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 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 12 23 17
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,236 834 1,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.24% 9.20% 11.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.25% 66.40% 58.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 599 1,020
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £27,625 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £43,799 £43,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +1.86% -4.44%

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 1,600 1,256 2,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.25% 13.85% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 826 1,415
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +7.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £66,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the 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 18 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 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
West Midlands +13 692 £35,000 -12.50% 162
East Midlands +10 538 £35,000 -10.71% 121
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
1 201 (16.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 172 (13.92%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.88%) IIS
4 15 (1.21%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.13%) Apache
6 12 (0.97%) Confluence
7 10 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.16%) Liferay
10 2 (0.16%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.081%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.081%) SAP Portal
11 1 (0.081%) TYPO3
Applications
1 183 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.89%) Trello
4 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.32%) 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 8 (0.65%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
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
1 641 (51.86%) Microsoft 365
2 510 (41.26%) Azure
3 203 (16.42%) Entra ID
4 71 (5.74%) IBM Cloud
5 67 (5.42%) AWS
6 39 (3.16%) OneDrive
7 33 (2.67%) SaaS
8 30 (2.43%) GCP
9 20 (1.62%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.54%) Google Workspace
11 17 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.29%) IaaS
12 16 (1.29%) Power Automate
13 15 (1.21%) Mimecast
14 14 (1.13%) PaaS
15 12 (0.97%) 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
1 266 (21.52%) Firewall
2 246 (19.90%) DNS
3 207 (16.75%) DHCP
4 144 (11.65%) TCP/IP
5 99 (8.01%) WAN
6 97 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
7 95 (7.69%) LAN
8 77 (6.23%) SAN
8 77 (6.23%) VPN
9 64 (5.18%) VLAN
10 36 (2.91%) Wireless
11 25 (2.02%) Network Security
12 24 (1.94%) Internet
13 21 (1.70%) VoIP
14 20 (1.62%) SSL
15 18 (1.46%) PBX
16 16 (1.29%) Skype
16 16 (1.29%) SNMP
17 14 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
17 14 (1.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (9.06%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.15%) MongoDB
3 74 (5.99%) DB2
3 74 (5.99%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (5.83%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (1.46%) Power BI
7 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.13%) Oracle Database
9 10 (0.81%) MySQL
10 9 (0.73%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.57%) Metadata
13 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.32%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.32%) SQLite
14 4 (0.32%) UniData
15 3 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 26 (2.10%) JIRA
2 15 (1.21%) Git
3 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.32%) 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
1 365 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 113 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 95 (7.69%) Finance
4 94 (7.61%) Public Sector
5 93 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
6 70 (5.66%) Manufacturing
7 69 (5.58%) Retail
8 68 (5.50%) Law
9 43 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 21 (1.70%) Automotive
11 21 (1.70%) Marketing
12 18 (1.46%) Legal
13 17 (1.38%) Electronics
14 16 (1.29%) Local Government
15 14 (1.13%) Games
15 14 (1.13%) Police
16 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 243 (19.66%) IT Support
2 205 (16.59%) IT Engineer
3 197 (15.94%) Support Engineer
4 139 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 116 (9.39%) Analyst
6 115 (9.30%) IT Support Engineer
7 109 (8.82%) Senior
8 90 (7.28%) Azure Engineer
9 88 (7.12%) IT Technician
10 71 (5.74%) Full Stack Engineer
11 68 (5.50%) 1st Line Support
12 63 (5.10%) 2nd Line Support
13 61 (4.94%) Lead
14 60 (4.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 55 (4.45%) Support Technician
16 49 (3.96%) IT Support Technician
17 48 (3.88%) IT Analyst
18 46 (3.72%) Developer
19 43 (3.48%) Support Analyst
19 43 (3.48%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (11.00%) .NET
2 102 (8.25%) HTML
3 93 (7.52%) ASP.NET
4 92 (7.44%) REST
5 91 (7.36%) CSS
6 89 (7.20%) Web Services
7 88 (7.12%) Vue
8 86 (6.96%) AngularJS
8 86 (6.96%) React
9 85 (6.88%) jQuery
10 82 (6.63%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 73 (5.91%) ASP.NET Core
12 71 (5.74%) Backbone.js
12 71 (5.74%) Ember.js
13 21 (1.70%) ASP.NET MVC
14 19 (1.54%) WPF
15 14 (1.13%) .NET Framework
16 13 (1.05%) .NET Core
16 13 (1.05%) WinForms
17 12 (0.97%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 103 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 101 (8.17%) Data Centre
3 81 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
4 76 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 71 (5.74%) Algorithms
5 71 (5.74%) Blockchain
5 71 (5.74%) Data Structures
5 71 (5.74%) e-Learning
6 48 (3.88%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.48%) Replication
8 27 (2.18%) Clustering
8 27 (2.18%) PKI
9 26 (2.10%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.70%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.13%) EPoS
14 11 (0.89%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 537 (43.45%) Windows Server
2 249 (20.15%) Linux
3 211 (17.07%) Windows 10
4 116 (9.39%) Apple iOS
5 113 (9.14%) Android
6 86 (6.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 77 (6.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 71 (5.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 48 (3.88%) Windows 7
10 41 (3.32%) Mac OS
10 41 (3.32%) Unix
11 22 (1.78%) Windows 8
12 17 (1.38%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.21%) Solaris
13 15 (1.21%) VMS
14 14 (1.13%) CentOS
15 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.40%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
2 194 (15.70%) Customer Service
3 178 (14.40%) ITIL
4 170 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 166 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
6 142 (11.49%) Mentoring
7 136 (11.00%) Agile
8 95 (7.69%) Web Development
9 94 (7.61%) MVC
10 82 (6.63%) OOP
10 82 (6.63%) User Experience
11 81 (6.55%) Artificial Intelligence
12 80 (6.47%) OO
13 79 (6.39%) Design Patterns
13 79 (6.39%) Full Stack Development
14 76 (6.15%) Coaching
14 76 (6.15%) MVVM
14 76 (6.15%) SOLID
15 75 (6.07%) Code Quality
16 71 (5.74%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 228 (18.45%) SQL
2 127 (10.28%) C#
3 110 (8.90%) PowerShell
4 95 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.07%) Python
6 24 (1.94%) Java
6 24 (1.94%) T-SQL
7 16 (1.29%) C
8 15 (1.21%) XAML
9 12 (0.97%) C++
9 12 (0.97%) VB.NET
10 11 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.73%) PHP
12 8 (0.65%) Bash
12 8 (0.65%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.40%) Bicep
13 5 (0.40%) Embedded C
13 5 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.24%) Go
14 3 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 153 (12.38%) Degree
2 92 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 75 (6.07%) Security Cleared
4 58 (4.69%) DBS Check
5 47 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (3.40%) CCNA
7 37 (2.99%) SC Cleared
8 35 (2.83%) MCP
9 30 (2.43%) Azure Certification
10 29 (2.35%) MCSE
11 28 (2.27%) A+ Certification
11 28 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 17 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (1.29%) CCNP
15 16 (1.29%) MCSA
16 13 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (0.89%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.57%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.13%) SLA
2 30 (2.43%) GDPR
3 26 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (1.54%) QA
5 16 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.97%) NIST
8 5 (0.40%) MISRA
9 3 (0.24%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.081%) ITGC
11 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 591 (47.82%) Active Directory
2 224 (18.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 211 (17.07%) Hyper-V
4 40 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
5 34 (2.75%) vSphere
6 28 (2.27%) Docker
7 22 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.05%) KVM
9 11 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.81%) Firmware
11 8 (0.65%) pfSense
11 8 (0.65%) Terminal Services
11 8 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.65%) VMware Server
11 8 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.40%) NFS
12 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.32%) XenApp
13 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 155 (12.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (7.36%) SCCM
3 26 (2.10%) Kubernetes
4 20 (1.62%) Terraform
5 19 (1.54%) SCOM
6 16 (1.29%) vCenter Server
7 15 (1.21%) WSUS
8 11 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (0.73%) Ansible
9 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.40%) AirWatch
12 5 (0.40%) Autotask
12 5 (0.40%) Backup Exec
12 5 (0.40%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.40%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.32%) Grafana
13 4 (0.32%) PaperCut
13 4 (0.32%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 700 (56.63%) Microsoft
2 322 (26.05%) VMware
3 101 (8.17%) Cisco
4 100 (8.09%) Veeam
5 82 (6.63%) IBM
6 81 (6.55%) Red Hat
7 79 (6.39%) Dell
8 60 (4.85%) HP
9 56 (4.53%) Apple
10 49 (3.96%) Citrix
11 40 (3.24%) Google
12 30 (2.43%) ServiceNow
13 29 (2.35%) Meraki
14 28 (2.27%) Adobe
15 25 (2.02%) Sophos
16 19 (1.54%) NetApp
16 19 (1.54%) Nimble Storage
17 18 (1.46%) Acronis
17 18 (1.46%) Oracle
18 17 (1.38%) Fortinet