Windows Jobs in England

Microsoft Windows
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 14 19 29
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8,584 8,745 12,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.93% 9.91% 9.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.72% 61.39% 47.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,019 6,324 8,931
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,440 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -2.22%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,491 14,245 25,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.44% 16.15% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,837 9,773 14,905
10th Percentile £25,760 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Windows in England

Windows
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Windows in England

Windows
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the 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
South East +3 2,036 £40,000 +6.67% 458
London +7 1,978 £55,000 +4.76% 509
North of England +7 1,565 £37,500 -6.25% 373
Midlands +11 1,236 £35,000 -12.50% 287
South West +5 991 £42,500 +9.98% 243
North West -4 759 £40,000 - 171
East of England +3 743 £32,500 -15.58% 223
West Midlands +13 692 £35,000 -12.50% 165
Yorkshire +19 617 £37,000 -1.33% 170
East Midlands +10 538 £35,000 -10.71% 122
North East +14 191 £33,000 -17.50% 36
Windows
UK

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1,451 (16.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 924 (10.76%) SharePoint
3 206 (2.40%) IIS
4 118 (1.37%) Apache
5 64 (0.75%) Confluence
6 55 (0.64%) Skype for Business
7 47 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2013
8 46 (0.54%) CMS
9 45 (0.52%) Tomcat
10 42 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
11 24 (0.28%) OpenStack
12 22 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
12 22 (0.26%) WordPress
13 18 (0.21%) SAS
13 18 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
14 17 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
15 15 (0.17%) JBoss
16 10 (0.12%) Umbraco
17 9 (0.10%) nginx
17 9 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1,304 (15.19%) Microsoft Office
2 249 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 83 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 30 (0.35%) AutoCAD
6 22 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 18 (0.21%) Trello
8 14 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 10 (0.12%) Photoshop
10 9 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 9 (0.10%) Revit
11 7 (0.082%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.047%) Adobe XD
13 3 (0.035%) Final Cut Pro
13 3 (0.035%) InDesign
13 3 (0.035%) Pro Tools
13 3 (0.035%) Simulink
13 3 (0.035%) SPSS
14 2 (0.023%) CATIA
14 2 (0.023%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 49 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.41%) NEC Housing
3 17 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 16 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 9 (0.10%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.10%) Teamcenter
6 8 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (0.082%) Carpe Diem
7 7 (0.082%) Elite 3E
7 7 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
8 5 (0.058%) Shopify
8 5 (0.058%) Temenos T24
9 4 (0.047%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (0.047%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.035%) Eikon
10 3 (0.035%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.035%) Sage 50
11 2 (0.023%) assyst
11 2 (0.023%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3,747 (43.65%) Microsoft 365
2 3,185 (37.10%) Azure
3 986 (11.49%) Entra ID
4 800 (9.32%) AWS
5 376 (4.38%) OneDrive
6 290 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
7 258 (3.01%) SaaS
8 238 (2.77%) IBM Cloud
9 191 (2.23%) GCP
10 181 (2.11%) Serverless
11 173 (2.02%) IaaS
12 172 (2.00%) Power Platform
13 141 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
14 139 (1.62%) Azure Functions
15 136 (1.58%) Azure API Management
16 135 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
17 126 (1.47%) Google Workspace
18 123 (1.43%) Mimecast
19 104 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
20 100 (1.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1,601 (18.65%) Firewall
2 1,289 (15.02%) DNS
3 916 (10.67%) DHCP
4 813 (9.47%) WAN
5 766 (8.92%) TCP/IP
6 745 (8.68%) LAN
7 662 (7.71%) VPN
8 471 (5.49%) Wireless
9 467 (5.44%) Wi-Fi
10 421 (4.90%) SAN
11 303 (3.53%) VLAN
12 287 (3.34%) VoIP
13 250 (2.91%) Internet
14 199 (2.32%) SD-WAN
15 185 (2.16%) Network Security
16 162 (1.89%) NAS
17 145 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
18 140 (1.63%) Cisco IOS
19 102 (1.19%) WebEx
20 91 (1.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 786 (9.16%) SQL Server
2 356 (4.15%) MongoDB
3 325 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
4 285 (3.32%) DB2
5 255 (2.97%) NoSQL
6 227 (2.64%) Relational Database
7 154 (1.79%) MySQL
8 136 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
9 134 (1.56%) Power BI
10 68 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 62 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 58 (0.68%) Oracle Database
13 55 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 49 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
15 26 (0.30%) RDBMS
16 25 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
17 24 (0.28%) Redis
18 20 (0.23%) MariaDB
18 20 (0.23%) QlikView
19 17 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 228 (2.66%) Git
2 197 (2.29%) JIRA
3 137 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 99 (1.15%) Visual Studio
5 73 (0.85%) GitLab
6 71 (0.83%) Subversion
7 44 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 36 (0.42%) Eclipse
9 28 (0.33%) CMake
10 24 (0.28%) Ant
11 23 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
11 23 (0.27%) TeamCity
12 22 (0.26%) Artifactory
13 21 (0.24%) LabVIEW
13 21 (0.24%) MSI
14 15 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
15 14 (0.16%) IBM UrbanCode
16 13 (0.15%) eggPlant
17 10 (0.12%) Trac
18 9 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 2,700 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 1,135 (13.22%) Finance
3 805 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 475 (5.53%) Public Sector
5 334 (3.89%) Law
6 299 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 289 (3.37%) Retail
8 284 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 259 (3.02%) Manufacturing
10 254 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 239 (2.78%) Legal
12 228 (2.66%) Banking
13 159 (1.85%) Marketing
14 134 (1.56%) Aerospace
15 129 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
16 123 (1.43%) Electronics
17 115 (1.34%) Games
18 93 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
19 90 (1.05%) Automotive
20 64 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,482 (17.26%) IT Support
2 1,304 (15.19%) Support Engineer
3 1,109 (12.92%) Analyst
4 1,025 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1,021 (11.89%) IT Engineer
6 978 (11.39%) Senior
7 697 (8.12%) IT Support Engineer
8 507 (5.91%) Lead
9 500 (5.82%) IT Technician
10 461 (5.37%) Developer
11 448 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support
12 447 (5.21%) Support Analyst
13 402 (4.68%) IT Analyst
14 356 (4.15%) Support Technician
15 316 (3.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 308 (3.59%) Service Analyst
17 297 (3.46%) Administrator
18 294 (3.42%) Software Engineer
19 293 (3.41%) IT Support Technician
20 289 (3.37%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 584 (6.80%) .NET
2 435 (5.07%) HTML
3 384 (4.47%) CSS
4 338 (3.94%) REST
5 337 (3.93%) React
6 333 (3.88%) AngularJS
7 332 (3.87%) ASP.NET
8 321 (3.74%) Web Services
9 289 (3.37%) Vue
10 288 (3.36%) jQuery
11 279 (3.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 240 (2.80%) ASP.NET Core
13 238 (2.77%) Backbone.js
13 238 (2.77%) Ember.js
14 162 (1.89%) Node.js
15 126 (1.47%) WPF
16 94 (1.10%) XML
17 82 (0.96%) .NET Framework
18 65 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
18 65 (0.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 506 (5.89%) Data Centre
2 416 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
3 410 (4.78%) Driving Licence
4 352 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 305 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 287 (3.34%) Algorithms
7 248 (2.89%) Data Structures
8 238 (2.77%) Blockchain
9 227 (2.64%) Video Conferencing
10 224 (2.61%) Public Cloud
11 207 (2.41%) Replication
12 170 (1.98%) Onboarding
13 154 (1.79%) Clustering
14 151 (1.76%) PKI
15 127 (1.48%) e-Learning
16 96 (1.12%) Smartphone
17 93 (1.08%) Wiki
18 85 (0.99%) Client/Server
19 82 (0.96%) EPoS
20 72 (0.84%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3,146 (36.65%) Windows Server
2 2,182 (25.42%) Linux
3 1,793 (20.89%) Windows 10
4 663 (7.72%) Android
5 587 (6.84%) Apple iOS
6 572 (6.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 511 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 475 (5.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 372 (4.33%) Mac OS
10 332 (3.87%) Unix
11 314 (3.66%) Windows 7
12 160 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 150 (1.75%) Ubuntu
14 149 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
15 122 (1.42%) Windows 8
16 113 (1.32%) CentOS
17 109 (1.27%) VMS
18 76 (0.89%) Mac OS X
19 68 (0.79%) Solaris
20 38 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,922 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
2 1,477 (17.21%) ITIL
3 1,326 (15.45%) Customer Service
4 1,314 (15.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 912 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
6 759 (8.84%) Agile
7 709 (8.26%) DevOps
8 670 (7.81%) Mentoring
9 530 (6.17%) Computer Science
10 456 (5.31%) Software Engineering
11 452 (5.27%) Service Management
12 423 (4.93%) Disaster Recovery
13 404 (4.71%) User Experience
14 402 (4.68%) Project Management
15 401 (4.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 366 (4.26%) ITSM
17 355 (4.14%) Change Management
18 353 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence
19 348 (4.05%) Service Delivery
20 347 (4.04%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1,267 (14.76%) SQL
2 1,219 (14.20%) PowerShell
3 740 (8.62%) Python
4 714 (8.32%) C#
5 499 (5.81%) JavaScript
6 393 (4.58%) Java
7 370 (4.31%) Bash
8 289 (3.37%) C++
9 182 (2.12%) C
10 109 (1.27%) T-SQL
11 105 (1.22%) Perl
12 80 (0.93%) VB
13 58 (0.68%) VBScript
14 52 (0.61%) XAML
15 48 (0.56%) Ruby
16 43 (0.50%) TypeScript
17 42 (0.49%) Shell Script
18 39 (0.45%) PHP
19 31 (0.36%) PL/SQL
20 27 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,395 (16.25%) Degree
2 1,003 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 572 (6.66%) SC Cleared
4 526 (6.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 450 (5.24%) DV Cleared
6 350 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 277 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 246 (2.87%) DBS Check
9 213 (2.48%) CCNA
10 196 (2.28%) MCSE
11 172 (2.00%) A+ Certification
12 156 (1.82%) Master's Degree
13 150 (1.75%) MCP
14 124 (1.44%) Azure Certification
15 118 (1.37%) MCSA
16 105 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
17 92 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 83 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 81 (0.94%) CISSP
20 71 (0.83%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 560 (6.52%) SLA
2 185 (2.16%) GDPR
3 170 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 139 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 119 (1.39%) QA
6 68 (0.79%) NIST
7 67 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 63 (0.73%) Accessibility
9 22 (0.26%) COBIT
10 21 (0.24%) Data Quality
10 21 (0.24%) PMO
11 17 (0.20%) GRC
11 17 (0.20%) SOC 2
12 16 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 13 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 13 (0.15%) NCSC
14 9 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 9 (0.10%) ITGC
15 8 (0.093%) ISO 13485
15 8 (0.093%) MISRA
System Software
1 3,880 (45.20%) Active Directory
2 1,394 (16.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1,052 (12.26%) Hyper-V
4 385 (4.49%) VMware ESXi
5 246 (2.87%) Docker
6 236 (2.75%) vSphere
7 211 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
8 199 (2.32%) XenApp
9 178 (2.07%) XenDesktop
10 148 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
11 113 (1.32%) Firmware
12 99 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
13 86 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
14 53 (0.62%) KVM
15 49 (0.57%) Terminal Services
16 48 (0.56%) VirtualBox
17 26 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
18 21 (0.24%) VMware Server
19 19 (0.22%) NFS
19 19 (0.22%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 899 (10.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 693 (8.07%) SCCM
3 335 (3.90%) Ansible
4 290 (3.38%) Kubernetes
5 256 (2.98%) Terraform
6 223 (2.60%) vCenter Server
7 174 (2.03%) WSUS
8 134 (1.56%) SCOM
9 115 (1.34%) Puppet
10 104 (1.21%) AirWatch
11 102 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
12 94 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
13 69 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 60 (0.70%) Nagios
15 57 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
15 57 (0.66%) Prometheus
16 54 (0.63%) Grafana
17 48 (0.56%) FortiGate
18 43 (0.50%) ZABBIX
19 42 (0.49%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 4,384 (51.07%) Microsoft
2 2,084 (24.28%) VMware
3 764 (8.90%) Cisco
4 603 (7.02%) Citrix
5 484 (5.64%) Red Hat
6 405 (4.72%) Veeam
7 370 (4.31%) IBM
8 365 (4.25%) Apple
9 295 (3.44%) HP
10 292 (3.40%) Oracle
11 270 (3.15%) Dell
12 269 (3.13%) Google
13 188 (2.19%) ServiceNow
14 169 (1.97%) NetApp
15 161 (1.88%) Meraki
16 127 (1.48%) Adobe
17 118 (1.37%) Splunk
18 113 (1.32%) Sophos
19 110 (1.28%) Palo Alto
19 110 (1.28%) SolarWinds