Windows Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 13 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 678 743 797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.08% 12.34% 11.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.40% 65.46% 47.36%
Number of salaries quoted 605 459 632
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,950 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -1.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £68,800 £85,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,006 1,135 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.96% 18.84% 24.11%
Number of salaries quoted 860 701 1,014
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,672
Median % change year-on-year - -16.13% -7.87%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,600 £77,500 £84,625
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows in the Thames Valley

Windows
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 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
Berkshire +4 307 £44,700 +27.71% 52
Oxfordshire +10 211 £40,000 +20.30% 36
Buckinghamshire -15 160 £38,000 +13.43% 30
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 114 (16.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (9.59%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.95%) IIS
4 8 (1.18%) Apache
5 7 (1.03%) WordPress
6 6 (0.88%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.44%) Confluence
8 3 (0.44%) nginx
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 99 (14.60%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.88%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.15%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 292 (43.07%) Microsoft 365
2 221 (32.60%) Azure
3 63 (9.29%) Entra ID
4 41 (6.05%) OneDrive
5 25 (3.69%) AWS
6 22 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (2.65%) Google Workspace
8 17 (2.51%) WhatsApp
9 16 (2.36%) Azure Storage
10 14 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (2.06%) Power Platform
11 13 (1.92%) OCI
11 13 (1.92%) SaaS
12 6 (0.88%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.59%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.59%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.59%) TestFlight
14 3 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 183 (26.99%) Firewall
2 138 (20.35%) DNS
3 92 (13.57%) DHCP
4 46 (6.78%) LAN
4 46 (6.78%) TCP/IP
4 46 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
4 46 (6.78%) Wireless
5 45 (6.64%) WAN
6 36 (5.31%) SAN
7 33 (4.87%) VPN
8 29 (4.28%) VLAN
9 27 (3.98%) VoIP
10 20 (2.95%) SNMP
11 18 (2.65%) NAS
12 16 (2.36%) Intrusion Detection
13 12 (1.77%) Internet
14 11 (1.62%) Network Security
15 8 (1.18%) SD-WAN
16 7 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (1.03%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.77%) MySQL
4 10 (1.47%) Power BI
5 8 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.03%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.88%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.74%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.74%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.59%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.44%) DB2
10 3 (0.44%) GIS
11 2 (0.29%) Redis
11 2 (0.29%) Tableau
12 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
12 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.18%) Git
1 8 (1.18%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.03%) JIRA
3 5 (0.74%) MSI
4 4 (0.59%) AdminStudio
4 4 (0.59%) InstallShield
4 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) Sourcetree
General
1 225 (33.19%) Social Skills
2 43 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
3 40 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (3.98%) Legal
5 26 (3.83%) Finance
6 25 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.39%) Law
8 17 (2.51%) Retail
9 15 (2.21%) Back Office
10 10 (1.47%) Electronics
11 8 (1.18%) Marketing
12 7 (1.03%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.03%) Banking
12 7 (1.03%) Games
12 7 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.74%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.59%) Military
14 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (19.62%) IT Support
2 116 (17.11%) Support Engineer
3 93 (13.72%) IT Engineer
4 91 (13.42%) Analyst
5 90 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 81 (11.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 57 (8.41%) Senior
8 56 (8.26%) Systems Engineer
9 49 (7.23%) IT Technician
10 48 (7.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 45 (6.64%) 3rd Line Support
12 43 (6.34%) IT Analyst
12 43 (6.34%) Software Engineer
13 42 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
14 39 (5.75%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 37 (5.46%) Support Analyst
16 34 (5.01%) Windows Engineer
17 33 (4.87%) Support Technician
18 32 (4.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 32 (4.72%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.83%) .NET
2 21 (3.10%) WPF
3 15 (2.21%) ARM Templates
4 11 (1.62%) AngularJS
4 11 (1.62%) React
5 9 (1.33%) ASP.NET
6 8 (1.18%) HTML
7 7 (1.03%) CSS
7 7 (1.03%) EDI
7 7 (1.03%) jQuery
7 7 (1.03%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 6 (0.88%) Vue
8 6 (0.88%) XML
9 5 (0.74%) Qt
9 5 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (0.74%) Web Services
9 5 (0.74%) YAML
10 4 (0.59%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (0.59%) LAMP
11 3 (0.44%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.41%) Data Centre
2 51 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (4.57%) Driving Licence
3 31 (4.57%) PKI
4 27 (3.98%) CMDB
4 27 (3.98%) Replication
5 26 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.21%) Client/Server
7 15 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (2.06%) Smartphone
9 13 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.33%) Private Cloud
11 6 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (0.88%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.74%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.59%) Clustering
13 4 (0.59%) Device Driver
13 4 (0.59%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 264 (38.94%) Windows Server
2 196 (28.91%) Windows 10
3 188 (27.73%) Linux
4 95 (14.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 94 (13.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 69 (10.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 48 (7.08%) Windows 7
8 41 (6.05%) Android
9 38 (5.60%) Apple iOS
10 25 (3.69%) Mac OS
11 24 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 17 (2.51%) Windows XP
13 12 (1.77%) Mac OS X
13 12 (1.77%) Windows NT
14 10 (1.47%) Ubuntu
15 9 (1.33%) CentOS
16 8 (1.18%) Unix
17 7 (1.03%) VMS
17 7 (1.03%) Windows 8
18 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
2 123 (18.14%) ITIL
3 118 (17.40%) Customer Service
4 109 (16.08%) Cybersecurity
5 107 (15.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 59 (8.70%) Service Management
7 47 (6.93%) Agile
7 47 (6.93%) Software Engineering
8 45 (6.64%) Computer Science
9 40 (5.90%) Service Delivery
10 34 (5.01%) ITSM
11 32 (4.72%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 32 (4.72%) Release Management
12 31 (4.57%) Multithreading
13 29 (4.28%) Change Control
13 29 (4.28%) Change Management
13 29 (4.28%) Configuration Management
14 28 (4.13%) DevOps
14 28 (4.13%) Mentoring
14 28 (4.13%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (14.01%) PowerShell
2 82 (12.09%) SQL
3 61 (9.00%) C#
4 38 (5.60%) C++
5 34 (5.01%) C
6 31 (4.57%) VBScript
7 29 (4.28%) Python
8 25 (3.69%) VB
9 19 (2.80%) XAML
10 14 (2.06%) Bicep
11 12 (1.77%) Bash
12 11 (1.62%) Java
13 9 (1.33%) JavaScript
14 6 (0.88%) R
15 5 (0.74%) Perl
15 5 (0.74%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.74%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.59%) Objective-C
16 4 (0.59%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 171 (25.22%) Degree
2 168 (24.78%) Security Cleared
3 107 (15.78%) DV Cleared
4 105 (15.49%) SC Cleared
5 39 (5.75%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (4.87%) CCNA
8 32 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (3.69%) MCP
10 19 (2.80%) HNC
11 16 (2.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 15 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (2.06%) CCNP
14 13 (1.92%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.92%) CISSP
15 12 (1.77%) MCSE
16 8 (1.18%) DBS Check
17 7 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
18 6 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
19 4 (0.59%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.93%) SLA
2 20 (2.95%) GDPR
3 10 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.74%) QA
5 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.15%) DICOM
6 1 (0.15%) HL7
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.15%) NIST
6 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 338 (49.85%) Active Directory
2 147 (21.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (10.77%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.69%) Firmware
5 23 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (2.51%) KVM
7 17 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (2.21%) Docker
9 14 (2.06%) vSphere
10 6 (0.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.29%) QEMU
13 2 (0.29%) Xen
14 1 (0.15%) Lustre
14 1 (0.15%) NFS
14 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 104 (15.34%) SCCM
2 96 (14.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (7.23%) WSUS
4 44 (6.49%) SCOM
5 29 (4.28%) vCenter Server
6 28 (4.13%) Kubernetes
7 20 (2.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (2.65%) Ansible
9 15 (2.21%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (2.06%) NetBackup
10 14 (2.06%) Terraform
11 12 (1.77%) Sysprep
12 6 (0.88%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.74%) PaperCut
13 5 (0.74%) Puppet
13 5 (0.74%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 4 (0.59%) Nagios
14 4 (0.59%) Nessus
14 4 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 381 (56.19%) Microsoft
2 192 (28.32%) VMware
3 63 (9.29%) Citrix
4 61 (9.00%) Cisco
5 58 (8.55%) Veeam
6 33 (4.87%) HP
7 27 (3.98%) Dell
8 26 (3.83%) Apple
9 24 (3.54%) Google
9 24 (3.54%) Palo Alto
10 23 (3.39%) Oracle
11 21 (3.10%) Red Hat
12 20 (2.95%) Juniper
13 18 (2.65%) Adobe
14 17 (2.51%) EMC
15 15 (2.21%) Dynatrace
16 13 (1.92%) 3PAR
17 12 (1.77%) Extreme Networks
17 12 (1.77%) ServiceNow
17 12 (1.77%) Symantec