Windows jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Windows appears in 2,624 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Windows, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Windows in demand in 2026?
Yes. Windows appears in 2,624 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Windows (16.6% of all postings mentioning Windows).
+What jobs require Windows?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Windows are Vulnerability Research Engineer (33.3% of that role’s postings mention Windows), Software Developer in Test (31.9% of that role’s postings mention Windows), Endpoint Security Engineer (25.0% of that role’s postings mention Windows).
+What skills are commonly paired with Windows?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Windows most often appears alongside Linux, Python, AWS, macOS, PowerShell.
+Where is Windows most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Windows are Bengaluru, Pune, Hawthorne, Hyderabad, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Windows — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Windows
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability Research Engineer | 8 | 33.3% |
| Software Developer in Test | 15 | 31.9% |
| Endpoint Security Engineer | 5 | 25.0% |
| Security Operations Analyst | 5 | 23.8% |
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 7 | 20.6% |
| System Engineer | 13 | 20.3% |
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 5 | 19.2% |
| System Administrator | 11 | 19.0% |
| Cyber Software Engineer | 5 | 17.9% |
| Systems Administrator | 19 | 17.6% |
Roles with the most Windows postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 436 | 16.6% |
| Systems Engineer | 117 | 4.5% |
| Security Engineer | 87 | 3.3% |
| DevOps Engineer | 86 | 3.3% |
| Security Analyst | 56 | 2.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 39 | 1.5% |
| Platform Engineer | 36 | 1.4% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 35 | 1.3% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 34 | 1.3% |
| Information Security Engineer | 30 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for Windows
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 58 | 2.2% |
| Pune | 55 | 2.1% |
| Hawthorne | 31 | 1.2% |
| Hyderabad | 30 | 1.1% |
| London | 30 | 1.1% |
| Chantilly | 29 | 1.1% |
| New York City | 29 | 1.1% |
| Colorado Springs | 26 | 1.0% |
| Boston | 25 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Windows
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Windows by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Windows postings by all Windows postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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