Windows Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft Windows
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 6 22
Rank change year-on-year -12 +16 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 138 164 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.78% 18.12% 9.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.40% 91.11% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 99 114 85
10th Percentile £24,500 £21,350 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,420 £21,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +31.58% -22.45%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
North West median annual salary £40,000 £40,250 £36,000
% change year-on-year -0.62% +11.81% -15.29%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 188 180 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 11.97% 19.89% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 129 123 105
10th Percentile £24,807 £22,900 £21,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.14% -14.91%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,375 £48,750
90th Percentile £61,500 £57,500 £58,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Cheshire over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Cheshire

Windows
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Warrington -4 68 £43,500 +26.09% 17
Winsford -6 12 £52,500 +105.88% 2
Northwich 0 9 £27,500 -35.29% 2
Alderley Edge -2 8 £27,750 -48.37%
Chester -6 8 £35,000 +35.45% 10
Knutsford -5 6 £24,250 -68.40%
Middlewich - 4 £26,000 - 6
Runcorn -7 2 £39,000 -10.86% 4
Neston - 2 £55,000 -
Macclesfield - 2 £24,000 - 2
Daresbury 0 1 £34,000 -9.33% 1
Crewe -9 1 £50,000 -9.09%
Windows
North West

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 26 (18.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.45%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.45%) Adobe XD
2 2 (1.45%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 74 (53.62%) Azure
2 46 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (26.09%) AWS
4 21 (15.22%) Entra ID
5 14 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (9.42%) IBM Cloud
7 8 (5.80%) SaaS
8 7 (5.07%) Azure API Management
8 7 (5.07%) Azure Functions
8 7 (5.07%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (5.07%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (5.07%) Serverless
9 5 (3.62%) GCP
9 5 (3.62%) GitHub
10 4 (2.90%) Google Workspace
11 3 (2.17%) Commercetools
11 3 (2.17%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 2 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.45%) Figma
13 1 (0.72%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.04%) LAN
2 17 (12.32%) DNS
3 15 (10.87%) DHCP
4 14 (10.14%) WAN
5 8 (5.80%) Firewall
6 7 (5.07%) VPN
6 7 (5.07%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (4.35%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.62%) WLAN
9 3 (2.17%) Internet
9 3 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (2.17%) VLAN
10 2 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.72%) DMZ
11 1 (0.72%) Network Security
11 1 (0.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (15.94%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.14%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (9.42%) DB2
3 13 (9.42%) MongoDB
3 13 (9.42%) NoSQL
4 8 (5.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (5.07%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.62%) MS Access
7 4 (2.90%) QlikView
8 3 (2.17%) MySQL
9 2 (1.45%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.45%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.72%) ArangoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Git
2 5 (3.62%) InstallShield
2 5 (3.62%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.72%) MSI
General
1 35 (25.36%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.42%) Public Sector
3 11 (7.97%) Retail
4 10 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.35%) Law
7 3 (2.17%) Finance
7 3 (2.17%) Games
8 2 (1.45%) Billing
8 2 (1.45%) Electronics
8 2 (1.45%) Military
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (17.39%) Analyst
2 21 (15.22%) IT Support
3 18 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 17 (12.32%) Software Engineer
5 16 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (10.14%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (8.70%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (8.70%) Support Technician
7 12 (8.70%) Technical Support
8 11 (7.97%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) Support Analyst
9 10 (7.25%) IT Engineer
9 10 (7.25%) Senior
10 9 (6.52%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (6.52%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Developer
10 9 (6.52%) Full Stack Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) IT Technician
11 8 (5.80%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (18.12%) .NET
2 17 (12.32%) REST
3 15 (10.87%) CSS
3 15 (10.87%) HTML
3 15 (10.87%) Web Services
4 14 (10.14%) ASP.NET
5 13 (9.42%) AngularJS
5 13 (9.42%) ASP.NET Core
5 13 (9.42%) Backbone.js
5 13 (9.42%) Ember.js
5 13 (9.42%) jQuery
5 13 (9.42%) React
5 13 (9.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 13 (9.42%) Vue
6 7 (5.07%) Node.js
7 4 (2.90%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.17%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.45%) WinForms
9 2 (1.45%) WPF
10 1 (0.72%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.59%) Algorithms
2 14 (10.14%) Driving Licence
3 13 (9.42%) Blockchain
3 13 (9.42%) Data Structures
3 13 (9.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.35%) e-Learning
6 5 (3.62%) Life Science
7 4 (2.90%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.17%) FMCG
8 3 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.45%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.45%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 37 (26.81%) Linux
2 34 (24.64%) Windows Server
3 23 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 18 (13.04%) Apple iOS
5 14 (10.14%) Android
6 6 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (2.90%) VMS
8 3 (2.17%) Unix
9 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (22.46%) ITIL
2 24 (17.39%) DevOps
3 22 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 21 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (13.04%) OO
5 18 (13.04%) OOP
5 18 (13.04%) User Experience
6 17 (12.32%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (12.32%) Incident Management
6 17 (12.32%) Software Engineering
7 16 (11.59%) Design Patterns
7 16 (11.59%) Full Stack Development
7 16 (11.59%) SDLC
8 14 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.42%) Co-Creation
9 13 (9.42%) Customer Service
9 13 (9.42%) Design Thinking
9 13 (9.42%) MVVM
9 13 (9.42%) Responsive Web Design
9 13 (9.42%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 40 (28.99%) SQL
2 24 (17.39%) C#
3 17 (12.32%) Python
4 16 (11.59%) PowerShell
5 15 (10.87%) JavaScript
6 9 (6.52%) C++
7 8 (5.80%) Bash
8 7 (5.07%) Java
9 6 (4.35%) VB
10 2 (1.45%) PHP
10 2 (1.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (13.77%) Degree
2 12 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.62%) MCP
6 4 (2.90%) HNC
6 4 (2.90%) HND
7 2 (1.45%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.45%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.45%) SAS Certification
7 2 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.72%) CCNA
8 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.25%) PCI DSS
2 9 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.80%) SLA
4 6 (4.35%) ISO 9000
5 5 (3.62%) GDPR
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 64 (46.38%) Active Directory
2 20 (14.49%) Hyper-V
3 9 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.07%) KVM
5 5 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.45%) Firmware
7 2 (1.45%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.45%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.72%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.90%) SCCM
3 3 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.17%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.45%) WSUS
5 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.59%) IBM
3 15 (10.87%) Red Hat
4 14 (10.14%) Citrix
5 13 (9.42%) VMware
6 7 (5.07%) Dell
7 6 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.35%) Veeam
8 5 (3.62%) Oracle
9 4 (2.90%) Apple
10 3 (2.17%) Cisco
10 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.45%) Adobe
11 2 (1.45%) Facebook
12 1 (0.72%) CA
12 1 (0.72%) SAP