Windows Jobs in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Windows
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Windows skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 47 44 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.93% 9.91% 16.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 83.93% 68.75% 70.37%
Number of salaries quoted 25 35 74
10th Percentile £28,125 £21,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £26,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +79.25% -49.52% +35.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £33,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £38,750 £65,875
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £32,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year +30.77% -15.58% -

All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 56 64 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 9.44% 14.41% 23.89%
Number of salaries quoted 34 54 92
10th Percentile £28,238 £21,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £25,750 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -40.91% +12.82%
75th Percentile £61,813 £45,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -14.44% +5.88%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows in Bedfordshire

Windows
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
Luton +11 18 £53,000 +100.00% 11
Bedford 0 8 £55,000 +107.55% 4
Dunstable - 4 £26,000 -
Leighton Buzzard - 1 - - 1
Windows
East of England

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.13%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.17%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (21.28%) Azure
3 8 (17.02%) AWS
3 8 (17.02%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.51%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (40.43%) TCP/IP
2 16 (34.04%) VPN
3 13 (27.66%) DHCP
3 13 (27.66%) Firewall
4 12 (25.53%) DNS
5 7 (14.89%) SD-WAN
6 5 (10.64%) Network Security
6 5 (10.64%) WAN
7 4 (8.51%) NGFW
8 3 (6.38%) LAN
9 1 (2.13%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.13%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.13%) IPsec
9 1 (2.13%) MPLS
9 1 (2.13%) OSPF
9 1 (2.13%) VLAN
9 1 (2.13%) VRRP
9 1 (2.13%) VXLAN
9 1 (2.13%) Wireless
9 1 (2.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (27.66%) Cucumber
1 13 (27.66%) Robot Framework
2 7 (14.89%) JIRA
General
1 34 (72.34%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (27.66%) Telecoms
4 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Advertising
6 3 (6.38%) Aviation
6 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.26%) Electronics
8 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Test Automation Engineer
1 13 (27.66%) Test Engineer
2 9 (19.15%) Analyst
3 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (12.77%) IT Engineer
3 6 (12.77%) IT Support
4 5 (10.64%) Administrator
4 5 (10.64%) Service Desk Administrator
4 5 (10.64%) Service Desk Assistant
4 5 (10.64%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) AWS Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Technical Support
7 2 (4.26%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Support Specialist
7 2 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.66%) Linux Command Line
2 7 (14.89%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.51%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.13%) CSOC
6 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (44.68%) Linux
2 10 (21.28%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.77%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (29.79%) Coaching
2 14 (29.79%) Mentoring
3 13 (27.66%) DevOps
3 13 (27.66%) System Testing
3 13 (27.66%) Test Automation
3 13 (27.66%) Test Management
4 12 (25.53%) ITIL
5 11 (23.40%) Customer Service
6 8 (17.02%) ITSM
7 7 (14.89%) Mathematics
8 6 (12.77%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (10.64%) Incident Management
9 5 (10.64%) Service Management
9 5 (10.64%) Time Management
10 4 (8.51%) Identity Management
10 4 (8.51%) Malware Analysis
10 4 (8.51%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) PowerShell
2 13 (27.66%) Bash
2 13 (27.66%) JavaScript
2 13 (27.66%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) A+ Certification
3 4 (8.51%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.13%) CCNA
6 1 (2.13%) CCNP
6 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.13%) MCSA
6 1 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (27.66%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (40.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.51%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.13%) Docker
4 1 (2.13%) Firmware
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.13%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 20 (42.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.89%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.77%) Citrix
3 6 (12.77%) VMware
4 3 (6.38%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.26%) BMC
5 2 (4.26%) Cisco
5 2 (4.26%) Freshdesk
5 2 (4.26%) Remedy
6 1 (2.13%) Aruba
6 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.13%) HP
6 1 (2.13%) Meru Networks