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 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 12 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7,268 6,394 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.26% 11.42% 10.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.74% 67.10% 52.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5,819 4,142 5,928
10th Percentile £24,696 £24,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £43,763 £44,000
% change year-on-year -8.60% -0.54% -2.22%

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 10,890 9,529 15,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.88% 17.02% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 5,957 9,330
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 £73,750
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 7 June 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 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
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
Scotland -43 368 £42,500 - 91
North East +7 186 £33,000 -17.50% 30
Wales +2 150 £32,500 -2.26% 30
Northern Ireland -12 48 £37,500 -16.67% 17
Isle of Man -1 13 £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 (14.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 741 (10.20%) SharePoint
3 151 (2.08%) IIS
4 113 (1.55%) Apache
5 52 (0.72%) Confluence
6 38 (0.52%) CMS
7 34 (0.47%) OpenStack
8 32 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
9 29 (0.40%) Skype for Business
10 26 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
11 24 (0.33%) Tomcat
12 20 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
13 15 (0.21%) WordPress
14 13 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
14 13 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
15 12 (0.17%) Umbraco
16 7 (0.096%) ArcGIS
16 7 (0.096%) CloudStack
16 7 (0.096%) nginx
17 6 (0.083%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1,052 (14.47%) Microsoft Office
2 227 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 81 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 24 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 16 (0.22%) Trello
7 12 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
8 8 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.083%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.069%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.041%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.041%) Pro Tools
11 3 (0.041%) 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%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 20 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.23%) NEC Housing
3 15 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
5 9 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.083%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.069%) Shopify
8 3 (0.041%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 3 (0.041%) Sage 50
8 3 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.028%) assyst
9 2 (0.028%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.028%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.028%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.014%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.014%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.014%) iTrent
10 1 (0.014%) Sage 300 ERP
10 1 (0.014%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.014%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3,101 (42.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2,642 (36.35%) Azure
3 834 (11.47%) Entra ID
4 632 (8.70%) AWS
5 317 (4.36%) OneDrive
6 228 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
6 228 (3.14%) IBM Cloud
7 216 (2.97%) SaaS
8 145 (2.00%) IaaS
9 139 (1.91%) GCP
10 136 (1.87%) Serverless
11 128 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 122 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
13 121 (1.66%) Azure Functions
14 119 (1.64%) Azure API Management
15 101 (1.39%) Power Platform
16 100 (1.38%) Google Workspace
17 90 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
18 87 (1.20%) Mimecast
19 69 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,369 (18.84%) Firewall
2 1,060 (14.58%) DNS
3 813 (11.19%) DHCP
4 697 (9.59%) TCP/IP
5 601 (8.27%) WAN
6 597 (8.21%) LAN
7 558 (7.68%) VPN
8 398 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
9 366 (5.04%) SAN
10 323 (4.44%) Wireless
11 275 (3.78%) VoIP
12 273 (3.76%) VLAN
13 213 (2.93%) Internet
14 159 (2.19%) Network Security
15 136 (1.87%) NAS
15 136 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
16 91 (1.25%) SD-WAN
16 91 (1.25%) SNMP
17 88 (1.21%) HTTP
18 65 (0.89%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (7.93%) SQL Server
2 343 (4.72%) MongoDB
3 276 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
4 272 (3.74%) DB2
5 243 (3.34%) NoSQL
6 208 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 125 (1.72%) MySQL
8 118 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
9 79 (1.09%) Power BI
10 65 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
11 43 (0.59%) Oracle Database
12 34 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 32 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 31 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 27 (0.37%) QlikView
15 27 (0.37%) RDBMS
16 25 (0.34%) Redis
17 24 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
18 19 (0.26%) MariaDB
19 16 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 177 (2.44%) Git
2 135 (1.86%) JIRA
3 113 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 67 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 64 (0.88%) Subversion
6 53 (0.73%) GitLab
7 37 (0.51%) Eclipse
8 22 (0.30%) MSI
9 21 (0.29%) Ant
9 21 (0.29%) Artifactory
10 19 (0.26%) CMake
11 17 (0.23%) LabVIEW
12 16 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
14 14 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
15 12 (0.17%) AdminStudio
15 12 (0.17%) InstallShield
16 10 (0.14%) eggPlant
16 10 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 10 (0.14%) Trac
General
1 2,209 (30.39%) Social Skills
2 709 (9.76%) Finance
3 612 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 429 (5.90%) Public Sector
5 281 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 273 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
7 266 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 255 (3.51%) Law
9 228 (3.14%) Retail
10 220 (3.03%) Telecoms
11 138 (1.90%) Legal
12 134 (1.84%) Electronics
13 131 (1.80%) Marketing
14 130 (1.79%) Aerospace
15 110 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
16 85 (1.17%) Games
17 75 (1.03%) Military
18 72 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
19 70 (0.96%) Automotive
20 56 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,295 (17.82%) IT Support
2 1,124 (15.47%) Support Engineer
3 930 (12.80%) IT Engineer
4 902 (12.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 838 (11.53%) Analyst
6 766 (10.54%) Senior
7 647 (8.90%) IT Support Engineer
8 519 (7.14%) IT Technician
9 413 (5.68%) Developer
10 410 (5.64%) Lead
11 406 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support
12 374 (5.15%) Support Technician
13 313 (4.31%) Software Engineer
14 310 (4.27%) IT Analyst
14 310 (4.27%) Support Analyst
15 301 (4.14%) IT Support Technician
16 271 (3.73%) 1st Line Support
17 264 (3.63%) Service Analyst
18 260 (3.58%) Administrator
19 255 (3.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 533 (7.33%) .NET
2 401 (5.52%) HTML
3 348 (4.79%) CSS
4 316 (4.35%) AngularJS
5 312 (4.29%) React
6 311 (4.28%) ASP.NET
7 306 (4.21%) REST
8 291 (4.00%) Web Services
9 281 (3.87%) Vue
10 274 (3.77%) jQuery
11 268 (3.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 230 (3.16%) ASP.NET Core
13 228 (3.14%) Backbone.js
13 228 (3.14%) Ember.js
14 149 (2.05%) Node.js
15 118 (1.62%) WPF
16 93 (1.28%) .NET Framework
17 83 (1.14%) XML
18 76 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
19 63 (0.87%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 459 (6.32%) Data Centre
2 439 (6.04%) Driving Licence
3 361 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
4 288 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 277 (3.81%) Algorithms
5 277 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 233 (3.21%) Data Structures
7 228 (3.14%) Blockchain
8 180 (2.48%) Public Cloud
9 170 (2.34%) Replication
10 143 (1.97%) Onboarding
11 119 (1.64%) PKI
12 116 (1.60%) Clustering
13 114 (1.57%) e-Learning
14 75 (1.03%) EPoS
15 72 (0.99%) Smartphone
16 66 (0.91%) Client/Server
17 58 (0.80%) IoT
18 56 (0.77%) Private Cloud
19 55 (0.76%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2,762 (38.00%) Windows Server
2 1,915 (26.35%) Linux
3 1,392 (19.15%) Windows 10
4 537 (7.39%) Android
5 518 (7.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 500 (6.88%) Apple iOS
7 478 (6.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 425 (5.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 290 (3.99%) Mac OS
10 265 (3.65%) Windows 7
11 244 (3.36%) Unix
12 121 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 119 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
14 116 (1.60%) Windows 8
15 89 (1.22%) CentOS
16 75 (1.03%) Ubuntu
17 62 (0.85%) VMS
18 56 (0.77%) Mac OS X
19 49 (0.67%) Data ONTAP
20 34 (0.47%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,725 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
2 1,251 (17.21%) Customer Service
3 1,229 (16.91%) ITIL
4 1,153 (15.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 710 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
6 615 (8.46%) Agile
7 596 (8.20%) Mentoring
8 564 (7.76%) DevOps
9 440 (6.05%) Software Engineering
10 369 (5.08%) User Experience
11 368 (5.06%) Computer Science
12 360 (4.95%) Project Management
13 342 (4.71%) Service Management
14 328 (4.51%) MVC
15 325 (4.47%) Artificial Intelligence
16 322 (4.43%) Service Delivery
17 320 (4.40%) OO
18 315 (4.33%) Disaster Recovery
19 304 (4.18%) Continuous Improvement
20 300 (4.13%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 995 (13.69%) SQL
2 865 (11.90%) PowerShell
3 641 (8.82%) C#
4 588 (8.09%) Python
5 429 (5.90%) JavaScript
6 360 (4.95%) Java
7 311 (4.28%) C++
8 238 (3.27%) Bash
9 180 (2.48%) C
10 93 (1.28%) VB
11 56 (0.77%) Perl
11 56 (0.77%) T-SQL
11 56 (0.77%) VBScript
12 54 (0.74%) XAML
13 39 (0.54%) PHP
14 36 (0.50%) TypeScript
15 30 (0.41%) Shell Script
15 30 (0.41%) VB.NET
16 27 (0.37%) R
17 24 (0.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,102 (15.16%) Degree
2 914 (12.58%) Security Cleared
3 537 (7.39%) SC Cleared
4 443 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 398 (5.48%) DV Cleared
6 262 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 253 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
8 225 (3.10%) DBS Check
9 218 (3.00%) CCNA
10 151 (2.08%) A+ Certification
10 151 (2.08%) MCP
11 142 (1.95%) MCSE
12 96 (1.32%) Azure Certification
13 87 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
14 81 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
15 79 (1.09%) MCSA
16 69 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 65 (0.89%) CCNP
18 58 (0.80%) AWS Certification
19 57 (0.78%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 469 (6.45%) SLA
2 165 (2.27%) GDPR
3 125 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 118 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 115 (1.58%) QA
6 55 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 42 (0.58%) NIST
8 38 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 22 (0.30%) Data Quality
10 18 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 17 (0.23%) PMO
12 12 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.17%) ITGC
13 8 (0.11%) ISO 13485
13 8 (0.11%) MISRA
14 7 (0.096%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.083%) GRC
15 6 (0.083%) ISO 22301
15 6 (0.083%) ISO 9000
16 5 (0.069%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3,138 (43.18%) Active Directory
2 1,215 (16.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1,023 (14.08%) Hyper-V
4 229 (3.15%) Docker
5 216 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
6 213 (2.93%) vSphere
7 183 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
8 114 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 104 (1.43%) Firmware
10 96 (1.32%) XenApp
11 75 (1.03%) XenDesktop
12 61 (0.84%) KVM
13 52 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
14 47 (0.65%) VirtualBox
15 45 (0.62%) Terminal Services
16 22 (0.30%) pfSense
17 21 (0.29%) VMware NSX
17 21 (0.29%) VMware Server
18 20 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
19 19 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 740 (10.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 463 (6.37%) SCCM
3 259 (3.56%) Kubernetes
4 258 (3.55%) Ansible
5 186 (2.56%) vCenter Server
6 169 (2.33%) WSUS
7 149 (2.05%) Terraform
8 122 (1.68%) SCOM
9 82 (1.13%) Puppet
10 69 (0.95%) Prometheus
11 56 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
12 52 (0.72%) FortiGate
13 49 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 48 (0.66%) ZABBIX
15 43 (0.59%) Nagios
16 38 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
17 36 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
18 35 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
19 34 (0.47%) Grafana
20 30 (0.41%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 3,675 (50.56%) Microsoft
2 1,825 (25.11%) VMware
3 536 (7.37%) Cisco
4 445 (6.12%) Red Hat
5 417 (5.74%) Citrix
6 353 (4.86%) Veeam
7 328 (4.51%) IBM
8 277 (3.81%) Apple
9 272 (3.74%) Dell
10 234 (3.22%) HP
11 211 (2.90%) Google
12 208 (2.86%) Oracle
13 172 (2.37%) NetApp
14 131 (1.80%) ServiceNow
15 125 (1.72%) Meraki
16 118 (1.62%) Sophos
17 95 (1.31%) Adobe
18 86 (1.18%) Palo Alto
19 85 (1.17%) Splunk
20 82 (1.13%) SolarWinds