Windows Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Windows
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 19 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 756 838 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.67% 10.70% 10.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.37% 73.38% 60.38%
Number of salaries quoted 575 600 742
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,500 £21,756
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.59% -14.12%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £62,533 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,823 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% +3.11% -5.56%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,193 1,142 1,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.10% 14.58% 17.83%
Number of salaries quoted 887 765 1,059
10th Percentile £25,400 £24,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,950 £72,500 £71,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Windows in the North West

Windows
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the North West

Windows
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Manchester +10 422 £42,500 - 73
Cheshire -11 136 £39,000 +4.00% 48
Lancashire +5 94 £32,000 -32.63% 24
Merseyside -13 81 £34,000 -12.24% 21
Cumbria -19 22 £45,000 - 3
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 91 (12.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 26 (3.44%) Apache
4 18 (2.38%) IIS
5 7 (0.93%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.93%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.66%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.66%) CMS
7 4 (0.53%) CloudStack
7 4 (0.53%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Confluence
9 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 90 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.93%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.66%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 291 (38.49%) Azure
2 246 (32.54%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (12.43%) AWS
4 78 (10.32%) IBM Cloud
5 76 (10.05%) Entra ID
6 69 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (6.08%) Serverless
8 43 (5.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 43 (5.69%) Azure Service Bus
9 41 (5.42%) Azure API Management
9 41 (5.42%) Azure Functions
10 23 (3.04%) IaaS
11 20 (2.65%) OneDrive
12 19 (2.51%) GCP
13 17 (2.25%) SaaS
14 14 (1.85%) Power Platform
15 13 (1.72%) GitHub
16 12 (1.59%) Amazon S3
17 8 (1.06%) Google Workspace
18 7 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 111 (14.68%) Firewall
2 93 (12.30%) DNS
3 75 (9.92%) LAN
4 67 (8.86%) DHCP
5 65 (8.60%) WAN
6 46 (6.08%) TCP/IP
7 43 (5.69%) VPN
8 39 (5.16%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (4.76%) Wireless
10 34 (4.50%) VoIP
11 26 (3.44%) Remote Desktop
12 24 (3.17%) Internet
13 18 (2.38%) Network Security
14 16 (2.12%) VLAN
15 11 (1.46%) SAN
15 11 (1.46%) SNMP
16 10 (1.32%) IPsec
16 10 (1.32%) SSL
17 8 (1.06%) WLAN
18 6 (0.79%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (13.10%) SQL Server
2 98 (12.96%) MongoDB
3 89 (11.77%) PostgreSQL
4 85 (11.24%) NoSQL
5 78 (10.32%) DB2
6 53 (7.01%) Relational Database
7 19 (2.51%) MySQL
8 18 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.19%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.19%) Redis
11 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (0.93%) GIS
12 7 (0.93%) Power BI
13 6 (0.79%) QlikView
14 5 (0.66%) MaxDB
14 5 (0.66%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (2.65%) Git
2 10 (1.32%) JIRA
2 10 (1.32%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.19%) GitLab
3 9 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.06%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.93%) Artifactory
6 6 (0.79%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (0.79%) MSI
7 5 (0.66%) AdminStudio
7 5 (0.66%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.40%) CMake
8 3 (0.40%) GCC
8 3 (0.40%) GDB
8 3 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.40%) Subversion
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 202 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 109 (14.42%) Public Sector
3 90 (11.90%) Finance
4 84 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (5.95%) Retail
7 39 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.44%) Law
9 23 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.78%) Legal
11 12 (1.59%) Games
12 10 (1.32%) Marketing
13 9 (1.19%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.19%) Military
14 7 (0.93%) Local Government
14 7 (0.93%) Police
14 7 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.66%) Banking
15 5 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.66%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 108 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 107 (14.15%) IT Support
3 98 (12.96%) Developer
4 92 (12.17%) Support Engineer
5 82 (10.85%) Analyst
6 80 (10.58%) Senior
7 72 (9.52%) IT Engineer
8 55 (7.28%) IT Support Engineer
9 50 (6.61%) Azure Engineer
9 50 (6.61%) IT Technician
10 47 (6.22%) Full Stack Developer
11 42 (5.56%) Support Technician
12 41 (5.42%) Azure Developer
13 40 (5.29%) Full Stack Engineer
14 35 (4.63%) IT Support Technician
14 35 (4.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 34 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support
16 32 (4.23%) Lead
17 29 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
17 29 (3.84%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (15.87%) .NET
2 100 (13.23%) HTML
3 98 (12.96%) React
4 95 (12.57%) ASP.NET
5 94 (12.43%) CSS
6 93 (12.30%) AngularJS
7 92 (12.17%) Web Services
8 89 (11.77%) REST
9 86 (11.38%) Vue
10 84 (11.11%) jQuery
10 84 (11.11%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 78 (10.32%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (10.32%) Backbone.js
11 78 (10.32%) Ember.js
12 57 (7.54%) Node.js
13 18 (2.38%) .NET Core
14 15 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (1.72%) HTML5
16 10 (1.32%) .NET Framework
16 10 (1.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 87 (11.51%) Algorithms
3 78 (10.32%) Blockchain
3 78 (10.32%) Data Structures
4 62 (8.20%) Data Centre
5 50 (6.61%) Driving Licence
6 45 (5.95%) Management Information System
7 39 (5.16%) Public Cloud
8 37 (4.89%) e-Learning
9 26 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (3.04%) EPoS
11 11 (1.46%) Fat Client
11 11 (1.46%) Thin Client
11 11 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (1.19%) iPad
12 9 (1.19%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.19%) Replication
12 9 (1.19%) Smartphone
13 8 (1.06%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.93%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 263 (34.79%) Linux
2 223 (29.50%) Windows Server
3 107 (14.15%) Windows 10
4 94 (12.43%) Android
5 89 (11.77%) Apple iOS
6 41 (5.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 35 (4.63%) Mac OS
8 32 (4.23%) Unix
9 31 (4.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 22 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 22 (2.91%) Windows Vista
11 10 (1.32%) Data ONTAP
11 10 (1.32%) VMS
12 9 (1.19%) Windows Phone
13 8 (1.06%) Solaris
14 7 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (0.93%) Windows 8
14 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.66%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.53%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (21.43%) ITIL
3 119 (15.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 99 (13.10%) OO
5 98 (12.96%) Customer Service
5 98 (12.96%) User Experience
6 94 (12.43%) Artificial Intelligence
7 92 (12.17%) Full Stack Development
7 92 (12.17%) Mentoring
8 91 (12.04%) Agile
8 91 (12.04%) DevOps
8 91 (12.04%) MVC
9 87 (11.51%) Web Development
10 84 (11.11%) MVVM
10 84 (11.11%) OOP
11 81 (10.71%) Design Patterns
12 79 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
12 79 (10.45%) SOLID
13 78 (10.32%) Coaching
13 78 (10.32%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 136 (17.99%) SQL
2 120 (15.87%) C#
3 108 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 98 (12.96%) Python
5 63 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 56 (7.41%) Java
7 28 (3.70%) C++
8 15 (1.98%) Bash
9 14 (1.85%) C
10 13 (1.72%) VB
11 11 (1.46%) Delphi
12 9 (1.19%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.19%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.79%) VBScript
14 5 (0.66%) ABAP
15 4 (0.53%) Go
16 3 (0.40%) Groovy
16 3 (0.40%) Perl
16 3 (0.40%) PHP
16 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (15.08%) Degree
2 43 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (4.50%) Security Cleared
4 23 (3.04%) DBS Check
5 21 (2.78%) CCNA
5 21 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (2.38%) MCP
7 14 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.59%) MCSE
10 11 (1.46%) MCSA
11 9 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.06%) A+ Certification
12 8 (1.06%) HNC
12 8 (1.06%) HND
13 6 (0.79%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.66%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.42%) SLA
2 23 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.72%) GDPR
4 11 (1.46%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.06%) QA
6 6 (0.79%) ISO 9000
7 5 (0.66%) NIST
8 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 278 (36.77%) Active Directory
2 69 (9.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (8.60%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.91%) Terminal Services
5 16 (2.12%) Docker
6 14 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.19%) Firmware
9 8 (1.06%) vSphere
10 7 (0.93%) KVM
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.13%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.13%) Postfix
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 68 (8.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (3.57%) SCCM
3 22 (2.91%) Ansible
4 19 (2.51%) Kubernetes
5 17 (2.25%) Terraform
6 12 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.59%) WSUS
7 10 (1.32%) vCenter Server
8 9 (1.19%) AirWatch
9 7 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.79%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.53%) cPanel
11 4 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.53%) Plesk
12 3 (0.40%) SELinux
12 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.26%) Grafana
13 2 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.26%) vRealize
14 1 (0.13%) WMI
Vendors
1 338 (44.71%) Microsoft
2 112 (14.81%) VMware
3 97 (12.83%) IBM
4 91 (12.04%) Red Hat
5 41 (5.42%) Apple
6 35 (4.63%) Cisco
6 35 (4.63%) Citrix
7 25 (3.31%) Oracle
7 25 (3.31%) Veeam
8 23 (3.04%) Adobe
9 20 (2.65%) Dell
9 20 (2.65%) NetApp
10 15 (1.98%) HP
11 14 (1.85%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.46%) Palo Alto
13 10 (1.32%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.32%) SolidFire
13 10 (1.32%) Splunk
14 8 (1.06%) Google
15 7 (0.93%) F5