Windows Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft Windows
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 10 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 743 745 866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.02% 14.41% 13.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.77% 70.42% 57.43%
Number of salaries quoted 634 472 581
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,500 £38,737
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% -0.61% -8.85%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,875 £66,225 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,065 1,058 1,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.24% 20.47% 22.76%
Number of salaries quoted 915 622 748
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +4.65% -9.47%
75th Percentile £57,250 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,000 £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 East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the East of England

Windows
Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Hertfordshire +2 265 £37,500 -2.60% 58
Cambridgeshire +5 162 £37,500 -2.60% 80
Essex +14 139 £28,000 -13.18% 27
Norfolk -5 99 £32,500 -14.47% 27
Bedfordshire -3 39 £26,500 -49.52% 10
Suffolk -1 38 £40,000 +5.26% 19
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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
1 145 (19.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (15.07%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2013
4 20 (2.69%) CMS
5 17 (2.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (2.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.81%) Confluence
7 4 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.54%) WordPress
8 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 135 (18.17%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.40%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.40%) Simulink
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.40%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (0.40%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.40%) Sage 50
1 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.40%) Shopify
2 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 379 (51.01%) Microsoft 365
2 222 (29.88%) Azure
3 63 (8.48%) AWS
4 55 (7.40%) Entra ID
5 32 (4.31%) OneDrive
6 18 (2.42%) Power Platform
7 16 (2.15%) Mimecast
8 15 (2.02%) Google Workspace
9 11 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (1.35%) GCP
11 8 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.08%) SaaS
12 6 (0.81%) Serverless
13 5 (0.67%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.40%) Amazon ECR
14 3 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.40%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.40%) Azure Service Fabric
14 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 117 (15.75%) Firewall
2 86 (11.57%) DNS
3 73 (9.83%) TCP/IP
4 69 (9.29%) DHCP
5 63 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
6 57 (7.67%) WAN
7 52 (7.00%) LAN
8 50 (6.73%) VPN
9 48 (6.46%) SAN
10 39 (5.25%) VoIP
11 33 (4.44%) Internet
12 23 (3.10%) VLAN
13 21 (2.83%) Remote Desktop
14 18 (2.42%) Wireless
15 17 (2.29%) Intranet
16 16 (2.15%) NAS
17 15 (2.02%) MPLS
18 13 (1.75%) SD-WAN
19 11 (1.48%) Network Security
20 10 (1.35%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (2.42%) Power BI
4 17 (2.29%) MySQL
5 14 (1.88%) BusinessObjects
5 14 (1.88%) QlikView
5 14 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.35%) MS Access
7 8 (1.08%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.94%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.75%) JIRA
2 9 (1.21%) Git
2 9 (1.21%) LabVIEW
3 8 (1.08%) Appium
3 8 (1.08%) UI Automator
4 7 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.54%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.40%) Rational Team Concert
7 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
General
1 252 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 91 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (4.85%) Finance
4 35 (4.71%) Manufacturing
5 25 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (2.15%) Automotive
6 16 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 15 (2.02%) Marketing
7 15 (2.02%) Retail
8 14 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.75%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.48%) Law
11 10 (1.35%) Electronics
12 8 (1.08%) Police
13 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.67%) Public Sector
14 5 (0.67%) Publishing
15 4 (0.54%) Advertising
15 4 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 195 (26.24%) IT Support
2 153 (20.59%) Support Engineer
3 134 (18.03%) IT Engineer
4 105 (14.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 100 (13.46%) Analyst
6 79 (10.63%) IT Technician
7 77 (10.36%) Support Technician
8 70 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 68 (9.15%) 2nd Line Support
10 60 (8.08%) IT Support Technician
11 51 (6.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 46 (6.19%) Senior
13 42 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 42 (5.65%) Service Analyst
13 42 (5.65%) Service Desk Analyst
14 39 (5.25%) Administrator
15 34 (4.58%) IT Analyst
16 32 (4.31%) Support Analyst
17 31 (4.17%) Technical Support
18 28 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.15%) HTML
2 12 (1.62%) Fluent Bit
3 9 (1.21%) .NET
4 6 (0.81%) .NET Framework
4 6 (0.81%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.67%) CSS
6 4 (0.54%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.40%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.40%) JSON
7 3 (0.40%) Qt
7 3 (0.40%) RESTful
8 2 (0.27%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.27%) JWT
8 2 (0.27%) PyQt
8 2 (0.27%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.27%) XML
9 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.13%) Flask
9 1 (0.13%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.21%) Self-Motivation
2 50 (6.73%) Driving Licence
3 29 (3.90%) Data Centre
4 20 (2.69%) NHS
5 18 (2.42%) iPad
6 16 (2.15%) Operational Technology
7 14 (1.88%) Smartphone
8 10 (1.35%) EPoS
8 10 (1.35%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.35%) Social Media
9 9 (1.21%) Digital Signage
9 9 (1.21%) LIMS
9 9 (1.21%) Smartcard
10 8 (1.08%) Clustering
10 8 (1.08%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.08%) Replication
11 7 (0.94%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (0.81%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 291 (39.17%) Windows Server
2 181 (24.36%) Windows 10
3 157 (21.13%) Linux
4 65 (8.75%) Android
5 58 (7.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 51 (6.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 40 (5.38%) Mac OS
8 38 (5.11%) Apple iOS
9 33 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 27 (3.63%) Windows 7
11 25 (3.36%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (2.56%) Windows 8
13 12 (1.62%) Windows Server 2003
14 11 (1.48%) Debian
15 10 (1.35%) Unix
16 9 (1.21%) Mac OS X
17 7 (0.94%) Ubuntu
18 4 (0.54%) Windows 2000
18 4 (0.54%) Windows NT
18 4 (0.54%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (19.11%) Customer Service
3 139 (18.71%) ITIL
4 85 (11.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 63 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (6.46%) Server Management
7 41 (5.52%) Project Management
8 33 (4.44%) Project Delivery
9 32 (4.31%) Computer Science
10 28 (3.77%) Time Management
11 26 (3.50%) Break/Fix
11 26 (3.50%) Kalman Filter
12 25 (3.36%) Software Engineering
13 24 (3.23%) Line Management
14 23 (3.10%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (3.10%) Infrastructure Maintenance
14 23 (3.10%) Software Testing
15 22 (2.96%) Disaster Recovery
15 22 (2.96%) Mentoring
15 22 (2.96%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 86 (11.57%) PowerShell
2 35 (4.71%) SQL
3 25 (3.36%) Python
4 22 (2.96%) Bash
5 15 (2.02%) C#
6 12 (1.62%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.35%) C
8 9 (1.21%) Java
9 6 (0.81%) C++
9 6 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.67%) VB
11 3 (0.40%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.27%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.27%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.27%) Rust
13 1 (0.13%) Perl
13 1 (0.13%) Ruby
13 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 106 (14.27%) Degree
2 80 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (4.85%) SC Cleared
5 33 (4.44%) CCNA
5 33 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (3.63%) A+ Certification
7 25 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (3.23%) MCSE
9 22 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (2.83%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.75%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (1.35%) MCP
13 9 (1.21%) HND
14 8 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (1.08%) MCSA
15 6 (0.81%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.34%) SLA
2 14 (1.88%) PCI DSS
3 12 (1.62%) GDPR
4 9 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (1.21%) QA
5 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.54%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.40%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.40%) MISRA
8 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
System Software
1 343 (46.16%) Active Directory
2 114 (15.34%) Hyper-V
3 113 (15.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (4.04%) vSphere
5 24 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (3.10%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (1.88%) KVM
7 14 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (1.62%) Firmware
9 8 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.81%) Docker
11 4 (0.54%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.13%) Samba
Systems Management
1 57 (7.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.75%) SCCM
3 12 (1.62%) Fluentd
3 12 (1.62%) logstash
4 9 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (1.08%) WSUS
6 7 (0.94%) Ansible
7 6 (0.81%) SCOM
7 6 (0.81%) SmoothWall
7 6 (0.81%) Terraform
8 5 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.67%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.67%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.40%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.27%) Aspera SmartTrack
11 2 (0.27%) NetCrunch
11 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 406 (54.64%) Microsoft
2 197 (26.51%) VMware
3 49 (6.59%) Citrix
4 35 (4.71%) Apple
5 34 (4.58%) HP
6 33 (4.44%) Dell
7 32 (4.31%) NetApp
8 30 (4.04%) Meraki
9 29 (3.90%) Cisco
10 21 (2.83%) Google
11 20 (2.69%) Veeam
12 16 (2.15%) Sophos
13 14 (1.88%) Cognos
13 14 (1.88%) Splunk
14 13 (1.75%) Acronis
14 13 (1.75%) IBM
15 12 (1.62%) Sage
15 12 (1.62%) WatchGuard
16 10 (1.35%) ServiceNow
17 7 (0.94%) Synology