Windows Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 17 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8,685 8,610 12,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.28% 10.34% 8.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.97% 62.81% 46.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,971 6,166 8,980
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,448 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,715 £77,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,763 £44,000
% change year-on-year -8.60% -0.54% -2.22%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,778 13,707 27,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.65% 16.46% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,852 9,455 14,943
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £88,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in England

Windows
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East 0 2,052 £40,000 +5.26% 385
London +5 1,959 £55,000 +4.76% 434
North of England +2 1,576 £37,500 -6.25% 335
Midlands +5 1,284 £35,000 -12.50% 258
South West +6 1,017 £41,206 +3.02% 232
North West -6 788 £40,000 -5.88% 176
East of England +1 769 £32,500 -14.47% 172
West Midlands +10 723 £35,000 -12.50% 145
Yorkshire +11 604 £36,000 -2.70% 131
East Midlands +2 556 £33,966 -14.98% 113
North East +7 186 £33,000 -17.50% 30
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1,424 (16.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 925 (10.65%) SharePoint
3 207 (2.38%) IIS
4 113 (1.30%) Apache
5 59 (0.68%) Confluence
6 57 (0.66%) Skype for Business
7 47 (0.54%) CMS
8 46 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
8 46 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 42 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
10 23 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 23 (0.26%) WordPress
11 22 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
11 22 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
12 21 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
13 18 (0.21%) SAS
14 15 (0.17%) JBoss
15 12 (0.14%) Umbraco
16 9 (0.10%) nginx
17 8 (0.092%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,297 (14.93%) Microsoft Office
2 267 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 84 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 26 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 25 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 17 (0.20%) Trello
8 15 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
9 9 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.069%) Adobe XD
10 6 (0.069%) Revit
11 5 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.035%) Final Cut Pro
12 3 (0.035%) Pro Tools
12 3 (0.035%) Simulink
12 3 (0.035%) SPSS
13 2 (0.023%) CATIA
13 2 (0.023%) NASTRAN
13 2 (0.023%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 44 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.40%) NEC Housing
3 18 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 17 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 9 (0.10%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.10%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.069%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.069%) Oracle Cash Management
7 6 (0.069%) Unit4 Business World
8 5 (0.058%) Shopify
8 5 (0.058%) Temenos T24
9 4 (0.046%) Carpe Diem
9 4 (0.046%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.046%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.035%) Eikon
10 3 (0.035%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.035%) Sage 50
11 2 (0.023%) assyst
11 2 (0.023%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3,724 (42.88%) Microsoft 365
2 3,231 (37.20%) Azure
3 1,007 (11.59%) Entra ID
4 817 (9.41%) AWS
5 370 (4.26%) OneDrive
6 291 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
7 263 (3.03%) SaaS
8 238 (2.74%) IBM Cloud
9 187 (2.15%) GCP
10 179 (2.06%) IaaS
11 175 (2.01%) Serverless
12 164 (1.89%) Power Platform
13 140 (1.61%) Azure Functions
14 139 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
15 136 (1.57%) Azure API Management
16 134 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
17 133 (1.53%) Google Workspace
18 125 (1.44%) Mimecast
19 99 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
20 92 (1.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (18.60%) Firewall
2 1,310 (15.08%) DNS
3 932 (10.73%) DHCP
4 796 (9.17%) WAN
5 782 (9.00%) TCP/IP
6 759 (8.74%) LAN
7 654 (7.53%) VPN
8 468 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
9 454 (5.23%) Wireless
10 414 (4.77%) SAN
11 308 (3.55%) VLAN
12 281 (3.24%) VoIP
13 261 (3.01%) Internet
14 189 (2.18%) Network Security
15 169 (1.95%) SD-WAN
16 162 (1.87%) NAS
17 150 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
18 107 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
19 96 (1.11%) HTTP
20 87 (1.00%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 800 (9.21%) SQL Server
2 360 (4.15%) MongoDB
3 324 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
4 290 (3.34%) DB2
5 255 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 228 (2.63%) Relational Database
7 151 (1.74%) MySQL
8 135 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
9 127 (1.46%) Power BI
10 64 (0.74%) Oracle Database
11 60 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
12 59 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 59 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 50 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
14 27 (0.31%) QlikView
15 26 (0.30%) RDBMS
16 25 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
16 25 (0.29%) Redis
17 20 (0.23%) MariaDB
18 18 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 230 (2.65%) Git
2 188 (2.16%) JIRA
3 136 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 99 (1.14%) Visual Studio
5 73 (0.84%) GitLab
6 67 (0.77%) Subversion
7 37 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 37 (0.43%) Eclipse
8 27 (0.31%) CMake
9 25 (0.29%) MSI
10 22 (0.25%) Artifactory
10 22 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
11 21 (0.24%) Ant
12 19 (0.22%) TeamCity
13 18 (0.21%) LabVIEW
14 15 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
15 12 (0.14%) AdminStudio
15 12 (0.14%) InstallShield
16 10 (0.12%) IntelliJ
16 10 (0.12%) Trac
General
1 2,691 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 1,149 (13.23%) Finance
3 817 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
4 470 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 338 (3.89%) Law
6 300 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 281 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
8 279 (3.21%) Retail
9 261 (3.01%) Manufacturing
9 261 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 236 (2.72%) Legal
11 223 (2.57%) Banking
12 151 (1.74%) Marketing
13 138 (1.59%) Aerospace
14 127 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
15 126 (1.45%) Electronics
16 111 (1.28%) Games
17 96 (1.11%) Automotive
18 87 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
19 62 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,494 (17.20%) IT Support
2 1,300 (14.97%) Support Engineer
3 1,134 (13.06%) Analyst
4 1,061 (12.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1,027 (11.82%) IT Engineer
6 973 (11.20%) Senior
7 704 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
8 527 (6.07%) IT Technician
9 509 (5.86%) Lead
10 472 (5.43%) Developer
11 459 (5.28%) Support Analyst
12 457 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
13 410 (4.72%) IT Analyst
14 372 (4.28%) Support Technician
15 315 (3.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 315 (3.63%) Service Analyst
16 310 (3.57%) Software Engineer
17 303 (3.49%) IT Support Technician
18 301 (3.47%) Administrator
19 296 (3.41%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 596 (6.86%) .NET
2 441 (5.08%) HTML
3 387 (4.46%) CSS
4 344 (3.96%) REST
5 341 (3.93%) React
6 337 (3.88%) ASP.NET
7 331 (3.81%) AngularJS
8 323 (3.72%) Web Services
9 293 (3.37%) Vue
10 288 (3.32%) jQuery
11 279 (3.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 240 (2.76%) ASP.NET Core
13 238 (2.74%) Backbone.js
13 238 (2.74%) Ember.js
14 160 (1.84%) Node.js
15 132 (1.52%) WPF
16 93 (1.07%) XML
17 91 (1.05%) .NET Framework
18 70 (0.81%) .NET Core
19 66 (0.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 505 (5.81%) Data Centre
2 422 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
3 410 (4.72%) Driving Licence
4 349 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 312 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 287 (3.30%) Algorithms
7 246 (2.83%) Data Structures
8 238 (2.74%) Blockchain
9 222 (2.56%) Public Cloud
10 208 (2.39%) Replication
11 196 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
12 182 (2.10%) Onboarding
13 162 (1.87%) Clustering
14 160 (1.84%) PKI
15 125 (1.44%) e-Learning
16 97 (1.12%) Smartphone
17 89 (1.02%) Client/Server
18 81 (0.93%) EPoS
19 73 (0.84%) Cyberattack
20 70 (0.81%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 3,152 (36.29%) Windows Server
2 2,242 (25.81%) Linux
3 1,785 (20.55%) Windows 10
4 643 (7.40%) Android
5 583 (6.71%) Apple iOS
5 583 (6.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 535 (6.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 476 (5.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 364 (4.19%) Mac OS
9 330 (3.80%) Unix
10 303 (3.49%) Windows 7
11 162 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 156 (1.80%) Ubuntu
13 149 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
14 120 (1.38%) CentOS
15 113 (1.30%) Windows 8
16 112 (1.29%) VMS
17 73 (0.84%) Mac OS X
18 69 (0.79%) Solaris
19 40 (0.46%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,949 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
2 1,468 (16.90%) ITIL
3 1,372 (15.80%) Customer Service
4 1,346 (15.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 895 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
6 761 (8.76%) Agile
7 719 (8.28%) DevOps
8 652 (7.51%) Mentoring
9 504 (5.80%) Computer Science
10 472 (5.43%) Software Engineering
11 447 (5.15%) Service Management
12 425 (4.89%) Disaster Recovery
13 411 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 402 (4.63%) Project Management
15 393 (4.53%) User Experience
16 363 (4.18%) ITSM
17 358 (4.12%) MVC
18 349 (4.02%) Artificial Intelligence
19 348 (4.01%) Change Management
19 348 (4.01%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1,262 (14.53%) SQL
2 1,221 (14.06%) PowerShell
3 743 (8.55%) Python
4 729 (8.39%) C#
5 508 (5.85%) JavaScript
6 402 (4.63%) Java
7 378 (4.35%) Bash
8 294 (3.39%) C++
9 187 (2.15%) C
10 115 (1.32%) Perl
11 102 (1.17%) T-SQL
12 91 (1.05%) VB
13 58 (0.67%) VBScript
14 55 (0.63%) XAML
15 53 (0.61%) Ruby
16 45 (0.52%) PHP
17 44 (0.51%) TypeScript
18 41 (0.47%) Shell Script
19 31 (0.36%) PL/SQL
20 30 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,388 (15.98%) Degree
2 1,041 (11.99%) Security Cleared
3 586 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 524 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 475 (5.47%) DV Cleared
6 320 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 258 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
8 257 (2.96%) DBS Check
9 203 (2.34%) CCNA
10 187 (2.15%) MCSE
11 179 (2.06%) A+ Certification
12 160 (1.84%) MCP
13 131 (1.51%) Azure Certification
13 131 (1.51%) Master's Degree
14 109 (1.26%) MCSA
15 103 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
16 95 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 80 (0.92%) CISSP
18 76 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 71 (0.82%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 546 (6.29%) SLA
2 183 (2.11%) GDPR
3 175 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 148 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 123 (1.42%) QA
6 70 (0.81%) NIST
7 65 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 62 (0.71%) Accessibility
9 25 (0.29%) COBIT
9 25 (0.29%) Data Quality
10 21 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (0.22%) PMO
11 19 (0.22%) SOC 2
12 16 (0.18%) GRC
13 13 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 12 (0.14%) NCSC
15 9 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 9 (0.10%) ITGC
16 8 (0.092%) ISO 13485
16 8 (0.092%) MISRA
System Software
1 3,861 (44.46%) Active Directory
2 1,404 (16.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1,049 (12.08%) Hyper-V
4 352 (4.05%) VMware ESXi
5 259 (2.98%) Docker
6 250 (2.88%) vSphere
7 215 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
8 194 (2.23%) XenApp
9 170 (1.96%) XenDesktop
10 151 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
11 114 (1.31%) Firmware
12 85 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
13 77 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
14 52 (0.60%) Terminal Services
15 50 (0.58%) KVM
16 48 (0.55%) VirtualBox
17 27 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
18 21 (0.24%) VMware Server
19 20 (0.23%) NFS
19 20 (0.23%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 915 (10.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 662 (7.62%) SCCM
3 348 (4.01%) Ansible
4 302 (3.48%) Kubernetes
5 270 (3.11%) Terraform
6 226 (2.60%) vCenter Server
7 181 (2.08%) WSUS
8 138 (1.59%) SCOM
9 123 (1.42%) Puppet
10 101 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
11 95 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
12 76 (0.88%) AirWatch
13 75 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 62 (0.71%) Nagios
15 61 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
16 58 (0.67%) Prometheus
17 50 (0.58%) Grafana
18 45 (0.52%) FortiGate
19 44 (0.51%) ZABBIX
20 43 (0.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4,415 (50.83%) Microsoft
2 2,102 (24.20%) VMware
3 739 (8.51%) Cisco
4 600 (6.91%) Citrix
5 501 (5.77%) Red Hat
6 406 (4.67%) Veeam
7 367 (4.23%) IBM
8 359 (4.13%) Apple
9 309 (3.56%) Oracle
10 289 (3.33%) HP
11 275 (3.17%) Dell
12 273 (3.14%) Google
13 192 (2.21%) ServiceNow
14 167 (1.92%) NetApp
15 160 (1.84%) Meraki
16 116 (1.34%) Adobe
17 115 (1.32%) Sophos
18 114 (1.31%) Splunk
19 111 (1.28%) SolarWinds
20 108 (1.24%) Palo Alto