veeam
5 44 (5.68%) Dell
6 42 (5.43%) Apple
7 39 (5.04%) Citrix
8 34 (4.39%) HP
9 26 (3.36%) Adobe
10 23 (2.97%) Sophos
11 16 (2.07%) Fortinet
11 16 (2.07%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.81%) Google
12 14 (1.81%) Remedy
13 12 (1.55%) IBM
13 12 (1.55%) Nimble Storage
13 12 (1.55%) Oracle
14 11 (1.42%) NetApp
14 11 (1.42%) Zerto
15 10 (1.29%) NEC