Windows Jobs in Kent

Microsoft Windows
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 152 157 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 10.11% 14.12% 11.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 91.02% 78.50% 61.32%
Number of salaries quoted 143 95 130
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,750 £25,675
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £53,500 £55,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 167 200 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.11% 17.99% 18.48%
Number of salaries quoted 158 124 175
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £26,063 £27,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,750 £32,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -19.75% +8.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £53,675 £59,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Windows in Kent

Windows
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Kent over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in Kent

Windows
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Kent region over the 6 months to 15 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
Maidstone +11 45 £35,000 +32.08% 4
Dartford +5 19 £34,000 -16.05% 10
Sittingbourne +16 11 £50,000 +23.46% 2
Chatham +10 9 £38,500 +18.46% 3
Tonbridge - 8 £36,625 - 3
West Malling -7 6 £42,500 -
Stansted - 4 £26,500 -
Canterbury - 4 £24,000 - 1
Sevenoaks - 2 £50,000 - 2
Rochester +4 1 £21,000 - 3
Tunbridge Wells -19 1 £30,000 -1.64% 1
Aylesford - 1 £23,500 - 2
Gravesend - 1 £42,000 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 29 (19.08%) SharePoint
2 13 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.29%) IIS
4 4 (2.63%) Apache
4 4 (2.63%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 40 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.63%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.63%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 85 (55.92%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (42.76%) Azure
3 24 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 18 (11.84%) AWS
5 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.66%) IaaS
6 1 (0.66%) SaaS
6 1 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (33.55%) DNS
2 43 (28.29%) Firewall
3 36 (23.68%) DHCP
4 18 (11.84%) VPN
5 16 (10.53%) LAN
5 16 (10.53%) TCP/IP
5 16 (10.53%) VLAN
5 16 (10.53%) WAN
6 9 (5.92%) Wireless
7 7 (4.61%) FTP
7 7 (4.61%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.97%) ADSL
8 3 (1.97%) Broadband
8 3 (1.97%) Network Security
8 3 (1.97%) VoIP
9 2 (1.32%) SNMP
9 2 (1.32%) WLAN
10 1 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.66%) Internet
10 1 (0.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.63%) DB2
3 4 (2.63%) MySQL
4 1 (0.66%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (0.66%) eggPlant
2 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 38 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.87%) Finance
4 4 (2.63%) Legal
5 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.66%) Advertising
7 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.66%) Law
7 1 (0.66%) Marketing
7 1 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (31.58%) Analyst
2 30 (19.74%) IT Support
3 27 (17.76%) Support Analyst
4 25 (16.45%) Support Engineer
5 24 (15.79%) 1st Line Support
5 24 (15.79%) 3rd Line Support
6 23 (15.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (13.16%) Help Desk Support
8 18 (11.84%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 17 (11.18%) Lead
10 14 (9.21%) Help Desk Analyst
11 13 (8.55%) IT Engineer
11 13 (8.55%) IT Manager
11 13 (8.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (8.55%) Vulnerability Analyst
12 12 (7.89%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 12 (7.89%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
12 12 (7.89%) First Line Help Desk Support
12 12 (7.89%) Help Desk Support Analyst
13 10 (6.58%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.63%) CSS
1 4 (2.63%) HTML
1 4 (2.63%) HTML5
1 4 (2.63%) jQuery
1 4 (2.63%) LAMP
1 4 (2.63%) Laravel
1 4 (2.63%) SOAP
1 4 (2.63%) Web Services
1 4 (2.63%) XHTML
1 4 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.26%) Client/Server
2 8 (5.26%) Cyber Security Posture
2 8 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 5 (3.29%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.29%) PMI
4 4 (2.63%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.66%) Clustering
7 1 (0.66%) CMDB
7 1 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.66%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.66%) Replication
7 1 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 50 (32.89%) Windows Server
2 39 (25.66%) Windows 10
3 20 (13.16%) Android
4 16 (10.53%) Apple iOS
5 13 (8.55%) Linux
6 9 (5.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.63%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.97%) Mac OS X
9 3 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (28.29%) ITIL
3 41 (26.97%) Customer Service
4 29 (19.08%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (14.47%) Patch Management
6 22 (14.47%) Project Management
7 18 (11.84%) Proactive Maintenance
8 15 (9.87%) Incident Management
9 14 (9.21%) Mentoring
9 14 (9.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 13 (8.55%) Performance Optimisation
10 13 (8.55%) Process Improvement
10 13 (8.55%) Strategic Planning
11 11 (7.24%) Penetration Testing
11 11 (7.24%) Threat Detection
12 9 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (5.92%) Gamification
13 8 (5.26%) Business Continuity
14 7 (4.61%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.84%) SQL
2 8 (5.26%) Java
3 4 (2.63%) CFML
3 4 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.63%) PHP
3 4 (2.63%) RPG
4 3 (1.97%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (13.82%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (11.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (9.87%) Security Cleared
4 14 (9.21%) Degree
4 14 (9.21%) MCSE
5 13 (8.55%) CCNP
6 8 (5.26%) CCNA
6 8 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (3.29%) A+ Certification
7 5 (3.29%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.97%) CISM
9 3 (1.97%) CISSP
9 3 (1.97%) CRISC
9 3 (1.97%) MCITP
10 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.66%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.16%) SLA
2 15 (9.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.29%) GDPR
4 4 (2.63%) COBIT
5 3 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.97%) GRC
6 2 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 86 (56.58%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.21%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (7.24%) WSUS
2 2 (1.32%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (1.32%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 41 (26.97%) Cisco
3 23 (15.13%) VMware
4 14 (9.21%) Meraki
5 12 (7.89%) WatchGuard
6 6 (3.95%) Veeam
7 5 (3.29%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.63%) Adobe
8 4 (2.63%) Apple
8 4 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.63%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.32%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.32%) Sage
9 2 (1.32%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.66%) Citrix
10 1 (0.66%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.66%) Progress
10 1 (0.66%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.66%) Spiceworks