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 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 17 24 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1,565 1,615 2,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.85% 9.59% 11.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.43% 68.99% 54.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 1,110 1,563
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,975 £22,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £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
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 2,254 2,341 3,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.74% 13.90% 20.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,762 1,480 2,426
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £71,652 £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 18 May 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 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
North West -4 759 £40,000 - 172
Yorkshire +19 617 £37,000 -1.33% 169
North East +14 191 £33,000 -17.50% 36
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
1 246 (15.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 128 (8.18%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.04%) Apache
4 31 (1.98%) IIS
5 8 (0.51%) CMS
5 8 (0.51%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.26%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.26%) Confluence
8 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.13%) Resin
9 2 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.064%) Site Server
10 1 (0.064%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 257 (16.42%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.21%) 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 (0.58%) 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
1 662 (42.30%) Microsoft 365
2 646 (41.28%) Azure
3 208 (13.29%) Entra ID
4 158 (10.10%) AWS
5 92 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.98%) IBM Cloud
7 67 (4.28%) OneDrive
8 51 (3.26%) Serverless
9 48 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
10 46 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 43 (2.75%) Azure Functions
12 42 (2.68%) Azure API Management
13 41 (2.62%) GCP
13 41 (2.62%) IaaS
14 35 (2.24%) Google Workspace
15 33 (2.11%) SaaS
16 28 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
17 23 (1.47%) Power Platform
18 17 (1.09%) Amazon S3
19 15 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 292 (18.66%) Firewall
2 206 (13.16%) DNS
3 193 (12.33%) LAN
4 180 (11.50%) WAN
5 166 (10.61%) DHCP
6 132 (8.43%) VPN
7 120 (7.67%) TCP/IP
8 84 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
9 78 (4.98%) SAN
10 77 (4.92%) Wireless
11 69 (4.41%) VoIP
12 60 (3.83%) VLAN
13 49 (3.13%) Network Security
14 44 (2.81%) Internet
14 44 (2.81%) NAS
15 35 (2.24%) WLAN
16 32 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
17 21 (1.34%) SSL
18 16 (1.02%) SNMP
19 15 (0.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 105 (6.71%) MongoDB
3 92 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 91 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
5 89 (5.69%) DB2
6 62 (3.96%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 28 (1.79%) MySQL
8 27 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (1.09%) Power BI
11 14 (0.89%) Redis
12 12 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.58%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.45%) GIS
16 6 (0.38%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 29 (1.85%) Git
2 25 (1.60%) GitLab
3 21 (1.34%) Artifactory
4 18 (1.15%) JIRA
5 14 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.83%) Visual Studio
7 11 (0.70%) IBM UrbanCode
8 9 (0.58%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.38%) Dreamweaver
9 6 (0.38%) MSI
9 6 (0.38%) Subversion
10 5 (0.32%) AdminStudio
10 5 (0.32%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.19%) CMake
12 3 (0.19%) GCC
12 3 (0.19%) GDB
12 3 (0.19%) Postman
13 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 503 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 188 (12.01%) Finance
3 145 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.95%) Public Sector
5 86 (5.50%) Law
6 73 (4.66%) Retail
7 60 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (3.32%) Manufacturing
10 44 (2.81%) Marketing
11 27 (1.73%) Legal
11 27 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.28%) Games
13 19 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (0.89%) Banking
15 12 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.70%) Local Government
17 10 (0.64%) Police
18 9 (0.58%) Military
19 7 (0.45%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 258 (16.49%) IT Support
2 217 (13.87%) Analyst
3 211 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 205 (13.10%) Support Engineer
5 162 (10.35%) IT Engineer
6 150 (9.58%) Senior
7 123 (7.86%) IT Technician
8 121 (7.73%) Developer
9 107 (6.84%) Lead
10 106 (6.77%) IT Support Engineer
11 95 (6.07%) Support Technician
12 82 (5.24%) Service Analyst
13 78 (4.98%) Service Desk Analyst
14 75 (4.79%) IT Support Technician
15 71 (4.54%) 2nd Line Support
16 69 (4.41%) IT Analyst
17 62 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
17 62 (3.96%) Support Analyst
18 61 (3.90%) 1st Line Support
19 59 (3.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (8.88%) .NET
2 107 (6.84%) HTML
3 104 (6.65%) ASP.NET
4 103 (6.58%) React
5 102 (6.52%) CSS
6 100 (6.39%) REST
7 98 (6.26%) AngularJS
8 94 (6.01%) Web Services
9 90 (5.75%) Vue
10 87 (5.56%) jQuery
10 87 (5.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 78 (4.98%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (4.98%) Backbone.js
11 78 (4.98%) Ember.js
12 64 (4.09%) Node.js
13 25 (1.60%) .NET Core
13 25 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
14 20 (1.28%) WPF
15 15 (0.96%) YAML
16 13 (0.83%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.86%) Data Centre
2 105 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 97 (6.20%) Management Information System
4 94 (6.01%) Public Cloud
5 88 (5.62%) Driving Licence
6 87 (5.56%) Algorithms
7 81 (5.18%) Data Structures
8 78 (4.98%) Blockchain
9 46 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (2.36%) e-Learning
11 28 (1.79%) EPoS
12 26 (1.66%) Replication
13 23 (1.47%) Onboarding
14 22 (1.41%) Life Science
15 20 (1.28%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.15%) SCADA
17 17 (1.09%) Clustering
18 16 (1.02%) Cyberattack
18 16 (1.02%) Operational Technology
19 13 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 613 (39.17%) Windows Server
2 419 (26.77%) Linux
3 268 (17.12%) Windows 10
4 122 (7.80%) Android
5 120 (7.67%) Apple iOS
6 95 (6.07%) Windows Server 2012
7 94 (6.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 78 (4.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 77 (4.92%) Mac OS
10 64 (4.09%) Unix
11 34 (2.17%) Windows 7
12 31 (1.98%) Windows Server 2008
13 22 (1.41%) Windows Vista
14 18 (1.15%) Windows 8
15 17 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 15 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
17 14 (0.89%) VMS
18 9 (0.58%) Solaris
18 9 (0.58%) Windows Phone
19 7 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
2 328 (20.96%) ITIL
3 283 (18.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 268 (17.12%) Customer Service
5 186 (11.88%) Mentoring
6 143 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
7 142 (9.07%) DevOps
8 130 (8.31%) Agile
9 129 (8.24%) User Experience
10 126 (8.05%) Coaching
11 105 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
12 104 (6.65%) MVC
13 101 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence
13 101 (6.45%) OO
14 98 (6.26%) Service Management
15 97 (6.20%) Migration
16 94 (6.01%) Full Stack Development
17 92 (5.88%) Web Development
18 90 (5.75%) MVVM
18 90 (5.75%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 254 (16.23%) SQL
2 144 (9.20%) C#
3 142 (9.07%) PowerShell
4 128 (8.18%) Python
5 113 (7.22%) JavaScript
6 58 (3.71%) Java
7 29 (1.85%) C++
8 27 (1.73%) Bash
9 24 (1.53%) VBScript
10 20 (1.28%) C
11 15 (0.96%) VB
12 13 (0.83%) XAML
13 11 (0.70%) Delphi
13 11 (0.70%) Groovy
13 11 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.70%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.64%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.38%) Embedded C
15 6 (0.38%) PHP
16 5 (0.32%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 206 (13.16%) Degree
2 116 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (3.32%) DBS Check
4 50 (3.19%) Security Cleared
5 46 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (2.36%) CCNA
7 36 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.24%) MCSE
9 34 (2.17%) MCP
10 33 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
10 33 (2.11%) MCSA
11 25 (1.60%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.47%) SC Cleared
13 22 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 20 (1.28%) A+ Certification
15 19 (1.21%) CISSP
16 15 (0.96%) HNC
16 15 (0.96%) HND
17 14 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
18 13 (0.83%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (7.99%) SLA
2 49 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.41%) NIST
4 20 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (1.15%) GDPR
6 17 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 11 (0.70%) QA
8 10 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.38%) ISO 9000
9 6 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.26%) 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%) NCSC
12 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.064%) GRC
13 1 (0.064%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 675 (43.13%) Active Directory
2 229 (14.63%) Hyper-V
3 196 (12.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 49 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
5 37 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (1.98%) Docker
7 29 (1.85%) vSphere
8 27 (1.73%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
13 6 (0.38%) VMware Server
14 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.064%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.064%) Dovecot
15 1 (0.064%) Postfix
15 1 (0.064%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.064%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 190 (12.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (4.86%) SCCM
3 58 (3.71%) Ansible
4 48 (3.07%) Terraform
5 43 (2.75%) Kubernetes
6 37 (2.36%) vCenter Server
7 28 (1.79%) SCOM
7 28 (1.79%) WSUS
8 24 (1.53%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
10 14 (0.89%) Progress Chef
11 13 (0.83%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.58%) AirWatch
13 9 (0.58%) Autotask
13 9 (0.58%) Grafana
14 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 767 (49.01%) Microsoft
2 347 (22.17%) VMware
3 125 (7.99%) IBM
4 108 (6.90%) Red Hat
5 103 (6.58%) Cisco
6 84 (5.37%) Citrix
7 75 (4.79%) Apple
8 64 (4.09%) Veeam
9 55 (3.51%) Google
10 44 (2.81%) Oracle
11 40 (2.56%) Dell
11 40 (2.56%) NetApp
12 35 (2.24%) Splunk
13 31 (1.98%) SolarWinds
14 30 (1.92%) HP
15 28 (1.79%) ServiceNow
16 26 (1.66%) Adobe
17 18 (1.15%) Palo Alto
17 18 (1.15%) Sophos
18 17 (1.09%) Dynatrace