Windows Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft Windows
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 16 17
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 134 292 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.22% 9.47% 10.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.53% 61.47% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 107 267 193
10th Percentile £22,750 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £45,000 £56,275 £67,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £38,325 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% +6.67% -11.76%

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 190 475 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 11.66% 15.41% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 153 391 328
10th Percentile £27,600 £27,500 £24,350
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £52,000 £60,025 £75,000
90th Percentile £64,250 £71,000 £85,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -10.53%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Windows in Berkshire

Windows
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

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 21 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
Reading +6 73 £45,000 - 39
Bracknell +13 13 £37,000 -38.33% 3
Thatcham -1 10 £23,500 -2.08% 1
Windsor -14 10 £29,500 -9.23% 5
Maidenhead -18 8 £47,500 +97.92% 11
Wokingham +3 3 £50,000 +42.86% 8
Slough -37 2 £34,000 -35.24% 10
Windows
South East

Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 25 (18.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (13.43%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.97%) IIS
4 6 (4.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.75%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (12.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.36%) Azure
1 38 (28.36%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (8.21%) AWS
3 5 (3.73%) IaaS
4 3 (2.24%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.49%) Azure API Management
5 2 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.49%) Firebase
5 2 (1.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 37 (27.61%) DNS
2 27 (20.15%) DHCP
3 26 (19.40%) Firewall
4 23 (17.16%) WAN
5 20 (14.93%) LAN
6 17 (12.69%) TCP/IP
7 16 (11.94%) VPN
8 14 (10.45%) Internet
8 14 (10.45%) VLAN
9 8 (5.97%) VoIP
10 6 (4.48%) SAN
10 6 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (3.73%) Network Security
11 5 (3.73%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (2.24%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.75%) SMTP
14 1 (0.75%) VSAN
14 1 (0.75%) Wireless
14 1 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.73%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 8 (5.97%) Public Sector
3 5 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (3.73%) Back Office
3 5 (3.73%) Local Government
4 4 (2.99%) Finance
4 4 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (2.99%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.24%) Advertising
6 1 (0.75%) Electronics
6 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (20.15%) Support Engineer
2 26 (19.40%) IT Support
3 13 (9.70%) IT Engineer
4 12 (8.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (7.46%) Infrastructure Manager
5 10 (7.46%) Senior
6 9 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (5.97%) Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) Trainee
7 8 (5.97%) Trainee IT Support
8 7 (5.22%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Infrastructure Support
9 6 (4.48%) Technical Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Desktop Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Help Desk Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Help Desk Support
10 5 (3.73%) Help Desk Support Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.73%) SAML
2 2 (1.49%) .NET
2 2 (1.49%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.49%) CSS
2 2 (1.49%) CSS3
2 2 (1.49%) HTML
2 2 (1.49%) HTML5
2 2 (1.49%) Jest
2 2 (1.49%) React
2 2 (1.49%) React Native
2 2 (1.49%) Redux
2 2 (1.49%) Web Services
3 1 (0.75%) Middleware
3 1 (0.75%) OpenCV
3 1 (0.75%) OpenGL
3 1 (0.75%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.75%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (31.34%) Social Media
2 15 (11.19%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.97%) PKI
4 6 (4.48%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.73%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.99%) CCTV
6 4 (2.99%) Clustering
6 4 (2.99%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.99%) Replication
6 4 (2.99%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.49%) NHS
8 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.75%) CUDA
8 1 (0.75%) FPGA
8 1 (0.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 38 (28.36%) Windows Vista
2 34 (25.37%) Windows Server
3 19 (14.18%) Windows 10
4 18 (13.43%) Mac OS
5 10 (7.46%) Linux
6 8 (5.97%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (5.22%) Android
7 7 (5.22%) Apple iOS
8 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.49%) VMS
10 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (24.63%) Customer Service
2 30 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (13.43%) ITIL
4 13 (9.70%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (8.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (8.96%) Server Management
5 12 (8.96%) Service Delivery
6 11 (8.21%) Project Delivery
7 10 (7.46%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (7.46%) Mentoring
7 10 (7.46%) Project Management
8 9 (6.72%) Analytics
8 9 (6.72%) Change Management
8 9 (6.72%) Incident Management
9 7 (5.22%) Coaching
9 7 (5.22%) High Availability
9 7 (5.22%) ITSM
9 7 (5.22%) Service Desk Management
10 6 (4.48%) Line Management
10 6 (4.48%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.46%) PowerShell
1 10 (7.46%) SQL
2 4 (2.99%) Python
3 2 (1.49%) C#
3 2 (1.49%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.75%) C++
4 1 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (33.58%) DBS Check
2 11 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.72%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (4.48%) Degree
6 5 (3.73%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.73%) CCNA
6 5 (3.73%) CCNP
6 5 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.99%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.99%) MCSA
8 3 (2.24%) MCP
9 1 (0.75%) CISSP
9 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.75%) MCSE
9 1 (0.75%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.48%) SLA
2 4 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 41 (30.60%) Active Directory
2 32 (23.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (22.39%) Hyper-V
4 14 (10.45%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.49%) NFS
6 2 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.49%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (1.49%) vSphere
7 1 (0.75%) Docker
7 1 (0.75%) vCloud
7 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (7.46%) vCenter Server
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (3.73%) ZABBIX
4 4 (2.99%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (2.99%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.99%) WSUS
5 3 (2.24%) SCCM
6 2 (1.49%) PowerCLI
6 2 (1.49%) SCOM
6 2 (1.49%) SCSM
6 2 (1.49%) vRealize
7 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.75%) VxRail
Vendors
1 68 (50.75%) Microsoft
2 37 (27.61%) VMware
3 18 (13.43%) Cisco
4 9 (6.72%) Apple
5 6 (4.48%) Sophos
6 5 (3.73%) Oracle
6 5 (3.73%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (3.73%) Veeam
7 4 (2.99%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.24%) Google
8 3 (2.24%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.75%) Dell
9 1 (0.75%) Draytek
9 1 (0.75%) HP
9 1 (0.75%) Juniper
9 1 (0.75%) Meraki
9 1 (0.75%) SAP