Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,267 840 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.61% 9.88% 10.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.19% 67.96% 58.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 586 1,013
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +1.16% -4.44%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,663 1,236 2,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.61% 14.54% 18.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,327 809 1,407
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands +8 710 £35,000 -12.50% 157
East Midlands +3 552 £33,966 -15.09% 117
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 203 (16.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 175 (13.81%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.18%) IIS
4 17 (1.34%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.10%) Apache
6 12 (0.95%) Confluence
7 10 (0.79%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.32%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.16%) Liferay
11 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.079%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.079%) SAP Portal
12 1 (0.079%) TYPO3
Applications
1 185 (14.60%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.87%) Trello
4 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.32%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.16%) CATIA
7 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.079%) InDesign
8 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.079%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.63%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.079%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.079%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.079%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.079%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 648 (51.14%) Microsoft 365
2 527 (41.59%) Azure
3 202 (15.94%) Entra ID
4 72 (5.68%) AWS
5 71 (5.60%) IBM Cloud
6 36 (2.84%) OneDrive
7 34 (2.68%) SaaS
8 29 (2.29%) GCP
9 20 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (1.50%) IaaS
10 19 (1.50%) Power Platform
11 18 (1.42%) Mimecast
12 17 (1.34%) Google Workspace
12 17 (1.34%) Power Automate
13 16 (1.26%) PaaS
14 12 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (0.71%) GitHub
15 9 (0.71%) Nutanix
16 8 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 267 (21.07%) Firewall
2 251 (19.81%) DNS
3 210 (16.57%) DHCP
4 146 (11.52%) TCP/IP
5 105 (8.29%) WAN
6 99 (7.81%) LAN
7 97 (7.66%) Wi-Fi
8 82 (6.47%) SAN
9 80 (6.31%) VPN
10 65 (5.13%) VLAN
11 38 (3.00%) Wireless
12 29 (2.29%) Network Security
13 25 (1.97%) Internet
14 19 (1.50%) SSL
14 19 (1.50%) VoIP
15 18 (1.42%) Skype
16 17 (1.34%) PBX
17 15 (1.18%) SD-WAN
17 15 (1.18%) SNMP
18 14 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.08%) MongoDB
3 75 (5.92%) DB2
3 75 (5.92%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (5.68%) NoSQL
5 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.34%) Power BI
7 15 (1.18%) Oracle Database
7 15 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.03%) MySQL
9 10 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.55%) Metadata
12 5 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.32%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.32%) Redis
13 4 (0.32%) SQLite
13 4 (0.32%) UniData
14 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 26 (2.05%) JIRA
2 17 (1.34%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.24%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Bower
6 2 (0.16%) CANoe
6 2 (0.16%) GitLab
6 2 (0.16%) gulp
6 2 (0.16%) Moq
7 1 (0.079%) CMake
7 1 (0.079%) Toad
General
1 367 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 108 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 97 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (7.50%) Finance
4 95 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.60%) Law
5 71 (5.60%) Manufacturing
6 69 (5.45%) Retail
7 43 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 25 (1.97%) Automotive
10 20 (1.58%) Marketing
11 19 (1.50%) Legal
12 18 (1.42%) Electronics
13 14 (1.10%) Police
14 12 (0.95%) Games
15 11 (0.87%) Local Government
16 9 (0.71%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 257 (20.28%) IT Support
2 207 (16.34%) IT Engineer
3 197 (15.55%) Support Engineer
4 139 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 125 (9.87%) Analyst
6 117 (9.23%) Senior
7 114 (9.00%) IT Support Engineer
8 95 (7.50%) IT Technician
9 91 (7.18%) Azure Engineer
10 71 (5.60%) Full Stack Engineer
11 70 (5.52%) 1st Line Support
12 64 (5.05%) 2nd Line Support
13 63 (4.97%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 61 (4.81%) Lead
15 58 (4.58%) Support Technician
16 54 (4.26%) IT Analyst
17 53 (4.18%) Developer
18 52 (4.10%) IT Support Technician
19 50 (3.95%) Support Analyst
20 46 (3.63%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (11.21%) .NET
2 107 (8.45%) HTML
3 95 (7.50%) REST
4 94 (7.42%) ASP.NET
4 94 (7.42%) CSS
5 91 (7.18%) Vue
6 89 (7.02%) Web Services
7 86 (6.79%) AngularJS
7 86 (6.79%) React
8 85 (6.71%) jQuery
9 84 (6.63%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 73 (5.76%) ASP.NET Core
11 71 (5.60%) Backbone.js
11 71 (5.60%) Ember.js
12 22 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
13 21 (1.66%) WPF
14 17 (1.34%) .NET Core
15 16 (1.26%) .NET Framework
15 16 (1.26%) WinForms
16 13 (1.03%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 101 (7.97%) Driving Licence
2 100 (7.89%) Data Centre
3 85 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
4 78 (6.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 71 (5.60%) Algorithms
5 71 (5.60%) Blockchain
5 71 (5.60%) Data Structures
5 71 (5.60%) e-Learning
6 46 (3.63%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.39%) Replication
8 29 (2.29%) Public Cloud
9 28 (2.21%) Clustering
9 28 (2.21%) PKI
10 22 (1.74%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.18%) Cloud Native
12 15 (1.18%) EPoS
12 15 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
13 11 (0.87%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 549 (43.33%) Windows Server
2 256 (20.21%) Linux
3 214 (16.89%) Windows 10
4 119 (9.39%) Apple iOS
5 116 (9.16%) Android
6 92 (7.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 73 (5.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 72 (5.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 48 (3.79%) Windows 7
10 42 (3.31%) Mac OS
11 40 (3.16%) Unix
12 21 (1.66%) Windows 8
13 18 (1.42%) Ubuntu
14 17 (1.34%) VMS
15 16 (1.26%) Solaris
16 14 (1.10%) CentOS
17 12 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
18 10 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 8 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
20 5 (0.39%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
2 208 (16.42%) Customer Service
3 179 (14.13%) ITIL
4 170 (13.42%) Cybersecurity
5 169 (13.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 143 (11.29%) Mentoring
7 134 (10.58%) Agile
8 100 (7.89%) Web Development
9 97 (7.66%) MVC
10 84 (6.63%) OOP
11 82 (6.47%) OO
12 81 (6.39%) Artificial Intelligence
12 81 (6.39%) Design Patterns
13 80 (6.31%) Full Stack Development
13 80 (6.31%) User Experience
14 78 (6.16%) MVVM
15 77 (6.08%) Coaching
15 77 (6.08%) SOLID
16 75 (5.92%) Code Quality
17 74 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 238 (18.78%) SQL
2 133 (10.50%) C#
3 108 (8.52%) PowerShell
4 98 (7.73%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.00%) Python
6 25 (1.97%) Java
7 24 (1.89%) T-SQL
8 16 (1.26%) C
9 15 (1.18%) C++
9 15 (1.18%) XAML
10 14 (1.10%) VB.NET
11 12 (0.95%) PHP
12 11 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.71%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.63%) Bash
15 6 (0.47%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.39%) Bicep
16 5 (0.39%) Embedded C
17 3 (0.24%) Go
17 3 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 162 (12.79%) Degree
2 95 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 78 (6.16%) Security Cleared
4 59 (4.66%) DBS Check
5 46 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (3.24%) CCNA
7 35 (2.76%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.76%) MCP
8 34 (2.68%) SC Cleared
9 30 (2.37%) A+ Certification
10 28 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (2.21%) MCSE
11 20 (1.58%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 18 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.26%) CCNP
14 15 (1.18%) MCSA
15 13 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.71%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.34%) SLA
2 30 (2.37%) GDPR
3 24 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.50%) QA
5 16 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.79%) NIST
8 5 (0.39%) MISRA
9 3 (0.24%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.079%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.079%) ITGC
11 1 (0.079%) PMO
System Software
1 595 (46.96%) Active Directory
2 228 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 206 (16.26%) Hyper-V
4 42 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
5 40 (3.16%) vSphere
6 28 (2.21%) Docker
7 22 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.03%) KVM
9 11 (0.87%) Firmware
9 11 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.71%) Terminal Services
10 9 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.71%) VMware Server
11 8 (0.63%) pfSense
11 8 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
12 7 (0.55%) XenApp
12 7 (0.55%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.39%) NFS
13 5 (0.39%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 156 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (6.79%) SCCM
3 28 (2.21%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.66%) SCOM
4 21 (1.66%) Terraform
5 17 (1.34%) vCenter Server
6 14 (1.10%) WSUS
7 10 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
7 10 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.63%) Ansible
9 7 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.39%) AirWatch
10 5 (0.39%) Autotask
10 5 (0.39%) Backup Exec
10 5 (0.39%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.32%) Grafana
11 4 (0.32%) SCOrch
11 4 (0.32%) vMotion
Vendors
1 723 (57.06%) Microsoft
2 336 (26.52%) VMware
3 103 (8.13%) Cisco
4 100 (7.89%) Veeam
5 83 (6.55%) IBM
6 81 (6.39%) Red Hat
7 78 (6.16%) Dell
8 60 (4.74%) HP
9 54 (4.26%) Apple
10 52 (4.10%) Citrix
11 37 (2.92%) Google
12 32 (2.53%) ServiceNow
13 29 (2.29%) Meraki
14 28 (2.21%) Adobe
15 25 (1.97%) Sophos
16 20 (1.58%) NetApp
16 20 (1.58%) Oracle
17 19 (1.50%) Acronis
17 19 (1.50%) Nimble Storage
18 16 (1.26%) Remedy