Windows Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 18 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7,137 6,514 7,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.05% 10.88% 11.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.59% 66.36% 52.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,865 4,311 5,944
10th Percentile £24,578 £24,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £38,869
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.91% -2.83%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,560 9,816 14,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.87% 16.39% 20.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,172 6,217 9,312
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the UK excluding London

Windows
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK excluding London 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
South East +3 2,041 £40,000 +6.67% 396
North of England +9 1,564 £37,500 -6.25% 325
Midlands +13 1,231 £35,000 -12.50% 272
South West +5 980 £42,500 +11.84% 238
North West -4 756 £40,000 - 167
East of England +3 751 £32,500 -15.58% 203
West Midlands +14 689 £35,000 -12.50% 153
Yorkshire +20 621 £37,000 -2.63% 126
East Midlands +7 536 £35,000 -7.58% 119
Scotland -42 372 £42,202 -6.22% 86
North East +17 189 £33,000 -17.50% 36
Wales +8 148 £32,500 -7.14% 31
Northern Ireland -11 47 £37,500 -25.00% 17
Isle of Man -4 12 £43,750 +45.83% 1
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1,075 (15.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 733 (10.27%) SharePoint
3 146 (2.05%) IIS
4 115 (1.61%) Apache
5 51 (0.71%) Confluence
6 39 (0.55%) CMS
7 36 (0.50%) OpenStack
8 33 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
9 26 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 26 (0.36%) Skype for Business
10 21 (0.29%) Tomcat
11 20 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
12 15 (0.21%) WordPress
13 12 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
13 12 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
14 10 (0.14%) Umbraco
15 8 (0.11%) nginx
16 7 (0.098%) ArcGIS
16 7 (0.098%) CloudStack
17 6 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 1,032 (14.46%) Microsoft Office
2 204 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 77 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 17 (0.24%) Trello
7 11 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
8 8 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.056%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.042%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.042%) Pro Tools
11 3 (0.042%) Simulink
12 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.028%) CATIA
12 2 (0.028%) NASTRAN
12 2 (0.028%) Sketch
13 1 (0.014%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 19 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 14 (0.20%) NEC Housing
3 12 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
4 10 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.084%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.070%) Shopify
7 3 (0.042%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.042%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.028%) assyst
8 2 (0.028%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.028%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.028%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.028%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.014%) iTrent
9 1 (0.014%) Sage 300 ERP
9 1 (0.014%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.014%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.014%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3,094 (43.35%) Microsoft 365
2 2,613 (36.61%) Azure
3 820 (11.49%) Entra ID
4 619 (8.67%) AWS
5 316 (4.43%) OneDrive
6 228 (3.19%) IBM Cloud
7 227 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
8 216 (3.03%) SaaS
9 151 (2.12%) GCP
10 140 (1.96%) IaaS
11 136 (1.91%) Serverless
12 130 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
13 123 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
14 121 (1.70%) Azure Functions
15 119 (1.67%) Azure API Management
16 108 (1.51%) Power Platform
17 93 (1.30%) Google Workspace
18 92 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
19 82 (1.15%) Mimecast
20 73 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,362 (19.08%) Firewall
2 1,038 (14.54%) DNS
3 803 (11.25%) DHCP
4 678 (9.50%) TCP/IP
5 600 (8.41%) WAN
6 589 (8.25%) LAN
7 561 (7.86%) VPN
8 393 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
9 356 (4.99%) SAN
10 312 (4.37%) Wireless
11 281 (3.94%) VoIP
12 269 (3.77%) VLAN
13 205 (2.87%) Internet
14 153 (2.14%) Network Security
15 136 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
16 130 (1.82%) NAS
17 100 (1.40%) SD-WAN
18 97 (1.36%) SNMP
19 85 (1.19%) HTTP
20 68 (0.95%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 557 (7.80%) SQL Server
2 336 (4.71%) MongoDB
3 272 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
4 267 (3.74%) DB2
5 244 (3.42%) NoSQL
6 204 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 119 (1.67%) MySQL
8 113 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
9 83 (1.16%) Power BI
10 67 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
11 36 (0.50%) Oracle Database
12 34 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 33 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
14 31 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 27 (0.38%) RDBMS
16 25 (0.35%) Redis
17 24 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
18 20 (0.28%) QlikView
19 19 (0.27%) MariaDB
20 16 (0.22%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 171 (2.40%) Git
2 138 (1.93%) JIRA
3 113 (1.58%) Visual Studio
4 66 (0.92%) Subversion
5 64 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 56 (0.78%) GitLab
7 35 (0.49%) Eclipse
8 24 (0.34%) Ant
9 21 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 21 (0.29%) LabVIEW
10 20 (0.28%) CMake
10 20 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
11 19 (0.27%) MSI
12 15 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 15 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 14 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
14 10 (0.14%) Trac
15 9 (0.13%) eggPlant
15 9 (0.13%) InstallShield
15 9 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2,177 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 681 (9.54%) Finance
3 583 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
4 430 (6.02%) Public Sector
5 278 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
6 274 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 252 (3.53%) Manufacturing
8 251 (3.52%) Law
9 241 (3.38%) Retail
10 215 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 141 (1.98%) Legal
12 132 (1.85%) Marketing
13 124 (1.74%) Electronics
14 120 (1.68%) Aerospace
15 113 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
16 86 (1.20%) Games
17 80 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
18 76 (1.06%) Military
19 57 (0.80%) Automotive
20 53 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,261 (17.67%) IT Support
2 1,137 (15.93%) Support Engineer
3 931 (13.04%) IT Engineer
4 895 (12.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 816 (11.43%) Analyst
6 776 (10.87%) Senior
7 646 (9.05%) IT Support Engineer
8 489 (6.85%) IT Technician
9 403 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 400 (5.60%) Developer
11 397 (5.56%) Lead
12 359 (5.03%) Support Technician
13 302 (4.23%) Software Engineer
14 298 (4.18%) Support Analyst
15 296 (4.15%) IT Analyst
16 292 (4.09%) IT Support Technician
17 266 (3.73%) 1st Line Support
18 257 (3.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 252 (3.53%) Service Analyst
20 251 (3.52%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 521 (7.30%) .NET
2 396 (5.55%) HTML
3 347 (4.86%) CSS
4 317 (4.44%) AngularJS
5 311 (4.36%) ASP.NET
6 310 (4.34%) React
7 304 (4.26%) REST
8 291 (4.08%) Web Services
9 277 (3.88%) Vue
10 276 (3.87%) jQuery
11 268 (3.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 230 (3.22%) ASP.NET Core
13 228 (3.19%) Backbone.js
13 228 (3.19%) Ember.js
14 151 (2.12%) Node.js
15 114 (1.60%) WPF
16 85 (1.19%) .NET Framework
17 84 (1.18%) XML
18 75 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
19 58 (0.81%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 465 (6.52%) Data Centre
2 434 (6.08%) Driving Licence
3 357 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 282 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
5 277 (3.88%) Algorithms
6 270 (3.78%) Management Information System
7 235 (3.29%) Data Structures
8 228 (3.19%) Blockchain
9 184 (2.58%) Public Cloud
10 165 (2.31%) Replication
11 145 (2.03%) Onboarding
12 115 (1.61%) e-Learning
13 108 (1.51%) Clustering
14 105 (1.47%) PKI
15 78 (1.09%) EPoS
16 64 (0.90%) Smartphone
17 60 (0.84%) Client/Server
17 60 (0.84%) CMDB
18 55 (0.77%) NHS
19 54 (0.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2,744 (38.45%) Windows Server
2 1,871 (26.22%) Linux
3 1,362 (19.08%) Windows 10
4 524 (7.34%) Android
5 504 (7.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 490 (6.87%) Apple iOS
7 451 (6.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 411 (5.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 299 (4.19%) Mac OS
10 272 (3.81%) Windows 7
11 252 (3.53%) Unix
12 131 (1.84%) Windows 8
13 124 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 113 (1.58%) Windows Server 2008
15 85 (1.19%) CentOS
16 75 (1.05%) Ubuntu
17 60 (0.84%) VMS
18 57 (0.80%) Mac OS X
19 50 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
20 33 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,686 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
2 1,231 (17.25%) ITIL
3 1,215 (17.02%) Customer Service
4 1,151 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 739 (10.35%) Cybersecurity
6 613 (8.59%) Agile
7 606 (8.49%) Mentoring
8 565 (7.92%) DevOps
9 426 (5.97%) Software Engineering
10 374 (5.24%) User Experience
11 365 (5.11%) Computer Science
12 354 (4.96%) Project Management
13 342 (4.79%) Service Management
14 326 (4.57%) Artificial Intelligence
15 319 (4.47%) MVC
15 319 (4.47%) OO
16 315 (4.41%) Service Delivery
17 310 (4.34%) Disaster Recovery
18 300 (4.20%) Continuous Improvement
19 290 (4.06%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1,002 (14.04%) SQL
2 880 (12.33%) PowerShell
3 622 (8.72%) C#
4 599 (8.39%) Python
5 427 (5.98%) JavaScript
6 358 (5.02%) Java
7 298 (4.18%) C++
8 237 (3.32%) Bash
9 171 (2.40%) C
10 81 (1.13%) VB
11 58 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 56 (0.78%) VBScript
13 53 (0.74%) Perl
14 50 (0.70%) XAML
15 34 (0.48%) TypeScript
16 31 (0.43%) PHP
16 31 (0.43%) Shell Script
17 27 (0.38%) R
18 26 (0.36%) VB.NET
19 23 (0.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,060 (14.85%) Degree
2 877 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 513 (7.19%) SC Cleared
4 445 (6.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 373 (5.23%) DV Cleared
6 262 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 258 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
8 221 (3.10%) CCNA
9 216 (3.03%) DBS Check
10 148 (2.07%) A+ Certification
11 147 (2.06%) MCSE
12 144 (2.02%) MCP
13 95 (1.33%) Azure Certification
14 85 (1.19%) MCSA
15 84 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
16 73 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
17 66 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 62 (0.87%) CCNP
19 59 (0.83%) CISSP
20 57 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 467 (6.54%) SLA
2 167 (2.34%) GDPR
3 125 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 111 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 109 (1.53%) QA
6 55 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 44 (0.62%) NIST
8 31 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 18 (0.25%) Data Quality
10 17 (0.24%) PMO
11 14 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 12 (0.17%) ITGC
14 8 (0.11%) ISO 13485
14 8 (0.11%) MISRA
15 7 (0.098%) GRC
15 7 (0.098%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.084%) ISO 22301
16 6 (0.084%) ISO 9000
17 5 (0.070%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3,130 (43.86%) Active Directory
2 1,209 (16.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1,037 (14.53%) Hyper-V
4 221 (3.10%) Docker
5 210 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
6 192 (2.69%) vSphere
7 182 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
8 111 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 98 (1.37%) Firmware
10 87 (1.22%) XenApp
11 70 (0.98%) XenDesktop
12 63 (0.88%) KVM
13 49 (0.69%) VirtualBox
14 47 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
15 44 (0.62%) Terminal Services
16 22 (0.31%) VMware Server
17 21 (0.29%) pfSense
18 20 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
18 20 (0.28%) VMware NSX
18 20 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 731 (10.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 469 (6.57%) SCCM
3 265 (3.71%) Ansible
4 247 (3.46%) Kubernetes
5 180 (2.52%) vCenter Server
6 159 (2.23%) WSUS
7 152 (2.13%) Terraform
8 118 (1.65%) SCOM
9 79 (1.11%) Puppet
10 69 (0.97%) Prometheus
11 54 (0.76%) FortiGate
12 52 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
13 46 (0.64%) ZABBIX
14 44 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 41 (0.57%) Progress Chef
16 40 (0.56%) Nagios
17 38 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
18 36 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
18 36 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
19 34 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3,613 (50.62%) Microsoft
2 1,801 (25.23%) VMware
3 533 (7.47%) Cisco
4 435 (6.09%) Red Hat
5 405 (5.67%) Citrix
6 345 (4.83%) Veeam
7 334 (4.68%) IBM
8 289 (4.05%) Dell
9 279 (3.91%) Apple
10 246 (3.45%) HP
11 216 (3.03%) Google
12 188 (2.63%) Oracle
13 168 (2.35%) NetApp
14 129 (1.81%) Meraki
15 122 (1.71%) ServiceNow
16 115 (1.61%) Sophos
17 100 (1.40%) Adobe
18 84 (1.18%) SolarWinds
19 83 (1.16%) Splunk
20 81 (1.13%) Palo Alto