Windows Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Windows
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 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 19 21 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,576 1,685 2,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.07% 10.58% 11.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.55% 71.22% 54.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,253 1,085 1,596
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.59% -8.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,313 £63,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +1.16% -4.44%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,299 2,366 3,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.77% 14.86% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,733 1,441 2,457
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,823 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% +3.11% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,325 £72,500 £70,000
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Windows in the North of England

Windows
Job Locations in the North 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 North of 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
North West -6 788 £40,000 -5.88% 176
Yorkshire +11 604 £36,000 -2.70% 131
North East +7 186 £33,000 -17.50% 30
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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
1 236 (14.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (7.93%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.03%) Apache
4 30 (1.90%) IIS
5 8 (0.51%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.44%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.44%) CMS
7 6 (0.38%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.25%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.25%) Confluence
8 4 (0.25%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.13%) Resin
9 2 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.063%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 256 (16.24%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.51%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.063%) Magento
5 1 (0.063%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 657 (41.69%) Microsoft 365
2 635 (40.29%) Azure
3 207 (13.13%) Entra ID
4 157 (9.96%) AWS
5 93 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.95%) IBM Cloud
7 69 (4.38%) OneDrive
8 50 (3.17%) Serverless
9 47 (2.98%) Azure Service Bus
10 44 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
11 43 (2.73%) Azure Functions
11 43 (2.73%) IaaS
12 42 (2.66%) Azure API Management
13 37 (2.35%) Google Workspace
14 35 (2.22%) GCP
15 32 (2.03%) SaaS
16 27 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
17 23 (1.46%) Power Platform
18 17 (1.08%) Amazon S3
19 16 (1.02%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 287 (18.21%) Firewall
2 212 (13.45%) DNS
3 195 (12.37%) LAN
4 176 (11.17%) WAN
5 171 (10.85%) DHCP
6 132 (8.38%) VPN
7 121 (7.68%) TCP/IP
8 83 (5.27%) Wi-Fi
9 79 (5.01%) SAN
9 79 (5.01%) Wireless
10 67 (4.25%) VoIP
11 62 (3.93%) VLAN
12 49 (3.11%) Network Security
13 46 (2.92%) Internet
14 45 (2.86%) NAS
15 31 (1.97%) WLAN
16 30 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
17 21 (1.33%) SSL
18 16 (1.02%) SNMP
19 15 (0.95%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (10.15%) SQL Server
2 105 (6.66%) MongoDB
3 94 (5.96%) PostgreSQL
4 92 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 90 (5.71%) DB2
6 65 (4.12%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.84%) MySQL
8 28 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.08%) Power BI
12 14 (0.89%) Redis
13 12 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.76%) QlikView
13 12 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.57%) RDBMS
15 9 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.44%) GIS
Development Applications
1 30 (1.90%) Git
2 24 (1.52%) GitLab
3 21 (1.33%) Artifactory
4 18 (1.14%) JIRA
5 15 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.51%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.38%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.38%) MSI
9 5 (0.32%) AdminStudio
9 5 (0.32%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (0.32%) Subversion
10 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.19%) CMake
11 3 (0.19%) GCC
11 3 (0.19%) GDB
11 3 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 498 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 183 (11.61%) Finance
3 149 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.65%) Law
6 70 (4.44%) Retail
7 61 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 58 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
9 50 (3.17%) Manufacturing
10 45 (2.86%) Marketing
11 31 (1.97%) Legal
12 29 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.46%) Games
14 15 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.76%) Local Government
17 9 (0.57%) Military
17 9 (0.57%) Police
18 7 (0.44%) Advertising
18 7 (0.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 261 (16.56%) IT Support
2 210 (13.32%) Analyst
3 206 (13.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 205 (13.01%) Support Engineer
5 165 (10.47%) IT Engineer
6 142 (9.01%) Senior
7 132 (8.38%) IT Technician
8 122 (7.74%) Developer
9 112 (7.11%) IT Support Engineer
10 110 (6.98%) Lead
11 97 (6.15%) Support Technician
12 82 (5.20%) Service Analyst
13 77 (4.89%) IT Support Technician
13 77 (4.89%) Service Desk Analyst
14 75 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
15 63 (4.00%) IT Analyst
16 61 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
16 61 (3.87%) Team Leader
17 60 (3.81%) 1st Line Support
17 60 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (8.95%) .NET
2 107 (6.79%) HTML
3 105 (6.66%) ASP.NET
4 104 (6.60%) React
5 101 (6.41%) CSS
6 100 (6.35%) REST
7 98 (6.22%) AngularJS
8 95 (6.03%) Web Services
9 90 (5.71%) Vue
10 87 (5.52%) jQuery
10 87 (5.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 78 (4.95%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (4.95%) Backbone.js
11 78 (4.95%) Ember.js
12 63 (4.00%) Node.js
13 27 (1.71%) .NET Core
14 26 (1.65%) RabbitMQ
15 20 (1.27%) WPF
16 15 (0.95%) YAML
17 14 (0.89%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.68%) Data Centre
2 105 (6.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 99 (6.28%) Management Information System
4 90 (5.71%) Driving Licence
5 87 (5.52%) Algorithms
5 87 (5.52%) Public Cloud
6 80 (5.08%) Data Structures
7 78 (4.95%) Blockchain
8 47 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.35%) e-Learning
10 27 (1.71%) EPoS
11 25 (1.59%) Onboarding
11 25 (1.59%) Replication
12 19 (1.21%) Private Cloud
13 18 (1.14%) Clustering
13 18 (1.14%) SCADA
14 17 (1.08%) Life Science
15 16 (1.02%) Cyberattack
15 16 (1.02%) Operational Technology
16 15 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 602 (38.20%) Windows Server
2 416 (26.40%) Linux
3 276 (17.51%) Windows 10
4 124 (7.87%) Android
5 119 (7.55%) Apple iOS
6 97 (6.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 96 (6.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 82 (5.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 72 (4.57%) Mac OS
10 63 (4.00%) Unix
11 33 (2.09%) Windows 7
12 29 (1.84%) Windows Server 2008
13 26 (1.65%) Windows Vista
14 17 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (0.95%) Data ONTAP
15 15 (0.95%) VMS
16 14 (0.89%) Windows 8
17 9 (0.57%) Solaris
17 9 (0.57%) Windows Phone
18 7 (0.44%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (26.65%) Problem-Solving
2 308 (19.54%) ITIL
3 277 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 267 (16.94%) Customer Service
5 179 (11.36%) Mentoring
6 139 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
7 136 (8.63%) DevOps
8 125 (7.93%) Coaching
8 125 (7.93%) User Experience
9 123 (7.80%) Agile
10 105 (6.66%) MVC
11 104 (6.60%) Disaster Recovery
12 101 (6.41%) OO
13 100 (6.35%) Artificial Intelligence
14 95 (6.03%) Full Stack Development
15 93 (5.90%) Web Development
16 92 (5.84%) Migration
17 90 (5.71%) MVVM
17 90 (5.71%) OOP
18 85 (5.39%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 244 (15.48%) SQL
2 145 (9.20%) C#
3 144 (9.14%) PowerShell
4 129 (8.19%) Python
5 113 (7.17%) JavaScript
6 58 (3.68%) Java
7 28 (1.78%) C++
8 27 (1.71%) Bash
9 24 (1.52%) VBScript
10 19 (1.21%) C
11 14 (0.89%) VB
12 13 (0.82%) XAML
13 11 (0.70%) Delphi
13 11 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.70%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.63%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.44%) PHP
16 6 (0.38%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.32%) ABAP
18 4 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 216 (13.71%) Degree
2 111 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 57 (3.62%) Security Cleared
4 56 (3.55%) DBS Check
5 43 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (2.28%) CCNA
6 36 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (2.22%) MCP
8 32 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
9 29 (1.84%) MCSA
9 29 (1.84%) MCSE
9 29 (1.84%) SC Cleared
10 24 (1.52%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 21 (1.33%) HNC
12 21 (1.33%) HND
13 20 (1.27%) A+ Certification
13 20 (1.27%) CISSP
14 16 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.82%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.68%) SLA
2 45 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.40%) GDPR
3 22 (1.40%) NIST
4 17 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.63%) QA
7 6 (0.38%) ISO 9000
8 5 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.19%) PMO
11 2 (0.13%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.063%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.063%) NCSC
12 1 (0.063%) SOC 2
System Software
1 670 (42.51%) Active Directory
2 227 (14.40%) Hyper-V
3 192 (12.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 49 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
5 37 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
6 33 (2.09%) Docker
7 30 (1.90%) vSphere
8 25 (1.59%) Terminal Services
9 17 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.82%) Firmware
11 11 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.44%) KVM
13 6 (0.38%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.19%) XenApp
16 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.063%) Postfix
17 1 (0.063%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 195 (12.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 70 (4.44%) SCCM
3 54 (3.43%) Ansible
4 44 (2.79%) Kubernetes
4 44 (2.79%) Terraform
5 38 (2.41%) vCenter Server
6 28 (1.78%) WSUS
7 25 (1.59%) Prometheus
8 22 (1.40%) SCOM
9 20 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
10 15 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
11 13 (0.82%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.76%) Autotask
12 12 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.63%) Grafana
14 9 (0.57%) AirWatch
14 9 (0.57%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 7 (0.44%) Nagios
Vendors
1 765 (48.54%) Microsoft
2 342 (21.70%) VMware
3 116 (7.36%) IBM
4 109 (6.92%) Red Hat
5 98 (6.22%) Cisco
6 89 (5.65%) Citrix
7 78 (4.95%) Apple
8 61 (3.87%) Veeam
9 50 (3.17%) Google
10 46 (2.92%) Oracle
11 41 (2.60%) NetApp
12 39 (2.47%) Dell
13 34 (2.16%) Splunk
14 29 (1.84%) HP
14 29 (1.84%) SolarWinds
15 28 (1.78%) ServiceNow
16 24 (1.52%) Adobe
17 21 (1.33%) Sophos
18 18 (1.14%) Datto
18 18 (1.14%) Palo Alto