Windows Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 770 708 900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.56% 14.82% 12.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.75% 70.80% 58.03%
Number of salaries quoted 644 463 596
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £38,737
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% -1.90% -6.66%
75th Percentile £43,750 £56,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +1.16% -4.44%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,120 1,000 1,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.81% 20.94% 21.99%
Number of salaries quoted 952 611 770
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,875 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the East of England.

Salary trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Hertfordshire 0 272 £37,500 - 75
Cambridgeshire +7 174 £37,500 -2.60% 48
Essex +15 144 £28,000 -5.88% 26
Norfolk -9 103 £32,500 -14.47% 14
Suffolk -2 41 £35,750 -2.05% 14
Bedfordshire -3 36 £28,250 -46.19% 5
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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
1 152 (19.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 114 (14.81%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.12%) Exchange Server 2013
4 20 (2.60%) CMS
5 17 (2.21%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (2.21%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.91%) Confluence
7 4 (0.52%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.52%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.26%) IIS
9 1 (0.13%) Apache
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 139 (18.05%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.39%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.39%) Simulink
6 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.39%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (0.39%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.39%) Sage 50
1 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (0.39%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.39%) Shopify
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 394 (51.17%) Microsoft 365
2 235 (30.52%) Azure
3 63 (8.18%) AWS
4 57 (7.40%) Entra ID
5 34 (4.42%) OneDrive
6 20 (2.60%) Power Platform
7 17 (2.21%) Google Workspace
8 16 (2.08%) Mimecast
9 10 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (1.30%) GCP
10 9 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.04%) SaaS
12 7 (0.91%) Nutanix
13 6 (0.78%) Serverless
14 3 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.39%) AWS KMS
14 3 (0.39%) Azure Service Fabric
14 3 (0.39%) Loggly
14 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 123 (15.97%) Firewall
2 90 (11.69%) DNS
3 75 (9.74%) TCP/IP
4 73 (9.48%) DHCP
5 64 (8.31%) Wi-Fi
6 61 (7.92%) WAN
7 55 (7.14%) LAN
8 51 (6.62%) VPN
9 47 (6.10%) SAN
10 40 (5.19%) VoIP
11 35 (4.55%) Internet
12 26 (3.38%) VLAN
13 23 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
14 20 (2.60%) Wireless
15 17 (2.21%) Intranet
16 16 (2.08%) NAS
17 15 (1.95%) MPLS
18 14 (1.82%) SD-WAN
19 11 (1.43%) Bluetooth
19 11 (1.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (2.60%) Power BI
4 17 (2.21%) MySQL
5 15 (1.95%) BusinessObjects
5 15 (1.95%) QlikView
5 15 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.30%) MS Access
7 8 (1.04%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.91%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.82%) JIRA
2 9 (1.17%) Git
2 9 (1.17%) LabVIEW
3 8 (1.04%) Appium
3 8 (1.04%) UI Automator
4 7 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.39%) Rational Team Concert
7 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 260 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 94 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (5.06%) Finance
4 37 (4.81%) Manufacturing
5 24 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (2.21%) Automotive
6 17 (2.21%) Retail
6 17 (2.21%) Telecoms
7 15 (1.95%) Marketing
8 14 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.30%) Electronics
11 8 (1.04%) Law
11 8 (1.04%) Police
12 6 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.65%) Publishing
14 4 (0.52%) Advertising
14 4 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 199 (25.84%) IT Support
2 153 (19.87%) Support Engineer
3 134 (17.40%) IT Engineer
4 107 (13.90%) Analyst
5 104 (13.51%) IT Support Engineer
6 83 (10.78%) IT Technician
7 80 (10.39%) Support Technician
8 77 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 71 (9.22%) 2nd Line Support
10 62 (8.05%) IT Support Technician
11 52 (6.75%) Senior
12 50 (6.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 46 (5.97%) Service Analyst
14 45 (5.84%) Service Desk Analyst
15 42 (5.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 39 (5.06%) Administrator
17 35 (4.55%) IT Analyst
17 35 (4.55%) Support Analyst
18 32 (4.16%) Technical Support
19 28 (3.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.34%) HTML
2 11 (1.43%) Fluent Bit
3 10 (1.30%) .NET
4 7 (0.91%) CSS
5 6 (0.78%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.78%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.52%) JSON
7 3 (0.39%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.39%) Qt
7 3 (0.39%) RESTful
7 3 (0.39%) XML
8 2 (0.26%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.26%) JWT
8 2 (0.26%) PyQt
8 2 (0.26%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.13%) Flask
9 1 (0.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.92%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (6.23%) Driving Licence
3 29 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 20 (2.60%) NHS
5 17 (2.21%) iPad
6 16 (2.08%) Operational Technology
7 14 (1.82%) Smartphone
8 12 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.30%) EPoS
9 10 (1.30%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.30%) Social Media
10 9 (1.17%) Digital Signage
10 9 (1.17%) LIMS
10 9 (1.17%) Smartcard
11 8 (1.04%) Clustering
11 8 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.91%) Replication
12 7 (0.91%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.78%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 305 (39.61%) Windows Server
2 188 (24.42%) Windows 10
3 163 (21.17%) Linux
4 68 (8.83%) Android
5 60 (7.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 56 (7.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 43 (5.58%) Apple iOS
8 40 (5.19%) Mac OS
9 36 (4.68%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (3.64%) Windows 7
11 27 (3.51%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (2.47%) Windows 8
13 13 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
14 12 (1.56%) Unix
15 11 (1.43%) Debian
16 9 (1.17%) Mac OS X
17 8 (1.04%) Ubuntu
18 5 (0.65%) Windows 2000
18 5 (0.65%) Windows NT
18 5 (0.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
2 151 (19.61%) Customer Service
3 146 (18.96%) ITIL
4 93 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 63 (8.18%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (5.97%) Server Management
7 44 (5.71%) Project Management
8 36 (4.68%) Computer Science
9 33 (4.29%) Project Delivery
10 28 (3.64%) Break/Fix
10 28 (3.64%) Time Management
11 26 (3.38%) Asset Management
11 26 (3.38%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (3.38%) Kalman Filter
11 26 (3.38%) Software Engineering
12 25 (3.25%) Mentoring
13 24 (3.12%) Line Management
14 23 (2.99%) Disaster Recovery
14 23 (2.99%) Performance Monitoring
14 23 (2.99%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 84 (10.91%) PowerShell
2 36 (4.68%) SQL
3 23 (2.99%) Python
4 20 (2.60%) Bash
5 17 (2.21%) C#
6 14 (1.82%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.56%) C
8 11 (1.43%) Java
9 9 (1.17%) C++
10 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.65%) VB
12 3 (0.39%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.39%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.39%) Rust
13 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.26%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.13%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.13%) Ruby
14 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 115 (14.94%) Degree
2 85 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (4.81%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.42%) CCNA
5 34 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (3.38%) A+ Certification
8 24 (3.12%) MCSE
9 23 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (2.73%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.69%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (1.30%) MCP
13 9 (1.17%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.17%) HND
13 9 (1.17%) MCSA
14 8 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.18%) SLA
2 14 (1.82%) PCI DSS
3 12 (1.56%) GDPR
4 10 (1.30%) QA
5 9 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.39%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.39%) MISRA
9 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 362 (47.01%) Active Directory
2 124 (16.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (15.71%) Hyper-V
4 32 (4.16%) vSphere
5 24 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 24 (3.12%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (1.95%) Firmware
6 15 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (1.82%) KVM
8 8 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.78%) Docker
10 4 (0.52%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.13%) Samba
Systems Management
1 60 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.34%) SCCM
3 11 (1.43%) Fluentd
3 11 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (1.43%) logstash
4 9 (1.17%) WSUS
5 8 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (1.04%) SCOM
6 7 (0.91%) Ansible
7 6 (0.78%) SmoothWall
7 6 (0.78%) Terraform
8 5 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.65%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.39%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.26%) Aspera SmartTrack
10 2 (0.26%) NetCrunch
10 2 (0.26%) Puppet
10 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 417 (54.16%) Microsoft
2 206 (26.75%) VMware
3 51 (6.62%) Citrix
4 37 (4.81%) Apple
5 33 (4.29%) NetApp
6 31 (4.03%) HP
7 30 (3.90%) Dell
7 30 (3.90%) Meraki
8 29 (3.77%) Cisco
9 23 (2.99%) Google
10 21 (2.73%) Veeam
11 16 (2.08%) Sophos
12 15 (1.95%) Cognos
13 13 (1.69%) Acronis
13 13 (1.69%) IBM
13 13 (1.69%) Splunk
14 12 (1.56%) Sage
14 12 (1.56%) ServiceNow
14 12 (1.56%) WatchGuard
15 7 (0.91%) Synology