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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 21 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,570 1,687 2,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.30% 10.50% 11.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.86% 70.85% 54.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,087 1,589
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -9.38%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,125 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £42,601
% change year-on-year -8.05% +2.11% -5.33%

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 2,280 2,381 3,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.05% 14.81% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,741 1,450 2,436
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,957 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% +1.08% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £68,750
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 2 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 2 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 -6 773 £40,000 -5.88% 190
Yorkshire +12 609 £36,064 -3.18% 140
North East +11 190 £33,000 -17.50% 28
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
1 240 (15.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 127 (8.09%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.04%) Apache
4 30 (1.91%) IIS
5 8 (0.51%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.45%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.45%) 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 (0.064%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 260 (16.56%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.34%) 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 (0.064%) Magento
5 1 (0.064%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 654 (41.66%) Microsoft 365
2 639 (40.70%) Azure
3 208 (13.25%) Entra ID
4 156 (9.94%) AWS
5 94 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.97%) IBM Cloud
7 68 (4.33%) OneDrive
8 51 (3.25%) Serverless
9 48 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
10 46 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 43 (2.74%) Azure Functions
12 42 (2.68%) Azure API Management
13 41 (2.61%) IaaS
14 39 (2.48%) GCP
15 36 (2.29%) Google Workspace
16 31 (1.97%) SaaS
17 28 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
18 24 (1.53%) Power Platform
19 17 (1.08%) Amazon S3
20 15 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 286 (18.22%) Firewall
2 211 (13.44%) DNS
3 193 (12.29%) LAN
4 177 (11.27%) WAN
5 170 (10.83%) DHCP
6 131 (8.34%) VPN
7 123 (7.83%) TCP/IP
8 81 (5.16%) Wi-Fi
9 80 (5.10%) SAN
10 78 (4.97%) Wireless
11 66 (4.20%) VoIP
12 61 (3.89%) VLAN
13 50 (3.18%) Network Security
14 46 (2.93%) Internet
15 45 (2.87%) NAS
16 32 (2.04%) WLAN
17 30 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
18 21 (1.34%) SSL
19 16 (1.02%) SNMP
20 15 (0.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 105 (6.69%) MongoDB
3 92 (5.86%) NoSQL
3 92 (5.86%) PostgreSQL
4 90 (5.73%) DB2
5 63 (4.01%) Relational Database
6 28 (1.78%) MySQL
7 27 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (1.15%) Power BI
10 14 (0.89%) Redis
11 12 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.57%) RDBMS
13 9 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.51%) QlikView
15 7 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 29 (1.85%) Git
2 24 (1.53%) GitLab
3 21 (1.34%) Artifactory
4 18 (1.15%) JIRA
5 14 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.51%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
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
11 3 (0.19%) CMake
11 3 (0.19%) GCC
11 3 (0.19%) GDB
11 3 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 495 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 189 (12.04%) Finance
3 148 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (9.04%) Public Sector
5 82 (5.22%) Law
6 71 (4.52%) Retail
7 59 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
8 58 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 50 (3.18%) Manufacturing
10 43 (2.74%) Marketing
11 29 (1.85%) Legal
11 29 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 22 (1.40%) Games
13 20 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.76%) Local Government
16 10 (0.64%) Banking
16 10 (0.64%) Police
17 9 (0.57%) Military
18 7 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 258 (16.43%) IT Support
2 213 (13.57%) Analyst
3 209 (13.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 208 (13.25%) Support Engineer
5 163 (10.38%) IT Engineer
6 148 (9.43%) Senior
7 129 (8.22%) IT Technician
8 121 (7.71%) Developer
9 110 (7.01%) IT Support Engineer
10 108 (6.88%) Lead
11 97 (6.18%) Support Technician
12 83 (5.29%) Service Analyst
13 79 (5.03%) Service Desk Analyst
14 77 (4.90%) IT Support Technician
15 75 (4.78%) 2nd Line Support
16 63 (4.01%) IT Analyst
17 62 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
18 60 (3.82%) 1st Line Support
18 60 (3.82%) Azure Engineer
18 60 (3.82%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (8.92%) .NET
2 107 (6.82%) HTML
3 104 (6.62%) ASP.NET
4 103 (6.56%) React
5 101 (6.43%) CSS
6 100 (6.37%) REST
7 98 (6.24%) AngularJS
8 95 (6.05%) Web Services
9 90 (5.73%) Vue
10 87 (5.54%) jQuery
10 87 (5.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 78 (4.97%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (4.97%) Backbone.js
11 78 (4.97%) Ember.js
12 63 (4.01%) Node.js
13 26 (1.66%) .NET Core
13 26 (1.66%) RabbitMQ
14 19 (1.21%) WPF
15 15 (0.96%) YAML
16 13 (0.83%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.71%) Data Centre
2 105 (6.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 96 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 92 (5.86%) Driving Licence
5 91 (5.80%) Public Cloud
6 87 (5.54%) Algorithms
7 81 (5.16%) Data Structures
8 78 (4.97%) Blockchain
9 48 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (2.36%) e-Learning
11 28 (1.78%) EPoS
12 25 (1.59%) Replication
13 24 (1.53%) Onboarding
14 21 (1.34%) Private Cloud
15 18 (1.15%) SCADA
16 17 (1.08%) Clustering
16 17 (1.08%) Life Science
17 16 (1.02%) Cyberattack
17 16 (1.02%) Operational Technology
18 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 604 (38.47%) Windows Server
2 417 (26.56%) Linux
3 273 (17.39%) Windows 10
4 125 (7.96%) Android
5 120 (7.64%) Apple iOS
6 95 (6.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 93 (5.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 79 (5.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 72 (4.59%) Mac OS
10 64 (4.08%) Unix
11 31 (1.97%) Windows 7
12 30 (1.91%) Windows Server 2008
13 26 (1.66%) Windows Vista
14 17 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
15 15 (0.96%) VMS
16 14 (0.89%) Windows 8
17 9 (0.57%) Solaris
17 9 (0.57%) Windows Phone
18 7 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (26.31%) Problem-Solving
2 316 (20.13%) ITIL
3 280 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 268 (17.07%) Customer Service
5 184 (11.72%) Mentoring
6 141 (8.98%) DevOps
7 140 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
8 128 (8.15%) Agile
9 126 (8.03%) User Experience
10 125 (7.96%) Coaching
11 105 (6.69%) MVC
12 104 (6.62%) Disaster Recovery
13 101 (6.43%) OO
14 100 (6.37%) Artificial Intelligence
15 95 (6.05%) Full Stack Development
16 94 (5.99%) Migration
17 92 (5.86%) Web Development
18 90 (5.73%) OOP
19 89 (5.67%) MVVM
19 89 (5.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 252 (16.05%) SQL
2 144 (9.17%) C#
2 144 (9.17%) PowerShell
3 129 (8.22%) Python
4 112 (7.13%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.69%) Java
6 28 (1.78%) C++
7 27 (1.72%) Bash
8 24 (1.53%) VBScript
9 19 (1.21%) C
10 14 (0.89%) VB
11 13 (0.83%) XAML
12 11 (0.70%) Delphi
12 11 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.70%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.64%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.51%) Groovy
15 6 (0.38%) Embedded C
15 6 (0.38%) PHP
16 5 (0.32%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 211 (13.44%) Degree
2 111 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 55 (3.50%) Security Cleared
4 53 (3.38%) DBS Check
5 45 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (2.29%) CCNA
6 36 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.17%) MCP
8 33 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
9 30 (1.91%) MCSE
10 29 (1.85%) MCSA
11 27 (1.72%) SC Cleared
12 25 (1.59%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 20 (1.27%) A+ Certification
14 20 (1.27%) CISSP
15 17 (1.08%) HNC
15 17 (1.08%) HND
16 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (0.83%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (7.64%) SLA
2 46 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.40%) NIST
4 21 (1.34%) GDPR
5 17 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.64%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.64%) QA
8 6 (0.38%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.19%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.13%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.064%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.064%) NCSC
13 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 670 (42.68%) Active Directory
2 227 (14.46%) Hyper-V
3 193 (12.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 49 (3.12%) VMware ESXi
5 36 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
6 32 (2.04%) Docker
7 29 (1.85%) vSphere
8 26 (1.66%) Terminal Services
9 19 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.83%) Firmware
11 10 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.45%) KVM
13 6 (0.38%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.19%) XenApp
16 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.064%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.064%) Postfix
17 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 195 (12.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (4.52%) SCCM
3 57 (3.63%) Ansible
4 47 (2.99%) Terraform
5 44 (2.80%) Kubernetes
6 38 (2.42%) vCenter Server
7 28 (1.78%) WSUS
8 25 (1.59%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.46%) SCOM
10 19 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
11 14 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
12 12 (0.76%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.76%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.64%) Autotask
13 10 (0.64%) Grafana
14 9 (0.57%) AirWatch
15 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 7 (0.45%) Nagios
Vendors
1 761 (48.47%) Microsoft
2 342 (21.78%) VMware
3 121 (7.71%) IBM
4 109 (6.94%) Red Hat
5 99 (6.31%) Cisco
6 88 (5.61%) Citrix
7 76 (4.84%) Apple
8 62 (3.95%) Veeam
9 53 (3.38%) Google
10 45 (2.87%) Oracle
11 41 (2.61%) NetApp
12 40 (2.55%) Dell
13 35 (2.23%) Splunk
14 30 (1.91%) HP
14 30 (1.91%) SolarWinds
15 28 (1.78%) ServiceNow
16 24 (1.53%) Adobe
17 19 (1.21%) Sophos
18 18 (1.15%) Palo Alto
19 17 (1.08%) SAP