The first table below looks at the demand for the Windows Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Engineer
Rank 794 856 767
Rank change year-on-year
+62 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 74 29 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.068% 0.024% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.025% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 73 26 36
Average salary £50,000 £49,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.04% +22.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £39,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £79,500 £71,250 £67,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year
+18.75% +0.62%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102828 114458 120840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.97% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85533 98230 102542
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Windows Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Windows Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the UK.

Windows Engineer Salary Trend

Windows Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Engineer over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Windows Engineer Salary Histogram

Windows Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
England +68 70 £50,000 +2.04% 8
London +62 41 £70,000 +27.27% 6
South East +35 26 £49,750 +1.53% 2
Berkshire +39 21 £50,000 +25.00%
Reading - 14 £41,000 -
City of London +3 6 £55,000 +15.78% 2
East Midlands - 3 £30,000 -
Maidenhead - 3 £70,000 -
Leicestershire - 3 £30,000 -
Surrey +16 2 £49,500 +1.02%
Hampshire - 2 £33,500 - 1
Eastleigh - 1 £37,500 -

Windows Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Windows Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Windows Engineer in their job title.

1 99 (100.00%) Windows
2 76 (76.77%) Active Directory
3 60 (60.61%) VMware
4 54 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
5 45 (45.45%) Microsoft
6 40 (40.40%) Windows Server 2003
7 37 (37.37%) PowerShell
8 34 (34.34%) DNS
9 33 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 31 (31.31%) MS Exchange
11 30 (30.30%) DHCP
12 29 (29.29%) Citrix
12 29 (29.29%) Exchange Server 2010
13 26 (26.26%) SQL Server
14 25 (25.25%) SAN
15 23 (23.23%) Hedge funds
15 23 (23.23%) SCOM
16 22 (22.22%) SCCM
17 19 (19.19%) ITIL
17 19 (19.19%) SQL
18 18 (18.18%) IIS
18 18 (18.18%) Windows 7
19 17 (17.17%) NetApp
19 17 (17.17%) HP
20 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Certification
20 16 (16.16%) vSphere
21 15 (15.15%) TCP/IP
21 15 (15.15%) Linux
21 15 (15.15%) VMware ESX
21 15 (15.15%) Finance

Windows Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Windows Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Windows Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (8.081%) .NET
2 6 (6.061%) Middleware
3 3 (3.030%) XML
4 2 (2.020%) HTML
5 1 (1.010%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.010%) COM
Application Platforms
1 31 (31.31%) MS Exchange
2 29 (29.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (18.18%) IIS
4 13 (13.13%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (11.11%) SharePoint
6 9 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 7 (7.071%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (5.051%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (5.051%) Apache
9 2 (2.020%) SAS
10 1 (1.010%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 14 (14.14%) MS Excel
2 6 (6.061%) MS Office
3 1 (1.010%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (5.051%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 34 (34.34%) DNS
2 30 (30.30%) DHCP
3 25 (25.25%) SAN
4 15 (15.15%) TCP/IP
5 11 (11.11%) NAS
6 10 (10.10%) VoIP
7 8 (8.081%) iSCSI
8 6 (6.061%) HTTP
9 4 (4.040%) LAN
9 4 (4.040%) VLAN
10 3 (3.030%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (3.030%) Firewall
11 2 (2.020%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (2.020%) FWSM
11 2 (2.020%) Wireshark
11 2 (2.020%) tcpdump
11 2 (2.020%) snoop
12 1 (1.010%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (1.010%) WAN
12 1 (1.010%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (26.26%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (6.061%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.020%) MySQL
5 1 (1.010%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 15 (15.15%) Finance
2 4 (4.040%) Retail
3 3 (3.030%) Banking
3 3 (3.030%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.020%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.010%) French Language
5 1 (1.010%) Publishing
5 1 (1.010%) Back Office
5 1 (1.010%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.23%) Hedge funds
2 11 (11.11%) Clustering
3 8 (8.081%) Blackberry
4 6 (6.061%) EqualLogic
5 3 (3.030%) Computer Science
5 3 (3.030%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.020%) Firmware
7 1 (1.010%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 99 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 40 (40.40%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (18.18%) Windows 7
5 15 (15.15%) Linux
6 7 (7.071%) UNIX
7 6 (6.061%) Windows XP
7 6 (6.061%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (5.051%) Windows 2000
9 4 (4.040%) Windows NT
10 3 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (2.020%) Solaris
12 1 (1.010%) Windows Vista
12 1 (1.010%) CentOS
12 1 (1.010%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.19%) ITIL
2 8 (8.081%) Problem Management
3 7 (7.071%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (7.071%) Service Delivery
4 6 (6.061%) Change Management
4 6 (6.061%) Project Management
4 6 (6.061%) Migration
5 5 (5.051%) E-Commerce
5 5 (5.051%) CRM
6 4 (4.040%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (4.040%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (4.040%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (3.030%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 3 (3.030%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (3.030%) Service Management
8 2 (2.020%) Identity Management
8 2 (2.020%) Logistics
8 2 (2.020%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.020%) Information Security
8 2 (2.020%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 37 (37.37%) PowerShell
2 19 (19.19%) SQL
3 7 (7.071%) Perl
4 5 (5.051%) VBScript
5 4 (4.040%) Bash shell
6 2 (2.020%) VB
6 2 (2.020%) Java
7 1 (1.010%) Python
7 1 (1.010%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (12.12%) MCSE
3 6 (6.061%) MCITP
4 5 (5.051%) Degree
5 2 (2.020%) MCP
5 2 (2.020%) MCSA
6 1 (1.010%) NCDA
6 1 (1.010%) CCNA
6 1 (1.010%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.010%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.010%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (76.77%) Active Directory
2 33 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (16.16%) vSphere
4 15 (15.15%) VMware ESX
5 10 (10.10%) XenApp
6 9 (9.091%) NFS
7 6 (6.061%) ISA Server
7 6 (6.061%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 6 (6.061%) UAG
8 4 (4.040%) Hyper-V
9 3 (3.030%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (1.010%) Varnish
10 1 (1.010%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 23 (23.23%) SCOM
2 22 (22.22%) SCCM
3 9 (9.091%) NetBackup
4 8 (8.081%) Cacti
5 7 (7.071%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 7 (7.071%) Norton AntiVirus
6 6 (6.061%) OpenNMS
7 5 (5.051%) HP SIM
8 1 (1.010%) HP Operations Orchestration
8 1 (1.010%) WMI
8 1 (1.010%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.010%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 60 (60.61%) VMware
2 45 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 29 (29.29%) Citrix
4 17 (17.17%) NetApp
4 17 (17.17%) HP
5 14 (14.14%) Cisco
6 7 (7.071%) Symantec
6 7 (7.071%) Sophos
7 5 (5.051%) CA
8 4 (4.040%) McAfee
8 4 (4.040%) EMC
9 3 (3.030%) Foundry
9 3 (3.030%) F5
9 3 (3.030%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.020%) Nortel
10 2 (2.020%) Juniper
10 2 (2.020%) Dell
10 2 (2.020%) Sun
10 2 (2.020%) Egenera
10 2 (2.020%) RedPrairie
London
The Windows System Engineer's role is to manage the organization's Citrix Presentation and Virtualization systems, Windows networks and applications, along with assisting in the administration of...
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Ideal Skill Set: Extensive Windows Engineering experience across OS, server, active directory etc. Strong Powershell/perl scripting/automation. PXE, DHCP, DNS. Patching and Monitoring (eg Cacti) Other desirables...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus (OTE 100K+)
Posted: 29 May 2013
Richmond upon Thames, South East
As an experienced Windows Systems Engineer you will provide support to the IT platform infrastructure globally in accordance with agreed service levels. To provide 3rd line support for...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + oncall and bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Create, implement and maintain global standards across the environment Skills Required: * 5+ years professional experience in an engineering/design/analysis/implementation/administration and troubleshooting role * Extensive experience in...
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Central London / West End
Successful Hedge Fund is looking to hire an experienced Windows engineer with extensive knowledge and experience of Active Directory, Windows Server and scripting skills (Perl/PowerShell/SQL) will...
Araya Partners Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £65,000 per annum Attractive Salary plus bonus and ben
Posted: 18 June 2013
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