Windows Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Windows
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 11 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2,077 1,887 2,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.45% 12.64% 10.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.37% 65.54% 49.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,774 1,283 1,723
10th Percentile £25,575 £24,300 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -14.12% -
75th Percentile £54,875 £53,750 £58,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,144 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.72% +2.35% -5.56%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,870 2,879 4,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.20% 19.29% 21.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,315 2,001 2,803
10th Percentile £25,760 £25,688 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the South East

Windows
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the South East.

Salary trend for Windows in the South East

Windows
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the South East

Windows
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Thames Valley +2 689 £40,000 +19.40% 120
Hampshire +6 658 £44,400 +26.86% 92
Berkshire +4 312 £44,700 +27.71% 52
Surrey -1 265 £45,000 +21.62% 35
Oxfordshire +10 212 £40,000 +23.08% 35
Buckinghamshire -14 165 £38,000 +13.43% 33
Kent -7 159 £35,000 -9.09% 38
East Sussex +18 141 £37,500 -31.82% 19
West Sussex +11 121 £35,000 -31.71% 29
Middlesex +3 25 £42,500 -51.43% 2
Sussex - 21 £35,000 - 1
Windows
England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 272 (13.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 178 (8.57%) SharePoint
3 51 (2.46%) IIS
4 31 (1.49%) Apache
5 23 (1.11%) OpenStack
6 12 (0.58%) Confluence
7 10 (0.48%) WordPress
8 8 (0.39%) CMS
8 8 (0.39%) nginx
9 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2000
10 5 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
11 4 (0.19%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.19%) TWiki
12 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.14%) Orchard CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.096%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.048%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.048%) WebSphere
Applications
1 298 (14.35%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.87%) AutoCAD
4 16 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.048%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.096%) assyst
3 1 (0.048%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.048%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 893 (42.99%) Microsoft 365
2 735 (35.39%) Azure
3 190 (9.15%) Entra ID
4 133 (6.40%) AWS
5 97 (4.67%) OneDrive
6 87 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.71%) Serverless
8 76 (3.66%) Azure Functions
8 76 (3.66%) IBM Cloud
9 75 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
10 74 (3.56%) Azure API Management
10 74 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 60 (2.89%) SaaS
12 44 (2.12%) IaaS
13 30 (1.44%) Power Platform
14 27 (1.30%) Mimecast
15 24 (1.16%) Google Workspace
16 22 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
16 22 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 443 (21.33%) Firewall
2 319 (15.36%) DNS
3 214 (10.30%) DHCP
4 174 (8.38%) TCP/IP
5 170 (8.18%) VPN
6 137 (6.60%) LAN
7 133 (6.40%) WAN
8 131 (6.31%) Wireless
9 101 (4.86%) VLAN
10 100 (4.81%) VoIP
11 89 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
12 75 (3.61%) SAN
13 37 (1.78%) SNMP
14 35 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
15 31 (1.49%) NAS
15 31 (1.49%) Network Security
16 30 (1.44%) Internet
17 28 (1.35%) Broadband
18 24 (1.16%) SD-WAN
19 22 (1.06%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (5.92%) SQL Server
2 101 (4.86%) Relational Database
3 92 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
4 89 (4.29%) DB2
5 86 (4.14%) MongoDB
6 77 (3.71%) NoSQL
7 39 (1.88%) MySQL
8 30 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (0.91%) Power BI
10 8 (0.39%) GIS
10 8 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.34%) InfluxDB
11 7 (0.34%) Redis
12 6 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 6 (0.29%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.096%) Tableau
15 1 (0.048%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 77 (3.71%) Git
2 50 (2.41%) Visual Studio
3 38 (1.83%) Subversion
4 33 (1.59%) JIRA
5 24 (1.16%) Ant
6 23 (1.11%) Jenkins
7 17 (0.82%) CMake
8 13 (0.63%) Eclipse
9 12 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 11 (0.53%) GitLab
11 10 (0.48%) MSI
11 10 (0.48%) Trac
12 9 (0.43%) eggPlant
13 8 (0.39%) Robot Framework
14 7 (0.34%) Selenium
15 6 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
16 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket
17 4 (0.19%) AdminStudio
17 4 (0.19%) Hudson
17 4 (0.19%) InstallShield
General
1 639 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 153 (7.37%) Finance
3 143 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (4.77%) Public Sector
5 94 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
6 80 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 49 (2.36%) Law
8 47 (2.26%) Legal
9 45 (2.17%) Retail
10 42 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 40 (1.93%) Military
12 37 (1.78%) Electronics
13 36 (1.73%) Games
14 29 (1.40%) Aerospace
15 28 (1.35%) Marketing
16 27 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
17 26 (1.25%) Back Office
18 15 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 12 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 345 (16.61%) IT Support
2 337 (16.23%) Support Engineer
3 256 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 254 (12.23%) Analyst
5 251 (12.08%) IT Engineer
6 195 (9.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 193 (9.29%) Senior
8 151 (7.27%) Developer
9 143 (6.88%) Lead
10 142 (6.84%) Software Engineer
11 127 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support
12 116 (5.58%) 3rd Line Support
13 112 (5.39%) Support Analyst
14 99 (4.77%) IT Technician
15 97 (4.67%) IT Analyst
16 88 (4.24%) 1st Line Support
16 88 (4.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 86 (4.14%) Systems Engineer
18 80 (3.85%) Full Stack Developer
19 79 (3.80%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (8.28%) .NET
2 127 (6.11%) HTML
3 120 (5.78%) AngularJS
4 116 (5.58%) CSS
5 111 (5.34%) React
6 101 (4.86%) Web Services
7 98 (4.72%) jQuery
7 98 (4.72%) REST
8 93 (4.48%) ASP.NET
8 93 (4.48%) Vue
9 87 (4.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 83 (4.00%) Node.js
11 77 (3.71%) ASP.NET Core
12 76 (3.66%) Backbone.js
12 76 (3.66%) Ember.js
13 57 (2.74%) XML
14 39 (1.88%) Qt
15 38 (1.83%) WPF
16 29 (1.40%) STL
17 26 (1.25%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 118 (5.68%) Data Centre
2 114 (5.49%) Algorithms
3 84 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 82 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 80 (3.85%) Driving Licence
6 79 (3.80%) Data Structures
7 76 (3.66%) Blockchain
8 66 (3.18%) Management Information System
9 60 (2.89%) PKI
10 51 (2.46%) Onboarding
11 44 (2.12%) CMDB
11 44 (2.12%) Replication
12 36 (1.73%) Client/Server
13 34 (1.64%) IoT
14 29 (1.40%) Clustering
15 27 (1.30%) NHS
16 21 (1.01%) Digital Signage
17 18 (0.87%) CCTV
17 18 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
18 16 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 782 (37.65%) Windows Server
2 546 (26.29%) Linux
3 452 (21.76%) Windows 10
4 168 (8.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 164 (7.90%) Apple iOS
6 156 (7.51%) Android
7 149 (7.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 117 (5.63%) Windows 7
9 108 (5.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 66 (3.18%) Windows 8
11 61 (2.94%) Mac OS
12 36 (1.73%) Unix
13 34 (1.64%) Ubuntu
14 31 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (1.16%) CentOS
16 21 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
17 18 (0.87%) Windows XP
18 17 (0.82%) Mac OS X
19 14 (0.67%) Windows NT
20 11 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 359 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 357 (17.19%) Customer Service
4 348 (16.75%) ITIL
5 222 (10.69%) DevOps
6 220 (10.59%) Agile
7 216 (10.40%) Cybersecurity
8 181 (8.71%) Software Engineering
9 138 (6.64%) Computer Science
10 127 (6.11%) Mentoring
11 123 (5.92%) OO
12 114 (5.49%) Artificial Intelligence
13 107 (5.15%) MVC
14 106 (5.10%) Project Management
15 104 (5.01%) Service Delivery
16 101 (4.86%) MVVM
17 100 (4.81%) Service Management
18 98 (4.72%) OOP
19 92 (4.43%) SOLID
20 91 (4.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 312 (15.02%) SQL
2 296 (14.25%) PowerShell
3 239 (11.51%) Python
4 229 (11.03%) C#
5 168 (8.09%) Java
5 168 (8.09%) JavaScript
6 158 (7.61%) C++
7 94 (4.53%) C
8 39 (1.88%) VB
9 38 (1.83%) Bash
10 35 (1.69%) VBScript
11 33 (1.59%) Perl
12 19 (0.91%) XAML
13 18 (0.87%) R
14 15 (0.72%) Haskell
15 14 (0.67%) ActionScript
15 14 (0.67%) Bicep
16 12 (0.58%) Go
17 9 (0.43%) PHP
18 8 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 391 (18.83%) Security Cleared
2 350 (16.85%) Degree
3 276 (13.29%) SC Cleared
4 184 (8.86%) DV Cleared
5 121 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 113 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 86 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
8 67 (3.23%) CCNA
9 42 (2.02%) MCP
10 40 (1.93%) DBS Check
11 36 (1.73%) MCSE
12 33 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 32 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
14 29 (1.40%) CCNP
15 26 (1.25%) A+ Certification
16 25 (1.20%) Master's Degree
17 20 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
18 18 (0.87%) HNC
18 18 (0.87%) MCSA
19 17 (0.82%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (7.13%) SLA
2 63 (3.03%) GDPR
3 41 (1.97%) QA
4 36 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 6 (0.29%) GRC
10 4 (0.19%) COBIT
10 4 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.19%) NIST
11 3 (0.14%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.096%) PMO
13 1 (0.048%) DICOM
13 1 (0.048%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.048%) HL7
13 1 (0.048%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 925 (44.54%) Active Directory
2 349 (16.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 287 (13.82%) Hyper-V
4 71 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
5 65 (3.13%) XenApp
6 59 (2.84%) vSphere
7 57 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
8 53 (2.55%) Docker
9 50 (2.41%) VirtualBox
10 49 (2.36%) XenDesktop
11 47 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
12 38 (1.83%) Firmware
13 17 (0.82%) KVM
14 15 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
15 11 (0.53%) NFS
16 10 (0.48%) OpenSSH
16 10 (0.48%) pfSense
17 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 6 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 6 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 199 (9.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 142 (6.84%) SCCM
3 90 (4.33%) WSUS
4 77 (3.71%) vCenter Server
5 67 (3.23%) Kubernetes
6 56 (2.70%) SCOM
7 55 (2.65%) Ansible
8 35 (1.69%) Terraform
9 26 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (1.06%) ZABBIX
11 20 (0.96%) EMC NetWorker
12 19 (0.91%) Puppet
13 18 (0.87%) WMI
14 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 16 (0.77%) Nessus
14 16 (0.77%) SCDPM
15 15 (0.72%) FortiGate
15 15 (0.72%) Grafana
16 14 (0.67%) NetBackup
17 13 (0.63%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 1,038 (49.98%) Microsoft
2 492 (23.69%) VMware
3 175 (8.43%) Cisco
4 147 (7.08%) Citrix
5 119 (5.73%) Red Hat
6 97 (4.67%) Veeam
7 89 (4.29%) IBM
8 60 (2.89%) Apple
9 58 (2.79%) Dell
10 46 (2.21%) HP
11 45 (2.17%) Google
11 45 (2.17%) Oracle
12 44 (2.12%) Adobe
13 42 (2.02%) Juniper
14 33 (1.59%) Meraki
15 32 (1.54%) Palo Alto
16 31 (1.49%) Sophos
17 30 (1.44%) Draytek
17 30 (1.44%) Fortinet
18 25 (1.20%) WatchGuard