Microsoft Windows
Manchester > Wigan
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wigan requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | 13 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | -10 | 0 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Wigan | 21.43% | 5.66% | 26.67% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £31,875 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £33,250 | £32,813 | £19,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £34,500 | £36,250 | £22,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.83% | +62.92% | -7.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £35,750 | £40,313 | £25,188 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £41,625 | £25,525 |
| Manchester median annual salary | £35,000 | £42,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.65% | -15.00% | +35.84% |
All Operating Systems
Wigan
Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Wigan.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wigan | 21.43% | 5.66% | 26.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £31,875 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £33,250 | £32,813 | £19,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £34,500 | £36,250 | £22,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.83% | +62.92% | -7.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £35,750 | £40,313 | £25,188 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £41,625 | £25,525 |
| Manchester median annual salary | £40,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -13.04% | +21.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wigan
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wigan.
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Salary Trend in Wigan
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wigan citing Windows.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wigan by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: