Windows Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 24 14
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,230 843 1,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.35% 9.13% 11.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.41% 66.17% 59.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 606 1,046
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,375
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,563 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,823 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% +3.11% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,589 1,274 2,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.37% 13.79% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,303 846 1,441
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the Midlands

Windows
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
West Midlands +13 688 £35,000 -12.50% 155
East Midlands +8 536 £35,000 -7.89% 115
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 204 (16.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 172 (13.98%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.66%) IIS
4 14 (1.14%) Skype for Business
5 12 (0.98%) Apache
5 12 (0.98%) Confluence
6 8 (0.65%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.16%) Liferay
9 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.081%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.081%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.081%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 184 (14.96%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.89%) Trello
4 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.16%) CATIA
7 2 (0.16%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.081%) InDesign
8 1 (0.081%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (0.49%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.081%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.081%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.081%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.081%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.081%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 638 (51.87%) Microsoft 365
2 507 (41.22%) Azure
3 203 (16.50%) Entra ID
4 71 (5.77%) IBM Cloud
5 69 (5.61%) AWS
6 39 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 32 (2.60%) SaaS
8 30 (2.44%) GCP
9 20 (1.63%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.54%) Google Workspace
11 17 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.30%) IaaS
12 16 (1.30%) Power Automate
13 15 (1.22%) Mimecast
14 13 (1.06%) PaaS
15 12 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (0.73%) GitHub
17 9 (0.73%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 267 (21.71%) Firewall
2 244 (19.84%) DNS
3 206 (16.75%) DHCP
4 144 (11.71%) TCP/IP
5 97 (7.89%) WAN
6 93 (7.56%) LAN
6 93 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
7 79 (6.42%) SAN
8 76 (6.18%) VPN
9 64 (5.20%) VLAN
10 33 (2.68%) Wireless
11 24 (1.95%) Internet
11 24 (1.95%) Network Security
12 22 (1.79%) VoIP
13 21 (1.71%) SSL
14 18 (1.46%) PBX
15 17 (1.38%) SNMP
16 15 (1.22%) HTTP
16 15 (1.22%) Skype
16 15 (1.22%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.18%) MongoDB
3 74 (6.02%) DB2
3 74 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (5.85%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (1.46%) Power BI
7 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.98%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.73%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.65%) MySQL
11 7 (0.57%) Metadata
12 5 (0.41%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.33%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.33%) SQLite
13 4 (0.33%) UniData
14 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (2.11%) JIRA
2 15 (1.22%) Git
3 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.33%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.24%) Subversion
6 2 (0.16%) Bower
6 2 (0.16%) CANoe
6 2 (0.16%) GitLab
6 2 (0.16%) gulp
6 2 (0.16%) Moq
7 1 (0.081%) CMake
7 1 (0.081%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.081%) Toad
General
1 362 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 114 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 93 (7.56%) Finance
4 92 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 70 (5.69%) Retail
6 69 (5.61%) Law
6 69 (5.61%) Manufacturing
7 44 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 37 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (1.71%) Marketing
11 19 (1.54%) Automotive
12 18 (1.46%) Legal
13 17 (1.38%) Electronics
14 15 (1.22%) Games
15 14 (1.14%) Local Government
16 12 (0.98%) Police
17 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 237 (19.27%) IT Support
2 205 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 197 (16.02%) Support Engineer
4 143 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 115 (9.35%) IT Support Engineer
6 114 (9.27%) Analyst
7 107 (8.70%) Senior
8 90 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
9 88 (7.15%) IT Technician
10 71 (5.77%) Full Stack Engineer
11 67 (5.45%) 1st Line Support
12 63 (5.12%) 2nd Line Support
13 60 (4.88%) Lead
14 59 (4.80%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 55 (4.47%) Support Technician
16 49 (3.98%) IT Support Technician
17 45 (3.66%) Developer
18 44 (3.58%) IT Analyst
19 43 (3.50%) Technical Engineer
20 42 (3.41%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (11.06%) .NET
2 100 (8.13%) HTML
3 93 (7.56%) ASP.NET
4 92 (7.48%) REST
5 91 (7.40%) CSS
6 88 (7.15%) Vue
7 87 (7.07%) Web Services
8 86 (6.99%) AngularJS
8 86 (6.99%) React
9 85 (6.91%) jQuery
10 82 (6.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 73 (5.93%) ASP.NET Core
12 71 (5.77%) Backbone.js
12 71 (5.77%) Ember.js
13 21 (1.71%) ASP.NET MVC
14 19 (1.54%) WPF
15 14 (1.14%) .NET Framework
16 13 (1.06%) .NET Core
16 13 (1.06%) WinForms
17 12 (0.98%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 103 (8.37%) Data Centre
1 103 (8.37%) Driving Licence
2 79 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
3 76 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (5.77%) Algorithms
4 71 (5.77%) Blockchain
4 71 (5.77%) Data Structures
4 71 (5.77%) e-Learning
5 49 (3.98%) Management Information System
6 43 (3.50%) Replication
7 27 (2.20%) Clustering
7 27 (2.20%) PKI
8 23 (1.87%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.71%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
11 15 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
12 13 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 13 (1.06%) EPoS
13 11 (0.89%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 536 (43.58%) Windows Server
2 242 (19.67%) Linux
3 211 (17.15%) Windows 10
4 114 (9.27%) Apple iOS
5 112 (9.11%) Android
6 82 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 78 (6.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 69 (5.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 50 (4.07%) Windows 7
10 41 (3.33%) Mac OS
11 39 (3.17%) Unix
12 22 (1.79%) Windows 8
13 16 (1.30%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.22%) VMS
15 14 (1.14%) CentOS
16 13 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (0.98%) Solaris
18 10 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 7 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
20 6 (0.49%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
2 192 (15.61%) Customer Service
3 176 (14.31%) ITIL
4 173 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 163 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
6 142 (11.54%) Mentoring
7 135 (10.98%) Agile
8 94 (7.64%) MVC
9 93 (7.56%) Web Development
10 82 (6.67%) OOP
10 82 (6.67%) User Experience
11 81 (6.59%) Artificial Intelligence
12 80 (6.50%) OO
13 79 (6.42%) Design Patterns
13 79 (6.42%) Full Stack Development
14 76 (6.18%) Coaching
14 76 (6.18%) MVVM
14 76 (6.18%) SOLID
15 75 (6.10%) Code Quality
16 71 (5.77%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 229 (18.62%) SQL
2 127 (10.33%) C#
3 113 (9.19%) PowerShell
4 95 (7.72%) JavaScript
5 37 (3.01%) Python
6 24 (1.95%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.87%) Java
8 15 (1.22%) C
8 15 (1.22%) XAML
9 12 (0.98%) VB.NET
10 11 (0.89%) C++
10 11 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.65%) Bash
12 7 (0.57%) PHP
13 6 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.41%) Bicep
14 5 (0.41%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.33%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.24%) R
16 3 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 150 (12.20%) Degree
2 92 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 71 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 59 (4.80%) DBS Check
5 44 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (3.17%) CCNA
7 36 (2.93%) SC Cleared
8 34 (2.76%) MCP
9 29 (2.36%) A+ Certification
9 29 (2.36%) Azure Certification
10 28 (2.28%) MCSE
11 27 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.54%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 18 (1.46%) MCSA
14 16 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.14%) CCNP
16 13 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
17 10 (0.81%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.57%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.15%) SLA
2 30 (2.44%) GDPR
3 26 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.54%) QA
5 17 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.98%) Accessibility
6 12 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.98%) NIST
7 5 (0.41%) MISRA
8 3 (0.24%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
9 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.081%) ITGC
10 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 591 (48.05%) Active Directory
2 227 (18.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 211 (17.15%) Hyper-V
4 40 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
5 34 (2.76%) vSphere
6 28 (2.28%) Docker
7 22 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.06%) KVM
9 11 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.65%) Firmware
10 8 (0.65%) pfSense
10 8 (0.65%) Terminal Services
10 8 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.65%) VMware Server
10 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.41%) NFS
11 5 (0.41%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.33%) XenApp
12 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 154 (12.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (7.56%) SCCM
3 26 (2.11%) Kubernetes
4 20 (1.63%) Terraform
5 18 (1.46%) SCOM
6 17 (1.38%) vCenter Server
7 16 (1.30%) WSUS
8 12 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
9 10 (0.81%) Ansible
10 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.49%) AirWatch
13 5 (0.41%) Autotask
13 5 (0.41%) Backup Exec
13 5 (0.41%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.41%) Prometheus
14 4 (0.33%) Grafana
14 4 (0.33%) PaperCut
14 4 (0.33%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 701 (56.99%) Microsoft
2 322 (26.18%) VMware
3 100 (8.13%) Veeam
4 99 (8.05%) Cisco
5 81 (6.59%) IBM
5 81 (6.59%) Red Hat
6 80 (6.50%) Dell
7 62 (5.04%) HP
8 57 (4.63%) Apple
9 51 (4.15%) Citrix
10 40 (3.25%) Google
11 30 (2.44%) Meraki
12 28 (2.28%) Adobe
12 28 (2.28%) ServiceNow
13 25 (2.03%) Sophos
14 20 (1.63%) Nimble Storage
15 18 (1.46%) Acronis
15 18 (1.46%) NetApp
16 17 (1.38%) Fortinet
17 16 (1.30%) Oracle