Windows Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Windows skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 39 8
Rank change year-on-year -20 -31 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 74 111 309
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 3.70% 6.53% 15.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.48% 60.66% 70.07%
Number of salaries quoted 56 85 273
10th Percentile £27,650 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,938 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £51,000 £82,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £36,250 £47,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -23.68% +13.10% -1.18%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 105 183 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.25% 10.77% 22.09%
Number of salaries quoted 80 118 367
10th Percentile £28,655 £32,000 £27,800
25th Percentile £31,344 £40,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £52,270 £60,938 £59,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £82,500 £71,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Windows job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Windows

Windows
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Reading +2 15 £45,000 - 6
Bracknell +13 9 £32,500 -27.78% 4
Thatcham +2 3 £23,500 -27.69%
Ascot - 2 £31,500 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (12.16%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.41%) IIS
Applications
1 30 (40.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (60.81%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (29.73%) Azure
3 6 (8.11%) AWS
4 4 (5.41%) GCP
4 4 (5.41%) Google Workspace
4 4 (5.41%) SaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (28.38%) Firewall
2 9 (12.16%) DHCP
2 9 (12.16%) DNS
3 8 (10.81%) WAN
4 7 (9.46%) LAN
5 5 (6.76%) VoIP
6 4 (5.41%) VPN
7 3 (4.05%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.70%) Internet
8 2 (2.70%) VLAN
9 1 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (1.35%) Ethernet
9 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.05%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Subversion
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 29 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.76%) Finance
3 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (37.84%) IT Support
2 27 (36.49%) Analyst
3 22 (29.73%) IT Analyst
4 16 (21.62%) IT Support Analyst
4 16 (21.62%) Support Analyst
5 11 (14.86%) Support Engineer
6 9 (12.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (12.16%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Manager
6 9 (12.16%) Service Analyst
6 9 (12.16%) Service Desk Analyst
7 7 (9.46%) IT Engineer
7 7 (9.46%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 7 (9.46%) IT Manager
7 7 (9.46%) IT Security Manager
7 7 (9.46%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (9.46%) Security Manager
8 6 (8.11%) Architect
8 6 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (8.11%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) Middleware
2 1 (1.35%) .NET
2 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.68%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.70%) Clustering
3 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.70%) Replication
3 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.70%) Social Media
4 1 (1.35%) CMDB
4 1 (1.35%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 27 (36.49%) Windows Server
2 13 (17.57%) Linux
3 4 (5.41%) Android
3 4 (5.41%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.41%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.59%) Customer Service
2 28 (37.84%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (24.32%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 18 (24.32%) Customer-Centricity
4 10 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (10.81%) Mentoring
6 6 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (6.76%) ITIL
7 5 (6.76%) Network Design
7 5 (6.76%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.41%) Customer Experience
9 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Monitoring
9 3 (4.05%) Manual Testing
9 3 (4.05%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (4.05%) Security Testing
9 3 (4.05%) Service Design
9 3 (4.05%) Software Testing
9 3 (4.05%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (4.05%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.11%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.76%) SQL
3 1 (1.35%) C#
3 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.46%) DV Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) DBS Check
3 4 (5.41%) Degree
4 3 (4.05%) MCP
4 3 (4.05%) MCSA
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.35%) CCNA
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.35%) HND
5 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) GDPR
1 2 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 47 (63.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.76%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.76%) VMware NSX
3 4 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.05%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (4.05%) vSphere
5 2 (2.70%) Docker
6 1 (1.35%) Terminal Server
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.76%) vRealize
3 4 (5.41%) SCCM
3 4 (5.41%) SCOM
4 2 (2.70%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.70%) SCSM
5 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (66.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.68%) VMware
3 4 (5.41%) Adobe
3 4 (5.41%) Atlassian
3 4 (5.41%) Google
4 3 (4.05%) Cisco
4 3 (4.05%) Trend Micro
4 3 (4.05%) Veeam
5 2 (2.70%) IBM
6 1 (1.35%) Juniper
6 1 (1.35%) McAfee